Christopher Salas-Wright, Assistant Professor at BUSSW, Recognized with 2019 Deborah K. Padgett Early Career Achievement Award
The Society for Social Work and Research (SSWR) Early Career Achievement recognizes innovative scholarship, rigorous approach to social work research, emerging influence in the field, and contributions to advance the profession. Christopher Salas-Wright, MSW, PhD, assistant professor in the BUSSW, has received the 2019 Deborah K. Padgett Early Career Achievement Award from the Society for […]
BRIDGE Graduation 2018
The BRIDGE Program at BUSSW is a unique, longstanding MSW-prep program that supports immigrants and refugees as they pursue a graduate social work education. We applaud the extraordinary efforts of this year’s BRIDGE graduates, whose diverse cultural and professional backgrounds will be an asset to any community they choose to serve. […]
Kristina Whiton-O’Brien (SSW ’95) Appointed to the Plymouth County Commission on the Status of Women
Kristina Whiton-O’Brien (SSW ’95), assistant director for online program advising at Boston University School of Social Work, has been sworn in as a new member of the Plymouth County Commission on the Status of Women, a regional branch of the Massachusetts Commission on the Status of Women. The group’s mission is to advance women toward […]
Homelessness on the Rise in Some U.S. Cities
New research from a team including BU School of Social Work’s Thomas Byrne shows that homelessness is a growing risk in America’s biggest cities. By Megan Cerullo | Tuesday, December 11, 2018 (CBS News) – Homelessness has declined across most of the U.S. over the last decade as the economy has crawled back from the housing […]
Ruth Paris Presents Keynote Speech at Safe Stations Forum
Monday, December 3, 2018 A daylong event in Nashua, New Hampshire was brought to a close by BUSSW Professor Ruth Paris, who gave a keynote speech to care providers, policymakers, and crisis responders at the 2018 Safe Stations Academy Conference. The conference, titled “Innovative and Integrated Response to an Opioid Crisis,” was held “to highlight […]
BUSSW’s Groundbreaking BRIDGE Program Graduates 14 Students from Around the World on Tuesday, December 4
The Building Refugee and Immigrant Degrees for Graduate Education Program, BRIDGE, is designed to give immigrants and refugees access to a graduate social work education, as well as develop critical cultural competencies within the human services workforce. This year’s graduating class is comprised of students from across the globe. Some were born in the USA from […]
BUSSW Professor Copeland Joins Activists to Talk ‘Race, Racism, and Mental Health’ at Harvard Law School
BU School of Social Work assistant professor Dr. Phillipe Copeland discusses oppression, racism and reconciliation at a Harvard Law School panel on racial justice. By Ellen M. Burstein and Luke A. Williams | Sunday, November 18, 2018 (The Harvard Crimson) – Community organizers from the Boston area and across the United States convened this weekend for […]
Jorge Delva New Leader of BU Center for Innovation in Social Work & Health
Dean Jorge Delva will take permanent leadership of the BU Center for Innovation in Social Work & Health as he assumes the Paul Farmer Professorship formerly held by inaugural CISWH director Sara “Sally” Bachman. By Rich Barlow @ BU Today | November 15, 2018 (BU Today) – At a reception Tuesday at the regal […]
BUSSW Names New Members to its Academic Leadership Team
Boston University School of Social Work recently announced several changes and additions to its academic leadership team: S. Wade Taylor Associate Dean for Academic Affairs Taylor joins BUSSW as Associate Dean for Academic Affairs and a Clinical Associate Professor. His new role provides leadership for the overall MSW educational program and development of the curriculum, and […]
PhD Student Lands ARDRAW Grant for Research
Thursday, November 8, 2018 Kelsi Carolan, LICSW, a fourth-year doctoral candidate at BUSSW, received a grant from the Social Security Administration’s ARDRAW Small Grant Program for her doctoral research, “Factors Promoting and Inhibiting Work in the Context of Chronic Neurological Disease: Uncovering Pathways to Intervention.” Linda Sprague Martinez, assistant professor at BUSSW, is acting as […]