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Hidary Publishes Review of “What’s Divine About Divine Law?”

By On May 3, 2018 · Leave a Comment

Dr. Richard Hidary, associate professor of Judaic studies at Stern College for Women, published a review of What’s Divine about Divine Law? Early Perspectives by Christine Hayes (Princeton University Press) in the Spring 2018 Jewish Review of Books.

Hayes’ book examines the classical and biblical roots of the Western idea of divine law […]

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Tufts Co-Authors Article on Cost vs. Value in Cancer Care

By On April 16, 2018 · Leave a Comment

Robert M. Tufts, adjunct instructor in management at Yeshiva University’s Sy Syms School of Business and a myeloma patient, was one of seven co-authors of “Cost vs. Value and the Price of Innovation in Cancer Care: Oral Anticancer Drugs in Multiple Myeloma, as a Case Study,” published by the Goldwater Institute. The Goldwater Institute […]

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Reichman Speaks at Vatican Conference

By On April 16, 2018 · Leave a Comment

Rabbi Dr. Edward Reichman, a professor in both the Department of Emergency Medicine and Department of Epidemiology and Population Health at YU-affiliated Albert Einstein College of Medicine, will be speaking at the Fourth International Vatican Conference, “Unite to Care: How Science, Technology and 21st Century Medicine Will Impact […]

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Felsen Publishes Articles on Holocaust Survivors

By On April 16, 2018 · Leave a Comment

Dr. Irit Felsen, adjunct professor at Ferkauf Graduate School of Psychology and a clinical psychologist specializing in trauma and traumatic loss, published a paper in the spring issue of the peer-reviewed journal of the Claims Conference, Kavod, titled “Dehumanization in the Treatment of Elderly Holocaust Survivors and Other […]

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Joseph, Vasquez and Shelley Present at Education Technology Conference

By On April 16, 2018 · Leave a Comment

Rabbi Dr. Joshua Joseph, senior vice president; James Vasquez, chief information officer; and Camille Shelley, executive director of information technology services at Yeshiva University, joined Tim Coley, principal strategic consultant at Ellucian, to discuss “128 Projects and Counting: Prioritizing and Shrinking Yeshiva University’s IT Project Portfolio” at the Sixth Annual Ellucian “Live” conference in San […]

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Vigodner’s Article Will Appear in PLOS ONE

By On April 16, 2018 · Leave a Comment

Dr. Margarita Vigodner, associate professor of biology at Stern College for Women, co-authored a paper, “UXT is required for spermatogenesis in mice,” with the team of Dr. Susan Logan at New York University School of Medicine, that has been accepted to PLOS ONE.

Vigodner explains that Logan and her team were studying a […]

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Poczter Publishes Advice on the Sharing Economy in Inc.

By On April 11, 2018 · Leave a Comment

Sharon Poczter, chair of the strategy and entrepreneurship department at Sy Syms School of Business, writes in the April 23, 2018 online edition of Inc. that the next generation of businesses in the sharing economy will need an approach different from the ones that made Uber and Airbnb such fantastic […]

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