News & Updates - News

Let the good reads roll and jump into the latest edition of The Stillman magazine. This year’s issue offers a heavy helping of inspiring research, alum and donor features, faculty highlights, college news from around the community and globe, awards, social media magic--and much, much more!

The College of Social Work took on Denver at this year’s Council of Social Work Education (CSWE) Conference!

Congratulations to Dr. Dawn Anderson-Butcher who recently participated in an episode of the Now at Ohio State podcast. Anderson-Butcher spoke about the importance of youth sports in building confidence, friendships and lifelong skills

Since opening at The Ohio State University in 2015, the Higher Education Center for Alcohol and Drug Misuse Prevention and Recovery (HECAOD) has been developing college campus professionals who support alcohol and drug misuse prevention.

The Engaged Scholars Academy, a one-year cohort-based leadership and professional development initiative, recently celebrated the start of its inaugural year.

A new program from the Center for Psychedelic Drug Research and Education (CPDRE) in The Ohio State University College of Social Work is helping prepare health care workers and first responders with tools to treat people suffering adverse reactions to psychedelic drugs.

LiFEsports is one of over 18 partners dedicated to the Million Coaches Challenge (MCC), an initiative that seeks to transform youth sport by training coaches nationwide in evidence-based positive youth development practices.

Congratulations to Dr. Susan Yoon who was recently selected as a 2025 Growing Research Opportunities (GRO) Research Leadership Fellow. She is among 22 Ohio State researchers selected, representing nine colleges.

Congratulations to alumnus Dr. Kenneth R. Yeager (BSSW ’92, MSW ’93, PhD ’99), for his receival of the Compassionate Leadership in Advocacy Award. Yaeger is a professor emeritus at The Ohio State University’s College of Medicine, Department of Psychiatry, and currently serves as the director of the Stress, Trauma and Resilience (STAR) program at Wexner Medical Center.

Congratulations to alumna Katie White (MSW ‘20) who has been selected as a 2025 YWCA Women on the Rise.