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Prof. Daniel Ravicher Lecturer in law, Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law Organic Farm Groups Sue Monsanto HuffingtonPost.com, Mar. 31, 2011 Prof. Susan P. Crawford Professor of law, Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law What's Good for AT&T Is Good for America AT&T BloombergBusinessWeek.com,…

Dr. James R. Otteson, joint professor of philosophy and economics at Yeshiva College, has published a new book titled Adam Smith, (Continuum, 16, 20 Jan., 2011). The book is a part of a series entitled “Major Conservative and Libertarian Thinkers,” which aims to introduce these thinkers to a wider…

Dr. Linda M. Shires, professor and chair of English at Stern College for Women, has been named to the Advisory Board of Victorian Literature and Culture (Cambridge University Press). VLC "encourages high quality original work concerned with all areas of Victorian literature and culture, including…

Dr. Chaim Nissel, director of YU's Counseling Center and associate dean of students for health affairs, has been named to the board of “Elijah’s Journey,” a grassroots organization started to educate the Jewish community about mental health and suicide prevention. Elijah’s Journey recently…

Nearly half a century after Lyndon Johnson coined the phrase, America continues to fight the war on poverty, especially as such modern realities as the global economy, job outsourcing, and the recession contribute to the numbers of the unemployed and the working poor. As social welfare and reform…

Rabbi Yona Reiss Max and Marion Grill Dean, Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary Helping rabbis set boundaries amid pressures New Jersey Jewish News, Feb. 28, 2011 Dr. Liise-anne Pirofski Professor, Department of Microbiology & Immunology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine Gene Doodling…

Dr. Lauren Fitzgerald, associate professor of English and director of the Wilf Campus Writing Center, has won the Phoenix Award for Significant Editorial Achievement from the Council of Editors of Learned Journals. Since 2008, Dr. Fitzgerald has co-edited The Writing Center Journal with Melissa ...

Dr. Susan Mason, professor at Wurzweiler School of Social Work, has updated her successful and influential book Diagnosis Schizophrenia, (Columbia University Press). The new volume offers invaluable information about schizophrenia and the people who have first-hand experiences with this powerful ...

Dr. Joan Beder, professor at Wurzweiler School of Social Work, has guest-edited a special issue of Social Work in Health Care, (50:1, 1–3) titled “Preface to Special Issue: Social Work With the Military: Current Practice Challenges and Approaches to Care”. Major advances in protective armor and ...

Dr. Frederick J. Streets, the Carl and Dorothy Bennet Professor of Pastoral Counseling at Wurzweiler School of Social Work, was presented the Rev. John LaFarge, S.J. Award by the Rev. Jeffrey P. von Arx, Ph.D., president of Fairfield University, during their annual Convocation observance of Dr ...