2023 BUSSW Commencement Ceremony Celebrates MSW & PhD Graduates
Boston University School of Social Work (BUSSW) celebrated its graduating MSW and PhD students on Thursday, May 18, at the 2023 BUSSW Commencement ceremony at the Walter Brown Arena. The graduates and guests came from far and wide, representing all program formats and campuses: the Charles River On-Campus Program, the Online Program, and the Off-Campus […]
BUSSW Licensure Prep Initiative Addresses Inequity & Test Bias
Boston University School of Social Work (BUSSW) has launched a project to address inequities in social work licensure testing by providing targeted support to its BIPOC, Latinx, and non-native English speaking students, and expanding test prep for all students. The Licensing Empowerment and Achievement Initiative originated with the School’s Equity & Inclusion Committee in response […]
Amy Yao (PhD’23) Awarded Horowitz Social Policy Award for Dissertation
Amy Mengni Yao, a graduating doctoral candidate at Boston University School of Social Work (BUSSW), has received the Horowitz Foundation for Social Policy Award for her dissertation, “Food Insecurity and Mental Health among Urban Women, and the Effects of Policy Change during the COVID-19 Pandemic.” The Horowitz Foundation supports projects with a social policy application […]
A Day in the Life: My MSW Field Internship
By Bianca V. (MSW’23) As a second-year student in the MSW program at BU School of Social Work (BUSSW), I have often felt like a circus performer this semester while juggling four classes, a field placement, a part-time job, friends, and other responsibilities. While classes and my field placement certainly take the front seat, I […]
3/30: Nandy Barbosa (MSW’23) Featured at Careers on Aging Panel Cosponsored by CADER
Nandy Barbosa (SSW’23), a recent MSW graduate from Boston University School of Social Work (BUSSW), is a featured panelist at a virtual event on social work careers in aging hosted by the Older Adult Behavioral Health Network and three partner schools: BUSSW, Simmons University and Salem State University. The event is part of an initiative […]
An MSW Student’s Tips for Relocating to Boston
By Krystal K. (MSW’23) I moved from Georgia to Malden, Massachusetts specifically for BU School of Social Work’s MSW program. In case you were wondering, that’s about 1,000 miles from point A to point B, and some of you may be trekking across even longer distances. If you’re reading this, you may be in the […]
BUSSW Student Receives 2023 BPSI Social Work Grant Award
Eliana Kaplan (SSW’23), a master’s student at Boston University School of Social Work, was recently awarded a 2023 Social Work Grant Award by the Boston Psychoanalytic Society & Institute (BPSI). As part of the award, Kaplan will attend the Lawrence Lifson Psychodynamic Psychotherapy conference in Boston and hold a guest partnership at BPSI with free […]
BUSSW Faculty & Student Awarded Best Quantitative Article by Families in Society Journal
An article on family engagement in the child welfare system by BU School of Social Work faculty members Astraea Augsberger and Mary E. Collins and MSW student Benjamin Levine was named one of the best quantitative articles of 2022 by social services journal Families in Society. Cristina Mogro-Wilson, the journal’s editor-in-chief, says their article was […]
Finding Work-Life Balance as an MSW Student
By Adeola A. (MSW’23) Self-care is such an important life skill to have, but learning it is easier said than done. We are encouraged to focus on self care all the time: in school, during classes, at work, and with our friends and family. But how can we take care of ourselves when our responsibilities […]
BUSSW Faculty, Students & Alums Share Expertise at 2023 SSWR Conference
Boston University School of Social Work (BUSSW) faculty, students and alumni will showcase a broad variety of research and perspectives on Jan. 11-15, 2023, at the annual conference for the Society for Social Work and Research (SSWR). Held virtually and in-person in Phoenix, Ariz., the conference’s extensive programming features more than 30 presentations and discussions […]