News: Social Work and Tech
Desmond Patton Assumes Diversity Role at Columbia’s Data Science Institute
A leader in combining social work and technology, Patton will bring an equity orientation to cross-university collaborative projects involving the…
PIT-UN Grant Will Further the Aims of the School’s Justice, Equity & Technology Lab
Funding received by two CSSW professors will help train students to evaluate tech tools for their potential to assess and…
Provost Office Awards to Advance School’s Anti-Racist Curriculum
Three CSSW instructors successfully competed for educational grants that will engage MSW students and the entire School more deeply in…
Ruha Benjamin, Princeton Sociologist and Leading Thinker on Race and Technology, Will Be 2020 Graduation Speaker
The Columbia School of Social Work has announced that Ruha Benjamin, Associate Professor of African American Studies at Princeton University…
School Honors First Recipients of Steven Schinke Namesake Awards
Two new awards ensure that the legacy of Professor Steven Schinke, known for his innovative approach to teaching and learning,…
Steven P. Schinke Innovation Fellowship Program
The Office of the Associate Dean for Curriculum Innovation and Academic Affairs has announced a new opportunity for the School…
Desmond Patton Receives Early Career Achievement Award from the Society for Social Work and Research
For his groundbreaking research on social media and youth violence prevention, Assistant Professor Desmond U. Patton has received the 2018…
Can an Online Intervention Prevent Drug Use Among Teen Girls? New Study Says Yes
Adolescent drug use may be a universal problem, but its gendered aspects have been chronically under-explored. For more than a…
Assistant Professor Desmond Patton Receives Harvard University’s Berkman Klein Center Fellowship
Columbia School of Social Work Assistant Professor Desmond U. Patton has been named as a 2017–18 fellow at the Berkman…
Austin Lecture 2017: Social Workers Need to Understand Impact of Cyber-interaction on Adolescents
Lucille N. Austin, who taught for many years at Columbia University’s School of Social Work, was an early proponent of…
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