2nd Quarter 2015

Ethel G. Nicdao, PhD, Associate Professor of Sociology at the University of the Pacific in Stockton, California, spent February through April 2015 as a visiting scholar at IWRI. Ethel was pleased to return to the UW-SSW where she held a post-doctoral fellowship from 2005-2007. Mentored by Dr. Bonnie Duran, she had the opportunity to observe…

Six fellows from the Indigenous Substance Abuse, Medicines, and Addictions Research Training (ISMART) program attended the Society for Prevention Research Conference in Washington, D.C. on May 26-29, 2015.  New fellows also attended a grant writing training sponsored by the National Institute for Drug Abuse (NIDA) and coordinated by Dr. Kathy Etz. This training was designed…

On June 11, 2015, successful Bachleor’s and Master’s graduates of the Schools of Social Work and Public Health were celebrated at the wǝɫǝbʔaltxʷ  or Intellectual House, UW’s longhouse-style gathering space. Family, friends, professors, and supporters attended the lively ceremony which featured dignitaries from local tribes, speeches and thank-yous from the successful graduates, and public recognition…

The guiding principle of NYEP’s summer program is to empower Native middle school students to focus in school by making STEM (science, technology, engineering and math) curriculum culturally relevant. Students will see first-hand the incredible impact one can have personally and in the community by meeting university students and Native role models who currently work…

This year’s third annual writing retreat took place at the beautiful, expansive Tamaya Resort on the Santa Ana Pueblo north of Albuquerque, New Mexico.  Lording over the eastern horizon 5,000 feet above the redolent sagebrush plains is 10,678 feet Sandia Mountain.  Flowing close to the hotel, the upper reaches of the Rio Grande nurtured riparian…