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Dr. Matt Miller, associate professor of English at Stern College for Women, has been named a board member of a new nonprofit group called the Walt Whitman Initiative, an organization dedicated to the study and promotion of Whitman’s writings. On July 15, the Initiative held its first event, a ...
Rabbi Ari Sytner, director of community initiatives at Yeshiva University’s Center for the Jewish Future and a professor of social work at Wurzweiler Graduate School of Social Work, was recently listed by OnlineEducation.com, a platform for researching online educational programs, as one of 23 ...
Rabbi Benjamin Yudin, a professor of Bible in the the James Striar School of General Jewish Studies, recently published Gateways to Greatness through Mosaica Press. Rabbi Yudin has been Rav of Congregation Shomrei Torah in Fair Lawn, New Jersey, since 1969, and has taught at Yeshiva University for…
Daniel Pollack, professor of social work at Wurzweiler School of Social Work, published two “Legal Notes” in the August 2017 issue of Policy & Practice, the journal of the American Public Human Services Association. The first, “ Foster Children, Foster Parents, and Drunk Driving,” tackles the…
Dr. Ronnie Perelis, Chief Rabbi Dr. Isaac Abraham and Jelena (Rachel) Alcalay and assistant professor of Sephardic studies, is featured in a short video with Dr. Steven Zucker, co-founder and executive editor for Smarthistory and faculty emeritus at Khan Academy, about a 14th-century book on…
Dr. Gabriel Cwilich, professor of physics, division coordinator of natural & mathematical sciences, has had a productive sabbatical. As a visiting scientist at the Donostia International Physics Center in Donostia-San Sebastián (Gipuzkoa), Spain, he has conducted research in photonics,…
Dr. Elizabeth Stewart, associate professor of English at Yeshiva College, presented a paper at the Sixth World Congress on Polish Studies Conference in Krakow, Poland, June 16-18, 2017. The conference was co-organized by The Polish Institute of Arts & Sciences of America, The Polska Akademia ...
Dr. Jay Sweifach, associate professor as Wurzweiler School of Social Work, published “A look behind the curtain at social work supervision in interprofessional practice settings: critical themes and pressing practical challenges” in the July 27, 2017, online issue of the European Journal of Social…
Dr. Barbara Blatner, lecturer in English at Yeshiva College, will attend the La Mama International Playwrights Retreat in Umbria, Italy, led by playwright Erik Ehn, from August 18 to 28. Blatner will be presenting a play-in-process, “Marilyn Monroe in the Desert, a Dream in Three Parts.” The La…
Dr. Greta Doctoroff, associate professor of psychology at Ferkauf Graduate School of Psychology, recently published two articles. She co-authored an article in the 2017 Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology titled “Engaging fathers in effective parenting for preschool children using…
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