Research

• Social Welfare Professor Studies Disaster Recoveries from Katrina and Haitian Earthquake
  The dynamics of disaster recovery efforts in rural communities in Louisiana, Mississippi, and Haiti are the focus of a research project led by University at Albany School of Social Welfare Associate Professor Loretta Pyles.

Faculty

• SEED Entrepreneurial Program Generate 52 New Capital Region Jobs
  In just six months, the University at Albany’s Small Enterprise Economic Development (SEED) program has invested $385,000 in the Capital District and created 52 new jobs. This unique job-creation partnership between UAlbany, SEFCU and Empire State Development (ESD) is the Capital Region's first character-based microloan program.
• NCAA Conference Cites Social Welfare Professor for Health Promotion Efforts in Africa   
  The NCAA Division I America East Conference, whose membership includes 18 of the University at Albany's varsity sports, has honored a UAlbany School of Social Welfare associate professor as "an ideal representative from the University at Albany for Black History Month."
• School of Social Welfare Summit Supports Refugees and Immigrants in the Capital Region
  The School of Social Welfare at UAlbany and the Albany Field Office of the US Committee for Refugees and Immigrants (USCRI Albany) hosted an all-day Summit entitled Refugees and Immigrants in the Capital Region: Working Together to Support Newcomers.

Student Experience

• School of Social Welfare Students Take Summer Study Tours of Africa
  For 11 summers, UAlbany School of Social Welfare (SSW) students, along with faculty, scholars and community practitioners, have traveled to African countries to see what social service delivery means in poorer nations and if government policies and programs are providing effective change and development.