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Dr. Lawrence Glassman Assistant clinical professor of plastic surgery, Albert Einstein College of Medicine Doctor, Hospital Chairman Honored by Nyack Hospital Medical Staff Nyackpatch.com, Oct. 27, 2010 Dr. Paul Saenger Professor of pediatrics, Albert Einstein College of Medicine Stunting tall men…

A decade after child sexual abuse in the Orthodox Jewish community came to public light, there is a nascent but historic transformation taking place on the issue. Communal leaders, rabbis, mental health professionals, parents, school administrators and teachers, and survivors are ready to fully ...

Dr. Peninnah Schram's most recent anthology, THE HUNGRY CLOTHES AND OTHER JEWISH FOLKTALES (Sterling Publishing, 2008), has just be en published in a Spanish version titled PENINNAH SCHRAM, EL REI DELS CAPTAIRES I ALTRES CONTES HEBREUS. Published by Vicens Vives (Barcelona Spain), 2010, and ...

Dr. Manfred Weidhorn, Guterman Professor of English at Stern College for Women and Yeshiva College, has been published in the August 2010 issue of OTOLITHS. Weidhorn’s essay, "Is There an Afterlife--for Imaginary Persons?" speculates on what the protagonists of some of the most famous works of ...

Two professors at Wurzweiler School of Social Work, Drs. Joan Beder and Jonathan Fast, have been matched with international universities to serve as Fulbright Specialists in January. The Fulbright Specialist Program is designed to award grants to U.S. faculty and professionals in select disciplines…

Daniel Laufer, associate professor of marketing at Sy Syms School of Business, recently published an article in the current issue of the AACSB publication BizEd (Sept/Oct 2010) about the importance of Crisis Management Courses in Business Schools ("Charting a Course Through Crisis"). The AACSB is…

Dr. Robert Kaplan Professor of epidemiology and population health, Albert Einstein College of Medicine Genes that make people tall or short identified Sify.com, Sept. 30, 2010 Dr. Peninnah Schram Professor of Speech and Drama, Stern College for Women The Minstrel and the Storyteller: Gerard Edery…

A recent manuscript co-authored by Dr. Emil Prodan, assistant professor in YU’s physics department, has been accepted for publication in the prestigious journal Physical Review Letters. The paper, titled “Entanglement Spectrum of a Disordered Topological Chern Insulator,” deals with the properties…

Dr. Victor Schwartz, dean of students at Yeshiva University, was instrumental in the planning and execution of a training for Hillel professionals on August 3rd, 2010. The training was a joint venture between the UJA-Federation of New York and the Jed Foundation. The Jed Foundation works to prevent…

Dr. Jeffrey Gurock Professor of American Jewish history, Yeshiva University Claremont’s Interfaith Experiment The Jewish Week, August 24, 2010 Dr. Simon Rego Assistant Clinical Professor, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Ferkauf Graduate School of Psychology Trapped Chilean Miners…