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Golden among Astronomers to Detect “Northern Lights” on Another World

By On July 30, 2015 · Leave a Comment

Dr. Aaron Golden, research associate professor of mathematical sciences at Yeshiva University, is among a team of astronomers who have reported the direct detection of  the radiant display of colors in the night sky called “Aurora borealis” – otherwise known as “the Northern Lights” – on another world, according to an article published […]

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Fitzgerald Promoted to Full Professor

By On July 24, 2015 · Leave a Comment

Dr. Lauren Fitzgerald, director of the Wilf Campus Writing Center and chair of the English department at Yeshiva College, has been promoted to full professor of English at Yeshiva University.

Fitzgerald has served as the director of the Wilf Campus Writing Center since 1997, a role in which she has prepared hundreds of […]

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Itzkowitz Publishes Article in Journal of Behavioral Finance

By On July 22, 2015 · Leave a Comment

Dr. Jesse Itzkowitz, assistant professor of marketing at Yeshiva University’s Sy Syms School of Business, will publish an article in an upcoming issue of the Journal of Behavioral Finance.

Titled “Name-Based Behavioral Biases: Are Expert Investors Immune?”, the paper examines differences in trading between novice individual investors and institutional investors, building on Itzkowitz’s prior […]

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Cohen Presents Paper as Visiting Fellow at Israel Institute for Advanced Studies

By On July 2, 2015 · Leave a Comment

Rabbi Dr. Mordechai Cohen, associate dean of Yeshiva University’s Bernard Revel Graduate School of Jewish Studies, is a visiting fellow at the Israel Institute for Advanced Studies this summer. As a fellow, he is a member of an international group of scholars studying the relationship between laws and their interpretations. Rabbi Cohen recently […]

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