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Dr. Josefa Steinhauer, assistant professor of biology, was recently profiled in the Genetics Society of America’s New Faculty Profile. Steinhauer is featured in a series that highlights members who are in the process of creating their first independent labs. Steinhauer’s research is focused on…

Dr. Eliezer Schnall Rabbi Dr. Eliezer Schnall, clinical associate professor of psychology at Yeshiva College, authored an article that was recently accepted for publication in the journal Religious Education (published by Taylor and Francis). The forthcoming article, titled “Positive Psychology in…

Dr. Anna Van Meter, assistant professor of psychology at Ferkauf Graduate School Of Psychology, was selected for the Kavli Summer Institute in Cognitive Neuroscience. This fellowship, sponsored by the National Institute of Mental Health, the National Institute on Drug Abuse, and the Kavli…

Dr. Paul Russo, vice provost and dean of The Katz School for Graduate and Professional Studies, recently moderated a panel discussion for the BE.INnovative Symposium. This year’s theme was “Innovation for All” and focused on job search and entrepreneurialism in innovative fields. Russo moderated a…

Dr. Marina Holz with Dr. Karl Ziegelbauer, left, and Dr. José Baselga, right. (AACR/Todd Buchanan 2016) Dr. Marina Holz, Doris and Dr. Ira Kukin Chair in Biology, received the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) Bayer Innovation and Discovery Grant to study a form of triple-negative ...

Shulamith Z. Berger, curator of special collections and Hebraica-Judaica of YU's Mendel Gottesman Library, recently translated a chapter of Hibru by Joseph Opatoshu, one of the leading figures of American Yiddish modernism. Berger is a Yiddish Book Center 2015 Translation Fellow and published "Mr…

Dr. Joshua Zimmerman, Eli and Diana Zborowski Chair in Holocaust Studies and East European Jewish History, delivered the annual Yom HaShoah lecture at the Queens College Center for Jewish Studies. Zimmerman discussed his recent book, The Polish Underground and the Jews, 1939-1945 (Cambridge ...

Dr. Michelle Levine, associate professor of Bible at Stern College for Women, recently delivered a number of lectures to various communities throughout the United States. In March, Levine spoke for the Ma'ayan Institute in Brookline, Mass., at their Yom Iyyun on the Five Megillot. She was the ...

Dr. Lauren Fitzgerald, professor of English, chair of the Yeshiva College English Department, and director of the Wilf Campus Writing Center, recently gave several talks and published pieces related to her coauthored volume, The Oxford Guide for Writing Tutors: Practice and Research. A textbook for…

Dr. Michelle Levine, associate professor of Bible at Stern College for Women, recently delivered a number of lectures to various communities in the United States and Israel. In December, Levine spoke at the Midreshet Yom Rishon in Lower Merion Synagogue, Wynnewood, Pennsylvania, on the topic, ...