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Glassman Discusses Library Renovations

By On July 5, 2018 · Leave a Comment

Paul Glassman, director of Yeshiva University libraries, gave a presentation about “Library Renovation Dos and Don’ts” on Tuesday, June 12, 2018, at Design 101, sponsored by WALDO (Westchester Academic Library Directors Organization). The event, a panel discussion on the challenges of space planning in academic libraries today, was held at the Walsh Library on […]

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Berger and Schiffman Present at Library Conference

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On June 19, 2018, Shulamith Z. Berger, curator of special collections and Hebraica-Judaica at the Yeshiva University Libraries, and Marlene Schiffman, catalog librarian, delivered talks at the 53rd annual conference of the Association of Jewish Libraries at Temple Israel in Boston. The conference assembles an international group of information professionals in academic institutions, museums, day […]

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Office of Events Team Presents at CollegeNET Conference

By On June 15, 2018 · Leave a Comment

Melissa Celik, associate director of university events, and Gretchen Correa, data manager, in the Office of Events were instrumental in the successful transition Yeshiva University recently made from the R25 to 25Live event scheduling system, which has made booking both on-campus and off-campus events more streamlined and efficient. They have been […]

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Gurock Publishes Article on The History of Parkchester

By On June 15, 2018 · Leave a Comment

Dr. Jeffrey Gurock, the Libby M.Klaperman Professor of Jewish History, recently published “‘Getting Along’ in Parkchester: A New Era in Jewish–Irish Relations in New York City 1940–1970” in Religions, an international, open access peer-reviewed scholarly journal. It is part of a special issue, titled “The Jewish Experience in America.”

In the […]

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Pollack Publishes Articles on Litigation Strategies and Dispute Resolution

By On June 7, 2018 · Leave a Comment

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

In “Distant Memories, Fresh Wounds: Litigation Strategies for Sexual Abuse Lawsuits,” Pollack asked six attorneys to “share their insights about handling […]

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Poczter Co-Authors Research Article on Competition

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Dr. Sharon Poczter, associate professor and chair of the strategy and entrepreneurship department at Sy Syms School of Business, has co-authored an article with Dr. Aldo Musacchio, associate professor of business at the Brandeis International Business School, and Dr. Sergio G. Lazzarini, professor of organization and strategy at the Insper Institute […]

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Gurock Writes About Sports at Yeshiva in New Book

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Dr. Jeffrey Gurock, Libby M. Klaperman Professor of Jewish History, will publish a chapter about Jewish sports in New York Sports: Glamour and Grit in the Empire City, edited by Stephen H. Norwood, professor of history at the University of Oklahoma, which will be published in June 2018. The book is part of a […]

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Blech to Publish Book Exploring End-Of-Life Issues

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Rabbi Benjamin Blech, professor of Talmud, will publish a new book, Hope, Not Fear: Changing the Way We View Death, which explores the question of how to approach the end of one’s life.

The prompt for the book came from a diagnosis Rabbi Blech received that he had a fatal illness which gave him […]

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