School of Social Work Archives

John Wallace to ‘elevate and celebrate’ CRSP as new interim director

By Alexandra Ross, For The Pitt News • September 17, 2021

John Wallace, the new interim director of the Center on Race and Social Problems, has a somewhat unconventional goal — he wants to find someone who will take away his job.

‘He gave so much to all of us’: Remembering Larry Davis, dean emeritus of the School of Social Work

By Colm Slevin, Staff Writer • April 16, 2021

Larry Davis, the dean emeritus of the School of Social Work, passed away on March 30 at 74. A renowned scholar on race in America, Davis joined Pitt as the school’s dean in 2001 and founded the Center on Race and Social Problems shortly after in 2002.

Layers of loss: The way we grieve during a pandemic

By Punya Bhasin, Staff Writer • March 31, 2021

The ways people typically grieve have changed during the pandemic, partly because of social distancing protocols. Pitt experts described these changing practices and how people could cope after the pandemic ends.

‘Why are they angry with us?’: Larry Davis talks systemic racism

By Alice Tang, For The Pitt News • September 28, 2020

Davis — the founding director of Pitt’s Center on Race and Social Problems, as well as dean emeritus of the School of Social Work — talked about his book and issues surrounding race at the “Will Race Always Matter?” lecture Tuesday evening. The event was hosted by the CRSP, Thornburgh Forum, the University Honors College, the Institute of Politics and the School of Social Work.

Stitches for a cause: making knit work with the Fiber Arts Crew

By MJ LaRocque, Staff Writer • January 14, 2020

What started as one group of people in one small town eight miles outside of Harrisburg, the Fiber Arts Crew is now spread out across the University’s regional campuses.

Social work dean steps down

By Rachel Glasser | News Editor • October 26, 2017

Pitt’s dean of the School of Social Work Larry E. Davis will step down at the end of the 2017-2018 academic year. Davis is the third University dean this year to announce he will step down in the...