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Viktor Burlaka, Lauren Reed and Katharine Rendle, PhD students, were awarded the Kellogg Family FellowshipThis award was established by the W.K. Kellogg Foundation along with matching funds provided by the Ann and Robert Lurie Family Foundation. It is awarded to students in the Joint Doctoral Program in Social Work and Social Science with a research interest in advancing the understanding of issues relevant to improving the well-being of children, youth and their families.
- December 3, 2013
Abigail Williams Awarded Vivian A. and James L. Curtis Endowed ScholarshipAbigail Williams, PhD student, was awarded the Vivian A. and James L. Curtis Endowed Scholarship. The scholarship supports doctoral students whose research focuses on minority populations with low income and education, with a preference for research on issues faced by African American males.
- November 20, 2013
- PhD Student Guillermo Sanhueza Organized First Conference on Prisoners' Rights in Latin America
PhD student, Guillermo Sanhueza organized the first conference on prisoners' human rights in Latin America in Santiago, Chile, on October 16-17. The conference brought prison experts from around the world together to promote good practices in penitentiary contexts. Guillermo Sanhueza also presented his evaluation work Results of the First Survey on Inmates’ Perception of Quality of Prison Life.
- October 21, 2013
- Doctoral student Guillermo Sanhueza has received a Rackham International Research Award to support his dissertation research on human rights violations in prison facilities in Chile.
This award is sponsored by Rackham School of Graduate Studies and the University of Michigan International Institute
- April 12, 2013
- Ann Nguyen, PhD student, along with mentor Professor Robert Joseph Taylor, receive award from the U-M Rackham Graduate School
Ann Nguyen, PhD student, along with mentor Professor Robert Joseph Taylor, received an award from the U-M Rackham Graduate School. Their project will investigate whether religious participation fully explains the race differences in psychiatric disorders.
- April 8, 2013
- Lamia Moghnie, PhD candidate (Social Work & Anthropology), awarded Barbour Scholarship from Rackham Graduate School
Lamia Moghnie, PhD candidate (Social Work & Anthropology) has been awarded a Barbour Scholarship from the Rackham Graduate School for 2013-2014. Barbour established a U-M scholarship for women of the highest academic and professional caliber from the area formerly known as the Orient (encompassing the lands extending from Turkey in the west to Japan and the Philippines in the east) to study modern science, medicine, mathematics and other academic disciplines and professions critical to the development of their native lands.
- February 25, 2013
- Sara Crider, PhD candidate in Social Work & Sociology, receives Outstanding Graduate Student Instructor Award from Rackham Graduate School.
- February 15, 2013