Dear incoming students, I hope you are all faring well as we make our way through the next phases of the pandemic at BUSSW. I’d like to update you on the University’s plans for the fall 2021 semester. As Boston University President Brown recently noted, “we have maintained our residential campuses by adopting a rigorous […]
The New York Times featured BUSSW alum Rebecca Minor (SSW’15), a licensed clinical social worker who works with trans youth, in an opinion piece by Alex Marzano-Lesnevich focused on defining gender during a pandemic lockdown. Excerpted from “How Do I Define My Gender if No One Is Watching Me? Without a public eye, who are we?” (The […]
Dear members of the BUSSW community, Once again, racism has claimed another victim. On Sunday, April 11, 2021, a Black man named Daunte Wright, 20, was shot and killed by police in the city of Brooklyn Center, approximately 10 miles outside of Minneapolis, MN. This latest crime was committed while the trial of Derek Chauvin, […]
At Boston Medical Center (BMC), the region’s largest safety-net hospital, when patients are diagnosed with COVID-19 and sent home to quarantine, they often have concerns that reach far beyond their symptoms. How will they get food and medicine if they can’t leave the house? What if they fall behind on their rent and utilities? These […]