News & Feature Stories
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Connecting #MeToo with #HereForYou
“'It’s easy to get frustrated and think, ‘Everyone’s always been aware of the number of victims of sexual assault.’ But that’s not true,” said Miriam Joelson, a first-year MSW student at the Brown School at Washington University in St. Louis. “The awareness this campaign has created is really remarkable. And now the conversation is turning to, ‘What are we going to do about it?’”
From Policing to Policy
In 2014, Luther Tyus was finishing his sixth year as an officer with the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department. He had become well known within the department, winning accolades like the Meritorious Service Citation and Citizen’s Service Award for his work to build trust between officers and local communities.
‘Trailblazers’ Return to Campus for SED Homecoming
In the four decades since the Brown School launched a Social and Economic Development (SED) concentration within the MSW program, the School’s SED alumni have spread out across the country and around the world, sharing a particular perspective on poverty and community development.
East St. Louis Immersion Course Sparks ‘A New Awakening’ on Poverty
What political and social forces have led to concentrated, intergenerational poverty in communities of color? And how can social workers combat the effects of intentional urban blight? Brown School students engaged with these questions this summer through the week-long immersion course “Poverty – The Impact of Institutionalized Racism.”
Alumna’s “Resilient Souls Project” Celebrates Women's Perseverance
The Resilient Souls Project, a powerful exhibit of portraits and writing which celebrates women’s perseverance through life’s challenges, inspired visitors to the Brown School at Washington University in St. Louis this spring.
How and Why We Use Gender-Neutral Pronouns
The Brown School at Washington University in St. Louis is taking steps to update the language we use, in order to recognize the gender spectrum and to be a more inclusive community for our transgender and gender nonconforming students, staff and faculty.