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From Dr. Tim Conley: The Center for Disease Control and Prevention issued a new report that shows how even in the early stages of the pandemic, related substance abuse and mental health issues were starting to emerge: Racial and Ethnic Disparities in the Prevalence of Stress and Worry, Mental…

Here is the text of the testimony submitted by Dr. Tim Conley and Dr. Debbie Akerman on April 14, 2021, to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce on the subject of “An Epidemic Within a Pandemic: Understanding Substance Use and Misuse In America.” Chair Eshoo and Ranking Member Guthrie, thank…

Dr. Danielle Wozniak Dear Students, When the jury delivered the Chauvin verdict, like many of you, the relief I felt could be summed up in two words: “Finally, justice.” We celebrate that, in this instance, we were able to rely on the jury, the prosecution and the judge to do their jobs and bring…

From Paul Glassman Director, Scholarly and Cultural Resources The Office of the Provost and �鶹��ýӳ�� Libraries are pleased to announce publication of the Catalog of University Authors 2021. This catalog recognizes scholarly and creative work at �鶹��ýӳ�� from March 2020 through…

There has never been a more urgent time to bring communities together towards a mutual understanding and a respect, not just for humanity, but for the planet as a whole. Social group work can create security where there is uncertainty, a feeling of belonging where there is alienation, and a vehicle…

Social work students will learn to leverage the latest technology to benefit clients in need of guidance, thanks to an innovative partnership—the first of its kind—between �鶹��ýӳ��’s Wurzweiler School of Social Work in New York City and Eleos Health, a Boston-based digital behavioral ...

Intro COVID-19 is a traumatic stressor impacting the lives of faculty and students globally. Whether or not you have had to move your classroom online, and no matter if you have been teaching for 3 or 20 years, the teaching tools that you have been using may no longer be effective. If you have ...

By Dr. Orlee Hauser Director, Care Café The aftermath of the riot at the Capitol highlighted the emergence of hateful messages on social media. In response, Wurzweiler School of Social Work’s Care Café decided to fight hate with the only two weapons that work to destroy it: education and love. For…

Daniel Pollack (MSSA, MSW, JD), professor at the Wurzweiler School of Social Work, and Francesca LeRúe (MSW, MPA), strategic consultant, trainer and expert witness on child welfare, co-authored “ If Odysseus Were a Child Welfare Department Director” for the APSAC Advisor (Vol. 33, No. 1). Their ...

In January 2021, Froma Benerofe, the current chair of the Wurzweiler School of Social Work Board of Overseers, handed over the leadership of the Board to Julia Kagan Baumann, who joined the Board in 2014. Ms. Benerofe, who has had a long a career in social work, joined the Board in 1998 and assumed…