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Not to be confused with the "New York School of Social Work" aka Columbia University School of Social Work.
NYU Silver School of Social Work
TypePrivate
Established1960
Parent institution
New York University
DeanMichael A. Lindsey
Students1000+
Location
New York City
,
New York
,
United States
Websitesocialwork.nyu.edu

Silver School of Social Work is the social work school of New York University.

History

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1960–2006

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NYU offered its first social work courses in 1934.[1] A 10-year, $420,000 commitment by the Lavanburg Corner House helped establish a Department of Social Work in the Graduate School of Public Administration and Social Service in 1953.[2] NYU’s Master of Social Work degree program received initial accreditation from the Council on Social Work Education in 1955.[3]

In 1960, the University established an independent Graduate School of Social Work.[4] In 1973, the school added an undergraduate program[5] and removed the word “graduate” from its name.

In 1980, the school launched a Doctor of Social Welfare program and in 1987, the New York State Education Department authorized the school to grant the PhD degree.[6]

In the early 1990s, the School of Social Work’s building at 3 Washington Square North was joined with 1 and 2 Washington Square North to become the school’s new home.[7] Famed American artist Edward Hopper lived and painted on the fourth floor of 3 Washington Square North from 1913-1967. The school has preserved Hopper’s studio much as it was in his lifetime.[8]

Work on the combined buildings was completed in 1994[9] and the building was dedicated on September 19, 1994.[10] The school had recently been renamed the “Shirley M. Ehrenkranz School of Social Work” in honor of Dean Shirley M. Ehrenkranz who died on August 25, 1994.[11]

In 2003, the school launched a Division of Lifelong Learning and Professional Development, to coordinate continuing education programs. The Division is now known as the Office of Global and Lifelong Learning.[12]

2006–Present

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The school was renamed the Silver School of Social Work in honor of NYU Alumni Constance and Martin Silver who pledged $50 million to the School of Social Work in 2007. At the time, it was the largest known donation to a school of social work in the history of the United States.[13] The gift also established the McSilver Institute for Poverty Policy and Research at the school.[14]

In fall 2015, NYU Silver and NYU Shanghai jointly launched an MSW Program at Shanghai and New York.[15] That same year, the School launched a DSW Program in Clinical Social Work.[16]

In June 2021, Constance and Martin Silver gave a new $16 million gift to help NYU Silver and the McSilver Institute leverage data science and Artificial Intelligence for social work's aims.[17] In addition to funding the creation of a Center on Data Science and Social Equity and an endowed professorship in data science and prevention at the school, the gift funded the establishment of an Artificial Intelligence Hub at the McSilver Institute.[18]

In May 2024, NYU Silver and NYU Abu Dhabi’s Office of Executive Education entered a partnership with the Abu Dhabi Family Care Authority to launch a case management professional development program.[19]

Research facilities

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The school is home to several research centers and institutes, including the NYU McSilver Institute for Poverty Policy and Research, Constance and Martin Silver Center on Data Science and Social Equity, Center for Health and Aging Innovation and the Center on Violence and Recovery.[20] In 2006, the school launched the Zelda Foster Studies Program in Palliative and End-of-Life Care, which encompasses a range of initiatives designed to develop and mentor palliative and end-of-life care (PELC) social work leaders at all stages of their careers. It is named after the social worker most closely associated with the modern-day palliative care movement, Zelda Foster,[21] who taught in the school's Post-Masters Certificate Program in PELC from its inception in until months before her death in July 2006.

Main campus

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The school's main facilities are located in NYU's Washington Square campus in Greenwich Village. The school's educational, extracurricular, and social hub is housed in three historic townhouses bordering Washington Square Park.

Historic Townhouses.
Historic NYUSilver Townhouses.

Satellite campuses

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NYU Silver's MSW program is also available on the campuses of St. Thomas Aquinas College in Rockland County, New York; and Sarah Lawrence College in Westchester County, New York. In addition, the school offers a two-year MSW program at Shanghai and New York, in which students do their first year of coursework and practicum learning at NYU Shanghai and the second at the Washington Square Campus.[22]

Rankings and reputation

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In 2024 the school's MSW program was ranked 12th nationally by U.S. News and World Report.[23]

Notable Faculty and Alumni

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Linda G. Mills, NYU’s 17th President of NYU, on NYU Silver’s faculty since 1999.

James Jaccard, psychologist and social work researcher, Professor Emeritus

Michael A. Lindsey, mental health researcher and academic, NYU Silver’s Dean and Paulette Goddard Professor Social Work, on NYU Silver’s faculty since 2014

Jerome C. Wakefield, social work professor and philosopher of psychiatry, on NYU Silver’s faculty since 2003.

Deborah K. Padgett, social work professor known for her expertise in homelessness, mental health services and qualitative and mixed methods research, on NYU Silver’s faculty since 1988.

Vincent Schiraldi, juvenile justice policy reformer and Maryland Secretary of Juvenile Services, earned his MSW from the school in 1983

See also

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List of social work schools

References

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  1. ^ Communications, NYU Web. "History of NYU". www.nyu.edu. Retrieved 2025-01-14.
  2. ^ "SOCIAL WORK COURSE GETS $420,000 GRANT". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2025-01-14.
  3. ^ "Accreditation Directory". CSWE. Retrieved 2025-01-14.
  4. ^ Communications, NYU Web. "History of NYU". www.nyu.edu. Retrieved 2025-01-14.
  5. ^ "Notes on People; Albert Calls China Patient on Taiwan". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2025-01-14.
  6. ^ "NYU Silver at 60 | 1960–2020". socialwork.nyu.edu. Retrieved 2025-01-14.
  7. ^ "House Tour Preview - Village Preservation". www.villagepreservation.org. 2016-04-15. Retrieved 2025-01-14.
  8. ^ Gaffney, Adrienne (2017-06-29). "Inside Edward Hopper's Private World". Architectural Digest. Retrieved 2025-01-14.
  9. ^ "POSTINGS: N.Y.U. Completes a Renovation; Social Work Brownstones". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2025-01-14.
  10. ^ "Series I: Events: Records of the Office of External Affairs, Commencement and Special Events: NYU Special Collections Finding Aids". findingaids.library.nyu.edu. Retrieved 2025-01-14.
  11. ^ "Shirley Ehrenkranz, 73, Dean Of N.Y.U.'s Social Work School". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2025-01-14.
  12. ^ "NYU Silver at 60 | 1960–2020". socialwork.nyu.edu. Retrieved 2025-01-14.
  13. ^ "NYU Alumni Constance & Martin Silver Donate $50 Million to University s School of Social Work". NYU News. October 15, 2007. Retrieved October 25, 2017.
  14. ^ amNY (2007-10-23). "N.Y.U. school pledged $50 million | amNewYork". www.amny.com. Retrieved 2025-01-14.
  15. ^ "NYU Silver's MSW Program Launched | NYU Shanghai". shanghai.nyu.edu. 2015-10-30. Retrieved 2025-01-14.
  16. ^ "DSW Student Pens New York Times Post". socialwork.nyu.edu. Retrieved 2025-01-14.
  17. ^ reports, The Imprint staff (2021-06-14). "NYU to Use $16 Million Gift for Social Science Data Research". The Imprint. Retrieved 2025-01-14.
  18. ^ "Constance and Martin Silver". New York University. Retrieved 2025-01-14.
  19. ^ "Family Care Authority partners with NYU Abu Dhabi and NYU'S Silver School of Social Work to launch Case Management Professional Development Program". www.mediaoffice.abudhabi. Retrieved 2025-01-14.
  20. ^ "Centers and Institutes". NYU Silver School of Social Work. Retrieved 12 September 2022.
  21. ^ Davidson, Kay & Bullock, Karen (2007). "Zelda Foster and Her Contributions to Social Work in End-of-Life Care". Journal of Social Work in End-of-Life & Palliative Care. 3, 2007 - Issue 1 (1): 69–82. doi:10.1300/J457v03n01_11. PMID 18072663. S2CID 20473710.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  22. ^ "MSW Program at Shanghai and New York". NYU Shanghai. Retrieved 12 September 2022.
  23. ^ "Best Schools for Social Work". US News. Retrieved 9 April 2024.
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