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Dr. Mimi Abramovitz to Receive Award from NASW

abramovitzThe New York City Chapter of the National Association of Social Workers (NASW) has named Dr. Mimi Abramovitz a “Top Social Work Leader” in recognition of her “outstanding leadership in the social work profession in New York City.” Dr. Abramovitz is a member of the consortial faculty at the Murphy Institute and is the Bertha Capen Reynolds Professor of Social Policy at Silberman School of Social Work, Hunter College, CUNY. The award will be presented to Dr. Abramovitz at NASW’s annual awards dinner in New York City on December 3 , 2015.

Prof. Abramovitz’s Human Services Research Gains Press

Prof. Mimi Abramovitz, who teaches at Hunter’s Silberman School of Social Work and here at Murphy, has been working on a study along with co-coordinator Jennifer Zelnick that looks at human service workplace and practice trends.

Recently, this work has been picking up press: in November, New York Nonprofit Press wrote about the human service workforce study, while two recent podcasts from the University of Buffalo’s School of Social Work discuss the effects of privatization on human services. (See Part 1 and Part 2.) Finally, in September, WVOX 1460AM ran an interview of Prof. Abramovitz conducted by Allison Sesso, Executive Director of Human Services Council of New York City, on Human Service News and Views.