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At a groundbreaking summit hosted by YU’s Wurzweiler School of Social Work, Jewish academics sound the alarm—and lay the groundwork for a united response. Shelley Horwitz, MSW, never imagined feeling abandoned by her own profession. In the wake of Oct. 7, Horwitz, assistant dean of Stony Brook ...

Wurzweiler’s Annual Trip to Northern State Prison: Learning Beyond the Classroom On July 16, 2025, MSW candidates from the Wurzweiler Graduate School of Social Work visited Northern State Prison as part of an educational practicum experience. This annual trip aims to provide students with a hands-…

Prof. Daniel Pollack recently co-published “Searching for Justice After October 7th: Conflict-Related Sexual Violence” with Elisa Reiter a Senior Attorney with Calabrese Budner, LLP, in the New York Law Journal. The article discusses the Dinah Project report, which was established to ensure ...

Wurzweiler School of Social Work held its first annual DSW Symposium on April 29, 2025. Held at the è��app Museum, the first graduating Doctoral of Social Work Program graduates presented their Grand Challenge projects. Dean Randy Magen, Dr. Sari Skolnick, and Dr. Javionne W. Seary gave…

On May 3, 2025, Wurzweiler MSW candidates and members of the LGBTQ+ Coalition participated in the BNGAP 2025 LGBT Health Workforce Conference, held at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in New York City. The LGBT Health Workforce Conference is the largest and most well known national LGBT…

WSSW PhD Candidate Justyna Rzewinski will be honored with the 2025 Champion of Justice Award on March 27, 2025. The Champion of Justice Award honors an individual who has made significant strides working on a prominent social, environmental and/or economic justice issue within the boundaries of…

Michael Serrano, PhD, LCSW, is a Credentialed Alcoholism and Substance Abuse Counselor (CASAC) with the NYS Office of Addiction Services and Supports. Prior to joining Wurzweiler, he had over 15 years of experience overseeing, supervising, designing, and implementing public health programs across…

Michael Ducatte, a student in the fully asynchronous online MSW program, recently saw the influence of his coursework expand beyond WSSW. As part of Professor Katherine Kelly’s Advanced Policy Advocacy course, Michael composed a Letter to the Editor, which was published on March 3rd, 2025, in the…

On January 13, 2025, at the invitation of her colleague and Senior Attorney Annie Wang of the Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund, Dr. Mary Beth Morrissey presented Trauma and Vicarious Trauma: Relieving Suffering, Building Solidarity, and Inter- and Transdisciplinary Collaborations in…

Calvary Hospital conferred the Compatior Award upon Dr. Mary Beth Quaranta Morrissey at its 125th Anniversary Gala at The Plaza on November 20, 2024, in recognition of her legacy of work to advance interdisciplinary education and training in palliative care, create avenues of opportunity and ...