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Auerbach’s Letter Published in NY Times Magazine

By On October 8, 2013 · Leave a Comment

Dr. Carl Auerbach, professor at YU’s Ferkauf Graduate School of Psychology, published a letter to the editor in the September 8, 2013 edition of New York Times Magazine. In response to a profile of Rwandan President Paul Kagame that described him as “authoritarian” and “repressive,” Auerbach argued that Kagame’s policies are a psychologically valid answer to […]

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Stern Faculty, Alumna and Undergraduates Publish Article in A Medical Science Journal

By On October 7, 2013 · Leave a Comment

Faculty members of the Stern College for Women Biology Department have partnered with an alumna and current undergraduates in the school to author an article that was recently featured in the 2013 edition of Oxidants and Antioxidants in Medical Science.

Dr. Harvey Babich, professor of biology; Dr. Harriet Zuckerbraun, clinical associate professor of biology; Dr. Jeffrey Weisburg, Doris Kukin Chair […]

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Bleich Publishes Article in Tradition

By On October 4, 2013 · Leave a Comment

Rabbi Dr. J. David Bleich, Herbert and Florence Tenzer Professor of Jewish Law and Ethics at Yeshiva University, recently published an article in the Spring 2013 issue of Tradition: A Journal of Orthodox Jewish Thought. The article is titled “Liability for Harm Caused by Metaphysical Forces” and discusses cases such as whether the rabbinic sage Jonathan […]

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