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2025 Social Work and Disability Conference feed

More than 70 individuals attended the Social Work and Disability Conference, which highlighted the SSW's New York Community Trust-funded grant program for direct support professionals.

2nd Annual School Social Workers' Conference feed photo

The SSW welcomed over 120 school social workers from across Nassau and Suffolk counties for the second annual Long Island School Social Workers' Conference on June 2.

Eef feed photo

Eef Gijbels, a second-year PhD student at KU Leuven’s Center for Sociological Research, spent the spring semester as a visiting PhD student at the SSW. 

2025 solar grads

Nine SOLAR Program students will graduate with MSW degrees at SSW commencement on May 20.

2025 Giving Day story tile

On Wednesday, March 26, Stony Brook will hold its seventh annual Giving Day — an opportunity to fuel the unstoppable momentum for Seawolves everywhere.

Social Work Workforce Day of Action

School of Social Welfare faculty, students, and alumni supported the Social Work Workforce Act at a Social Workers for Justice-sponsored day of action in Albany on Jan. 22.

School of Social Welfare representatives at the BRIDGES conference.

Stony Brook School of Social Welfare Ph.D. student Courtney Kidd earned recognition for her presentation at the BRIDGES Conference on Jan. 30, 2025.

Headshot of Kristen Brock-Petroshius

Kristen Brock-Petroshius received The Frank R. Breul Memorial Prize, a prestigious award from the Social Service Review, one of the most important journals in the field of social work.