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Dr. Samuel Schneider, associate professor of Hebrew at Yeshiva College, recently delivered a lecture at the Young Israel of Kew Garden Hills. Titled "The Iranian Deal and Israeli Politics," the lecture took place on August 29, 2015.

Dr. Anatoly Frenkel, professor of physics at Yeshiva University, is part of a team of scientists who have received a National Science Foundation grant under the White House’s Materials Genome Initiative to study nanoparticle catalysis. "The goal of this project is to develop computational tools and…

Cantor Eric Freeman Cantor Eric S. Freeman has recently been appointed associate director of the Philip and Sarah Belz School of Jewish Music. Cantor Bernard Beer, who served as director for 31 years and has been a faculty member for 48 years, has been named director emeritus; he will continue to…

Rabbi Ian Shaffer, adjunct instructor in Bible at Yeshiva University's Stern College for Women, was recently profiled in The Jewish Link of New Jersey. In the article, titled "Rabbi Ian Shaffer: In the Right Place," Shaffer discusses his journey from his native United Kingdom to Yeshiva University…

Dr. Lauren Fitzgerald, director of the Wilf Campus Writing Center and chair of the English department at Yeshiva College, has been promoted to full professor of English at Yeshiva University. Dr. Lauren Fitzgerald Fitzgerald has served as the director of the Wilf Campus Writing Center since 1997, a…

Dr. Jesse Itzkowitz, assistant professor of marketing at Yeshiva University's Sy Syms School of Business, will publish an article in an upcoming issue of the Journal of Behavioral Finance. Titled "Name-Based Behavioral Biases: Are Expert Investors Immune?", the paper examines differences in trading…

Dr. Michael Wheaton and Dr. Catherine Eubanks-Carter, both assistant professors of psychology at Yeshiva University's Ferkauf Graduate School of Psychology, recently received recognition for their work in their fields. Wheaton was selected for the Anxiety and Depression Association of America 2015…

Rabbi Dr. Mordechai Cohen, associate dean of Yeshiva University's Bernard Revel Graduate School of Jewish Studies, is a visiting fellow at the Israel Institute for Advanced Studies this summer. As a fellow, he is a member of an international group of scholars studying the relationship between laws…

Jennifer Golden, an international student and scholar adviser at Yeshiva University, was invited by NAFSA: Association of International Educators to join a panel of five professionals from Columbia University, Fordham University, New York University, and Rutgers University – New Brunswick, to ...