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Fordham GSS News

2024 Fordham GSS Lincoln Center Open House – Success!

2024 Fordham GSS Lincoln Center Open House – Success!

Thank you so much to everyone who came to our 2024 Lincoln Center Accepted Students Reception and Open House! After rescheduling due to sever weather a few weeks ago, we had a great night meeting you all and showing you around campus! At this event, new and prospective students explored the campus, heard from faculty, […]

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Goldkind Organizes Fordham’s Inaugural Public Interest Technology Gathering

Goldkind Organizes Fordham’s Inaugural Public Interest Technology Gathering

Fordham Graduate School of Social Service Professor Lauri Goldkind, Ph.D., continues to lead the Public Interest Technology (PIT) effort at Fordham. Goldkind, who was awarded a 16-month, $178,000 grant from the 2023 PIT-UN Network Challenge for her project “Building Inclusive Public Interest Technology Learning Competencies,” has now organized Fordham’s first Public Interest Technology Gathering. She […]

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Fordham MSW/MPH Student Presents at NYAM Student Conference

Fordham MSW/MPH Student Presents at NYAM Student Conference

Fordham MSW/MPH student Rachel Gentile, GSS ’24, presented this month at the New York Academy of Medicine’s (NYAM) 15th Annual Student Social Work Night alongside students from nine other New York social work programs. Gentile’s presentation was titled “Disparities in Healthy Food Access and Low-Income Neighborhoods in New York City: Implications for Behavioral and Physical […]

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This MSW Alumni Is Mentoring Students as a Bronx School Social Worker

This MSW Alumni Is Mentoring Students as a Bronx School Social Worker

Ian Staley is a 2023 graduate of Fordham GSS’s Master of Social Work (M.S.W.) program. He attended Fordham’s Westchester campus as a part-time student and was a PIPELINE for Youth Health fellow in the 2022-2023 academic year. Ian now works for NYC Public Schools as a school social worker in the Bronx, and he was […]

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Moments from the 2024 Westchester Open House

Moments from the 2024 Westchester Open House

Fordham GSS thanks everyone who visited our Westchester open house for making the day so special! New and prospective students explored the campus, heard from faculty, and learned from our panel of student ambassadors. Lunch was served, and we raffled off some GSS swag! View some of our favorite pictures from the day:

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Our Aging Population Needs Social Workers

Our Aging Population Needs Social Workers

Although the media is dominated by topics surrounding Gen Z and the upcoming Gen Alpha, America’s population is getting older. According to a 2020 report by the Administration on Aging, 1 in 6 people (55.7 million) in the US is 65 or older. This is projected to increase to 80.8 million by 2040. However, resources […]

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Poverty’s Impact on Women and Girls—and What we can Do About It

Poverty’s Impact on Women and Girls—and What we can Do About It

On Friday, March 15, from 4–6 p.m. ET, the Graduate School of Social Service’s Institute for Women and Girls held a virtual conference between international stakeholders to discuss our actions to address worldwide problematic issues like food insecurity, mental health, and climate change.  The event, titled “Small Actions, Huge Solutions: Reducing Poverty for women and […]

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The Future of Social Workers in Child Welfare

The Future of Social Workers in Child Welfare

To a crowd of over 50 child welfare professionals, Fordham GSS Professor and Mary Ann Quaranta Chair for Social Justice for Children Shirley Gatenio Gabel, Ph.D., outlined the three main areas of children and family services that led to the formation of the social work profession: Social caseworkers Settlement house workers “Child saving” from orphanages, […]

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Fordham GSS Hosts First Annual Global Gender And Migration Forum

Fordham GSS Hosts First Annual Global Gender And Migration Forum

This March, the Fordham University Graduate School of Social Service hosted three events of the first-annual Global Gender and Migration Forum, convened by the Center for Migration, Gender, and Justice. The Global Forum took place from March 11 to 15. Additional partners included Her Migrant Hub, NYU’s School of Arts and Science Liberal Studies, The […]

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Goldkind Talks Generative AI and Social Work on The inSocialWork Podcast

Goldkind Talks Generative AI and Social Work on The inSocialWork Podcast

ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity, Claude. It’s crazy how those words meant very different things to most of us just a few short years ago. Everything is becoming AI-centered, and it’s hard to keep up—both in the field and the classroom. How should social workers incorporate AI tools in their work? How should social work professors use […]

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