Category: Alumni

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The Boston Globe: Emy Takinami (SSW’20) Advocates for Community-Based Mental Health Crisis Response in Boston City Budget

In a Boston Globe op-ed, Emy Takinami (SSW’20), BU School of Social Work alum and Liberation Health steering committee member, and Husain Rizvi from the City School support a  budget plan investing in a non police, community-based mental health crisis response. They call for the Boston City Council to override Mayor Michelle Wu’s veto of […]

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HealthCity: BUSSW Community Works with Grayken Center to Improve Substance Use Care for Black Patients

To address the inequities Black patients with substance use disorder (SUD) face, Boston Medical Center’s Grayken Center for Addiction has spearheaded several funded initiatives featuring faculty and alumni from BU School of Social Work (BUSSW). A recent HealthCity article included Philip Reason (MSW’21, MPH’22) who co-facilitated one of the featured projects; Corinne Beaugard (PhD’23), a […]

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Verywell Mind: BUSSW Lecturer Shares Mental Health Tips for Fathers

The popular mental health publication Verywell Mind interviewed Rebecca Minor, a lecturer at BU School of Social Work (BUSSW), to find out how fathers can find and create safe spaces to talk about mental health.  A clinical social worker and gender specialist, Minor’s expertise brings an important perspective to the article about survey findings that […]

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BUSSW Faculty & Alumni Share Expertise at International Social Work Symposium

Faculty and alumni from BU School of Social Work (BUSSW) presented at a recent symposium hosted by the International Association for Social Work Groups (IASWG). The presentation, “Understanding Process Groups: An Experiential Workshop,” was given by Lecturer Será Godfrey-Kaplan (MSW’08), Adam Glick (MSW’94), Prof. Mark Gianino, Tfawa Haynes (MSW’07), Crystal Jones (MSW’12), Prof. Donna McLaughlin, […]