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Researchers at Albert Einstein College of Medicine of �ۿ۴�ý have identified two small protein fragments that could be developed into an anthrax vaccine that may cause fewer side-effects than the current vaccine. The research is significant because anthrax is considered a major ...

Dr. Sheldon R. Gelman (left), the Dorothy and David I. Schachne Dean of Wurweiler School of Social Work, recently served as a panelist along with Dr. Peter B. Vaughn, dean of Fordham University Graduate School of Social Service, and Dr. Richard L. Edwards, dean of Rutgers University School of…

Rabbi Menachem Genack, a rosh yeshiva [professor of Talmud] at Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary, edited The Seder Night: An Exalted Evening (OU Press, 2009), a new Haggadah with a commentary by Rabbi Joseph B. Soloveitchik and dedicated by Julius Berman, chairman of the Seminary's Board.

Carole Silver, professor of English at Stern College for Women, edited Sarah Heckford: A Lady Trader in the Transvaal (Parlor Press, Indiana 2008). Part of a series called "Writing Travel," it is about the South African adventures of an Anglo-Irish gentlewoman who becomes, among other things, a ...

Dr. Peter DaviesProfessor of pathology and neuroscience, Albert Einstein College of Medicine “Collisions met head-on” The Baltimore Sun, Sept. 30, 2009 Alex ReinertAssistant professor of law, Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law “Ex-Bush officials face lawsuits over their actions” Associated Press ...

Dr. Karen Shawn, visiting associate professor of Jewish education, and Dr. Jeffrey Glanz, the Raine and Stanley Silverstein Professor of Professional Ethics and Values, both at Azrieli Graduate School of Jewish Education and Administration are the editors of a new journal, PRISM: An ...

Dr. Jonathan Feldman, assistant professor at Ferkauf Graduate School of Psychology, is the co-recipient of a $2.5 million grant from the National Institute of Health’s National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine to study ethnic disparities in childhood asthma. The grant is shared…

Dr. Jill Katz, adjunct professor of anthropology and archaeology at �ۿ۴�ý, recently published The Archaeology of Cult in Middle Bronze Age Canaan (Gorgias Press). The book is based on Prof. Katz's archaeological research at the biblical site of Gerar (Tell Haror) in southern Israel and…

Dr. Jeffrey S. Gurock, the Libby M. Klaperman Professor of Jewish History, has been elected a fellow of the American Academy for Jewish Research, the oldest professional organization of Judaica scholars in North America. Prof. Gurock joins a distinguished group of University faculty who are members…

Dr. Adam Newton, university professor of English, has been appointed as the Ronald P. Stanton Professor of Literature and Humanities retroactively effective as of Jan. 1, 2009. The appointment has been made in recognition of Dr. Newton's outstanding contributions in both teaching and scholarship.…