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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….
Dean’s Statement on Pride and Stonewall 50
June 28 marks the 50th anniversary of the Stonewall uprising, which took place at Stonewall Inn in Greenwich Village. Though…
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….
What We Know—and Don’t Know—about Paid Family Care Leave
Professor Jane Waldfogel and public health student Emma Liebman locate a missing piece in the U.S. social insurance system. Though…
Michael Friedman & Camille Alleyne: What Does the First Step Act Do for People with Mental Illness?
Adjunct professor teams up with MSW student to assess the impact of landmark criminal justice reform on justice-involved people with…
Creating Sustainable Mobility from Poverty
The fifth annual New Frontiers in Poverty Research conference featured a keynote by Wes Moore, innovative policy proposals such as…
Center on Poverty and Social Policy Releases Joint Report on Impacts of a National Jobs Program
Co-authored with Georgetown University’s Center on Poverty and Inequality, the report explores a federally subsidized approach to combating poverty that…
Caucus Graduation Ceremony Speakers Inspire Class of 2019
Each year, several student caucuses at the Columbia School of Social Work host affiliate graduation ceremonies in addition to the…
Heidi Allen on American Healthcare and the People Left Behind
The School of Social Work professor has seen some of the worst inequalities in American healthcare up close and is…
Launch of New Social Work Minor: Emerging Technology, Media, and Society (EMS)
The Columbia School of Social Work has announced a new minor for social work students: Emerging Technology, Media, and Society…
