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Irish Studies Program at Hofstra University Announces Events for Spring 2010
Hofstra University’s Irish Studies Program has announced a series of films, lectures and a family event for the spring 2010. Unless otherwise noted, events are free and open to the public.... | more |
Hofstra University Presents 4th Annual LGBT Symposium: "Sexual Identity: They Ain't What They Used to Be"
Hofstra University will present Sexual Identity: They Ain’t What They Used to Be, the 4th annual LGBT symposium on March 5 and 6, 2010... | more |
Department of Music Spring 2010 Concert Schedule
Hofstra Opera Theater presents Die Fledermaus by Johann Strauss. Isabel Milenski, artistic director; David Ramael, musical director. The opera will be performed in English and a pre-show lecture will take place one hour prior to each performance... | more |
History Professor Stanislao Pugliese’s Book, "Bitter Spring: A Life of Ignazio Silone," Nominated for a National Book Critics Circle Award
Bitter Spring: A Life of Ignazio Silone by Hofstra University Professor of History Stanislao Pugliese has been nominated for a National Book Critics Circle Award for the 2009 publishing year in the biography category.... | more |
Hofstra Student Christine Estes Receives Prestigious Graduate Student Scholarship From the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association Foundation
Hofstra student Christine Estes, 32, of Woodside, Queens, has been named a recipient of a prestigious American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) scholarship. Ms. Estes is a second-year graduate student in Hofstra’s master’s program in speech-language pathology. The scholarship... | more |
Renowned Interfaith Leader Rabbi Arthur Schneier and International Coalition Religions for Peace Awarded Hofstra's Guru Nanak Interfaith Prize
The $50,000 prize, which is bestowed every two years, recognizes significant work to increase interfaith understanding. A formal award presentation is planned for spring 2010... | more |
Computer Science Professor Wins $400,000 NSF Grant
Dr. Habib M. Ammari, an Assistant Professor of Computer Science, has won a three-year, $400,000 federal grant to further his research in wireless sensor networks... | more |
Hofstra Dance Presents a Celebratory Dance Concert in Honor of Its 25th Anniversary: Featuring Performances and Choreography by Some of the Program's Most Successful Alumni
Hofstra's Dance Program is celebrating its silver anniversary with a fall dance concert reuniting some of its most successful alumni – now professional dancers – who will perform... | more |
Sid Bernstein, Renowned Music Exec and Concert Promoter, Shares Anecdotes About Judy Garland, James Brown, The Beatles And The Rolling Stones With Students in Hofstra Music Merchandising Class
Renowned music executive and concert promoter Sid Bernstein, who is credited with bringing The Beatles to America, orchestrating their legendary concert at Shea Stadium and inciting the "British Invasion"... | more |
Welcome Back Message to the HCLAS Faculty
A message from Dr. Barnard Firestone, the dean of the Hofstra College of Liberal Arts and Sciences... |more|
HCLAS In Focus
Get to know some of the students, faculty and alumni of the Hofstra College of Liberal Arts and Sciences... | more |
Press Release: Hofstra University Receives $175,000 Grant from the NEH For Innovative Electronic Library Dedicated to the Study of Herman Melville
Dr. John Bryant, a Hofstra University professor of English since 1986, has received a grant for $175,000 from the National Endowment for the Humanities ... | more |
Press Release: Lyme Disease Research
The National Science Foundation has recently funded Hofstra University and a consortium of five other universities to study why the risk of Lyme disease ... | more |
Press Release: Kalikow Center for the Study of the American Presidency Announces the Appointment of Two Senior Presidential Fellows: Political and Campaign Strategist Ed Rollins and former DNC Chair Howard Dean
Hofstra University President Stuart Rabinowitz today announced the appointment of two Senior Presidential Fellows at the Peter S. Kalikow Center for the Study of the American Presidency... | more |
Great Writers, Great Readers Series Continues with Novelist Patricia Hampl, Poet Frank Bidart and Playwright Craig Lucas
Members of the Hofstra Writers Club recently participated in a sold-out staged poetry performance on Wednesday, July 22, 2009, at the Gene Frankel Theatre in downtown Manhattan... | more |
Student and Alumni Members of Hofstra's Writers Club Perform Their Poetry at the Gene Frankel Theatre in Manhattan
Student and Alumni Members of Hofstra's Writers Club Perform Their Poetry at the Gene Frankel Theatre in... | more |