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The deadline to apply to the Spier Fellows in Aging program for the 2023-2024 academic year is June 30.
2016 graduate Lynne Marie Wanamaker took the class 35 years ago, sending her down a career path that鈥檚 culminated in a prestigious new role at the Massachusetts Department of Public Health.
Kumar, an assistant professor in 极速六合官方网址SSW, will join the agency鈥檚 new initiative to reduce the negative impact that climate change has on human health and well-being around the world.
鈥淲e need you now more than ever,鈥 keynote speaker Desmond Upton Patton told the newly minted social workers in their diploma ceremony. 鈥淭he time for justice is always right now.鈥
Daniel Lombroso, a filmmaker who chronicled the rise of the 鈥渁lt-right鈥 movement in his documentary White Noise, told students, faculty, and staff at Boston College that people who champion diversity have the potential to counteract the power of white nationalism.
Erika Sabbath and Cal Halvorsen will team up with the Harvard Center for Work, Health, and Well-Being to carry out the research, which will examine organizational policies, practices, and programs that impact the health of workers.
Kathleen Flinton, an assistant professor of practice, says guided meditation prepares students to help clients cope with trauma while guarding themselves against its effects.
Johanna Lynch, MSW鈥21, recently received a prestigious fellowship to work for the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. Over the next two years, she will figure out how to best distribute grants to nonprofits that help people obtain health insurance.
Charlene Luma, who graduated from the School of Social Work in 2005, will receive the Distinguished Alumni Award on Feb. 1. Luma will be honored at the annual Equity, Justice, and Inclusion Lecture and Distinguished Alumni Award Celebration.
On February 1, 极速六合官方网址SSW and the 极速六合官方网址SSW Alumni Board presented the annual Distinguished Alumni Awards to Lamar A. Polk, MSW 鈥09, (pictured on right with presenter Prof. Betty Blythe) and Tanya L. Sharpe, PhD 鈥07, at the Equity, Justice, and Inclusion Lecture and Distinguished Alumni Awards.
Therapy dogs at the School of Social Work Library provide respite during a busy semester.
Fourteen Boston College School of Social Work (极速六合官方网址SSW) faculty, students, and staff will present at the Council on Social Work Education鈥檚 Annual Program Meeting, held November 8鈥11, 2018, at the Walt Disney World Swan and Dolphin Resort in Orlando, Florida.
极速六合官方网址SSW, the Boston College Schiller Institute for Integrated Science and Society, and the National Institutes of Health convened system scientists and environmental health experts to use innovative approaches for improving environmental health interventions and their implementation.
Professor Pitt-Catsouphes is being recognized for her distinguished accomplishments as a scholar and practitioner. She will be inducted into the Academy at the 2019 Society for Social Work and Research Annual Conference, at which time she will join 极速六合官方网址SSW faculty members and AASWSW Fellows James E. Lubben, Kevin Mahoney, Ruth McRoy, and David Takeuchi. Read more about Dr. Pitt-Catsouphes.
Associate Professor Scott Easton and colleagues explore challenging issues of burn-out, secondary trauma, and staffing turnover amplified by political and military conflict.
MSW student Krystalbella Murnane-Victorelli reflects on her field placement experience at the Centre for Peace and Conflict Studies in Siem Reap, Cambodia.
Boston College School of Social Work Assistant Professor Scott Easton has been awarded $156,500 from the National Institute on Aging to study male survivors of child sexual abuse, a vulnerable, often isolated, and vastly underserved population that is in serious need of practical support and interventions.