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Dr. Seamus O’Malley, assistant professor of English at Stern College for Women, was the keynote speaker at an international conference at the University of Rouen in Rouen, France, from Nov. 8-9, 2018, organized by the French Society of Woolf Studies (Société d’Études Woolfiennes), an organization…

Daniel Pollack, professor at Wurzweiler School of Social Work, has co-authored an article with Lisa H. Thurau, founder and executive director of Strategies for Youth, explaining how the large number of federal judicial openings this year represents an opportunity to pick judges who can make sure ...

Dr. Jeffrey Gurock, Libby M.Klaperman Professor of Jewish History, presented at the conference “American Jews and Their (Various) Others: Sketching New Maps of Identity, Religion, Civil Religion, and Society,” organized by Da’at Hamakom - Center for the Study of Cultures of Place in the Modern ...

Dr. Linda M. Shires, David and Ruth Gottesman Professor and chair of the English department at Stern College for Women, offered a keynote address for the International Thomas Hardy Society Conference and Festival, which ran from July 14-21, 2018, in Dorchester, England. (The conference was the 50th…

Dr. Shalom Holtz, associate professor of Bible and associate dean for academic affairs at Yeshiva College; Dr. Steven Fine, Dean Pinkhos Churgin Professor of Jewish History and director of the Yeshiva University Center for Israel Studies; and Dr. Ari Mermelstein, assistant professor of Bible at ...

Dr. Shalom Holtz, associate professor of Bible and associate dean for academic affairs at Yeshiva College and Dr. Aaron Koller, associate professor of Bible at Yeshiva College and the Bernard Revel Graduate School of Jewish History as well as chair of the Robert M. Beren Department of Jewish…

Dr. Rajalakshmi Viswanathan, professor of chemistry and co-chair of the department of chemistry at Yeshiva College, presented her work at the biannual conference on Modeling Protein Interaction in Lawrence, Kansas, from Nov. 8-10, 2018, a major conference that brings together scientists from all ...

Dr. Gabriel Cwilich, professor of physics and division coordinator of natural and mathematical sciences, was part of “What Makes a Great Play About Science?”, a celebration of the two-decade collaboration between Ensemble Studio Theatre and the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, known as EST/Sloan ...

Dr. Edward Hoffman, adjunct associate clinical professor in the department of psychology at Yeshiva College, co-authored a paper in the Indian Journal of Positive Psychology this September titled “Emotion regulation among young Indian women: The role of accessing happy memories.” Dr. Hoffman and…

David Puretz, a lecturer of writing at Yeshiva College, will have his novel Portrait of an Escapist published in Spring 2019 by Global City Press. Portrait of an Escapist is a work of “metanarration,” a story about a young writer on a quest to find his Iraq War veteran father after he slips out the…