BU’s Clinical & Translational Science Institute (CTSI) has awarded a research grant to professors Astraea Augsberger (BUSSW), Dr. Katherine Gergen Barnett (BU School of Medicine) and Linda Sprague Martinez (BUSSW) for their project, “Data-Driven, Youth-Led Health Promotion Strategy for a Safety Net Accountable Care Organization.” The aim of the project, devised within a “participatory action research” […]
Cristina Brinkerhoff, doctoral candidate at BUSSW, knows the mobility struggle well. She was undocumented for seven years and had been afraid to drive herself. With 78% of Massachusetts workers needing to drive to work, the ability to get a license is essential. According to an opinion piece in The Boston Globe, the goal of the […]
A Nation at Hope, released in January 2019 by the Aspen Institute’s National Commission on Social, Emotional, and Academic Development, spurred a national conversation about how young people learn. The central idea of the Commission’s work deeply resonated with the experience of families, educators, and community leaders alike: that children learn best when they are […]
MetroBridge sparks collaboration at Charles River Campus BUSSW MSW students in lecturer Heidi Sulman’s “Mental Health and Social Policy” course recently applied their studies to real-world needs in the town of Winthrop, Massachusetts, as part of Boston University’s MetroBridge program. MetroBridge, a program established by BU Initiative on Cities, enlists BU faculty and their classes […]
