Dear Colleagues,
As we close another academic year, I would like to take a moment to celebrate the collective achievements of our school community. Your dedication and commitment have had a great impact on our students, faculty, and staff.Thank you for your efforts in cultivating an inclusive space.
Phyllis Caroff (left) and Rose Starr (right)
We are deeply saddened by the passing of Rose Starr and Phyllis Caroff, two beloved professors at Silberman School of Social Work. Their unwavering dedication to education, their compassionate mentorship, and their profound impact on countless students and colleagues will be remembered fondly. Phyllis and Rose’s contributions to the field of Social Work will continue to inspire and guide us for years to come.
Hunter College’s Lois V. and Samuel J. Silberman School of Social Work has received a grant of $200,000 to diversify the pipeline of students into academic programs on child-welfare services.
The lead academician on the grant from The New York Community Trust is Professor Marina Lalayants, an international expert on child welfare.
Laura Graham Holmes has been awarded an NIH K23 Patient-Oriented Research Career Development Award from NIMH. The mentored 4-year award is a bridge to independence in developing psychosocial interventions that will improve mental health and quality of life for autistic adults.A substantial proportion of autistic people identify as sexual or gender minorities (e.g., lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender or gender non-conforming).
Hunter College’s Lois V. and Samuel J. Silberman School of Social Work has registered the largest first-year class in its 68-year history: 605 students.
The class represents a 6.7% increase over the number of enrollees of last fall, according to Social Work Dean Mary M. Cavanaugh.
Dean Cavanaugh said the new class is not only large, but impressive.
Congratulations to Professor Steve Burghardt Recipient of the 2024 Promising New Textbook Award by the Textbook & Academic Authors Association for his book “The End of Social Work: A Defense of the Social Worker in Times of Transformation.” The Most Promising New Textbook Award recognizes excellence in 1st edition textbooks and learning materials.
Dear Silberman students, faculty, and staff,
As a community, we continue to process the tragic violence, and humanitarian crisis still unfolding in Israel and Palestine impacting millions of children, families, and individuals.
The Board of the National Numeracy Network (NNN) has announced Professor Michael Lewis as the 2021 Steen Award winner for his article: “COVID-19 and Quantitative Literacy: Focusing on Probability.”
A 2007 article in Southern Living offers these picture postcard images, “Morning comes gently to Apalachicola. Oyster boats and shrimp boats begin their daily pilgrimages as the sun rises on the Florida Coast. The lights twinkle on in this fishing village, its residents ready for another day in an unspoiled paradise. If you ever wondered if such a place still exists, yes, old Florida lives here.”
The Council on Racial, Ethnic, and Cultural Diversity (CRECD) established this award to recognize doctoral students and junior faculty members with outstanding scholarship in the areas of racial, ethnic, and cultural diversity in social work education. An award will be given to a doctoral student and a junior faculty member during the CSWE Annual Program Meeting.
Professor Anna Ortega-Williams is a social work scholar, practitioner, researcher, and organizer who is inspired by the healing alchemy of social action, youth development, and well-being.