The School of Social Welfare and the Child Welfare Training Program, an affiliated program within the school, hosted the Suffolk Summit on Access to Mental Health Services for Youth on October 13. It brought together a...
Losing a loved one to drugs is a devastating blow to any family; some never recover. When Allison Van Cott, a graduate student in the Stony Brook University School of Social Welfare, lost her brother to an accidental...
This multidisciplinary training program is designed to improve the care of those with an autism spectrum disorder or other neurodevelopmental disabilities.
Community Learning Day (CLD) was created to bring School of Social Welfare students, faculty and staff together to explore a significant and timely social justice issue of the day. It not only offers an introduction to...
Six adjunct professors at Stony Brook University have won the Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Adjunct Teaching given by the State University of New York (SUNY). The recipients are: Jennifer Lyons Carter...
Stony Brook University’s School of Social Welfare is now accepting applications for admission to its inaugural MSW/MA Dual Degree Program in Medical Humanities, Compassionate Care and Bioethics, beginning in Fall...
The School of Social Welfare alumna and former member of the Stony Brook Foundation Board of Trustees was appointed by New York's new Governor Kathy Hochul.
On March 18, representatives from Stony Brook University and AT&T joined Suffolk County Sheriff Errol D. Toulon Jr. and County and Babylon Town officials to commemorate the one-year anniversary of the Sheriff’s...
They are world-renowned scientists, groundbreaking researchers and beloved professors. They are also trusted advisors, caring mentors, loving mothers and good listeners. Women faculty at Stony Brook University have...
Alexandra Saint Laurent MSW ’20 has been the lead on the groundbreaking work of police reform, along with a criminal justice action committee that includes current SSW students.
“Understanding White Fragility and Black Rage" is an elective course that helps students understand the dynamics of social oppression, racism and anti-racist practice.
As New York began to feel the effects of the COVID-19 outbreak, Katie Maroldi, a second-year MSW student in Stony Brook’s Social Welfare Program, took one of her professor’s lessons on the negative effects of...
Enhancing its promotion of diversity, Stony Brook University will receive over $957,000 in funding from SUNY over a three-year period to support six faculty members as part of the SUNY’s new PRODiG Faculty...
Jane York ’19 is this year’s Graduate Student Advocate (GSA), but offers her own unique perspective on the job as a Navy veteran. A theater major at Rutgers University, York was motivated by the human experience and art...
The School of Social Welfare‘s MSW and BSW programs have received reaccreditation from the Council on Social Work Education. “The reaccreditation process occurs every eight years, requiring the writing of a...