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Dr. Stuart S. Miller, professor of Hebrew, history and Judaic studies and a member of the classics and Mediterranean studies section of the Department of Literatures, Cultures and Languages at the University of Connecticut at Storrs, will be the first Leon Charney Visiting Scholar at YU’s Center…

Shulamith Z. Berger, curator of special collections and Hebraica-Judaica at the �ۿ۴�ý Libraries, published an article about children’s book author, Moyshe Levin (pen name Ber Sarin), in Judaica Librarianship, the peer-reviewed journal of the Association of Jewish Libraries. In her ...

Dr. Charles Auerbach, professor at Wurzweiler School of Social Work, co-authored an article with four colleagues examining the incidence of hearing failure among newborns in births where the mother delivers two or more offspring. Titled “Characterization of newborn hearing screening failures in ...

Daniel Pollack, professor at the Wurzweiler School of Social Work, recently published “Rethink the Label Insular Communities When Referring to Child Abuse” in APSAC Advisor, the journal of the American Professional Society on the Abuse of Children. In the piece, Pollack argues that because of the…

Dr. Michelle Levine, associate professor of Bible at Stern College for Women, delivered a number of lectures this fall semester to several communities in New York City. Before Rosh Hashanah, she addressed Congregation Ohab Zedek (Belle Harbor) and for Congregation Ohel Yizhak (Kew Gardens Hills) on…

A grant proposal submitted by Wurzweiler School of Social Work Professor Gary Stein, was accepted by the Borchard Foundation Center on Law and Aging. The $20,000 award will fund research into the experience of older LGBT adults and their families in palliative care and hospice programs. The project…

Dr. Shalom Holtz, associate professor of Bible and director of The Jay and Jeanie Schottenstein Honors Program, will give the keynote address at the Annual Day of Big ideas at Ma’ayanot Yeshiva High School for Girls in Teaneck, New Jersey on December 25. Holtz will speak on “The Tenth of Tevet and…

Dr. S. Abraham (Avri) Ravid, Sy Syms Professor of Finance at Sy Syms School of Business, was quoted in the December 19 edition of Communications Daily, a publication for telecom regulation, legislation and policy development news. The publication interviewed Ravid, an expert in the field of ...

Rabbi Hershel Schachter, rosh yeshiva and Nathan and Vivian Fink Distinguished Professorial Chair in Talmud at Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary will be presented with the “Excellence in the Torah World” award at the World Torah Assembly later this month. The assembly, marking the 70th ...