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Dr. Michelle Levine, associate professor of bible at YU’s Stern College for Women, delivered several lectures this summer. At the Sixteenth World Congress of Jewish Studies, held in Jerusalem from July 28-August 1, she presented a paper in Hebrew titled, “The Art and Meaning of Biblical Poetry in…

Dr. Chaya R. Gorsetman, clinical associate professor of education and co-chair of the Education Department at YU's Stern College for Women, has co-authored a book studying gender issues in the Jewish day school system which will be published in October. Based on cutting-edge original and culled ...

A volume of essays co-edited by Dr. Daniel Rynhold, associate professor of modern Jewish philosophy and director of the PhD program at YU's Bernard Revel Graduate School of Jewish Studies, has been reviewed in the Times Literary Supplement. "Radical Responsibility: Celebrating the thought of Chief…

Dr. Karen Shawn, visiting associate professor of Jewish education at Yeshiva University's Azrieli Graduate School of Jewish Education and Administration, presented and participated in a morning-long session focusing on research about the oral testimonies of child Holocaust survivors during the…

Dr. Linda M. Shires, David and Ruth Gottesman Professor and Chair of the English Department at Stern College for Women, has recently had essays on color theory and on Thomas Hardy accepted for publication. "Color Theory--Charles Lock Eastlake's 1840 Translation of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe's Zur…

Rabbi Kenneth Brander, Vice President for University and Communal Life at Yeshiva University, spent close to three weeks visiting Australian Jewish community institutions in Melbourne, Perth and Sydney, delivering inspirational talks and meeting with communal leaders to strengthen ties between ...

A three-volume set of books co-edited by Dr. Mareleyn Schneider, associate professor of sociology at Yeshiva University, has been made available as an institutional set. Titled " Jews: A People's History of the Lower East Side" (Clayton Books LLC), the 1,349-page set addresses the social history of…

Dr. Bruno Galantucci, associate professor of psychology, delivered three lectures on experimental semiotics abroad this summer. The first, "Experimental Semiotics: An Engine of Discovery for Understanding Human Communications," was presented as a keynote lecture at the Eighth Conference of the ...

An article on Research.gov recently featured the work of an undergraduate research team lead by Dr. Neer Asherie, associate professor of physics and biology at Yeshiva University. The team discovered a new way to control the crystallization of proteins so that researchers can use X-ray ...

Dr. Ruth Bevan, David W. Petegorsky Chair in Political Science at Yeshiva University, presented a paper at the conference of the European Union Studies Association Asia Pacific in Macau, titled "The Golden Triangle? The EU, Asia and Obama's 'Pivot to Asia.' " Bevan will present another paper, ...