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SherradenThe social work professor who pioneered the idea of Individual Development Accounts (IDAs) — matched savings accounts for low-income Americans — says that President Bush’s new individual savings proposals benefit the wealthy but leave behind the working poor. Michael W. Sherraden, Ph.D., the Benjamin E. Youngdahl Professor of Social Development and director of the Center for Social Development at Washington University in St. Louis, says that President Bush’s proposals to expand individual savings are wise, but fall far short of their potential. Sherraden offers suggestions for making investing opportunities available and profitable to all.

GWB inaugurates Alliance for Building Capacity

George Eberle, former president and chief executive officer of Grace Hill Settlement House and Health Center, will lecture on “The Impact of Professionalism and Elitism on Neighborhood Capacity Building From the Settlement House Perspective” at 1:10 p.m. Oct. 30 in Brown Hall Lounge. The lecture is co-sponsored by Grace Hill and the George Warren Brown […]

James Herbert Williams thought he knew where he would spend his academic career. “I’m a western-U.S. kind of guy,” he says. Williams, Ph.D., the E. Desmond Lee Professor of Racial and Ethnic Diversity and associate dean for academic affairs in the George Warren Brown School of Social Work, grew up in Magnolia, N.C., and Cleveland, […]

“In addition to being well respected in their fields, these agencies show the diversity of practice that GWB teaches,” organizer Sue Stepleton says.

The Department of Biomedical Engineering in the School of Engineering & Applied Science moved up two spots to 14th in the nation.

“One of the most important scholars of poverty in our nation today,” Rank’s formal installation will take place Dec. 11.

From traditional foods to informative presentations and lively entertainment, international students in the George Warren Brown School of Social Work will offer a taste of their homelands during the 10th annual International Festival April 12 and 16. The theme of this year’s festival, which is free and open to the public, is “Citizens of the […]

The George Warren Brown School of Social Work’s spring lecture series addresses a broad spectrum of issues from violence to ethics in social work practice. The series kicked off Jan. 22 with a lecture by David O. Renz on “Nonprofit Organizational Effectiveness: Practical Implications of Research on an Elusive Concept.” Renz is the Beth K. […]

Exhibits American Art of the 1980s: Selections From the Broad Collections. Through April 18. Gallery of Art. 935-5423. American Art on Paper From 1960s to the Present. Through April 18. Gallery of Art. 935-5423. Painting America in the 19th Century. Through April 18. Gallery of Art. 935-5423. History of Adult Education at Washington University, 1854-2004. […]