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On January 25, 2023, the Straus Center and the Jay and Jeanie Schottenstein Honors Program hosted Dr. Daniel Rynhold for a lecture on the thought of Rav Kook.
Students in the Fall 2022 Straus Center course "The Wisdom of Solomon" visited the Morgan Museum for a curated tour of their manuscript collection.
On January 29, 2022, the Straus Center hosted Elliot Kaufman, letters editor of The Wall Street Journal, in conversation with Deputy Director Rabbi Dr. Stu Halpern.
In the first sessions of Color and Design, we focus on value studies. These studies consist of mixing atonal grays with black and white paint to create a 7-step harmonious value scale from white to black with 5 grays in between. For this exercise the gray scale papers are cut into one-inch squares…
Brynna Kaplan developed an unusual case study as part of her four-credit course, Preparatory Methods II, which is designed to teach budding occupational therapists techniques they can utilize for injuries to the upper extremities.
AI Instructor David Sweet wrote Experimentation for Engineers, which covers a range of experimental methods including A/B testing, response surface modeling, multi-armed bandits and Bayesian optimization.
On January 25, 2022, the Straus Center and the Jay and Jeanie Schottenstein Honors Program hosted Dr. Gil Troy, distinguished scholar in North American history at McGill University and scholar of Israeli political thought.
Over winter break, students of the Straus Scholars Program visited Rome, Italy, to experience key places and monuments at the intersection of Jewish history and Western civilization.
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