From the monthly archives: May 2014

Santos Awarded Harvard Fellowship at ITAMP

By On May 29, 2014 · Leave a Comment

Dr. Lea Santos, associate professor of physics at Yeshiva University, has been awarded a fellowship at Harvard University’s Institute for Theoretical Atomic Molecular and Optic Physics (ITAMP). Santos will receive support to spend three months at the Institute conducting research for her project, “Many-Body Quantum Systems Far from Equilibrium.” Her goal is to employ computational […]

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Cwilich and Buldyrev Publish Article in Physical Review E

By On May 21, 2014 · Leave a Comment

Dr. Gabriel Cwilich, associate professor of physics and division coordinator of natural and mathematical sciences at Yeshiva College, and Dr. Sergey Buldyrev, professor of physics at Yeshiva College, recently published “Cascading Failures in Networks with Proximate Dependant Nodes” in Physical Review E: Statistical, Nonlinear and Soft Matter Physics. The work focuses on the

mutual percolation of […]

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Asherie Delivers Invited Talk at American Physical Society Meeting

By On May 20, 2014 · Leave a Comment

Dr. Neer Asherie, associate professor of physics and biology at Yeshiva University’s Yeshiva College, delivered an invited talk at the March Meeting of the American Physical Society in Denver, Colorado. Titled, “An Overview of Protein Phase Behavior,” it reviewed the efforts that have been made over the past 20 years to understand protein phase […]

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Shawn Presents at Congregation Oheb Shalom, Holocaust Museum Houston

By On May 19, 2014 · Leave a Comment

Dr. Karen Shawn, visiting associate professor of Jewish education at Yeshiva University’s Azrieli Graduate School of Jewish Education and Administration and editor of its publication PRISM: An Interdisciplinary Journal for Holocaust Educators, led three presentations about the journal during an open house at Congregation Oheb Shalom in Baltimore, Maryland on April 28 in honor of […]

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Samu Awarded Summer Fellowship in Garden and Landscape Studies

By On May 15, 2014 · Leave a Comment

Margaret Samu, adjunct assistant professor of art history at Yeshiva University’s Stern College for Women, has been awarded a Summer Fellowship in Garden and Landscape Studies at Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection in Washington, D.C. Administered by Harvard University, Dumbarton Oaks is a research institute and collection that supports work on Byzantine, Garden […]

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Schneider Delivers Lecture at Young Israel of Kew Garden Hills

By On May 14, 2014 · Leave a Comment

Dr. Shmuel Schneider, associate professor of Hebrew at Yeshiva University, delivered a lecture at the Young Israel of Kew Garden Hills on Shabbat, May 10, 2014. The lecture was organized by the Education Committee and the Women’s League and titled, “Religion and Politics in Israel.”

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Nissel Presents Course to Mental Health Clinicians

By On May 2, 2014 · Leave a Comment

Dr. Chaim Nissel, dean of students at Yeshiva University and adjunct instructor at its Wurzweiler School of Social Work, presented a two-day course on behalf of the American Association of Suicidology to mental health clinicians in Independence, Kansas from April 2-3, 2014. The course, titled, “Recognizing and Responding to Suicide Risk: Essential Skills […]

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Fine Selected for Getty Research Institute Scholars Program

By On May 1, 2014 · Leave a Comment

Dr. Steven Fine, professor of Jewish history at Yeshiva University’s Bernard Revel Graduate School of Jewish Studies, has been selected to participate in the Getty Research Institute’s Scholars Program, which brings cultural scholars and artists from around the world to live and work in Los Angeles while conducting rigorous research under an annual […]

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Wachtell Publishes Article in Huffington Post

By On May 1, 2014 · Leave a Comment

Dr. Cynthia Wachtell, research associate professor of American studies and director of the S. Daniel Abraham Honors Program at Yeshiva University’s Stern College for Women, has published an article in The Huffington Post. Titled “No Place for Poetry on My Son’s Common Core ELA Test,” the piece discusses the lack of poetry in modern […]

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