Four students at BU School of Social Work have been awarded scholarships by the BU Women’s Council to help fund their Master of Social Work (MSW) degrees. The students come from all four of the School’s MSW program formats: on-campus, off-campus, online and hybrid. Scholarship winner Judith Rajotte (SSW’23) writes on the BU Women’s Guild […]
Following actress Constance Wu’s tweet about her suicide attempt, Prof. Hyeouk Chris Hahm spoke to NPR about the broader context of AAPI mental health and cultural pressures women face within the Asian American community. In addition, Wu discussed the causes of her suicide attempt: being outcast from her community after complaining about her job on […]
Clinician, author, and comedian Kristen Lee (SSW’00) has published a new book encouraging readers to take risks in order to improve their confidence and capacity for social impact. Her book, entitled “Worth the Risk: How to Microdose Bravery to Grow Resilience, Connect More, and Offer Yourself to the World,” is her third book on accessible […]
In an op-ed published by The Hill, Professor Linda Sprague Martinez of BU School of Social Work (BUSSW) and colleague Doug Brugge of University of Connecticut’s School of Medicine explain why community-researcher partnerships are critical to restoring the connection between the public and academic research. Excerpted from “To restore trust in science, make it accessible. […]