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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 ...

WSSW Writing Consultant Tom Ribitzky announces the publication of his new book, The Seduction of Pessimism in the Novel: Eros, Failure, and the Quarrel with Philosophy (Lexington Books, 2024). The Seduction of Pessimism in the Novel: Eros, Failure, and the Quarrel with Philosophy explores the novel…

On October 21st, Mary Beth Morrissey, PhD, JD, chaired the statewide New York State Bar Association Health Law Section Fall Meeting Program held in Saratoga. A major focus of the meeting was Dr. Morrissey’s priority focus on maternal health and maternal mortality and morbidity. Dr. Morrissey…

Justyna Rzewinski left her job as a clinical supervisor for mental health on Rikers Island just three weeks ago. She has emerged as a vital advocate for severely mentally ill detainees testifying to a city jail oversight board about the troubling practice of “deadlocking,” where individuals are ...

Dr. Mary Beth Morrissey represented the International Network for the Prevention of Elder Abuse at the 57th Session of the United Nations Human Rights Council, commenting on the Legal Capacity and Informed Consent Report of the Independent Expert on the enjoyment of all human rights by older…

The National Social Work Voter Mobilization Campaign (also known as Voting is Social Work) has launched a new website that can be used by social workers, faculty, students, etc. to engage with their clients and communities around voting. The new website is https://voting.socialwork.uconn.edu/ ...