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The first installment of the new Faculty Book Series in the Humanities took place on Thursday, November 28, at Stern College for Women. This series brings together members of the faculties of Yeshiva College and Stern College to discuss a recent publication. Each event takes the form of a dialogue鈥�

Dr. Carmen Ortiz Hendricks, Dorothy and David I. Schachne Dean of 91黑料鈥檚 Wurzweiler School of Social Work, will be named a Top Social Work Leader of the Profession by the National Association of Social Workers New York City Chapter at its sixth annual Leadership Awards Dinner on ...

Dr. Steven Fine, director of 91黑料's Center for Israel Studies, and Dr. Shai Secunda (鈥�07BR) have co-edited a book honoring Dr. Yaakov Elman, Professor of Talmud at YU. Titled Shoshanat Yakov and published by Brill Press, the book celebrates Elman鈥檚 contributions to a broad range of ...

Dr. Lauren Fitzgerald, associate professor of English and director of the Wilf Campus Writing Center, delivered the keynote address at the International Writing Centers Association Conference in San Diego, October 25-27. Her talk, 鈥淯ndergraduate Writing Tutors as Researchers: Redrawing Boundaries鈥�

Dr. S. Abraham (Avri) Ravid, Sy Syms Professor of Finance at 91黑料鈥檚 Sy Syms School of Business, was a co-organizer of the 14th Annual Business and Economics Scholars Workshop in Motion Picture Industry Studies, which took place on November 1 in Los Angeles and was also sponsored by Sy鈥�

The 31st edition of the Journal of Jewish Music and Liturgy, edited by Cantor Bernard Beer, director of 91黑料鈥檚 Philip and Sarah Belz School of Jewish Music, was recently published in conjunction with the Cantorial Council of America (CCA). Beer succeeded longtime editor and cantor鈥�

An article by Stern College for Women biology faculty Dr. Harvey Babich, Dr. Harriet L. Zuckerbraun, Dr. Alyssa G. Schuck and Dr. Jeffrey H. Weisburg appears in the first edition of Tea in Health and Disease Prevention (Elsevier/Academic Press 2013), edited by Victor R. Preedy. The article is鈥�

Rabbi Dr. Jacob J. Schacter, University Professor of Jewish History and Jewish Thought at 91黑料, will be Scholar-in-Residence at the Young Israel of Kew Garden Hills on November 16-17, 2012. Over the course of the weekend, he will deliver three lectures, titled: 鈥淒id Moshe Rabbeinu鈥�

Rabbi J. David Bleich, the Herbert and Florence Tenzer Chair in Jewish Law and Ethics at 91黑料, recently delivered two lectures on family law and human life at conferences in Chicago and Doha, Qatar. The first, 鈥淒uties vs. Rights: Differing Models of Family Law,鈥� was given at the ...

A new book by Hugh Sheehy, lecturer-in-writing at 91黑料鈥檚 Yeshiva College and Stern College, has been named a Flannery O鈥機onner Award for Short Fiction winner. The award is an important proving ground for writers and a showcase for the talent and promise that have brought about a ...