Drawing from Her Own Life, a Social Worker Helps Clients Find Their Way
Margaret Burke, the 11th of 12 children and one of two who earned a college…
Graduate School of Social Service
School of Social Service Receives $1.9 Million to Support Graduate Students of Color and Help Underserved Youth
Abigail Ross, Ph.D., assistant professor of social work, along with several members of the Graduate…
Her Migrant Hub: A Resource by and for Women Asylum Seekers
Fordham faculty and students worked with women asylum seekers to design a new website that…
Danielle Wright, GSS ’21: Living to Serve
On a recent cold and wet spring morning in Bushwick, Brooklyn, Danielle Wright was beaming…
Fordham’s Rafael Zapata Receives Leadership Award
Rafael Zapata, chief diversity officer at Fordham, was honored by the Latino Social Work Coalition…
Celebrating ‘Breadth and Depth’ of Fordham Faculty Research
From examining migration crises to expanding access to cybersecurity education, from exploring the history of…
New Scholarship Fund Memorializes Trustee’s Young Son
Fordham alumna and trustee Meaghan Jarensky Barakett, GSS ’16, and her husband, Brett Barakett, have…
Inaugural Social Work Chairs Call for ‘Radical Empathy’ and ‘New Systems’ in Child Welfare
As the pandemic continues to exacerbate racial inequities in children’s health care and education, two…
Social Work Professor Emeritus and ‘Master Teacher’ Raymond Fox Dies at 78
Raymond D. Fox, Ph.D., GSS ’67, professor emeritus of the Graduate School of Social Service…
New Book Reveals Life Lessons from Older Adults Behind Bars
There are more than 200,000 men and women over the age of 50 behind bars.…