Five Things COVID-19 Might Do to Young Adults’ Mental Health
BU social worker will probe how COVID-19 hits the mental health of America’s future workforce, and what makes some people more resilient
BU School of Social Work Co-hosted a Congressional Briefing
You’re invited to attend: Integrating Social Determinants of Health into Future Health Care Policy Hosted by Rep. Karen Bass and the Congressional Social Work Caucus Thursday, September 26, 2019 2:00pm – 3:30pm B208 Longworth House Office Building Evidence has shown that health outcomes are greatly affected by housing, transportation, nutrition, education, and other socioeconomic factors. […]
BU’s Initiative on Cities Gets New Codirector
Katharine Lusk has played a key role in University’s urban research Katharine Lusk, who has served as executive director of BU’s Initiative on Cities since its founding in 2014, has just been named codirector of the institution. Photo by Jackie Ricciardi. Katharine Lusk, who helped grow BU’s Initiative on Cities (IoC) into an urban information […]
Former UN Secretary-General Kicks Off BU Think Tank
Ban Ki-moon encourages students to think globally Ban Ki-moon, eighth Secretary-General of the United Nations, gave the keynote speech kicking off the opening of BU’s new Global Development Policy Center. Photo by Jackie Ricciardi. Former secretary-general of the United Nations Ban Ki-moon told a standing-room only crowd at BU’s Metcalf Trustee Center on Wednesday that […]
Jorge Delva Chosen as New School of Social Work Dean
Nationally recognized expert on economically disadvantaged assumes post in January Jorge Delva, incoming dean of the School of Social Work, is a prolific author and researcher and a nationally recognized scholar. Photo by Cydney Scott. Immigrated to Hawaii from Chile at age 16 Expert in substance abuse and ethnic health disparities Holds a second-degree black […]