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Hofstra Engineers New Way to Teach Math
17-JUNE-11 $250,000 Grant to Develop Hands-on, Engineering-based Curriculum for... | more |
Hofstra Wind Ensemble and Symphonic Band Concert Featured World Premiere of a New Musical Composition by Renowned Japanese Composer
23-MAY-11 At its annual spring concert on Saturday, May 7, 2011, the Hofstra Symphonic Band, directed by Peter Loel Boonshaft, premiered a new musical composition, "Pompeii," by Satoshi Yagisawa, one of Japan's...| more |
Hofstra appoints Director of Sustainability Studies, plans multi-disciplinary degree program
12-APR-11 Hofstra University has appointed Dr. Robert Brinkmann as its first Director of Sustainability Studies... | more |
Riveting Performances Highlight the Hofstra Conference, "Into Sunlight: The Impact of War on the Social Body From the Vietnam Era to the Present"
6-APR-11 Into Sunlight, Choreographed by Robin Becker will be Performed as part of the Hofstra Spring Dance Concert, April 14 to 17, With a Special Free Performance Introduced by Pulitzer Prize-Winning Author David Maraniss on April 15 at 3 p.m.... | more |
The Annual Saltzman State of the Union
30-MAR-11 Gov. Howard Dean, former Democratic presidential candidate who is now a senior presidential fellow at Hofstra's Peter S. Kalikow Center for the Study of the American Presidency, delivered the annual Arnold A. Saltzman State of the Union address in the Helene Fortunoff Theater at Monroe Lecture Center... | more |
Hofstra, League of Women Voters sponsor panel on legislative redistricting
3-MAR-11 Hofstra University and the League of Women Voters of Nassau County co-sponsored a panel discussion about the upcoming legislative redistricting process and whether the task should remain in state lawmakers’ hands or be turned over to an independent panel... | more |
Hofstra University's 62 Annual Shakespeare Festival
1-MAR-11 The War of the Roses, A One-Evening Version of Shakespeare's Henry VI Trilogy, is the featured production of Hofstra University's 62nd Annual Shakespeare Festival, March 10 to 20... | more |3-MAR-11 Students Take The Hofstra Shakespeare Festival on the Road
"Making It Online: Writing and Publishing in the Digital Age"
1-MAR-11 On Wednesday, March 9, 2011, the Hofstra University English Department presented a special program titled "Making it Online: Writing and Publishing in the Digital Age."... | more |
President Obama and the Media at Midterm
23-FEB-11 A panel of top-flight journalists and political analysts will dissect media coverage of President Obama on Tuesday, March 22, 2011, 11:10 a.m.-12:35 p.m. in the Student Center Theater, Sondra and David S. Mack Student Center... | more |
Irish Studies Program Announces Spring 2011 Events Calendar
23-FEB-11 For more information on the following events, please contact Dr. Greg Maney at 516-463-6182 or via e-mail. All events, with the exception of the Irish Family Fun Day on April 2, are free admission and open to the public... | more |
"Not All Artists Are Starving" – A Night of Networking
22-FEB-11 The student-run Hofstra Association for Graphic Arts (HAGA), in conjunction with The Career Center, presented a career networking event titled "Not All Artists Are Starving" – A Night of Networking on Tuesday, March 1... | more |
Department of Drama and Dance Presents Its First High School Dance Festival
08-FEB-11 Hofstra University's Department of Drama and Dance offered high school students the opportunity to take two days of dance classes with Hofstra's accomplished faculty... | more |
Hofstra Announces M.A. Specializing in Forensic Linguistics – The First Graduate Program of Its Kind in the U.S.
22-NOV-10 Hofstra has launched a new M.A. degree in Linguistics with specialization in the emerging science of forensic linguistics – the first program of its kind in the United States. The study of forensic linguistics – the examination of language and the law – is increasingly being used... | more |
Hofstra Instructor Connie Roberts Named the Winner of the 2010 Patrick Kavanagh Poetry Award
22-NOV-10 Connie Roberts, a Hofstra University adjunct instructor of English and a resident of Merrick, Long Island, has been awarded the prestigious Patrick Kavanagh Poetry Award for her memoir in verse, Not the Delft School, inspired by her experiences growing up in an orphanage in Ireland....| more |
Hofstra Alumni Return to Campus to Perform Staged Reading of Their New Musical: "Tangled"
15-OCT-10 Hofstra drama graduates Alexandra H. Rubin, Class of 2009, and Mark Sanderlin, Class of 2010, are returning to campus on Tuesday, October 19, 2010, to present a staged reading of their new musical, Tangled, for which they collaborated on the lyrics, Rubin wrote the book and Sanderlin composed the music....| more |
Inaugural OCD New York Conference Features Workshops for Professionals and the Public, As Well As "OCD Stories: An Evening of Reflection, Humor and Education"
6-OCT-10 The New York Chapter of the International OCD Foundation and Hofstra University’s Doctoral Program in Clinical Psychology are partnering on an October 16, 2010, conference on obsessive compulsive disorder. This day of panels and workshops will culminate with... | more |
Hofstra University Presents "The Actor's Life": Anecdotes and Career Advice from Successful Hofstra Drama Alumni
21-OCT-10 As part of its 75th anniversary celebration, Hofstra University presented "The Actor's Life," which featured alumni from Hofstra's drama program sharing anecdotes about performing on the Hofstra stage and how they parlayed that experience into successful careers in acting...| more |
Hofstra University Department of English Announces Fall 2011 Launch of An M.F.A. in Creative Writing
30-SEP-10 Hofstra University's Department of English is offering an M.F.A. degree in Creative Writing starting in the fall 2011. This new graduate program will offer a challenging and exciting program of study integrating literary scholarship and focused instruction in writing...| more |
National Grid Supports Hofstra's "Green" Summer Science Research Project for High School Students
JUL-7 Through a generous grant from National Grid as part of “Engineering Our Future,” Hofstra University is offering “green” research projects ranging from household energy demand and alternative fuels to environmental engineering as part of its annual Summer Science Research Project (HUSSRP)....| more |
Hofstra Creative Writing Professor and "Consumer Reports" Reporter William McGee Named to National "Future of Aviation Advisory Committee" to Examine the U.S. Airline Industry
Hofstra University, Hempstead, NY … William McGee, adjunct associate professor of English, has been selected to serve on the United States Department of Transportation’s Future of Aviation Advisory Committee, to examine the state of the U.S. airline industry... | more |
Hofstra Creative Writing Professor Martha McPhee Celebrates Publication of Her Fourth Novel: "Dear Money" (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, June 3, 2010)
Hofstra University, Hempstead, NY … Creative Writing Professor Martha McPhee’s fourth novel, Dear Money, will be published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt in June 2010.... | more |
Hofstra Music Professor Peter Boonshaft and Partners Awarded "Best in Show" Honor and "Best Tools for School" Award at the 2010 Winter NAMM Convention
Hofstra University, Hempstead, NY … Sound Innovations, a revolutionary new band and string teaching method co-written by Hofstra Professor of Music Peter Boonshaft, was honored at the 2010 Winter Convention of the National Association of Music Merchants with a “Best in Show” honor and “Best Tools for School” award... | more |
Performance by Hofstra's Dance and Dance Education Programs, and AHRC-Nassau Highlights the Creative and Therapeutic Benefits of Dance
Hempstead, NY - Hofstra University’s Dance and Dance Education Programs and the Association for the Help of Retarded Children (AHRC-Nassau) will host a celebratory, end-of-year performance on Wednesday, May 5, at noon at Dempster Hall, Room 209, located on Hofstra’s South Campus. The performance is free and open to the public... | more |
2010 Student Art Show
See hundreds of works in painting, drawing, ceramics, 3-D, photography, design and new media at the opening of the Fine Arts Student Art Show at Calkins Hall on Hofstra's South Campus... | more |
Stanislao Pugliese to be Invested as Queensboro UNICO Foundation Distinguished Professor of Italian and Italian American Studies
30-APRIL-10 Stanislao Pugliese, a professor of modern European history and Hofstra alumnus, will be installed as the Queensboro UNICO Foundation Distinguished Professor of Italian and Italian American Studies on April 30, 2010 at 3 p.m. at the Hofstra University Club, Mack Hall, North Campus...| more |
Hofstra University's English Department, Creative Writing Program and Continuing Education Present the 36th Annual Summer Writers Program
10-JULY-10 Novelists, mystery writers, playwrights and children's authors are among the accomplished authors who will be teaching in Hofstra University’s annual Summer Writers Program, July 6 to 16, 2010. This event is sponsored by Hofstra’s English Department, its Creative Writing Program and Continuing Education...| more |
Panel featuring National Public Radio senior host Robert Siegel to examine media coverage of the Obama Administration
24-APRIL-10 A panel of top-flight journalists and political analysts will dissect media coverage of President Obama...| more |
Hofstra College of Liberal Arts and Sciences Presents A Reading and Book Signing by Pulitzer Prize-Winning Author John McPhee For His New Collection of Essays, "Silk Parachute"
24-APRIL-10 Hofstra College and Liberal Arts and Sciences will present a reading and book signing by Pulitzer Prize-winning author John McPhee...| more |
Hofstra Honors Professor Emeritus of Music Herbert Deutsch and Unveils A Display of the Moog Synthesizer That He Co-Created with Robert Moog, An Invention That Revolutionized Music
14-APRIL-10 Hofstra University Professor Emeritus of Music Herbert Deutsch will be honored for his years of service to the University and his place in music history in a special ceremony on April 14, 2010, at 11:15 a.m. The ceremony will see the unveiling of a display featuring the Moog synthesizer, co-created by Dr. Robert Moog and Professor Deutsch in 1964 –an invention that changed the course of music history....| more |
Hofstra Conference, "For a Dangerous Pedagogy," Has Mission to Change Society's Teaching and Thinking of Italian and Italian American Culture
13-APRIL-10 For a Dangerous Pedagogy: A Manifesto for Italian and Italian American Studies is a conference with ambitious goals: to reinvigorate Italian and Italian American studies and change the teaching and thinking of those cultures so as to engage the local, non-academic community...| more |
Hofstra professor’s research featured in upcoming episode of Discovery Channel documentary series, “Life”
11-APRIL-10 Research by Associate Professor of Biology Lisa Filippi about the parenting behavior of a rare Japanese ‘red bug' will be included in this week's segment of the 11-part Discovery Channel series called "Life"...| more |
"Hofstra History Professor Simon Doubleday Awarded a Prestigious 2010-2011 NEH Grant Award Will Support the Project: "The Berbers in Medieval Iberia and the Maghreb"
9-APRIL-10 Hofstra University Associate Professor of History Simon Doubleday has been awarded a five-month 2010-2011 NEH Teaching Development Fellowship for a project titled, “The Berbers in Medieval Iberia and the Maghreb,” aimed at enhancing course offerings on the medieval relationship between the ‘West’ and the ‘Islamic world.’...| more |
"The Easter Rising and Today" – A Speech by Former Boston Mayor Raymond L. Flynn Thursday, April 8, 2010, 9:30 a.m.
8-APRIL-10 The Irish Monument Committee, the Irish Studies Program at Hofstra University and the Irish Consulate General proudly present “The Easter Rising and Today,” by Raymond L. Flynn, former Mayor of Boston, who will reflect upon the legacy and contemporary implications of the Easter Rising...| more |
Amity Shlaes, noted political economist, to speak at Hofstra
1-APRIL-10 Political economist Amity Shlaes, author of a New York Times best-selling book on the Great Depression and a former editorial board member at the Wall Street Journal, will deliver this year's Donald J. Sutherland Lecture...| more |
Hofstra archeologists highlight Long Island’s African American history for Columbia University project
19-MARCH-10 The Center for Public Archeology at Hofstra University has contributed profiles, video, pod casts, historic and images for 10 Long Island sites to the Mapping the American Past (MAAP) educational website hosted by Teachers College at Columbia University...| more |
Grateful teens report better grades and family relationships than less thankful peers, new study by Hofstra professor finds
10-MARCH-10 Grateful high school students have higher grade point averages, are more satisfied with their lives and have better friendships and family relationships than their less thankful peers...| more |
"Twelfth Night" Headlines 61st Annual Hofstra Shakespeare Festival
1-MARCH-10 A new imagining of Twelfth Night, set in post-Civil War South, is the featured production of Hofstra University's 61st Annual Shakespeare Festival, March 11 to 21 at the John Cranford Adams Playhouse...| more |
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 |