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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 Yeshiva University’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…

Dr. Kathryn Krase, associate professor of social work at Wurzweiler School of Social Work, has co-authored “ Coping With and Adapting to COVID-19 in Rural United States and Canada” in Families in Society: The Journal of Contemporary Social Services (2021, Vol. 102(1) 78–90). Her co-authors are Dr…

Prof. Gary Stein Gary Stein, professor of social work and director of gerontology and palliative care at Wurzweiler School of Social Work, has received two new grants, one to continue his research in the experiences of LGBTQ patients and families in the health care system and the second to provide…

Dr. Kathryn Krase, associate professor of social work at Wurzweiler School of Social Work, has co-authored “ Evaluating student outcomes in field education through a standardized instrument: The Updated Field Practicum Placement Assessment Instrument (SWEAP 2015 FPPAI)” for Field Educator (Fall…

Dr. Kathryn Krase, associate professor of social work at Wurzweiler School of Social Work, has co-authored another COVID-19-themed paper, “ Exploring Factors Associated with Alcohol and/or Substance Use During the COVID-19 Pandemic,” in International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction (Jan. 26…