George Warren Brown School

Brown School at Washington University
Brown School's Hillman Hall
TypePrivate
Established1925
Parent institution
Washington University in St. Louis
DeanDorian Traube
Academic staff
142
Postgraduates502
Location, ,
USA

38°38′49″N 90°18′20″W / 38.64700°N 90.30568°W / 38.64700; -90.30568
CampusSuburban
Websitebrownschool.wustl.edu

The Brown School is the graduate school for social work and public health of Washington University in St. Louis. Located on Washington University's Danforth Campus, adjacent to Forest Park, the school is recognized by the Council on Social Work Education and the Council on Education for Public Health.[1] It is also a member of the Association of Schools and Programs of Public Health.[2]

The Brown School originated from the Department of Social Work at Washington University, which was founded in 1925. It was endowed in 1945 by Bettie Bofinger Brown, who named the school after her husband, George Warren Brown, a St. Louis philanthropist and co-founder of the Brown Shoe Company. The school was the first at Washington University to admit Black students,[3] and the first in the United States to have a building dedicated to social work education.[4] As of 2024, it is ranked the #2 school for social work in the United States by U.S. News & World Report.[5]

  1. ^ "Program Accreditation - Brown School at Washington University in St. Louis". brownschool.wustl.edu. 10 March 2023. Retrieved 2023-10-28.
  2. ^ "Member Directory - Association of Schools and Programs of Public Health (ASPPH)". aspph.org. Retrieved 2023-10-28.
  3. ^ "About - Brown School at Washington University in St. Louis". 27 July 2023. Retrieved 2023-10-28.
  4. ^ Candace O'Connor (2008). What We Believe: A History of the George Warren Brown School of Social Work: 1909-2007. Washington University in St. Louis. ISBN 978-0981541518.
  5. ^ "Best Schools for Social Work". U.S. News & World Report.