On May 17th, SSA hosted an event with a multidisciplinary panel that discussed the opioid crisis and its impact on older adults from a range of perspectives from the societal to individual level. Topics included the origins and the scale...
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Rights for Women in Prison and the UN Bangkok Rules: A Global Symposium Agenda
On May 10th, SSA hosted an all-day symposium focused on how countries around the world have used the UN Bangkok Rules...
An American Summer Book Signing with Alex Kotlowitz
On April 15th, 2019, SSA hosted the award winning journalist and author, Alex Kotlowitz, to discuss his new book An American Summer, that chronicles one summer in Chicago and offers a spellbinding collection...
CityKey Municipal ID Event
On May 2nd, SSA hosted the a Panel discussing municipal IDs in Chicago. A keynote from Anna Valencia, the City Clerk of the City of Chicago, was followed by panels that explored the origins of municipal ID programs, featuring...
Yamaguchi Lecture 2019
2019 Ikuo Yamaguchi Memorial Seminar
“Being Muslim: Race, Gender, and Islam in America”
Presented by: Sylvia Chan-Malik
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Washington Week 2019
Eighteen SSA students meet with 37 alumni working in the DC area during spring break, visiting 29 organizations/agencies in the DC area to explore careers in advocacy, research, and policy analysis. Jeffrey Glick, AM...
Dr. W. Thomas Boyce: The Orchid and the Dandelion Event - Why Some Children Struggle and How All Can Thrive
On February 20th, the School of Social Administration hosted Dr. W. Thomas Boyce, Lisa and John Pritzker Distinguished Professor of Developmental and Behavioral Health and chief of the Division of Developmental Medicine at the University...
Rhoda G. Sarnat Lecture: Understanding Suicide’s Allure through A Professional and Personal Perspective
On March 7th 2019, Stacey Freedenthal, PhD, LCSW described and discussed the rationale and techniques for uncovering a suicidal person’s narrative, including how people come to view death as a potential solution to their problems in her talk...
Creating an Equitable City Panel: Marisa Novara, Eve L. Ewing, and Tawa Mitchell
Eve Ewing and Marisa Novara were panelists in the Creating an Equitable City Event on November 26th, 2018, with Tawa Mitchell as a moderator. Panelists discussed ideas for creating more equitable schools and communities that lay the...