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What happens when you ban sale of flavored tobacco products?

December 06, 2021

BC researchers will study the effect of state policies on young people's use of the products.

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A population in peril

August 11, 2020

BC School of Social Work and Harvard Global Health Institute outline a crisis among asylum seekers at the U.S.- Mexico border.

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Stress and health care workers

March 27, 2020

Support for overtaxed health care workers will be critical, says a BC social epidemiologist.

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Analyzing tweets to prevent violence

March 10, 2020

Can harnessing artificial intelligence and social media keep online conflicts from spilling over into real life?

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Gun policies linked to workplace homicide rate

February 29, 2020

States that toughened firearms policies saw declines in the rate of workplace homicides, according to BC researchers.

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The impact of trauma

March 30, 2021

The BC School of Social Work initiative integrates teaching, fieldwork, and research into one holistic program.

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Helping homeless children

May 07, 2020

BC School of Social Work and the United Way partner to reduce homelessness among Boston public school students.

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Child soldiers, adult lives

June 20, 2019

Families and communities are central to recovery for Sierra Leone's former child soldiers, BC researchers find in 15-year study of war-affected youth.

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New Salem Professor

September 28, 2017

The internationally renowned child trauma and human rights scholar joins the Boston College School of Social Work.

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BC partners with IIT Bombay

September 14, 2017

A research collaboration will seek renewable energy solutions for resource-poor regions.

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Child soldiers, adult lives

June 20, 2019

Families and communities are central to recovery for Sierra Leone's former child soldiers, BC researchers find in 15-year study of war-affected youth.

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Rohingya Muslims crisis

October 18, 2017

Is the world ignoring ethnic cleansing? BCSSW's Westy Egmont discusses the mass slaughter in Myanmar on NECN.

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Refugees in today's world

June 23, 2017

Westy Egmont kicks off a new BC School of Social Work podcast series.

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Giving every day

November 29, 2016

School of Social Work Professor Tiziana Dearing explains why the Giving Tuesday mindset should be extended year round.

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Lessons for life

May 15, 2016

Eric Charette MSW '16 found inspiration for life and career in his adoptive parents' devotion to 230-plus foster children.