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Daniel Pollack, professor at the Wurzweiler School of Social Work, recently published “Rethink the Label Insular Communities When Referring to Child Abuse” in APSAC Advisor, the journal of the American Professional Society on the Abuse of Children. In the piece, Pollack argues that because of the…

Dr. Michelle Levine, associate professor of Bible at Stern College for Women, delivered a number of lectures this fall semester to several communities in New York City. Before Rosh Hashanah, she addressed Congregation Ohab Zedek (Belle Harbor) and for Congregation Ohel Yizhak (Kew Gardens Hills) on…

A grant proposal submitted by Wurzweiler School of Social Work Professor Gary Stein, was accepted by the Borchard Foundation Center on Law and Aging. The $20,000 award will fund research into the experience of older LGBT adults and their families in palliative care and hospice programs. The project…

Dr. Shalom Holtz, associate professor of Bible and director of The Jay and Jeanie Schottenstein Honors Program, will give the keynote address at the Annual Day of Big ideas at Ma’ayanot Yeshiva High School for Girls in Teaneck, New Jersey on December 25. Holtz will speak on “The Tenth of Tevet and…

Dr. S. Abraham (Avri) Ravid, Sy Syms Professor of Finance at Sy Syms School of Business, was quoted in the December 19 edition of Communications Daily, a publication for telecom regulation, legislation and policy development news. The publication interviewed Ravid, an expert in the field of ...

Rabbi Hershel Schachter, rosh yeshiva and Nathan and Vivian Fink Distinguished Professorial Chair in Talmud at Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary will be presented with the “Excellence in the Torah World” award at the World Torah Assembly later this month. The assembly, marking the 70th ...

Daniel Pollack, professor at the Wurzweiler School of Social Work, has published three new articles in the December 2017 issue of “Policy & Practice,” the journal of the American Public Human Services Association. In “Forging a Partnership Between Police, Youth, and Human Services Agencies,”…

Dr. Marina Holz, The Doris and Dr. Ira Kukin Chair in Biology at Yeshiva University, served as a grant-writing coach at the fourth Southeast Training Hub grant-writing training organized by The National Research Mentoring Network. The Network training met as part of the Research Centers in Minority…

Dr. Lauren Fitzgerald, professor of English, chair of the Yeshiva College English department and director of the University's Wilf Writing Center, gave the keynote address at the National Conference on Peer Tutoring in Writing on October 14 at Hofstra University in Hempstead, NY. The address ...