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Poczter Named Advisor to Domio

By On March 26, 2018 · Leave a Comment

Sharon Poczter, chair of the entrepreneurship and strategy department at Sy Syms School of Business, has been named strategic advisor to hospitality start-up Domio. The tech-driven company renovates properties then manages them as upscale short-term rentals on behalf of owners, doing maintenance and booking guests. It currently operates in New York, New York; Boston, Massachusetts; […]

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Strauss Delivers Keynote Address, Shares Career Insights With High School Students

By On February 26, 2018 · Leave a Comment

Michael Strauss, interim dean of Sy Syms School of Business, delivered the keynote speech at Hillel Yeshiva High School’s Follow Your Dreams program. This was the 9th annual Follow Your Dreams event hosted by Hillel, in Ocean, New Jersey. The event features professionals who share their career insights with students and offer encouragement.

Strauss […]

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Galantucci and Langstein Publish Article

By On February 26, 2018 · Leave a Comment

Dr. Bruno Galantucci, associate professor of psychology, and Benjamin Langstein ’15YC co-authored an article (along with Gareth Roberts of the University of Pennsylvania) titled “Content deafness: When coherent talk just doesn’t matter” in Language and Communication.

The authors begin by saying that common intuition suggests that, when people are engaged in […]

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O’Malley Edits Books of Essays

By On February 26, 2018 · Leave a Comment

Seamus O’Malley, assistant professor of English, will publish two volumes of essays he has co-edited: The Routledge Research Companion to Ford Madox Ford (with Sara Haslam and Laura Colombino, Routledge, 2018) and A Place Inside Yourself: The Comics of Julie Doucet and Gabrielle Bell (with Tahneer Oksman, University of Mississippi Press, 2018).

He has […]

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Ladin Publishes Ninth Book of Poetry

By On February 26, 2018 · Leave a Comment

Joy Ladin, David and Ruth Gottesman Professor of English and director of The Beren Writing Center at Stern College for Women, recently published her ninth book of poetry, The Future is Trying to Tell Us Something: New and Selected Poems (Sheep Meadow Press). Her memoir, Through the Door of Life, was […]

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Shires Will Address Thomas Hardy Conference in July

By On February 23, 2018 · Leave a Comment

Dr. Linda M. Shires, David and Ruth Gottesman Professor of English, chair of the English department at Stern College for Women, and head of the humanities division, will give a plenary address at the 23rd international Thomas Hardy Society Biennial conference in Dorchester, England on July 17, celebrating Fifty Years of the Society. […]

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Hirsch Publishes Article on How to Improve Teacher-Student Interactions in Jewish Day Schools

By On February 23, 2018 · Leave a Comment

Dr. Miriam Hirsch, associate professor of education and co-chair of the department of education at Stern College for Women, published an article in the November 2017 issue of Journal of Jewish Education entitled, “Jewish Day School Wounds and What We Can Do About Them.”

This article is based […]

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Ravid Chairs Upcoming Midwest Finance Association Conference

By On February 14, 2018 · Leave a Comment

Dr. S. Abraham (Avri) Ravid, Sy Syms Professor of Finance at Sys Syms School of Business, is the program chair of the Midwest Finance Associations annual meeting, being held this year March 1 – 3 in San Antonio, Texas.

The Midwest Finance Association is a major professional association with members from around the world. […]

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Pollack Addresses Issues of Sexual Addiction and Abuse

By On February 12, 2018 · Leave a Comment

Daniel Pollack, professor at the Wurzweiler School of Social Work, published two articles about difficult topics in the February issue of Policy & Practice, the journal of the American Public Human Services Association.

In “Legal Perspectives of ‘Sexual Addiction” Pollack looks at the legal concerns of “sexual addiction,” which has become a common term, but […]

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Gurock to Present Two Works at “A Celebration of Jewish Books”

By On February 12, 2018 · Leave a Comment

Dr. Jeffrey Gurock, Libby M. Klaperman Professor of Jewish History, will participate in “A Celebration of Jewish Books” at The Temple Emanu-El Streicker Center on Sunday, March 11, at 11 a.m. The event is organized by the Jewish Book Council, Moment magazine, PJ Library and the Jewish Women’s Archive.

The Celebration will begin with […]

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