Dear SSW Community, I am writing to share important news about one of our long-time faculty members — Clinical Associate Professor Janice Furlong — has announced her plan to retire from Boston University on June 30, 2022. While we are thrilled for her as she starts a new phase of life, it is bittersweet for […]
Congratulations to the BUSSW community members and graduating students who were honored at the 2021 School of Social Work Commencement! Student prizes were presented by Professor Janice Furlong: The Saul And David Bernstein Prize is awarded to a ‘group work’ student who demonstrates outstanding merit in the classroom and the field. The Herbert S. Strean […]
Social work educators from across the country meet in Denver, Colorado on October 24-27 for the 65th Annual Program Meeting (APM) of the Council on Social Work Education (CSWE), a four-day marathon of “education sessions” that includes workshops, presentations and panel discussions on topics ranging from social justice to online learning. To find sessions led […]
Boston University School of Social Work takes over the most recent issue of Journal of Social Work Practice in the Addictions with a multi-part special feature on the school’s emerging Alcohol and Other Drugs Education Program (ADEP). ADEP, an initiative started in 2017 to promote better education about addiction, provides training to MSW social work […]