Photo of Esther David, MSW ’07: Esther, a native of India, quickly became attracted to Buffalo, New York and brought additional diversity to the UB School of Social Work MSW program. Exposure in her classroom and field study to social problems from addictions to aging was a valuable part of her master’s education.
Photo of Rebecca Boucher, MSW ’07: A native of Canada, Rebecca was able to compare the Canadian and American health care systems during her internship at an addiction facility and throughout her time at the School of Social Work. Interested in trauma, she completed the master’s program in Buffalo and returned to Canada as an outreach counselor for a sexual assault center
Photo of Robert Chapman, MSW ’03: With a full-time job in clinical practice, Robert was able to continue work while a student in the School of Social Work’s flexible part-time MSW program. In his evaluation of the program’s impact on his work as an addictions counselor, he credits the school with helping him polish the skills needed to affect change in his clients’ lives.
Photo of Marie Roth, MSW ’02: Social work was always Marie’s first desire and, impacted by an employer’s downsizing, she came to UB’s master’s program to finally realize her dream. By continuing her education at UB, she is now a clinical supervisor and therapist, working with diverse populations of children with mental health concerns to improve their welfare.
Photo of David Crowther, JD/MSW ’05: Combining his interests in law and social work, David completed the school’s JD/MSW program to be an agent of social change. He found that the school’s dual-degree program taught him to celebrate diversity and see commonalities, and that it helped develop communication that enables a deeper understanding with his law clients.
Photo of Sara Meerse, JD/MSW ’96: Originally leaning toward social work but then attracted to issues in law concerning child welfare, Sara engaged the JD/MSW program on her way to becoming a public interest lawyer. Impressed by the social work faculty, she was influenced not only by their scholarship but by their real-world experience as well.
 
Photo of Sara Meerse, JD/MSW ’96: Our graduates are living proof that we make a difference in people’s lives. The School of Social Work is fully accredited by the CSWE and offers full-time and part-time regular and advanced standing MSW programs, interdisciplinary programs (JD/MSW, BA/MSW, and MBA/MSW), post-MSW options (PhD and post-graduate certificate programs), and non-degree options (non-matriculated study and continuing education).
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Buffalo Center for Social Research

Mission and Vision

The Buffalo Center for Social Research facilitates Social Work faculty and graduate students’ research programs by providing assistance in securing extramural support for their scholarly, research, teaching, and community service activities through individual, collaborative and interdisciplinary grant proposal submissions.

Mission Statement:
To facilitate the discovery and advancement of social work knowledge through community partnerships and interdisciplinary research, with a commitment to dissemination of findings and technology transfer.

Our Vision is to:

  • Be an international leader in social work research to improve social functioning and inform public policy;
  • Link research and practice through community partnerships;
  • Facilitate interdisciplinary research that creates knowledge required to intervene across multiple systems and client groups;
  • Establish appropriate intra- and inter-institutional affiliations and consortia to carry out this research;
  • Present and publish research results in the public domain, disseminating major findings to the scientific community, policy makers, and to the social work profession;
  • Be a training ground for graduate students and new investigators.


Events
8/28/2008
  New Field Educator Orientation
8/28/2008
  New Field Educator Orientation
9/10/2008
  The Tricky Part, written and performed by Martin Moran
9/23/2008
  Breakfast Social Hour with Dean Smyth
10/21/2008
  Lunch Social Hour w/ Dean Smyth
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Spotlights
  UB's School of Social Work ranked among the best in the country
  The School is on Facebook
  Hartford Partnership Program
  The School Reads The Post-American World by Fareed Zakaria,
  Best Practices in Clinical Supervision Certificate Program
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