Dr. Stephen Pimpare (left), associate professor of political science at Yeshiva College and Wurzweiler School of Social Work, is the winner of this year’s Michael Harrington Book Award from the New Political Science section of the American Political Science Association (APSA) for his book A People’s History of Poverty in America. A People’s History, published [...]

 Jan Vijg (left), PhD, chairman of genetics at Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University, will lead a study the impact of damage to DNA on aging and disease. The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has awarded a five-year, $11.2 million grant to the study. Research funded by this grant, and conducted by a [...]

  Researchers at Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University have identified two small protein fragments that could be developed into an anthrax vaccine that may cause fewer side-effects than the current vaccine. The research is significant because anthrax is considered a major bioterrorism threat. The current anthrax vaccine is intended mainly for members [...]

 Dr. Sheldon R. Gelman (left), the Dorothy and David I. Schachne Dean of Wurweiler School of Social Work, recently served as a panelist along with Dr. Peter B. Vaughn, dean of Fordham University Graduate School of Social Service, and Dr. Richard L. Edwards, dean of Rutgers University School of Social Work, at the 26th Annual [...]

  Rabbi Menachem Genack, a rosh yeshiva [professor of Talmud] at Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary, edited The Seder Night: An Exalted Evening (OU Press, 2009), a new Haggadah with a commentary by Rabbi Joseph B. Soloveitchik and dedicated by Julius Berman, chairman of the Seminary’s Board. 

  Carole Silver, professor of English at Stern College for Women, edited Sarah Heckford: A Lady Trader in the Transvaal (Parlor Press, Indiana 2008). Part of a series called “Writing Travel,” it is about the South African adventures of an Anglo-Irish gentlewoman who becomes, among other things, a “smous” or peddler, an occupation usually undertaken [...]

Dr. Peter DaviesProfessor of pathology and neuroscience, Albert Einstein College of Medicine“Collisions met head-on” The Baltimore Sun, Sept. 30, 2009 Alex ReinertAssistant professor of law, Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law“Ex-Bush officials face lawsuits over their actions” Associated Press, Sept. 29, 2009 Dr. Allen M. SpiegelMarilyn and Stanley M. Katz Dean, Albert Einstein College of [...]