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Students
Charis Stanek Accepted to 2026-27 Columbus-Athens Schweitzer Fellows
Congratulations to PhD student, Charis Stanek, on her acceptance to the 2026-27 Columbus-Athens Schweitzer Fellows!
Faculty
Social Work: A Family Affair
It’s not every academic year that a student walks up to a professor and notes her mother had him in class. It’s especially even more uncommon that that professor remembers this student’s mother from his first year teaching at The Ohio State University.
News & Updates
BSSW Student Joins Team USA at 2026 Olympics
Congratulations to BSSW student Joy Dunne on her selection to Team USA for women’s hockey in the upcoming Milano Cortina 2026 Games!
Students
Student Veterans Introduce Beekeeping Program to Campus Prairie
Ohio State students Todd Lee, a junior social work major, and Eric Bailey, an engineering technology major, are making a difference in Ohio State’s sustainability through their recent introduction of beehives to the Larry R. Yoder Prairie Learning Laboratory.
Students
Congratulations to MSW student Hanna Kancherla
Congratulations to MSW student Hanna Kancherla who was recently interviewed on Cleveland’s WKYC-TV Channel 3 news for her advocacy work. She spoke about House Bill 29, a bill that would ensure adequate supply of feminine hygiene products and other menstrual necessities to incarcerated women in Ohio.
Students
Congratulations to PhD candidate Eric Sowers
Congratulations to PhD candidate Eric Sowers (MSW ’21) who has received the 2024-25 Outstanding Graduate/Professional Student Award and the 2024-25 Outstanding Veteran Student Award from the Office of Student Life, Leadership and Community Engagement.
Students
Congratulations to PhD candidate Fiona Doherty
Congratulations to PhD Candidate Fiona Doherty whose dissertation research led to a community photo exhibit in the Nelsonville Public Library in Nelsonville, Ohio, highlighting her participatory photo mapping study.
Students
Social Work students recognized at Denman Forum
Congratulations to the following CSW students for their participation in the 30th annual Richard J. and Martha D. Denman Undergraduate Research Forum!
Students
PhD student Juan Lorenzo Benavides partners with Refugee Women in Action
As a 2024-25 Albert Schweitzer Fellow, PhD student Juan Lorenzo Benavides is addressing the challenges many immigrants face in finding essential services and crucial information to successfully integrate into Columbus.
Students
PhD candidate Megan Allbright-Campos receives research grant from the Behavioral Interventions Scholars program
Congratulations to PhD candidate Megan Allbright-Campos who recently received a prestigious dissertation research grant from the Behavioral Interventions Scholars program, funded by the Office of Planning, Research, and Evaluation (OPRE) at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
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