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Parisian Views is an interdisciplinary humanities course offered by the English Department under the “Interpreting the Creative” (INTC) rubric. In this class, students learn about new approaches to art and literature from nineteenth-century Paris, when artists began to see the everyday life of…

Congratulations to our 2022 YU Student Library Research Award Winner Sammy Friedman! Sammy, YC ’23 is a psychology major. His paper, “The Differing Effects of Narrative Transportation Across Animated and Live Action Movies” was written as part of an original research project for an Experimental ...

Prof. Gary Stein At the recent Social Work Hospice and Palliative Care Network 2022 General Assembly, held in person from Sunday, April 24, through Tuesday, April 26, 2022, Prof. Gary Stein, professor and director of the Gerontology & Palliative Care program at Wurzweiler School of Social Work…

Dr. Hanni Flaherty Dr. Hanni Flaherty, assistant professor and associate director of curricular and pedagogical innovation at the Wurzweiler School of Social Work, published “T eaching Note—Using Technology to Enhance Experiential Learning Through Simulated Role Plays” in Journal of Social Work ...

It’s a feather in several caps. Two undergraduate research publications have been added to YAIR, thanks to Stephanie Gross, Electronic Reserves and Scholarly Communication Librarian and YAIR creator. Both publications— Women in Science and Derech HaTevah —highlight the achievements of budding Stern…

On Monday, April 25, 2022, Wurzweiler School of Social Work inducted 32 new members, across cohorts, into the Tau Epsilon chapter of Phi Alpha, the Social Work National Honors Society. Those being honored were surrounded by faculty, administration, staff, peers and family during an interactive ...

Passover raises thoughts and questions about slavery and freedom. Me-‘avdut le-herut … mi-shi’bud li-ge’ulah – from slavery to freedom , from bondage to redemption – these phrases from the Pesach Haggadah [ Mishna Pesachim 10:5] commemorate and celebrate the Exodus from Egypt. Postcard of Geulah ...