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Glaser Brings Professional Musicians to Class

By On April 11, 2018 · Leave a Comment

Dr. David Glaser, professor of music at Stern College for Women, invited two professional musicians, Lisa Terry and Daniel Swenberg, to visit his course on Baroque music. Terry plays the viola de gamba, and Swenberg, a master of early plucked string instruments, brought along a

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Pollack Assesses Interviewing Skills with Pre-Teens and Adolescents

By On March 26, 2018 · Leave a Comment

Daniel Pollack, professor at Wurzweiler School of Social Work, co-authored an article with Lisa Thurau ’91C, executive director of Strategies for Youth, for the March 14, 2018, issue of New York Law Journal. Titled “Improving Training, Interviewing Skills When Investigating Pre-Teens, Adolescents,” the authors argue that law enforcement […]

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Schneider Eulogizes Israeli Author Aharon Appelfeld

By On March 16, 2018 · Leave a Comment

Dr. Samuel Schneider, associate professor of Hebrew, wrote a eulogy for the Israeli author Aharon Appelfeld in the recent issue of the journal Mida. Appelfeld, who died in January of this year, received an honorary degree from Yeshiva University in 1989.

Schneider noted that “since his books began to be translated […]

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Holtz Co-Organizes Bar-Ilan Conference on Jewish Temples

By On March 16, 2018 · Leave a Comment

Dr. Shalom Holtz, associate professor of Bible and director of the Jay and Jeanie Schottenstein Honors Program at Yeshiva College, has co-organized a conference with Dr. Tova Ganzel, director of the Midrasha at Bar-Ilan University, titled “Contextualizing Jewish Temples,” which will bring together international scholars from May 6 to May 9 […]

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Cohen Speaks About Biblical Interpretation

By On March 12, 2018 · Leave a Comment

Dr. Mordechai Cohen, professor of Bible, associate dean of Bernard Revel Graduate School of Jewish Studies and divisional coordinator of academic Jewish studies at Yeshiva College, recently delivered a lecture about research he conducted as the head of a 14-member group of distinguished scholars from America, Europe and Israel at the Institute […]

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Feigeles Contributes a Book Chapter

By On March 12, 2018 · Leave a Comment

Dr. Jill Becker Feigeles, assistant professor at Wurzweiler School of Social Work, has contributed a chapter to a new book from Springer Press, New Direction in Treatment, Education and Outreach for Mental Health and Addiction, titled “Developing an SBIRT curriculum in Advanced Practice.”

SBIRT stands for Screening, Brief Intervention, and Referral to Treatment, an […]

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Akerman Featured in Manhattan Profiles

By On March 12, 2018 · Leave a Comment

Debbie Akerman, associate director of field work and an adjunct faculty member at Wurzweiler School of Social Work, was recently featured in Manhattan Profiles, a monthly publication distributed in New York City.

Titled “Triumph Through Tragedy: How Debbie Akerman Transformed Personal Tragedy Into An Opportunity To Inspire And […]

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Wachtell Delivers Lecture, Publishes Essays on Antiwar Literature

By On March 5, 2018 · Leave a Comment

Dr. Cynthia Wachtell, research associate professor of American studies and director of the S. Daniel Abraham Honors Program at Stern College for Women, delivered a lecture titled “The Lost Author of a Lost Classic: Ellen N. La Motte and The Backwash of War” in November 2017 at “Women and World War […]

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Danto Lectures and Writes on Surgery

By On March 5, 2018 · Leave a Comment

Dr. Joseph Danto, professor and chair of speech pathology/audiology at Stern College for Women, recently gave a lecture on”Neurophysiological Intraoperative Monitoring – Anesthesia Interactions” to the Department of Anesthesia at the new Assuta Hospital in Ashdod, Israel. “When Assuta opened a new medical center in Ashdod,” Danto explained, “the anesthesia departments […]

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