Dr. Silke Aisenbrey, assistant professor of sociology at Yeshiva College, recently published an article entitled, “Is There a Career Penalty for Mothers’ Time Out? A Comparison of Germany, Sweden and the United States” in Social Forces, a leading sociology journal. The article focuses on the three countries and their distinct policies toward motherhood and work and investigates [...]

Dr. Markus Bitzer (left), assistant professor of medicine and of developmental and molecular biology at Albert Einstein College of Medicine, has been named a grant recipient in the 2008 NephCure Foundation Research Scientific Grant Program. His Young Investigator Grant will provide $100,000 each year for three years. The focus of Dr. Bitzer’s research is to [...]

Eric J. Pan (left), assistant professor of law and director of the Samuel and Ronnie Heyman Center on Corporate Governance at Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law, published an op-ed piece, ‘Difficult, yes, but just the first step forward,’ in the “Globe and Mail” (Jan. 19, 2009), the result of work he has done advising the [...]

In “Ceremonial Violence: A Psychological Explanation of School Shootings” (Overlook Press, 2008), Jonathan Fast, associate professor at Wurzweiler School of Social Work, presents not only individual case studies—including an in-depth narrative of the Columbine shootings—but, for the first time, explains why teenagers commit rampage school shootings. While grounded in abnormal psychology, developmental psychology, sociology and neurology, [...]

Orthodox Jews in America by Dr. Jeffrey S. Gurock, the Libby M. Klaperman Professor of Jewish History at Yeshiva University, has been selected as a finalist of the 2009 National Jewish Book Award in the category of American Jewish Studies. The book was selected by a panel of three judges who are all authorities in [...]

Authors Drs Howard Strickler and Marc Gunter Higher-than-normal levels of insulin place postmenopausal women at increased risk of breast cancer, researchers at Albert Einstein College of Medicine report. Their findings, published in the January 7 issue of the “Journal of the National Cancer Institute,” suggest that interventions that target insulin and its signaling pathways may [...]

Dr. Lynne Holden, associate professor of clinical emergency medicine at Einstein, has made it her mission to attract more minorities into the health case profession. She leads Mentoring in Medicine, a nonprofit organization which recently attracted a record turnout of 1,800 students ― including 1st through 12th graders, as well as college and health professional [...]

R. Suzanne Zukin, PhD (left), director of the Neuropsychopharmacology Center at Albert Einstein College of Medicine and professor in its Dominick P. Purpura Department of Neuroscience, has been named the F.M. Kirby Professor of Neural Repair and Protection at the College of Medicine. The endowment of Dr. Zukin with the Kirby Chair recognizes her leading [...]