On Oct. 4, 2024, BU School of Social Work (BUSSW) and the Greater Boston Association of Black Social Workers (GBABSW) presented an informative panel discussion about the importance of making connections, featuring guest speaker Melissa Smith Haley, MSW, LMSW, 14th president and immediate past president of the National Association of Black Social Workers. Host Dana […]
Faculty, staff, and alumni from Boston University School of Social Work (BUSSW) will present cutting-edge research, curriculum innovations and organizational advancements to a national audience of social work educators at the Council on Social Work Education’s (CSWE) 70th Annual Program Meeting (APM). Held October 24-27, 2024, in Kansas City, Mo., the annual conference is the […]
The 2024 Alumni Association Awards, hosted by Boston University School of Social Work (BUSSW) and the school’s Alumni Association Board, took place on Saturday, September 28, 2024, at the BU Photonics Center. Watch the recording to relive our celebration of the 2024 award winners and hear from featured speaker Marylou Sudders (SSW’78), former Mass. Secretary […]
Education opens doors to better career prospects, higher income, and personal development, allowing people to break cycles of poverty and inequality. However, many students from low-income backgrounds rely on financial aid to achieve their education goals and they are more vulnerable to losing that aid for a wider variety of reasons than students from different […]