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BCSSW Professor Earns $2.5 Million Grant to Study Public Health Equity

Jack Beckman and Josie Domet • November 1, 2023

Whitney Irie, an assistant professor in the Boston College School of Social Work (BCSSW), received a five-year, $2.5 million grant from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases to develop a tool that measures equity in public health organizations.

BCSSW Research Team Works to Provide Aid for Afghan Refugees Resettled in the U.S.

Luke Bellaud and Isabel Sullivan • March 26, 2023

The Boston College School of Social Work’s (BCSSW) Research Program on Children and Adversity (RPCA) will collaborate with the University of Illinois at Chicago for a project that aims to provide mental health and familial support for Afghan refugees resettled in the United States, according to BC News.

BC Students Create GiveCard To Make Cashless Donations Accessible for All

Megan Gentile • February 23, 2021

Lurein Perera and his friends encountered a homeless man while walking back from dinner on a cold night in October of 2018. He asked Perera if he had money to spare, but the student was not carrying any cash.

Galindez Talks Motherhood and Migration

Erin Shannon • September 28, 2020

In a lecture on Friday, María Bianco Galindez, a part-time faculty member in the School of Social Work and BCSSW ’20, drew from her research surrounding the challenges of migration to the United States and discussed the nature of being a mother while migrating and seeking refuge in today’s world.

Three BC Grad Schools Rank in ‘U.S. News’ Top 30

Hannah Murphy • April 17, 2020

The Lynch School of Education and Human Development and the Connell School of Nursing improved in the rankings, while rankings for BC Law School and the Carroll School of Management fell.

BC To Offer New Palliative Care Certificate

Eric Shea • November 7, 2019

The program aims to attract individuals who have experience in or exposure to hospice care, according to Teresa Schirmer, associate dean of the School of Social Work.

Boston College, Jesuit Refugee Service Sign Memorandum

Owen Fahy • April 28, 2019

BC and the Jesuit Refugee Service (JRS) have signed a three-year memorandum of understanding.

School of Social Work To Help Research Under Schiller

Madeleine Romance • October 22, 2018

“The Schiller Institute for Integrated Science and Society provides the School of Social Work that ideal platform to reach across disciplines to define, understand, design, and test interventions,” the dean of the Boston College School of Social Work said in an email.