Author: Amy W Dunaway

At the Inauguration: BUSSW Alumni Witnesses History

–Farha Sandhu (COM ’09) On Tuesday, January 20, BUSSW Alumni Tfawa Haynes (SSW’07) joined the two miles of people who crowded the Mall in Washington, DC, for the  Inauguration of 44th President.  The inauguration of President Barack Obama, was an experience Haynes described as “rejuvenating,” leaving him with a newly restored “sense of hope,” a […]

Dean Freedman Featured in Panel on Developmental Disabilities

Ruth Freedman, associate dean for academic affairs at Boston University School of Social Work, participated in a panel briefing at The Boston Foundation, January 30, presenting the results of a recently released health care research report conducted by The ARC of Massachusetts, “Left Out in the Cold:  Health Care Experiences of Adults  with Intellectual and […]

Remembering a Social Work Pioneer: Louise A. Frey

Boston University School of Social Work mourns the death of Professor Emerita Louise Frey. Professor Frey passed away in California on February 13, 2009, of complications due to Alzheimer’s disease. She was 84. Born on April 5, 1924, Professor Frey received her Bachelor’s degree from Queens College, City University of New York, and an MS […]

SSW Alumni Eric Kamba (SSW’04) Appointed to NASW Practice Section

–Farha Sandhu (COM ’09) BUSSW Alumni Eric Kamba (SSW ’04, SPH ’05) was recently appointed to the Social, Economic Justice and Peace Specialty Practice Section Committee of the National Association of Social Workers (NASW). Members were appointed through a selective nomination process. As a member of the Social, Economic Justice and Peace Specialty Practice section, […]