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Holz Receives Travel Award

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Dr. Marina Holz, professor of biology, has been awarded the 2017 Undergraduate Faculty Travel Award by the Education and Professional Development Committee of the American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology to help defray travel costs for attending the society’s April annual meeting in Chicago to present her research.

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Barrera Delivers Lecture in Greece

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Dr. Marissa Barrera, speech-language pathologist and multiple sclerosis certified specialist in the Mordecai D. & Monique C. Katz School for Graduate & Professional Studies MS Program in Speech-Language Pathology, gave a lecture on January 9, 2017, at Athens Metropolitan College (AMC) in Greece. The lecture is a part of a […]

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Levine Lectures in US and Israel

By On January 30, 2017 · Leave a Comment

Dr. Michelle Levine, associate professor of Bible at Stern College for Women, recently delivered a number of lectures to various communities in the US and Israel.

In December, 2016, she spoke to a women’s Shabbat group in Kew Gardens Hills, New York, on the topic of “Chanukah: A […]

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Gurock to Discuss Book on Jewish Harlem at Seforim Sale

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Dr. Jeffrey S. Gurock, Libby M. Klaperman Professor of Jewish History, will be interviewed by Shulamis Hes, electronic resources and reference librarian at Yeshiva University Libraries, about his new book, The Jews of Harlem: The Rise, Decline, and Revival of a Jewish Community, on Sunday, February 12, 2017, at […]

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Caputo Publishes Research on Universal Basic Income

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Dr. Richard Caputo, professor of social policy at Wurzweiler School of Social Work, wrote a retrospective about his long-time research interest in a universal basic income for Basic Income Earth Network.

The piece is adapted from a chapter in his forthcoming academic memoir, Connecting […]

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Shires Gives Talk at MLA Conference

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Dr. Linda M. Shires, David and Ruth Gottesman Professor of English and chair of the English department at Stern College for Women, spoke on January 8, 2017, at the Modern Language Association annual conference in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Her talk, “Muteness, Speech, and Survival in Kipling’s Animal Worlds,” was […]

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Bleich’s Book Reviewed in Jewish Action

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A book by Rabbi Dr. J. David Bleich, Herbert and Florence Tenzer Professor of Jewish Law and Ethics at Yeshiva University, was recently reviewed in the Winter 5777/2016 issue of Jewish Action. The review details Rabbi Bleich’s latest book, Where Halakhah and Philosophy Meet.

According to Rabbi Gil Student, the author […]

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Hidary Publishes Two Articles

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Dr. Richard Hidary, associate professor of Jewish history at Stern College for Women, has published two articles. The first, titled “Hanukkah and State: The Hasmonean Legacy,” appears in the December 27, 2016, issue of Jewish Review of Books. It demonstrates how the exchange between Rabbi Shlomo Riskin and […]

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Fine Publication Subject of Symposium

By On January 25, 2017 · Leave a Comment

Dr. Steven Fine’s The Menorah: From the Bible to Modern Israel (Harvard, 2016) will be the subject of a symposium at The Hebrew University, MA Program in Folklore and Popular Culture on Tuesday, January 31, 2017. Fine is the Dean Pinkhos Churgin Professor of Jewish History at Yeshiva University and director of the YU […]

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