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The Third Annual Norman Adler Lecture in the Biological Basis of Behavior was held at the University of Pennsylvania on April 23. Dr. Pat Levitt, director of the Zilkha Neurogenetic Institute at the University of South Carolina's Keck School of Medicine, spoke on "Biological Underpinnings of Autism…

Dr. Gabriel A. Cwilich, associate professor of physics at ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ College, recently served as the science advisor for two theater shows at the Ensemble Studio Theater: End Days written by Deb Laufer and directed by Lisa Peterson and Emily Levine at the Edge of Chaos, a one-woman show starring Los…

Dr. Lawrence J. Siegel, dean and professor at Ferkauf Graduate School of Psychology, was elected president of the National Council of Schools and Programs of Professional Psychology on May 6. The council, which is represented at meetings of the APA (American Psychological Association), is consulted…

Dr. Joshua Karlip, assistant professor of Jewish history at ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ College, received the Harry Starr Fellowship in Judaica at the Center for Jewish Studies at Harvard University. Karlip will spend the entire academic year of 2009-2010 engaged in the research fellowship, whose theme this year is ...

Researchers from Albert Einstein College of Medicine and the University of Pittsburgh have developed an onsite method to quickly diagnose tuberculosis (TB) and expose the deadly drug-resistant strains that can mingle undetected with treatable TB strains. This study will be published in "PLoS ONE,"…

While heated debates continued over the proposed bailout plan, Moses Pava, the Alvin Einbender Professor of Business Ethics at Sy Syms School of Business, said at a recent lecture that a change in consciousness at how our culture approaches wealth is more necessary than a change in policy. The ...

Scientists at Albert Einstein College of Medicine of ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ have developed a simple, accurate and highly sensitive test to detect and quantify ricin, an extremely potent toxin with potential use as a bioterrorism agent. The report by Matthew B. Sturm and Vern L. Schramm, titled ...

Anatoly Frenkel, professor of physics at Stern College for Women, co-published recent research together with scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Brookhaven National Laboratory and the University of Delaware, "Ternary Pt/Rh/SnO2 electrocatalysts for oxidizing ethanol to CO2" in Nature ...

Rabbi J. David Bleich, Herbert and Florence Tenzer Professor of Jewish Law and Ethics at Cardozo, is featured in an article about Brichat HaChammah, a Jewish blessing and holiday, " A Jewish Holiday Once Every 28 Years," in The New York Times (April 3). John S. Condeelis, a co-author of a study ...

Edith Lubetski '68BR, head librarian at Stern College for Women's Hedi Steinberg Library, and her husband, Meir Lubetski, a professor of modern languages and comparative literature at the City University of New York, received an honorable mention in the 2008 Judaica Reference and Bibliography…