Dean’s Message: Longtime Faculty Member Betty Ruth Retiring
Dear BUSSW Community: I am writing to share important news about one of our long-time faculty members — Clinical Professor Betty J. Ruth has announced her plan to retire from Boston University at the end of the calendar year, December 31, 2020. It is exciting for her as she embarks on her next life adventure […]
Message from the Dean: Associate Dean Ken Schulman Retires
RELATED: KEN’S RETIREMENT CELEBRATION GIVE: RUTH & SCHULMAN SCHOLARSHIP FUND Dear BUSSW Community, Happy New Year! As we begin this new year and decade, I want to share news about a significant change here at BUSSW – our esteemed friend and colleague Ken Schulman, associate dean for enrollment services and alumni relations, will retire from […]
Dean’s Message on November 13th Shapiro Event
Hello BUSSW Community, I am writing to extend my support and encouragement to our community to speak your mind against the views of Ben Shapiro, the conservative political commentator who will be speaking on the BU campus this evening. His views are antithetical to our profession’s values and should not be left unchallenged. It is […]
Dean’s Message on Mosque Tragedy in New Zealand
March 15, 2019 Dear BUSSW community, It is with tremendous sorrow that I write this note to express our School’s condolences to those affected by the horrendous attack on two mosques in Christchurch, New Zealand this morning. This crime demonstrates that wherever there is hate, abhorrent behaviors occur, even in countries with more restrictive gun […]
Dean Delva on This Week’s Shootings
Saturday, October 27, 2018 As dean, I wanted to reach out to you, the BUSSW community: Today’s shooting and killings at the Synagogue in Pittsburgh, the murder of two Black elders in Louisville, Kentucky, by a man who reportedly first tried to enter a Black church earlier this week, and the bombs sent to legislators […]
Dean’s Statement on Ford-Kavanaugh Hearings
Good morning to the SSW Community, The recent news surrounding the Senate Hearings on the Kavanaugh nomination can be difficult for many of us to hear, particularly those who are survivors of sexual assault or sexual abuse. I want to acknowledge this and try to offer some support and perspective. Students, faculty, and staff may […]
BUSSW Dean Statement on Migrant Family Separation Crisis
Dear Members of the BUSSW Community, We are reaching out to our community to share our outrage at the unfolding national crisis of migrant family separation and ask you to work with us to identify ways we can respond. In the last six weeks, as a result of the Trump Administration’s Zero Tolerance policy, more […]