The Columbia School of Social Work announces the creation of the Alice P. Lin Lecture and Doctoral Scholarship in honor of distinguished doctoral alumna Alice P. Lin, a prominent social welfare administrator and behavioral health care consultant. The Alice P.

The Columbia School of Social Work mourns the passing of James O. Hackshaw, who taught community organizing and urban community development at our School for 27 years. He died in February at his home in Old Bridge, New Jersey, at

The Columbia School of Social Work has announced that Dr. Charles E. Lewis Jr. will deliver the keynote address at its 2018 graduation ceremony. A former staffer on Capitol Hill and a doctoral alumnus of the School, Dr. Lewis is

At the start of this decade, four young undocumented immigrants were determined to make the DREAM Act come true for their generation. First introduced in 2001, the DREAM (short for Development, Relief and Education for Alien Minors) Act offers legal

On March 28, 2018, retired Associate Professor Agnes A. Louard died peacefully at her home in New York City at the age of 96. Professor Louard enjoyed an extraordinary career as a social work practitioner and mentor, and was a

In September of last year, Hurricane Maria hit Puerto Rico as a Category 5 hurricane, the worst natural disaster on record to hit this U.S. territory. Wind, rain, flooding, and mudslides largely destroyed the island's electrical grid, flattened farms, and