How can social workers strengthen health and public health sectors? The Center for Innovation in Social Work & Health (CISWH) at Boston University School of Social Work (BUSSW) will host a hybrid event exploring this important topic and showcase how CISWH is forging a path forward for social work leadership in the health equity field. […]
BU hosted a reception recently to welcome Dean Barbara Jones to the BU community and beyond. One of the nation’s top scholars in psychosocial oncology and palliative care, Dr. Barbara Jones joined BUSSW on August 1 after nearly twenty years as a leading faculty member, associate dean, department chair, and institute director at the Steve […]
Prof. Yoonsook Ha will speak at a webinar hosted by the Institute For Research on Poverty that explores how high-quality early care and education (ECE) reduces the burden on parents, but is often inaccessible for low-income families. Child care can be expensive and difficult to maintain, and without additional support many low-income families struggle to […]
Kyle MacDonald, assistant dean of enrollment at Boston University School of Social Work (BUSSW), shares his college admissions expertise at a BU panel exploring ways to foster diversity in college admissions in the wake of the Supreme Court’s recent ruling on affirmative action. Prof. Dawn Belkin Martinez, associate dean of equity and inclusion, and Prof. […]