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NYU McSilver Institute Announces 2024 Fellows-in-Residence

Award-winning public official and soft power strategist Penny Abeywardena and nationally recognized education innovator Jeffrey Ginsburg join returning fellows NEW YORK – Government leader and international affairs expert Penny Abeywardena, and Jeffrey Ginsburg, who is the incoming President & CEO of Volunteers of America Greater New York in March, are joining the McSilver Institute of […]

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Experts, Government Officials Kick Off Policy-Focused Equity Conversation Series

Led by Council Member Nantasha Williams, the three roundtable discussions seek to produce real solutions to the ongoing equity crises in New York City (NEW YORK) – Leading academics, practitioners, subject-matter experts, and New York City government officials will gather Thursday for the first in an unprecedented series of intensive invite-only roundtables focused on addressing […]

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McSilver Convenes Leading Voices for Equity Front Line Conversation

On October 3, 2023, the McSilver Institute co-hosted a conversation with three prominent leaders to take stock and chart a way forward. Dr. Lisa Coleman, Deborah Archer, and Ifeoma Ike engaged in deep and inspiring dialog about the state of the struggle for institutional and social equity going forward.

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Special illustration featuring the coronavirus that causes COVID019 for National Public Health Week 2020

April 3, 2020

NYU McSilver Provides Resources for National Public Health Week

With training, resources and content, NYU McSilver is committed to being a resource during this unprecedented moment of need, and beyond.

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October 14, 2019

Study: Self-Reported Suicide Attempts Rising In Black Teens As Other Groups Decline

Adding to what is known about the growing crisis of suicide among American teens, a team led by researchers at the McSilver Institute for Poverty Policy and Research at New York University have uncovered several troubling trends during the period of 1991-2017, among Black high school students, in particular. Their findings were published in the November 2019 issue of Pediatrics, the journal of the American Academy of Pediatrics.

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March 19, 2019

McSilver Receives NIMH Grant to Study Engagement by Black Adolescents in Depression Treatment

The McSilver Institute for Poverty Policy and Research at New York University has received a three-year research grant from the National Institute of Mental Health to study the effectiveness of a novel treatment intervention for keeping Black adolescents engaged in depression treatment.

June 1, 2016

Special Children’s Care Issue of GSW

The McSilver Institute’s peer-reviewed academic journal, Global Social Welfare: Research, Policy, and Practice, has published a special issue focusing on children’s care situations and their impact on children’s development and well-being, with the goal of informing policy and practice. Guest edited by Mark Canavera, associate director of the CPC Learning Network, and Florence Martin, director of the Better Care […]