Category: Events

Photo Gallery: “Research in Action: Economic Insecurity Across a Lifespan”

On March 3, six faculty researchers from the Boston University School of Social Work (BUSSW) presented critical findings on how early exposure to economic hardship during childhood, adolescence, and young adulthood can shape long-term economic and health outcomes.  The event, held at BU’s Photonics Center , featured lightning talk presentations and a panel discussion, offering […]

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 […]

BUSSW Professor Mary E. Collins, PhD (left) with Naz Asghar, UK Project Manager for Action for Humanity, and session chair Jehangir Malik, OBE at the 2025 Woolf Institute Conference.

Prof. Collins Discusses Opportunities for Faith Communities to Act on Migration at Woolf Institute Conference

Dr. Mary E. Collins, a professor at Boston University School of Social Work (BUSSW), discussed faith communities’ role in advancing compassion at a talk presented at the Woolf Institute 2025 Conference at the University of Cambridge in England.  The conference engaged interdisciplinary and inter-faith scholars to address questions of faith in a world of unprecedented […]