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Wurzweiler School of Social Work MSW student Temimah Zucker was recently interviewed as an expert for a story about Eating Disorders on NBC News. She is also featured on the Glamour.com guest blog, and will be featured in the April edition of Glamour Magazine as one of five "Recovered" women. The…

To bring in 2014 Social Work Month, JCC of Greater Coney Island hosts an Interactive Ethics seminar with Professor Emeritus Norman Linzer, PhD, at the Jewish Community Relations Council in NYC Dr. Norman Linzer (center) leads workshop As a proud Wurzeiler School of Social Work Alumna, and now ...

The Greenwich Times and other Connecticut papers in the syndicate recently published an article by Dr. Jonathan Fast, who is an expert on the subject of shame and bullying and the author of the book "Ceremonial Violence," which provides an analysis of a dozen school shootings. Below is an excerpt…

At the 2013 Yeshiva University Hanukkah Dinner, President Richard M. Joel recognized eight Points of Light—students, faculty and alumni who embody the mission of YU—calling each one up to light a symbolic candle on the menorah. Savyon Lang honored (with President Richard Joel). Click image to see…

December has proven to be a testament to the quality of social workers Wurzweiler School of Social Work produces. The month holds high honors for two Wurzweiler MSW alumni who will both be recognized at high profile events in New York City, Elisheva Lock (2010) and Marleen Litt (2002). Elisheva…

On Wednesday November 20 Wurzweiler School of Social Work was again in Toronto, Ontario! Several events marked an interesting and informative day. In the morning current WSSW Block Program students met with Raesa Kaiteris, Associate Director of Field Education; Diane Harvey, Toronto Student ...

Wurzweiler is the newest New York School of Social Work to charter a chapter of Phi Alpha Social Work Honors Society. Phi Alpha is a society that acknowledges those students who have demonstrated high scholastic achievement as well as leadership in the social work field. The Tau Epsilon Chapter was…

Westchester County (NY) Executive Robert P. Astorino recently unveiled the Safer Communities Blueprint, a resource guide to prevent and stop the spread of violence in our communities, whose initial focus is on addressing the correlation between chronic school absenteeism and at risk behaviors by ...

Wurzweiler student Andrew Chelser received a $500.00 award from the New York State Society of Clinical Social Work. He was joined by Wurzweiler Professor and Vice Chair, Social Work Hospice & Palliative Care Network, Dr. Gary Stein. Dr. Gary Stein and award recipient Andrew Chelser (L to R)

Wurzweiler School of Social Work welcomed a diverse group of incoming students for orientation and registration today. With WSSW offering several schedule options, including full-time, part time and accelerated programs, approximately one hundred new students are rounding out the School’s expanding…