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School of Social Welfare Partnership with Samaritan Daytop Village Builds Workforce, Aids in Addiction Treatment

The program will further education, improve client services and address workforce shortages in addiction services.

October 5, 2022

4 min read

Academics School of Social Welfare Student Spotlight University Wellness

Social Welfare Grad Student Champions Opioid Awareness

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...

September 27, 2022

5 min read

Academics Medicine School of Social Welfare University Wellness

School of Social Welfare’s Inaugural CASAC Class Receives Its Certification

On August 26, 37 social workers graduated from the Credentialed Alcoholism and Substance Abuse Counselor training program.

August 30, 2022

6 min read

Academics Faculty/Staff Medicine News Highlights School of Social Welfare University Wellness

LEND Program Enjoys Banner First Year Training ASD and ND Professionals

This multidisciplinary training program is designed to improve the care of those with an autism spectrum disorder or other neurodevelopmental disabilities.

April 26, 2022

5 min read

Community Events School of Social Welfare

Community Learning Day 2022 Encourages Climate Change Advocacy

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...

April 19, 2022

6 min read

Academics Awards and Honors College of Arts & Sciences Faculty/Staff School of Social Welfare University

Six at SBU Win Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Adjunct Teaching

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...

February 21, 2022

1 min read

Academics Alumni News Leadership School of Social Welfare Stony Brook Matters University

Karen Keogh ‘88 Appointed New York State Secretary to the Governor

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.

August 24, 2021

2 min read

The START Resource Center offers a range of practical transitional services for people leaving the county jail, including employment assistance, connections to housing, treatment and mental healthcare, clothing, food, pandemic advice, and much more.

Long Island News Highlights School of Social Welfare Student Spotlight

SSW Student Interns Are Helping Others Build Better Futures

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...

March 23, 2021

4 min read

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Stony Brook Women Faculty: Inspiring the Next Generation

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...

March 5, 2021

28 min read

Community Diversity Long Island School of Social Welfare Student Spotlight

SSW Alumni and Students Tackle Police Reform on Long Island

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.

March 4, 2021

4 min read

Academics Diversity News Highlights On Campus School of Social Welfare Stony Brook Matters

School of Social Welfare Launches Course on Race and Anti-Racist Practice

“Understanding White Fragility and Black Rage" is an elective course that helps students understand the dynamics of social oppression, racism and anti-racist practice.

October 20, 2020

2 min read

COVID-19 Diversity Faculty/Staff Medicine School of Medicine School of Social Welfare Stony Brook Matters

Stony Brook Uses New Strategy to Aid Those with Disabilities During COVID-19

Michelle Ballan created a COVID Disability Form to help all individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities communicate their needs.

May 15, 2020

3 min read

Academics Alumni Chapters & Groups COVID-19 Featured Story Long Island School of Social Welfare Social Sciences Stony Brook Matters Student Spotlight

Social Work Student Reaches Out to Isolated Seniors Online

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...

April 17, 2020

4 min read

Academics Awards and Honors College of Arts & Sciences College of Engineering & Applied Sciences Diversity Faculty/Staff School of Social Welfare SoMAS

SBU Receives Funding from SUNY PRODiG Initiative to Increase Faculty Diversity

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...

November 25, 2019

3 min read

Petty Officer Second Class Jane York ‘19

Academics School of Social Welfare Stony Brook Matters Student Spotlight

Q&A with Jane York ’19, Veteran Student and Graduate Student Advocate

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...

November 7, 2018

4 min read

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