Category: Alumni

Kitty Dukakis (SSW’96), Humanitarian and Mental Health Advocate, Dies at 88 

Kitty Dukakis, a 1996 graduate of BU School of Social Work’s (BUSSW) Master of Social Work program, died on March 21 from complications of dementia.  The wife of Massachusetts governor and Democratic presidential nominee Michael Dukakis, she entered the public eye in the early 1970s and spent the next five decades advocating for gender equality, […]

Ricardo Neal

BUSSW Alum Ricardo Neal, President and Chief Executive Officer of We Will All Rise, Named 2025 Commencement Speaker 

Ricardo Neal (MSW ‘99), a BU School of Social Work (BUSSW) alum, and current president and chief executive officer of We Will All Rise, a nationally recognized organization focused on improving life outcomes for young men of color across communities throughout the country (Atlanta, Georgia; Baltimore, Maryland; Boston and Lawrence, Massachusetts; and Milwaukee, Wisconsin) will […]