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After a few years of dormancy, the Wurzweiler Alumni Network is back in action. The kickoff program featuring Wurzweiler Assistant Professor, Dr. Debbie Akerman, took place on June 26. This event, the first in a series of Coffee Talks with Wurzweiler faculty, discussed sex as an addiction. In her…

On Tuesday, June 14, 2022, Yeshiva University’s Wurzweiler School of Social Work Care Café partnered with the Williams Institutional CME Church and National Black Commission on Health Manhattan Cluster, to participate in a Harlem Street outreach community information day celebrating Men’s Health ...

On Sunday, June 12, 2022, Yeshiva University’s Wurzweiler School of Social Work Care Café partnered with Kilsy Hidalgo of Long Live Our Butterfly (LLOB), a domestic violence prevention organization, to recognize this month’s social awareness theme: Gun Violence Prevention month. Our festivities…

By Kimberly Moore Director, Care Café There’s no health without mental health! In partnership with the Williams Institutional CME Church and St. Luke AME Church in Harlem on May 24, 2022, Yeshiva University’s Wurzweiler School of Social Work Care Café joined to bring awareness to May’s important ...

By Allysha Bryant Care Café Intern Dr. Erik Pollak The Care Café team, in partnership with Nevut Lone Soldier, a nonprofit organization focused on providing supportive services to Israeli Veterans transitioning to civilian life, sponsored a Psychological First Aid training taught by Dr. Erik Pollak…

Care Cafe staff, DRIP SWEAT instructors , and guests By Kimberly Moore Director, Care Café On May 23, 2022, Yeshiva University’s Wurzweiler School of Social Work Care Café joined Kilsy Hidalgo of Long Live Our Butterfly (LLOB), a domestic violence prevention organization, to celebrate Mental Health…

Dr. Lisa Henshaw Dr. Lisa Henshaw, assistant professor at the Wurzweiler School of Social Work, has published “ Trauma-informed group work in social work academia: responding to ĐÔ°®ĚěĚĂ’ indirect trauma” in Social Work with Groups (Nov. 25, 2021). Here is the abstract: Indirect trauma and its ...

Prof. Gary Stein At the recent Social Work Hospice and Palliative Care Network 2022 General Assembly, held in person from Sunday, April 24, through Tuesday, April 26, 2022, Prof. Gary Stein, professor and director of the Gerontology & Palliative Care program at Wurzweiler School of Social Work…

Dr. Hanni Flaherty Dr. Hanni Flaherty, assistant professor and associate director of curricular and pedagogical innovation at the Wurzweiler School of Social Work, published “T eaching Note—Using Technology to Enhance Experiential Learning Through Simulated Role Plays” in Journal of Social Work ...

On Monday, April 25, 2022, Wurzweiler School of Social Work inducted 32 new members, across cohorts, into the Tau Epsilon chapter of Phi Alpha, the Social Work National Honors Society. Those being honored were surrounded by faculty, administration, staff, peers and family during an interactive ...