Doctoral Student Daniel Do Selected for Robert Wood Johnson Foundation’s Health Policy Research Scholars Program
Daniel Do, a second-year doctoral student at Boston University School of Social Work, has been chosen to participate in the Health Policy Research Scholars program, a national leadership initiative of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF). RWJF’s programs connect changemakers across the country, from every profession and field, to learn from and work with one […]
Three BUSSW Students Awarded Harvard Rappaport Fellowship
BUSSW students Florence Glynn, Greer Hamilton and Noor Toraif will each lead Boston-based civil service projects as part of the Rappaport Institute’s 2020 Public Policy Fellowship. Three students from Boston University School of Social Work have been selected for the competitive Public Policy Summer Fellowship at the Harvard Kennedy School’s Rappaport Institute for Greater Boston: […]
Professor Ruth Awarded CSWE Lifetime Achievement in Social Work Education
Betty J. Ruth (SSW ’84, SPH ’85), clinical professor at BUSSW and director of BU’s Dual Degree Program in Social Work and Public Health, is the 2020 recipient of the Council on Social Work Education (CSWE) Significant Lifetime Achievement in Social Work Education Award. CSWE President Darla Spence Coffey writes, “Few educators have done as […]
Sherry Cohen (SSW’88) and Daniel Mango (SSW’20) Honored with NASW-MA’s ‘Lifetime Achievement’ and ‘Future of Social Work’ Awards
MSW student Daniel Mango (SSW’20) and alum Sherry Cohen (SSW’88) will be honored by the National Association of Social Workers Massachusetts Chapter (NASW-MA) at its 47th Annual Awards Celebration. Mango receives the Future of Social Work Award, recognizing a student who has demonstrated excellence in a graduate social work program. A second-year dual degree student […]
Associate Dean Judith Gonyea and Alumna Marylou Sudders SSW’78 Inducted into American Academy of Social Work & Social Welfare
Judith Gonyea, professor and associate dean for faculty affairs at BUSSW, and Marylou Sudders (SSW’78), secretary of the Massachusetts Executive Office of Health & Human Services (EOHHS), were recently inducted as Fellows into The American Academy of Social Work and Social Welfare (AASWSW), joining a prestigious group of social work scholars and practitioners. The awards […]
Denita Johnson Succeeds Trudy Zimmerman as Assistant Dean for Field Education
BUSSW is pleased to announce that Denita Johnson will assume the position of assistant dean for field education effective January 1st, 2020. Johnson is currently the school’s assistant director for field education and previously served as BUSSW’s field coordinator for the Charles River and Worcester campuses. During her time at BUSSW, she has been a […]
Doctoral Candidate Maggie Thomas Receives SSWR’s Doctoral Fellows Award
BUSSW doctoral candidate Maggie Thomas has received the 2020 Society for Social Work and Research (SSWR) Doctoral Fellows Award – recognizing and supporting doctoral students whose proposed dissertation research reflects innovative ideas and rigorous methodologies related to social work research, policy, or practice. Award recipients are considered exemplars of excellence in doctoral level social work […]
Dean Emerita Wilma Peebles-Wilkins Honored in Case Western’s Trailblazer Project
BUSSW Dean Emerita Wilma Peebles-Wilkins recently received a special honor from her alma mater Case Western Reserve University (CWRU): a painted portrait of herself displayed on the university’s campus as part of CWRU’s Trailblazer Project. The portrait was presented at an unveiling ceremony this fall where Peebles-Wilkins was recognized alongside honorees M. Deborrah Hyde and […]
Ada Avila (SSW’19) Advocates for Environmental Justice in Her Hometown
Ada Avila (SSW’19) was worried when she saw that after heavy rains, the basement of her childhood home in Chelsea, MA would flood with sewage—a serious threat to health. But when she learned that her family’s neighbors were also experiencing the same sanitation problem, she began to ask questions and advocate for solutions. The flooding began […]
Keefe Earns Academic Career Award and New Leadership Role at Massachusetts Gerontology Association
Bronwyn Keefe, research assistant professor and CADER/PEP director, recently received the Geriatrics Academic Career Award (GACA) from the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), one of two inaugural social work awardees among twenty-six recipients nationwide. The GACA is a four-year grant awarded to support the career development of junior faculty members providing interprofessional clinical training […]