News: Africa
Five PhD Students Enter the Academic Job Market
Introducing our upcoming PhD graduates, their areas of specialization, and their dissertation topics Since its inception in 1950, the doctoral…
3 Questions for…Assistant Professor Rob Hartley
Assistant Professor Robert Paul Hartley, who joined the School of Social Work in 2019, is an applied microeconomist working in…
Telling the Stories of the People of African Descent
by Nick Ogutu (MSW’17) Human Rights Activist The United Nations General Assembly, through resolution 68/237, proclaimed 2015 to 2024 to…
Global Social Work: Paths to Service in Africa
In an online event held on February 15, alumnus Jarret Schecter (MSW’14) and Columbia School of Social Work Professor Lynn…
Social Work Practice Prepared Her for Politics, Says Zambia’s First Woman Vice President
On the occasion of International Women’s Week, the Columbia School of Social Work hosted an event featuring Her Honor Inonge Wina, a former social worker. The focus of her remarks was women’s empowerment.
Have You Voted Yet for Our Alumna Becky Straw? She and Her Nonprofit Are Up for DVF Award
Alumna Becky Straw and the co-founder of her nonprofit, The Adventure Project, have been nominated for a DVF Award in the category of The People’s Voice, for their work in the developing world on women’s empowerment.
Sending Holiday Wishes to Alumna Jennifer Bornemann, Working to Fight Ebola in Liberia
Alumna Jennifer Bornemann (MS’00) has been deployed to Monrovia, Liberia, to care for victims of Ebola. We wish her all the best and our thoughts are with her during the holidays.
SWM-011: The Ebola Crisis as Seen from the Lens of International Social Work
In this episode, Associate Professor Louisa Gilbert and doctoral candidate Angela Aifah discuss the reaction to the Ebola health crisis in the United States.
Professor Sachs Outlines Model for Slowing Africa’s Population Growth
Professor Jeffrey D. Sachs was the special guest at a seminar hosted by the Columbia Population Research Center. He spoke about bringing population trends back into the model for Africa’s economic development. Watch the introduction on video.
Sweet Dreams Are Made of This: Social Change Agent Alexis Miesen (MS’04)
In the first of an occasional series featuring members of the Columbia School of Social Work community who have served as agents of social change, Alexis Meisen tells the story of how the ice cream shop she co-founded in Brooklyn ended up opening a branch in Rwanda. Watch video.
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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.
