News: CSSW Students
A Year of Student Action and Invention: The Action Lab for Social Justice
In this post for our special series on social work in times of crisis, Dr. Ovita Williams, who is the…
CONNECTIONS | Winter 2021
Connections is a quarterly e-newsletter featuring Columbia School of Social Work news and the accomplishments of our faculty, researchers, students,…
Two from CSSW Are Finalists for Presidential Management Fellowships
Two students have been selected as finalists for a program that offers a foothold for a career in government. Two…
CSSW Faculty, Students Set to Present at Research Conference
The School’s research expertise will be highlighted at the annual conference of the Society for Social Work and Research, being…
Meet the School’s 2020–2021 CSWE Master’s Minority Fellows
Three of our students have received fellowships from CSWE that will provide additional training in health disparities. The disproportionate toll…
Reverend Barber: Civil Rights, Voting, and the 2020 Election
For Rev. Barber, the fight to end voter suppression is intimately bound up in the campaign to remake the moral…
Action Lab, Now a Center, Welcomes Its First Executive Director, Dr. Ovita Williams
Created in Spring 2020, the CSSW Action Lab for Social Justice quickly reaches two significant milestones. Dean Melissa Begg recently…
Alumni-Student Mentoring Program Provides Career Boost in a Challenging Year
An innovative new program matches students with alumni of relevant backgrounds and experiences for job search advice, networking, and moral…
Graduate Joins Unique Interprofessional Program in Pediatric Palliative Care
Eleanor Frechette (MSW’20) has started a fellowship at Boston’s Children Hospital dedicated to caring for children with advanced illnesses. In…
With COVID-19 Grant, Students Launch Program to Ease Social Isolation Among Washington Heights Seniors
Left to right: Daniella Spencer-Laitt (MSW’20), Amanda Weiss (CC’17, MSW’20) and Jennifer Strauss (CC’16), founders of WH Senior Link. Want…