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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 […]

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Dr. Barbara Jones Joins BUSSW as New Dean

BOSTON, MASS – Boston University School of Social Work (BUSSW) has named Dr. Barbara Jones as its next dean. Recognized among the nation’s top scholars in the field of psychosocial oncology and palliative care, Jones joins BUSSW from the University of Texas at Austin, where she has been a member of the faculty since 2004.  […]

Byrne and Colleagues Develop Web App to Help Local Communities Estimate COVID-19 Needs for Homeless Population

Following his recent report on the impact of COVID-19 on the homeless population, BUSSW professor Tom Byrne and co-authors Dennis P. Culhane, Dan Treglia, & Ken Steif from the University of Pennsylvania, and Randall Kuhn from UCLA, have developed a web application based on their model to allow local communities to estimate need based on their particular local circumstances. According to the report, which […]