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School of Social Work secures $11M in federal grants to fund community health education, research

Community health workers impact the lives of residents of underserved areas where basic health services are often scarce.

ASU to study domestic violence survivor safety during pre-trial period

An Arizona State University professor will be researching ways to predict the safety of domestic violence survivors while their accused partners are awaiting trial.

Running toward the 'pain cave'

Chris Herbst says that running 55 miles at a time can be so brutal that he enters a state he calls “the pain cave.”

Left: Professor Mary Feeney, Caucasian woman with shoulder-length brown hair wearing purple and blue rimmed glasses; Right: Associate Professor Derrick Anderson - middle-aged Caucasian male with short cropped hair wearing a blue suit with blue tie

Public affairs professors named to leadership of national science, education organizations

Two Arizona State University School of Public Affairs professors began work this fall in national leadership positions in prestigious research and education organizations.

Piper Trust backs ASU initiatives with $7.1 million in surprise grants

The ASU Foundation was among 71 Arizona nonprofit organizations to receive surprise grants from the Virginia G. Piper Charitable Trust.

New director to hold joint appointments in social work, counseling and counseling psychology

Frank Dillon is the new director of the Center for Applied Behavioral Health Policy in the Southwest Interdisciplinary Research Center.

ASU researcher awarded NIH grant to help safely return children to in-person school

As school districts around the country ramp up to welcoming students back in person full time, the National Institutes of Health put out a call to fund additional research projects to identify way

ASU research finds greater likelihood of false guilty pleas during pandemic

Like everything else, the COVID-19 pandemic has caused upheaval in the criminal justice system, with disruptions in trials and outbreaks among incarcerated people.

Social work professor to receive national society's Presidential Award for lifetime achievement in prevention science

Regents Professor Flavio Marsiglia’s “outstanding contributions to advancing the field of prevention science” throughout a long and distinguished career led to his selection as the Society for Preven

Knowledge Exchange for Resilience gives ASU students invaluable experience

Amid the many challenges of the pandemic, student workers at ASU’s Knowledge Exchange for Resilience (KER) collaborated to drive use-inspired research and develop innovative solutions to make our community more resilient.