The college co-sponsored an international conference on equitable community participation and the inclusion of diverse voices in community planning and development.
The college is partnering with the UIC Department of Special Education to prepare social workers and special education teachers to collaborate in helping adjudicated youth with disabilities achieve academic success.
The college’s new macro specialization will give MSW students the practice skills they need to advance social justice as community partners, to help develop community strengths and resources
JACSW alumnus David Simpson, PhD ’11, is Assistant Professor of Social Work at Pacific Lutheran University (PLU) in Tacoma, WA. While at UIC, he was a clinician at the Institute for Juvenile Research,…
Professor James Swartz is working with the Illinois Department of Human Services to gain a better understanding of the opioid crisis in Illinois and to reduce deaths from overdoses.
In November 2017, the Jane Addams Center for Social Policy and Research brought together community members and policy stakeholders to work together in finding solutions to the problems faced by our nation's aging prison population.
Jane Addams College of Social Work has long been at the forefront of helping students to discover their potential, connect to their community and secure their academic future.
The James P. Gleeson Scholarship Fund, an endowed scholarship, was announced at a retirement reception held in honor of Gleeson's 30-year legacy at JACSW.
Forty students from the Universidad Latina de Costa Rica visited Jane Addams College of Social Work to learn about our social justice mission and our work with disadvantaged and marginalized communities.
