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Gurock Interviewed on “Rabbi Wechsler Teaches”

By On July 27, 2017 · Leave a Comment

Dr. Jeffrey Gurock, the Libby M. Klaperman Professor of Jewish History, appeared on the “Rabbi Wechsler Teaches” show on Sirius XM Stars. The show is hosted by Rabbi Harlan J. Wechsler, the founding Rabbi of Congregation Or Zarua in Manhattan. Gurock’s interview occurs about 21 minutes into the […]

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Galantucci Delivers Keynote Talk on Experimental Semiotics

By On June 29, 2017 · Leave a Comment

Dr. Bruno Galantucci, associate professor of psychology at Yeshiva College, gave a keynote talk at an international conference in Germany sponsored by University of Cologne titled “XPrag 2017,” otherwise known as the Seventh Biannual Experimental Pragmatics Conference.

The title of his talk was “Experimental Semiotics: What is it? What is it good for?” […]

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Ladin Publishes, Lectures and Teaches

By On June 29, 2017 · Leave a Comment

Dr. Joy Ladin, David and Ruth Gottesman Professor of English and director of The Beren Writing Center, has published numerous works and delivered several recent lectures.

Her essay “ ‘You are making me now’: Writing God as a Contemporary American Poet” is the cover story of the current (May/Summer 2017) issue of Writer’s Chronicle, the […]

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Miller Publishes Poems, Chapter

By On June 29, 2017 · Leave a Comment

Dr. Matt Miller, associate professor of English at Stern College for Women, has had a poem published in Brooklyn Poets Anthology, a book which offers a snapshot of the Brooklyn poetry community’s voices, aesthetics, and traditions. He will also have a poem appearing in the next issue of The Bennington Review, a biannual […]

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Avnet’s Research Suggests Online Reviews Impacted by User’s Sense of Time

By On June 28, 2017 · Leave a Comment

Dr. Tamar Avnet, associate professor of marketing at the Sy Syms School of Business, presented a paper co-authored with Anne-Laure Sellier, associate professor of marketing at HEC Paris, and Shiri Melumad, a PhD candidate in marketing at Columbia University, Graduate School of Business, at a recent conference at the Wharton […]

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Fine Publishes Article in AJS Perspectives

By On June 22, 2017 · Leave a Comment

Dr. Steven Fine, Dean Pinchos Churgin Professor of Jewish History and director of the Center for Israel Studies, published a piece in AJS Perspectives, the magazine for the Association of Jewish Studies. Fine was a founding editor of the publication.

In a Forum on Pedagogy on the subject of “Embracing Discomfort,” Fine explained […]

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Pollack Publishes Articles in Policy & Practice

By On June 22, 2017 · Leave a Comment

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

In “Failing to Call an Expert Witness in Criminal Child Maltreatment Cases May Be ‘Ineffective Assistance of Counsel’,” Pollack examines […]

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Nissel Presents Training on Suicide Prevention

By On June 21, 2017 · Leave a Comment

Dr. Chaim Nissel, dean of students at Yeshiva University and adjunct assistant instructor at Wurzweiler School of Social Work, presented four days of suicide prevention training in the northern Minnesotan cities of Bemidji and Duluth on behalf of the Minnesota Department of Health.

These mini-courses taught 75 […]

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Levine Lectures Across New York State

By On June 21, 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 New York.

In March, she spoke at the Young Israel of Oceanside for their annual Tanach be-Shanah Series on the topic, “Recording Nature’s Song in Sefer Tehillim.” […]

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Cohen Teaches Class in China

By On June 21, 2017 · Leave a Comment

Rabbi Dr. Mordechai Cohen, associate dean of at the Bernard Revel Graduate School of Jewish Studies and professor of Bible, gave a 9-hour course on Jewish Bible interpretation at the Center for Judaic and Inter-Religious Studies at Shandong University in May.

The aim of the course was to introduce key biblical concepts and their […]

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