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Letters from the Dean February 03, 2025

Sad News About Professor Emerita Joan Laird

My dear community,It is with great sadness and heavy hearts that we share the news of the…

Marianne Yoshioka stands behind a granite post, leaning on it smiling with green trees behind

Alumni January 27, 2025

Trailblazer in Education and Equity: Adama Sallu

Last summer, Adama Sallu, M.S.W. ’93, Ph.D., was honored for being an alum “who embodi…

Adama Sallu poses with Director of Development Dawn Faucher during the Alumni Awards Dinner in June 2024.

Alumni January 14, 2025

Blending Social Work and Technology: Yvette Colon

In sharing formative moments in her life, Yvette Colón, M.S.W. ’90, Ph.D., might say so…

Yvette Colon poses with Dean Marianne Yoshioka and Director of Development Dawn Faucher during the summer 2024 Alumni Awards Dinner.

School January 09, 2025

Reclaiming Clinical Social Work: Expanding Definitions, Access, and Social Justice through Mentorship and Scholarship

Who defines what clinical social work is, and how does the framing effect who has access t…

Photo of the new cover of Studies in Clinical Social Work: Transforming Practice, Education and Research featuring blue lettering on a warm orange background with pale yellow wings overlaid.

School January 05, 2025

SSW Alumni and Student Awarded Grants from Boston Psychoanalytic Society and Institute

SSW is excited to announce that Kristina Domaney, M.S.W. ’24 and current student A…

Kristinay Domaney on left, Antara Anand on right

School December 18, 2024

Advancing Social Work Education: SSW Faculty and Doctoral Students Present at CSWE’s 2024 Annual Program Meeting

This fall, faculty and doctoral students traveled to Kansas City, MO for the Council…

A mic and podium in front of a screen that reads CSWE Council on Social Work Education

School December 16, 2024

Special Issue of Studies in Clinical Social Work: Queering Clinical Social Work Praxis

Studies in Clinical Social Work released its newest special issue, “Queering Clinical Social Work Praxis.”

5 portraits: Upper left, Yuri Shane, Upper right, Mike Carney, Center, Frances Beroset, Lower left, Ford Fishman, Lower right, Chungyun Seo

December 13, 2024

Empowering Mental Health Recovery: Supporting Individuals with Severe Mental Illness

When LaToya Lopez, M.S.W. ’18, LCSW, commutes from Oakland to San Francisco for work eac…

Letters from the Dean December 12, 2024

Reflecting on 2024 and the Work Ahead

My dear community,As I write to you, the daylight hours are increasingly brief but our eff…

Dean Marianne Yoshioka leans over as stone pillar wearing a black dress.

M.S.W. December 12, 2024

Sydney Voelbel: Oncology Social Work and the Power of Psychosocial Support

Sydney Voelbel, M.S.W. ’25, watched multiple people close to her – including her fathe…

Sydney Voelbel works with a client during her second practicum placement.