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National CARES and Columbia University Announce Historic Partnership
The National CARES Mentoring Movement, an organization committed to healing and transforming the lives of Black children growing up in communities impacted by poverty, by recruiting Black men and women to mentor them; Columbia University School of Social Work, one of the world’s leading research universities; and Columbia University’s Black Alumni Council (BAC), the association for current and future Black alumni from all schools, affiliates and generations of Columbia, announced their partnership at a garden party on Sunday, August 6th at the home of Dr. Michael and Hasoni Pratts in Oak Bluffs, Martha’s Vineyard.
Finding Purpose and Power Where Darkness Lives: Cheryl Wilkins’ Journey Through Incarceration
Cheryl Wilkins, co-founder and co-director at Columbia University’s Center for Justice, talks about her experience as a queer woman inside…
Leading Educator and Columbia Trustee Wanda Holland Greene to Give Keynote Address at 2022 Graduation
The Columbia School of Social Work is excited to announce that Wanda Holland Greene will be the keynote speaker at…
School of Social Work Hosts Three Displaced Scholars
Scholarship recipients will use their social work training to improve mental health or social and political conditions in their home…
Two Outstanding Scholars Join CSSW Faculty
The addition of Rob Eschmann and Nkemka Anyiwo to the CSSW faculty marks the start of a cluster hire of…
The Psychological Toll of Anti-Asian Attacks for New Yorkers of Chinese Descent
Findings from a CSSW-led study show NYC’s residents of Chinese descent facing a “double pandemic” of COVID-19 and discrimination. Unfair…
SPECIAL REPORT: Social Work in Times of Crisis
Since the outbreak of COVID-19 in New York City in March 2020, research teams at Columbia’s School of Social Work…
DEI Dean Karma Lowe Featured in Columbia University Mini-Doc on the Significance of Juneteenth
This year marks the second time Columbia will observe the day as a university-wide holiday, and President Biden signed a…
Professors Alcántara and West Receive Provost’s Diversity Grants
Funding will support research on stress, sleep, and health behaviors for Latinx adults, and on stigma toward drug-involved pregnant women….
Senior Research Scientist Vincent Schiraldi Appointed Head of NYC Correction
The youth justice reformer will bring his decades-long experience to bear during the final days of Mayor de Blasio’s administration….
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