Policy-track MSW students are a special breed. Not content to learn only direct-practice skills with clients, they spend a whole…
Author: John Bohn
On World AIDS Day 2018, “Know Your Status” Really Is a Matter of Status
By Elwin Wu Do you remember the first time you saw a man and a woman kiss? Most young adults…
Statement by Interim Dean Irwin Garfinkel on Recent Hate Crimes
Since Dean Garfinkel composed this message, an anti-Semitic act took place closer to home. On November 28, 2018, an act…
Advice for CSSW Students Seeking to Become Media Savvy
Whether it is online publications such as Quartz, Vice, BuzzfeedNews, or Vox, or more traditional news media such as CNN,…
Suffering from Anxiety? Alumnus Mel Schwartz Has the Solution
by Abigail Forget This article originally appeared in The Low Down, an online publication of the Columbia Alumni Association, and…
Congratulations to Dr. Desmond Patton for Being Awarded Tenure at Columbia University
The Columbia School of Social Work congratulates Associate Professor Desmond Upton Patton for being awarded tenure at Columbia University. Dr….
2018 Grads Pass on Tips for Self-Care Activities in New York
As a social worker, you’ll be tempted to make your clients and their needs your top priority in life. But…
Drs. Schwalbe, Witte, and Wu Promoted to Full Professor
The Columbia School of Social Work congratulates three faculty members who have been promoted by the Trustees of Columbia University…
Making Cities Matter in Promoting Population Health and Reducing Health Disparities
The Columbia Population Research Center of the School of Social Work and Mailman School of Public Health, in partnership with…
The HIV/AIDS Crisis Will Not End Unless We Take These Five Steps by 2030
By Nabila El-Bassel The advent of World AIDS Day on December 1st provides a chance to reflect on how far…