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Dr. Linda M. Shires, Gottesman Professor and Chair of English at Yeshiva University's Stern College for Women, delivered a lecture at the 2013 North American Victorian Studies Association Conference, held in Pasadena, Cal. from October 23-27. Titled "Media Poetics: Hardy's Wessex Poems," the talk…

Dr. Jonathan Fast, associate professor at Yeshiva University's Wurzweiler School of Social Work, delivered the keynote address at a Westchester County Safer Communities event, held at the White Plains Library on October 21. The event unveiled the Safer Communities Blueprint, a resource guide to ...

Rabbi Benjamin Blech, associate professor of Talmud at Yeshiva University, was honored at a celebration of his 80th birthday in Weissberg Commons on October 30. Rabbi Benjamin Blech is presented with an award by RIETS Acting Dean Rabbi Menachem Penner The event commemorated Blech's 47 years of ...

Dr. Moses Pava, Alvin H. Einbender Chair in Business Ethics and Dean at Yeshiva University's Sy Syms School of Business, recently presented two lectures at Seattle University and the University of Maryland, respectively. The first talk, "A Jewish Perspective on Jewish Leadership as a Vocation," was…

Rabbi Benjamin Blech, professor of Talmud at Yeshiva University, spoke at the Fifth Worldwide Meeting on Human Values, which took place from October 17-19 in Monterrey, Mexico. Titled "Human Values and Universal Consciousness: A Path to Oneness," the conference featured renowned speakers from more…

Two illustrated children's books written by Peninnah Schram, professor of speech and drama at Stern College for Women, have been translated into Spanish. The original books, The Magic Pomegranate (Lerner Publishing/Kar-Ben Publishing 2008) and The Apple Tree's Discovery (Kar-Ben Publishing 2012) ...

Dr. Anna-Lisa Cohen, associate professor of psychology at Yeshiva University, recently published an article in Frontiers in Psychology. Titled "Attentional decoupling while pursuing intentions: a form of mind wandering?", the article describes a study in which participants were given an ongoing…

Dr. Lawrence Schiffman, vice provost for undergraduate education at Yeshiva University, will speak at the opening of a new exhibition in the Bible Lands Museum Jerusalem on October 23. Titled " The Book of Books," the exhibition traces over 2,000 years of the Bible through examples of some of the…

Dr. Chaim Nissel, university dean of students at Yeshiva University, spoke at an informational forum for mental health and community professionals in Brooklyn, NY on October 8. Titled "Sexual Abuse, Trauma and Suicidality: Understanding the Complexities and Strengthening Your Skills," the event was…

Dr. Joshua Bacon, associate professor of psychology and Chair of the Department of Psychology at YU's Stern College for Women, is a recipient of the inaugural Grant for Multiple Sclerosis Innovation (GMSI), awarded by EMD Serono, Inc., a subsidiary of Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany. Bacon will use…