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Reiss Speaks at 2015 Corcoran Chair Conference

By On March 31, 2015 · Leave a Comment

Rabbi Yona Reiss, rosh yeshiva at Yeshiva University’s Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary, was a participant on a panel at the 2015 Corcoran Chair Conference, held at Boston College from March 22-23. Titled “Protestant, Catholic, Jew…Divorcing,” the conference focused on changing religious attitudes and customs with regard to divorce across faiths. Rabbi Reiss discussed […]

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Auerbach and Zeitlin Publish Article on Oxford University Press Blog

By On March 30, 2015 · Leave a Comment

Dr. Charles Auerbach and Dr. Wendy Zeitlin, full professor and assistant professor respectively at Yeshiva University’s  Wurzweiler Graduate School of Social Work, recently co-authored an article on The Oxford University Press Blog: Academic Insights for the Thinking World. Titled “Collecting and evaluating data on social programs,” the article was written in response to a New York Times op-ed […]

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Seventh Annual Norman Adler Lecture Series to Take Place at University of Pennsylvania

By On March 23, 2015 · Leave a Comment

The seventh annual Norman Adler Lecture Series in the Biological Basis of Behavior will take place on April 1, 2015 at the Mahoney Institute for Neurosciences 31st Annual Retreat in conjunction with the Neuroscience of Behavior Initiative.  Dr. Ron Duman, professor of psychiatry and neurobiology at the Yale School of Medicine, will deliver the lecture.

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Ravid Publishes Article in Quarterly Journal of Finance

By On March 20, 2015 · Leave a Comment

Dr. S. Abraham Ravid, professor of finance at the Sy Syms School of Business, will publish an article in Quarterly Journal of Finance. Titled “Location Specific Styles and U.S. Venture Capital Contracting” and co-authored by Ola Begntsson of Lund University, the article documents a study that found significant differences between start-up contracts […]

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Frenkel Named Weston Visiting Professor at Weizmann Institute of Science

By On March 19, 2015 · Leave a Comment

Dr. Anatoly Frenkel, professor of physics at Stern College for Women, has been named Weston Visiting Professor in the Department of Materials and Interfaces at the Weizmann Institute of Science in Rehovot, Israel.

He will be hosted by Dr. Igor Lubomirsky, professor at Weizmann, who has been Frenkel’s collaborator for more than 10 […]

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Vigodner and Students Publish Two Articles

By On March 18, 2015 · Leave a Comment

Dr. Margarita Vigodner, associate professor of biology at Stern College for Women, recently published two articles together with recent students and alumni.

The first, titled “Can your protein be sumoylated? A quick summary and important tips to study SUMO-modified proteins,” was published in Analytical Biochemistry (November 2014) and focuses on the optimization […]

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Wachtell Publishes Essay, Article

By On March 11, 2015 · Leave a Comment

Dr. Cynthia Wachtell, research associate professor of American studies and director of the S. Daniel Abraham Honors Program at Yeshiva University’s Stern College for Women, recently published an essay in American Literary History. Titled “The Civil War: Post 9/11,” the essay discusses how recent American wars, such as military engagement in Afghanistan, have shaped scholarship […]

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Fitzgerald Publishes Guide for Writing Tutors

By On March 6, 2015 · Leave a Comment

Dr. Lauren Fitzgerald, director of the Wilf Campus Writing Center and associate professor of English at Yeshiva University, recently co-authored The Oxford Guide for Writing Tutors (Oxford University Press, April 2015). The book serves as a guide for new undergraduate writing tutors, covering both the basics and theoretical and practical complexities […]

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