August 2003 News

El-Bassel Invited by NIH to Be Facilitator
CUSSW Professor Nabila El-Bassel was invited by the National Institute of Health (NIH) to be a facilitator at the Career Development Workshop on HIV Prevention Research for and by Racial and Ethnic Minorities on July 26th and 27th in Atlanta. Read more.

CUSSW Alumna in the News
On March 30th, the New York Times profiled CUSSW alumna (MSW, 2003) Martha Lopez-Hanratty in the Westchester section of the paper. Read more.

CUSSW Faculty in the News
A recent article by Columbia Journalism Student Josh Berkman, "Ex-Offenders: What Now?" took a look at the Fragile Family Survey and the work of two of the survey's researchers, CUSSW faculty members Ron Mincy and Marcy Carlson. Read more.

CUSSW's Akabas Named 'International Scholar'.
CUSSW Professor Shelley Akabas was named an International Scholar by the Albert and Elaine Borchard Foundation at the Chateau de la Bretesche in Loire Atlantique, France. Read more.

CUSSW's Marcy Carlson Awarded NICHD Award
Marcy Carlson, an Assistant Professor at CUSSW, has been awarded a grant by the National Institute of Child and Human Development (NICHD) to do further research on the impact of family structure on parent and child well being. Read more.