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Dr. Hill Krishnan, an adjunct professor in the political science department at Stern College for Women, will give a talk at TEDxCalPoly, a TED event licensed out to California Polytechnic State University in San Luis Obispo, California, on October 21, 2016. He will discuss the conference theme of…
Rabbi Gamliel Shmalo, an adjunct instructor in Jewish Philosophy at Stern College for Women, recently published Learning to Grow: A Spiritual Guide to Your Year in Israel (Kodesh Press). The book, according to Shmalo, “serves as a spiritual and intellectual guide to the big themes and even bigger…
Dr. Gabriel Cwilich, professor of physics and director of the Jay and Jeanie Schottenstein Honors Program at Yeshiva College, spent the summer conducting research as a visiting researcher at the Donostia International Physics Center in Gipuzkoa, Spain. He also attended and spoke at two conferences…
Dr. Zafrira Lidovsky Cohen, director of the Hebrew language and literature department at Stern College for Women, has had a busy academic schedule. She published “ 'We’re Tattered … Halleluiah!’ The Role of the Tsadik Motif in Apprehending the Odyssey of the Pioneers in the Land of Israel” in the…
Rabbi Lawrence Hajioff, instructor in Jewish studies at Stern College for Women, recently published his second book, titled Will Jew Marry Me?: A Guide to Dating, Relationships, Love and Marriage. “In this book,” Hajioff explained, “I have collected my thoughts, ideas, experiences and stories from…
Mimi (Miriam) Weinberg, an adjunct instructor in art history at Stern College of Women, guest-curated an exhibition at Montclair State University’s George Segal Gallery titled “Between Here and Then: Photography from the Collections of Montclair State University.” The exhibit highlights important…
Dr. David Lavinsky, assistant professor in the English department, will publish a new book, Inscription and Sacred Truth: the Material Text in Wycliffite Biblical Scholarship, with Boydell & Brewer this fall. In the book, Lavinsky examines the extraordinary assortment of commentaries and ...
Dr. Jeffrey Freedman, professor of history at Yeshiva College, received a fellowship from the Center for Advanced Study of the Ludwig Maximilian University in Munich, Germany. The fellowship included a generous stipend to support his current research project on the history of fear in Enlightenment…
Dr. Edward Hoffman, adjunct associate clinical professor in the department of psychology, recently published “Tears of joy among Japanese young adults: implications for counselling” in the July 25, 2016 issue of Asia Pacific Journal of Counselling and Psychotherapy. “Though there are many literary…
Liesl Schwabe, lecturer in English and director of the Yeshiva College Writing Program, published a personal essay on teenagers and consumerism in Salon, "A Weird, Wonderful, Tiny Place: An Interview with Rufi Thorpe” in Publisher’s Weekly and reviews of Marilynne Robison's The Givenness of Things…
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