On Nov. 9, 2019, Liesl Schwabe (director of the Yeshiva College writing program), David Puretz (lecturer in writing) and Brian Trimboli (lecturer in writing) held a roundtable at the 2019 SUNY Council on Writing Conference, “The Writing of Art/The […]
Daniel Pollack, professor at Wurzweiler School of Social Work, has published two articles.
“How To Select an Expert in a Custody Case” (with Toby Kleinman) for the New York Law Journal (also uploaded to YAIR): “The legal obligation of an expert witness […]
Next time you pass through the frozen food aisle at the supermarket, consider what it takes to put some of those items on ice. New scientific research reveals just how the natural defenses of some organisms work against extreme cold.
Researchers at Yeshiva University have illustrated the mechanism by which antifreeze proteins from fish and […]
Dr. Jess Olson, an associate professor of Jewish history at Yeshiva College, has published a book for Ediciones Tibidabo / Tibidabo Publications titled Jewish Culture: A Quick Immersion, one of a series of “quick immersions” that “uses accurate and straightforward language to offer a good introduction, or […]
On Nov. 14, 2019, The New York Metro American Studies Association hosted a Salon Talk with Dr. Cynthia Wachtell, research associate professor of American studies and director of the S. Daniel Abraham Honors Program, on the subject of her book, The Backwash of War: An Extraordinary American Nurse in World War I (Johns Hopkins […]
On Sunday, Nov. 10, 2019, New England Yachad, in partnership with The Ruderman Family Foundation, presented “The New England Inclusion Summit 2019:Facing Isolation in Our Communities,” a one-day conference addressing social isolation and presenting models of inclusive social and recreational activities, for people of all abilities […]
Report on the Activities Developed by Dr. Gabriel Cwilich During his Visit to Argentina in the Framework of the Cesar Milstein Subsidy (which gives financial contributions for transfers and stays between one month and one year in Argentina)
I visited several institutions in Argentina between April 26 and July 28, 2019. This is a […]
Daniel Pollack, professor at Wurzweiler School of Social Work, provides an answer to the following question in “Addressing a Perceived Conflict of Interest in Out-of-Home Care Licensing,” published in the October 2019 issue of Policy & Practice: “What if the investigation [by child protective services, or […]
On Friday, March 8, 2019, Dr. S. Abraham Ravid, professor of finance and chair of the finance department at Sy Syms School of Business, was inaugurated as the incoming president of the Midwest Finance Association (MFA). He will be president until March 2020. The MFA is a nonprofit association dedicated to […]
Daniel Pollack, professor at Wurzweiler School of Social Work, has written a primer for schools to follow when setting out rules governing relationships between students and teachers.
In “Protecting Children by Drafting Teacher-Student Boundary Policies,” published in Policy & Practice, Pollack details three factors that should […]
