Social work lecture series to begin Nov. 10

The George Warren Brown School of Social Work’s 2005-06 lecture series will address a broad spectrum of issues from mental health to child care.

“This series gives us the opportunity to present the latest social work research from around the world to our students, faculty and the community,” said Barbara E. Levin, the lecture series organizer and coordinator of the Alliance for Building Capacity at the School of Social Work.

The series will kick off at 4 p.m. Nov. 10 with a lecture titled “Daring to Change the World” by the Rev. David M. Greenhaw, president of Eden Theological Seminary. The lecture is the School of Social Work-Eden Seminary Joint Degree Inaugural Lecture.

All lectures will be held in Brown Hall Lounge. Other talks are listed below.

• Noon Nov. 17: Michael Hogan, director of the Ohio Department of Mental Health, will discuss “Transforming Mental Health: Why Needed? How Are We Doing?” This lecture is co-sponsored by the Center for Mental Health Services at the School of Social Work.

• Noon Nov. 30: Margaret Rosario, Ph.D., associate professor of psychology at the City University of New York, will speak about “Risk Behaviors of Gay, Lesbian, and Bisexual Youths.” This lecture is co-sponsored by the Comorbidity and Addictions Center at the School of Social Work.

All lectures are free and open to the public. The series will continue in the spring with five lectures.

For more information, call Levin at 935-6661.