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 Dr. Dominique Steinberg's book on group
work was recently translated into
French and published by Laval University
Press. She received it at the 30th
Annual Symposium of the Association
for the Advancement of Social Work
with Groups held in Cologne, Germany.
The book has also been translated
into Italian.
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 Dean Jacqueline Mondros and Professor Terry
Mizrahi were hosted by Ben Gurion University,
Haifa University, Hebrew University,
and the Ministry of Social Affairs in
a tour through Israel in May. They visited
with many community groups, including
a Bedouin women's collaborative. |
 Dr. Terry Mizrahi received the President's
Award for Applied Scholarship at a reception
in May . The award was in part a recognition
of her co-editorship of the 2008 Encyclopedia
of Social Work, the most widely used
source in the field. |
 Irwin Epstein, Ph.D. was ensconced in the
Columbia University School of Social
Work Hall of Fame at the Annual Alumni
Reunion on Friday, May 2nd. |
| On Monday, May 5th HCSSW recognized
13 faculty members who had authored
articles in the 20th edition of NASW's
Encyclopedia of Social Work. This ground
breaking work was co-edited by Hunter
Professor Terry Mizrahi and Larry Davis.
Terry Mizrahi is a former national president
of NASW. |
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Two of our doctoral students,
Mohan Krishna and Moctezuma Garcia,
had abstracts accepted for the Social
Work Doctoral Symposium sponsored
by the University of Houston PhD Program
in Social Welfare. Mohan will be presenting
research about gay parenting, and
Moctezuma will be presenting about
the relationship between Latino culture,
religiosity and AIDS beliefs.
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Steve Burghardt and Tony Young led HCSSW's
effort for The 2008 Shadow Count, a
volunteer effort to count the homeless
in NYC. Professor Burghardt was part
of the Mayor's 3/4/08 Press Conference.
Click
here to
view the clip. |
| Alexandra
Smith, one of our graduating students
won one of the prestigious Soros Justice
Fellowships for her project "Out of
the Box" about persons with psychiatric
disorders being held in solitary confinement
in prisons. She will start her 18 month
fellowship this September. To read more
about Alexandra and her work click
here |
 Gary
Mallon has been named Editor of the
Child Welfare Journal. The Child Welfare
Journal has historically been the primary
journal in the field of child welfare
and has the most impact in influencing
child welfare services nationally.
Congratulations, Gary! |
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