April 2012


New Study Aims to Reduce Heavy Drinking Among Smokers

CUSSW Student and Professor Receive Prestigious Grant from the Social Security Administration

CUSSW Criminal Justice Conference Features Angela Y. Davis as Keynote Speaker

March 2012


2012 Lucille Austin Lecture: Presented by Dr. Shiriki Kumanyika '69

CUSSW Announces 2012 NIH Summer Instititute on Social and Behavioral Interventions

February 2012


Columbia University School of Social Work Receives Major Gift to Establish Fisher Cummings Washington Fellows Program

January 2012


Professor Ronald Feldman Honored with Distinguished Career Achievement Award

Report by Professor Jane Waldfogel Cited by the Foundation for Child Development as a Top Research Resource on Child Well-Being

Former New York Times Op-Ed Columnist Bob Herbert to Speak at the Columbia University School of Social Work Commencement

December 2011


Seven CUSSW Alumni Honored by the National Association of Social Workers New York Chapter

October 2011


Dr. Elwin Wu Awarded Grant to Test Innovative Couple-Based Programs to Prevent HIV and Other Health Concerns Among Black Men Who Have Sex With Men

Columbia University's Global Health Research Center of Central Asia Collaborates with Nazarbayev University to examine Environmental and Genetic Vulnerabilities Contributing to the Tuberculosis Burden in Kazakhstan

CUSSW Student, Faculty and Administrators Collaborate to Create a Video to Celebrate the Many Dimensions of CUSSW

September 2011

Grant Awarded to Develop Technology to Abate Intimate Partner Violence

Drs. Elwin Wu and Assel Terlikbayeva Receive Funds from Republican AIDS Center in Kazakhstan to Develop and Pilot Method for Estimating MSM Population in Kazakhstan

Professor El-Bassel Named the Willma and Albert Musher Professor of Social Work

Professor Waldfogel Named Compton Foundation Centennial Professor for The Prevention of Children and Youth Problems

Innovative Program Promotes Economic Empowerment for Orphaned and Vulnerable Children in Uganda

Columbia University Welcomes Ten Fellows from the Open Society Foundations

August 2011

Dr. Mary Sormanti Promoted to Professor of Professional Practice

Iraq Perspectives: New Open Society Institute Photo Exhibit

June 2011

Dr. Fred Ssewamala Awarded Tenure at Columbia University

Dr. Dana Alonzo Promoted to Associate Professor

Dr. Robin Gearing Promoted to Associate Professor

Dr. Craig Schwalbe Promoted to Associate Professor

Dr. Elwin Wu Promoted to Associate Professor

May 2011

New Study Shows that the Same Gene Speaks Differently Depending on the Environment

April 2011

Dr. Susan Witte Awarded $600,000 from the National Institutes of Mental Health

Dr. Edward Mullen Selected as a Fellow to the American Academy of Social Work


March 2011

President & CEO of the Ms. Foundation for Women to Speak at CUSSW Commencement

Dr. Nabila El-Bassel Receives a Grant from the Open Society Institute

Dr. Michelle Ballan Honored with Early Career Award

Dr. Rogerio Pinto Honored by the Latino Social Work Task Force in New York

Study Finds Americans are Sicker than the English at All Ages


February 2011

Coping with Grief on Valentine's Day

Dr. Nabila El-Bassel Appointed to National Advisory Council on Drug Abuse


January 2011

New Photo Exhibit at CUSSW Offers a Window into North Korea