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My Year of Discovery at Columbia’s China Center for Social Policy
Xuan Huo (left) with Professor Qin Gao (right) in the Columbia School of Social Work’s lobby I first met Qin…
Social Impact LIVE: Sophia Leveque on #DisruptWikipedia & Social Justice
Wikipedia is now the most-used reference website in the world. But is it a space of exclusion and privilege? What…
A Trip to Social Work’s Past, Guided by School Librarian Sophie Leveque
Communications writer Joshua Cole shares his time-travel adventure of last month, which took him to the sub-basement home of the…
2018–2019 Faculty Publications
During the 2018–2019 academic year, the Columbia School of Social Work’s tenured and tenure-track faculty published more than 150 articles…
2018–2019 Faculty Milestones & In the News
In addition to raising grants and producing publications, members of our faculty also marked important milestones, and made frequent media…
Study Showing Medicaid’s Anti-Poverty Effect Cited in “Forbes”
Research scientists Naomi Zewde and Christopher Wimer found that Medicaid expansions under Obamacare lifted nearly 700,000 out of poverty. Medicaid…
Welfare Participation and Youth Depression: Correlation or Causation?
Professor Qin Gao has contributed to a paper showing that, while some studies are linking welfare participation and levels of…
My Experience as a Visiting Scholar at the China Center for Social Policy
At the end of my first month as a visiting scholar at the China Center for Social Policy, run by…
Celebrate Pride 2019 with the School of Social Work & Columbia
As Pride Month draws to a close, the School of Social Work joins with Columbia in celebrating our LGBTQIA+ community….
New Study: Through Welfare, States Are Widening Black-White Child Poverty Gap
A poverty studies scholar uncovers racial bias in choices states make in the use and distribution of federal assistance benefits….
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This Special Report highlights our faculty and alumni who have played a range of roles in U.S. politics and government.
This Special Report highlights some of the work undertaken by our faculty, students, and staff in the area of racial justice.
