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Pollack Publishes Three Articles

By On September 29, 2017 · Leave a Comment

Daniel Pollack, professor at Wurzweiler School of Social Work, published three articles recently.

“Cross-gender supervision of children in residential group homes” appeared in the New York Law Journal. He and his co-author Julia Sands discussed the balance between steering clear of discrimination while hiring […]

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Dos Santos to Give Quantum Computing Plenary Talk

By On September 28, 2017 · Leave a Comment

Dr. Lea Ferreira dos Santos, professor of physics, has accepted an invitation to give a plenary talk at the “Quantum Innovators in Science and Engineering” workshop in the first week of October organized by the Institute for Quantum Computing (IQC) at the University of Waterloo, Canada.

This is a focused workshop for outstanding young […]

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Drori to Publish Article in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

By On September 28, 2017 · Leave a Comment

Dr. Ran Drori, assistant professor of chemistry, will publish an article in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, titled “Dynamics and Unsteady Morphologies at Ice Interfaces Driven by D2O-H2O Exchange.”

This article is one in a series of Drori’s research into the behavior of ice. Previous titles include “Microfluidic experiments reveal that antifreeze […]

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Skolnik Publishes Article

By On September 28, 2017 · Leave a Comment

Dr. Sari Skolnik, assistant professor at Wurzweiler School of Social Work, has had an article accepted for publication in Social Work with Groups, a quarterly journal of community and clinical practice.

The article, “Coming Together: Factors that Connect Social Workers to Group Practice,” is a qualitative study that […]

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Levine Publishes and Lectures

By On September 27, 2017 · Leave a Comment

Dr. Michelle Levine, associate professor of Bible at Stern College for Women, recently published an article, titled, “Havdalah— Emulating God in Mind and Deed: Israel’s Divine Mission and the Quest for Salvation,” in Havdalah, a publication by Mesorah Matrix, New Paradigm Matrix Publishing (eds. David Birnbaum, Martin S. […]

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Wurzweiler Faculty Receive $1.9 Million U.S. Department of Health and Human Services HRSA Training Grant

By On September 25, 2017 · Leave a Comment

Faculty at Yeshiva University’s Wurzweiler School of Social Work recently received a four-year $1.9 million training grant from the United States Department of Health and Human Services — Human Resources Service Administration (HRSA). The grant, which continues a previous three-year $1.4 million grant, supports the school’s training of […]

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Ravid Interviewed on Marketplace

By On September 7, 2017 · Leave a Comment

Dr. S. Abraham Ravid, professor of finance at Sy Syms School of Business, was interviewed on Marketplace, a program produced by Minnesota Public Radio and aired on National Public Radio. He spoke about a new subscription movie ticket service, called MoviePass, that allows a person to see […]

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