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Championing Change Through Sport: A Q&A with MSW student Serenity Burnett-Perry
LEXINGTON, Ky. — National Girls & Women in Sports Day (NGWSD), observed annually in early February (Feb. 4, 2026), celebrates the achievements of athletes, coaches, and leaders. This week, the UK
Championing Change Through Sport: A Q&A with PhD student Anne Stauffer
LEXINGTON, Ky. — National Girls & Women in Sports Day (NGWSD), observed annually in early February (Feb. 4, 2026), celebrates the achievements of athletes, coaches, and leaders. This week, the UK
Championing Change Through Sport: A Q&A with Dr. Carly Kimiecik
LEXINGTON, Ky. — National Girls & Women in Sports Day (NGWSD), observed annually in early February (Feb. 4, 2026), celebrates the achievements of athletes, coaches, and leaders. This week, the UK
Sport Social Work Research Lab announces new partnership
The partnership between the SSW-RL and Brock University’s Centre for Healthy Youth Development Through Sport creates meaningful, sustained opportunities to learn and collaborate in innovative ways.
Social Work’s Sobriety Treatment and Recovery Team recognized for commitment to Kentucky’s families
START’s recertification demonstrates the team’s leadership in building and maintaining the foundational systems necessary to facilitate the START program with fidelity across multiple local counties in Kentucky.
Social Work’s ASK Program strengthens families across Kentucky during National Adoption Month
The College of Social Work continues to celebrate National Adoption Month, recognizing the Hurt-Mueller family’s story of connection and belonging.
‘I am a UK Innovator’: College of Social Work’s Julie Cerel
This article was originally published on UKNow by Victoria Alleman. LEXINGTON, Ky. (Oct. 23, 2025) — Innovation is a new way of thinking that can often lead to transformative breakthroughs.
College of Social Work attends Alliance of Social Workers in Sports Annual Symposium
The symposium brought together sport social work leaders from across the world, including several CoSW faculty, staff, and students.
Supporting Kentucky’s Kinship Families: A Conversation with the Kentucky Kinship Resource Center
LEXINGTON, Ky. – Kinship caregivers—grandparents, relatives, and close family friends raising children—play a critical role in creating stability and love when children need it most. At the University of Kentucky
Kentucky Kinship Resource Center Hosts Live Webinar on Self-Care
The webinar shared practical tools and encouraged supportive conversation, with the goal for caregivers to feel more grounded and connected.
Kentucky Citizen Review Panels Host Annual Retreat
Each year, the panels identify issues in their region, design a project or initiative to help, and make recommendations to the state for system improvement.
Medically Complex Training Program Hosts Annual Fall Training
Since 2003, the program has developed, coordinated, and conducted this type of training for foster and adoptive parents and social service workers statewide