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		<title>Hofstra University Press Releases</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases</link><description>Stay up-to-date with Hofstra press releases</description><language>en-us</language><item><date>Feb 13, 2012</date><title> Hofstra, Live from the Red Carpet</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/02132012_HofstraLiveatOscars.html</link><description>A team of three Hofstra students will be reporting live from the Academy Awards later this month after winning the On The Red Carpet College Journalist Contest on February 9th, beating out more than 200 other entries from around the country. </description><hofcats>STUDENT,SOC,ADMISSION,ALUMNI,STUDENTAFFAIRS</hofcats></item><item><date>Feb 08, 2012</date><title>Celebrate St. Patrick’s Day Early …</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/020812_IrishFestival.html</link><description>Hofstra Hosts 14th Annual Irish Festival, March 11, 2012</description><hofcats>CULTURAL,DIVERSITY,COMMUNITY,STUDENTAFFAIRS</hofcats></item><item><date>Feb 08, 2012</date><title>Prof. Awarded the 2011 Latino Literature Prize in Poetry</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/020812_Zapata.html</link><description>Prof. Awarded the 2011 Latino Literature Prize in Poetry</description><hofcats>RESEARCH,FACULTY,DIVERSITY,HCLAS,CULTURAL</hofcats></item><item><date>Feb 07, 2012</date><title>Dr. Sina Rabbany Elected to Top Two Percent of Medical Engineers</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/02072012_Dr.SinaRabbanyElectedtoTopTwoPercentofMedicalEngineers.html</link><description>Dr. Sina Rabbany, has been elected to the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering’s (AIMBE) 2012 College of Fellows, an annual roster of the nation’s top scientists in the field.</description><hofcats>FACULTY,RESEARCH,HCLAS</hofcats></item><item><date>Feb 02, 2012</date><title>Hofstra Junior Releases 2nd EP With Star Support</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/020112_MatBrandon.html</link><description>Hofstra Junior Releases 2nd EP With Star Support</description><hofcats>CULTURAL,STUDENT,HCLAS,STUDENTAFFAIRS</hofcats></item><item><date>Jan 30, 2012</date><title>The Big Game Star Party at Hofstra</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/013012_TheBigGameStarPartyatHofstra.html</link><description>Those who won’t be glued  to their televisions for the big game can watch a much bigger show – the moon, the Orion Nebula, Jupiter and its moons, and the Pleiades star cluster!</description><hofcats>COMMUNITY,STUDENT,HCLAS</hofcats></item><item><date>Jan 26, 2012</date><title>Hofstra Opera Theater Presents Handel’s Magical "Alcina"</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/012612_Alcina.html</link><description>Hofstra Opera Theater Presents Handel’s Magical "Alcina"</description><hofcats>CULTURAL,COMMUNITY,STUDENT,HCLAS</hofcats></item><item><date>Jan 26, 2012</date><title>Hofstra Professor Elected to National Geographers Group</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/01262012_Hofstra Professor Elected to National Geographers Group.html</link><description>Dr. Grant Saff, Professor and Chair, Department of Global Studies and Geography, has been named the Middle States Division Councilor of the Association of American Geographers (AAG).</description><hofcats>RESEARCH,HCLAS,FACULTY</hofcats></item><item><date>Jan 25, 2012</date><title>"Memoir: An Introduction"</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/012512_DrCouserBook.html</link><description>Professor G. Thomas Couser Offers a Look at the History and Technique of the Memoir</description><hofcats>RESEARCH,HCLAS,FACULTY,CULTURAL</hofcats></item><item><date>Jan 25, 2012</date><title>Take to the Stage …</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/012512_HSDanceFestival.html</link><description>Hofstra University Presents the Second Annual High School Dance Festival, Feb. 20-21, 2012</description><hofcats>HCLAS,COMMUNITY,CULTURAL,FACULTY</hofcats></item><item><date>Jan 24, 2012</date><title>Hofstra Junior Wins Athletic Training Scholarship</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/012412_AthleticTrainingScholarship.html</link><description>Hofstra Junior From Centereach Wins Athletic Training Scholarship</description><hofcats>STUDENT,SOEHHS,COMMUNITY</hofcats></item><item><date>Jan 24, 2012</date><title>Hofstra Professor Helps Develop Sabbath Friendly Hearing Aid </title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/0124_ReiterEMETHearingAid.html</link><description>Hofstra Professor Helps Develop Sabbath Friendly Hearing Aid </description><hofcats>DIVERSITY,CULTURAL,GRADUATE,HCLAS,FACULTY,RESEARCH,COMMUNITY</hofcats></item><item><date>Jan 19, 2012</date><title>Hofstra Cheer and Dance Uphold National Titles</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/012012_hofstracheeranddanceupholdnationaltitles.html</link><description>The Hofstra Cheer and Dance teams both placed first in their divisions at this year’s Universal Cheerleaders Association (UCA)/Universal Dance Association (UDA), College National Championship in Orlando, Florida. </description><hofcats>COMMUNITY,STUDENTAFFAIRS,STUDENT</hofcats></item><item><date>Jan 13, 2012</date><title>Hofstra Welcomes Senior UK Political Advisor</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/01132012_HofstraWelcomesSeniorUKPoliticalAdvisor.html</link><description>Hofstra University President Stuart Rabinowitz announced today that Lord Wood, advisor to British Prime Minister Gordon Brown and Labour Party leader Ed Milliband, will be the Spring 2012 Visiting Presidential Scholar.</description><hofcats>STUDENT,HCLAS,STUDENTAFFAIRS</hofcats></item><item><date>Jan 12, 2012</date><title>Hofstra Students Experience Presidential Politics Firsthand at New Hampshire Primary</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/011212_N.H.PrimaryTrip.html</link><description>More than 50 Hofstra students experienced the excitement of the 2012 presidential race when they travelled to New Hampshire, January 7-9, to take part in various Republican primary events, including private sessions with the candidates, Town Hall style meetings, campaign headquarter tours, and Q&amp;As</description><hofcats>ALUMNI,STUDENTAFFAIRS,COMMUNITY,STUDENT,HCLAS</hofcats></item><item><date>Jan 11, 2012</date><title>A Bright Future for "Into Sunlight"</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/011112_IntoSunlight.html</link><description>A Bright Future for "Into Sunlight" - Robin Becker and David Maraniss Bring Their Collaboration to Georgetown and Then to LI’s Trinity High School</description><hofcats>FACULTY,ALUMNI,DIVERSITY,COMMUNITY,CULTURAL,HCLAS</hofcats></item><item><date>Jan 09, 2012</date><title>Get "In the Mood"</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/010912_ManhattanDolls.html</link><description>Get "In the Mood" - See The Manhattan Dolls in Sentimental Journey at Hofstra University</description><hofcats>ALUMNI,COMMUNITY,CULTURAL</hofcats></item><item><date>Jan 04, 2012</date><title>Concert Takes Audience on The Underground Railroad</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/010412_UndergroundRailroad.html</link><description>Concert to Take Audience for A Ride on The Underground Railroad; Original Work by Professor Nkeiru Okoye Helps Hofstra Celebrate African American History Month</description><hofcats>HUHC,CULTURAL,FACULTY,COMMUNITY</hofcats></item><item><date>Jan 03, 2012</date><title>The Music and Magic of Broadway Come to Hofstra</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/010312_BroadwayLive2.html</link><description>Hofstra Entertainment Presents "Broadway Live! 2," January 20-22, 2012</description><hofcats>COMMUNITY,CULTURAL</hofcats></item><item><date>Dec 22, 2011</date><title>Discover Hofstra</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/122211_GOH_TD.html</link><description>January Transfer Days, Grad Open House Jan. 10</description><hofcats>ADMISSION,COMMUNITY</hofcats></item><item><date>Dec 22, 2011</date><title>Learn to Manage Your Business More Efficiently </title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/122211_QuickbooksJan2012.html</link><description>Hofstra University’s Scott Skodnek Business Development Center is offering a QuickBooks Certificate Program where participants will learn how to manage their businesses more efficiently on Tuesday and Thursday from 6 to 9 9.m. on January 17, 19, 24 and 26, 2012.</description><hofcats>COMMUNITY</hofcats></item><item><date>Dec 20, 2011</date><title>ROTC Ceremony Recognizes 2LT Shelton Thelismon</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/122011_ROTCCommissioning.html</link><description>ROTC Commissioning Ceremony Recognizes 2LT Shelton Thelismon</description><hofcats>HCLAS,COMMUNITY,ZARB,STUDENT</hofcats></item><item><date>Dec 19, 2011</date><title>Hofstra Professor Honored by the Directors Guild of America </title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/12192011_HofstraProfessorHonoredbytheDirectorsGuildofAmerica.html</link><description>Dennis W. Mazzocco, PhD, Hofstra University Associate Professor of Radio, Television, Film and an Emmy-winning director, producer and writer, has been named the recipient of a top honor from the Directors Guild of America for outstanding career achievement and extraordinary service to the organization.</description><hofcats>ALUMNI,COMMUNITY,SOC,FACULTY,STUDENTAFFAIRS,CULTURAL</hofcats></item><item><date>Dec 16, 2011</date><title>Drama and Dance Announces Spring 2012 Performances</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/121611_Spring12DramaDance.html</link><description>Dept. of Drama and Dance Announces Spring 2012 Performances</description><hofcats>HCLAS,STUDENT,FACULTY,CULTURAL</hofcats></item><item><date>Dec 14, 2011</date><title>Dept. of Music Announces Spring 2012 Concert Schedule</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/121411_Spring2012Music.html</link><description>Hofstra University Dept. of Music Announces Spring 2012 Concert Schedule</description><hofcats>CULTURAL,STUDENT,FACULTY,HCLAS</hofcats></item><item><date>Dec 14, 2011</date><title>Hofstra Saddened by Recent Loss of Distinguished Professors</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/121411_ProfessorsBereavement.html</link><description>Hofstra Saddened by Recent Loss of Distinguished Professors</description><hofcats>HCLAS,ALUMNI,SOEHHS,GRADUATE,FACULTY</hofcats></item><item><date>Dec 09, 2011</date><title>WRHU Radio Hofstra Inducts New Hall of Fame Members </title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/20111209_WRHUHallofFame.html</link><description>WRHU Radio Hofstra University 88.7 FM will induct four new members into its Radio Hall of Fame tomorrow evening, Saturday, Dec. 10, 2011 at Nassau Coliseum.</description><hofcats>SOC,ALUMNI,STUDENTAFFAIRS</hofcats></item><item><date>Dec 08, 2011</date><title>Hofstra Celebrates Midyear Commencement 2011</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/120811_Commencement.html</link><description>Hofstra Celebrates Midyear Commencement 2011</description><hofcats>SOEHHS,FACULTY,HCLAS,SOC,ALUMNI,HUHC,STUDENT</hofcats></item><item><date>Dec 07, 2011</date><title>Athletic Training Major Receives Scholarship Established By The Buffalo Bills</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/120711_ATHLETICTRAINING.html</link><description>Elizabeth Smith, a senior athletic training education major, has won the New York State Athletic Trainers' Association (NYSATA) Edward Abramoski Scholarship, which was established by the Buffalo Bills in honor of their long-time athletic trainer.</description><hofcats>HUHC,ALUMNI,COMMUNITY,SOM,SOEHHS,GRADUATE,STUDENTAFFAIRS,HCLAS,FACULTY,ADMISSION,RESEARCH,STUDENT,SOC</hofcats></item><item><date>Dec 06, 2011</date><title>Long Island Artist Highlights Value &amp; Importance of Natural Environment in Mixed Media Art Exhibit</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/120611_Roux.html</link><description>The original exhibition Barbara Roux: Environments, on view from February 7 – April 5, 2012 in the Hofstra University Museum’s Emily Lowe Gallery, features drawings, photographs, poetry and sculpture by Barbara Roux, a combined-media artist, poet, and conservationist. </description><hofcats>COMMUNITY,MUSEUM</hofcats></item><item><date>Dec 06, 2011</date><title> “The Disappearing Landscape: Selections from the Hofstra University Museum Collection”</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/120612_Landscape .html</link><description>The Disappearing Landscape: Selections from the Hofstra University Museum Collection on view from January 23 – March 18, 2012 in the Hofstra University Museum’s David Filderman Gallery, located in the Joan and Donald E. Axinn Library, ninth floor, south campus, will feature works from the Museum’s permanent collection that capture the ever-changing global landscape.</description><hofcats>COMMUNITY,MUSEUM</hofcats></item><item><date>Dec 02, 2011</date><title>Hofstra's Longest-Running Show Celebrates 100th Episode</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/12022011_HofstrasLongestRunningShowCelebrates100thEpisode.html</link><description>Hofstra University’s School of Communication is pleased to announce that the university’s longest running show, For Your Island (FYI), will air its milestone 100th episode on Monday, Dec. 5, 2011.</description><hofcats>STUDENTAFFAIRS,ALUMNI,SOM,SOC,COMMUNITY,STUDENT</hofcats></item><item><date>Nov 30, 2011</date><title>Hofstra Senior Named Rising Apprentice with Fox News </title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/11302011_HofstraSeniorNamedRisingApprenticewithFoxNews.html</link><description>Luz Peña, a Hofstra senior majoring in journalism, has been named an Ailes Rising Apprentice for 2011, winning a $10,000 scholarship and a paid summer internship with Fox News. </description><hofcats>SOC,ALUMNI,STUDENTAFFAIRS,DIVERSITY,STUDENT</hofcats></item><item><date>Nov 30, 2011</date><title>National Suburban Poll Finds Suburban Voters Deeply Dissatisfied with Obama; Independents Favor Romney by Large Margin</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/113011_SuburbanPoll.html</link><description>A majority of independent voters in the suburbs disapprove of President Obama’s job performance and favor Republican presidential hopeful Mitt Romney by a large margin in a head-to-head race with the Democratic incumbent, according to a new National Suburban Poll. </description><hofcats>DIVERSITY,COMMUNITY,RESEARCH</hofcats></item><item><date>Nov 29, 2011</date><title>Dr. Peter Boonshaft Honored for Leadership in Music Education</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/112911_PeterBoonshaft.html</link><description>Dr. Peter Boonshaft Honored for Leadership in Music Education</description><hofcats>HCLAS,FACULTY</hofcats></item><item><date>Nov 28, 2011</date><title>Dr. Maureen Murphy to be Awarded Honorary Doctor of Letters</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/112811_MaureenMurphy.html</link><description>Hofstra Professor Maureen Murphy to be Awarded Honorary Doctor of Letters by the National University of Ireland</description><hofcats>CULTURAL,FACULTY,SOEHHS,RESEARCH</hofcats></item><item><date>Nov 17, 2011</date><title>Hofstra Presents Screening of "Gun Hill Road"</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/111711_GunHillRoad.html</link><description>Hofstra Presents Screening of "Gun Hill Road" Featuring a Q &amp; A with the Director Rashaad Ernesto Green and Actor Harmony Santana</description><hofcats>HCLAS,HUHC,COMMUNITY,DIVERSITY,CULTURAL,STUDENTAFFAIRS</hofcats></item><item><date>Nov 17, 2011</date><title>Hofstra’s STEM Research Center wins $2 million NSF grant for a project to develop new high school technology courses</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/111117_STEMGRANT.html</link><description>The Hofstra Center for STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) Research has won a federal grant of nearly $2 million to develop high school courses focusing on three areas of technology: biochemical, information and communication, and materials and manufacturing.</description><hofcats>GRADUATE,FACULTY,SOM,ALUMNI,RESEARCH,DIVERSITY,HCLAS,SOEHHS,HUHC,ADMISSION,STUDENT,SOC,CULTURAL,COMMUNITY,STUDENTAFFAIRS,ZARB</hofcats></item><item><date>Nov 17, 2011</date><title>Part-Time MBA Program Ranked Top 50 Nationally &amp; Top Five in the Northeast </title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/111711_ZarbBusinessweekRankings.html</link><description>Hofstra University’s Frank G. Zarb School of Business’s Part-Time MBA Program has been ranked in the top 5 among part-time MBA programs in the Northeast and among the top 50 in the nation by the 2011 Bloomberg BusinessWeek Survey. </description><hofcats>ZARB</hofcats></item><item><date>Nov 16, 2011</date><title>Alums with Sterling GPAs Receive Da Silva Scholarships</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/111611_DaSilvaScholarships.html</link><description>Alums with Sterling GPAs Receive Da Silva Scholarships</description><hofcats>STUDENT,ALUMNI,FACULTY</hofcats></item><item><date>Nov 16, 2011</date><title>Hofstra Professor Helps Develop National LGBT Institute</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/111116_LGBTEXPERT.html</link><description>In the year since she co-authored a landmark study on the experiences of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender students, staff and faculty at the nation’s colleges, Professor Genevieve Weber has become a leading expert on creating a welcoming campus climate for the LGBT community.</description><hofcats>FACULTY,CULTURAL,HUHC,DIVERSITY,GRADUATE,SOM,ADMISSION,ALUMNI,STUDENT,COMMUNITY,SOEHHS,HCLAS,RESEARCH,STUDENTAFFAIRS,SOC,ZARB</hofcats></item><item><date>Nov 16, 2011</date><title>Student Film Puts the Spotlight on "Living With Aphasia"</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/111611_LivingWithAphasia.html</link><description>Student Film Puts the Spotlight on "Living With Aphasia"</description><hofcats>COMMUNITY,FACULTY,GRADUATE,CULTURAL,DIVERSITY,HCLAS</hofcats></item><item><date>Nov 14, 2011</date><title>The Healing Power of Music</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/111411_HofstraSymphony.html</link><description>Hofstra Symphony Orchestra and LI's CCAN Partner on Fall Concert</description><hofcats>FACULTY,COMMUNITY,CULTURAL,HCLAS</hofcats></item><item><date>Nov 10, 2011</date><title>Frank G. Zarb School of Business Students Take Top Honors at National Competition</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/111011_SCREPNABA.html</link><description>The Frank G. Zarb School of Business at Hofstra University’s students took top honors in the National Association of Black Accountants (NABA) Student Chapter Reporting &amp; Evaluation Program (SCREP).</description><hofcats>ZARB</hofcats></item><item><date>Nov 09, 2011</date><title>Dr. Eboo Patel, founder of Interfaith Youth Core, Awarded Hofstra’s Guru Nanak Interfaith Prize for 2012</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/09-11-11_GURUNANAK2012.html</link><description>Dr. Eboo Patel, the president and founder of a global grassroots, interfaith network of college students that  has reached more than 200 campuses and worked on five continents, has been awarded Hofstra’s 2012 Guru Nanak Interfaith Prize, President Stuart Rabinowitz announced today.</description><hofcats>RESEARCH,SOM,HUHC,CULTURAL,ADMISSION,ALUMNI,HCLAS,DIVERSITY,COMMUNITY,FACULTY,ZARB,SOEHHS,STUDENTAFFAIRS,SOC,GRADUATE,STUDENT,MUSEUM</hofcats></item><item><date>Nov 09, 2011</date><title>Hofstra Collegium Presents Fall Concert</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/110911_CollegiumMusicum.html</link><description>Hofstra Collegium Presents Fall Concert Nov. 12: Music By, For and About Women from the Middle Ages Through the 19th Century</description><hofcats>COMMUNITY,FACULTY,HCLAS,CULTURAL</hofcats></item><item><date>Nov 09, 2011</date><title>Industry Awareness Through Social Media </title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/110911_MarketingSocialMedia .html</link><description>The Frank G. Zarb School of Business’s Marking &amp; International Business Department begins the Fall 2012 semester with not only a new website design but a plethora of social media tools including two Facebook pages, two  department blogs and a LinkedIn profile providing students with new outlets for department news, industry trends &amp; discussions, and networking opportunities.  </description><hofcats>ZARB</hofcats></item><item><date>Nov 07, 2011</date><title>Hofstra Dance Performs Annual Fall Concert</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/110711_DanceConcert.html</link><description>Hofstra Dance Performs Annual Fall Concert</description><hofcats>HCLAS,COMMUNITY,FACULTY,CULTURAL</hofcats></item><item><date>Nov 04, 2011</date><title>PREPARED AND PROACTIVE:  LAWS, POLICIES AND PRACTICES IN YOUTH VIOLENCE AND GANG PREVENTION</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/041111_GANGCONFERENCE.html</link><description>Hofstra’s School of Education, Health and Human Services will host the 14th annual “Prepared and Proactive: Laws, Policies and Practices in Youth Violence and Gang Prevention”  on Thursday, November 17, 2011 from 8 a.m.-2:45 p.m. in the Multi-purpose Room of the Sondra and David S. Mack Student Center, North Campus.  </description><hofcats>HCLAS,CULTURAL,FACULTY,COMMUNITY,RESEARCH,SOC,ALUMNI,SOEHHS,HUHC</hofcats></item><item><date>Nov 03, 2011</date><title>Delirious Naples</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/110311_DeliriousNaples.html</link><description>Delirious Naples - A Cultural, Intellectual and Urban History of the City of the Sun</description><hofcats>CULTURAL,HCLAS,DIVERSITY,FACULTY,COMMUNITY</hofcats></item><item><date>Nov 03, 2011</date><title>Discover Hofstra</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/110311_FOH_GOH_TD.html</link><description>Fall Open House Nov. 19, Grad Open House Nov. 20, Transfer Days Nov. 21-23</description><hofcats>ADMISSION,COMMUNITY</hofcats></item><item><date>Nov 01, 2011</date><title>Board of Trustees Elects Officers for 2011</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/110111_BoT2011.html</link><description>Hofstra University’s Board of Trustees has elected a new slate of officers, including law school alumna Janis M. Meyer as its new chair.</description><hofcats>ALUMNI</hofcats></item><item><date>Oct 31, 2011</date><title>Hofstra University to Host Presidential Debate in 2012 </title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/103111_debate.html</link><description>Today the Commission on Presidential Debates announced that it had chosen Hofstra University for the site of its October 16, 2012 Presidential Debate, which will be in the “town meeting” format. </description><hofcats>DIVERSITY,RESEARCH,HCLAS,STUDENTAFFAIRS,SOM,HUHC,ALUMNI,ADMISSION,STUDENT,FACULTY,COMMUNITY</hofcats></item><item><date>Oct 25, 2011</date><title>Professor's Book Gives Movie Background</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/102511_MightyMacs.html</link><description>"The Mighty Macs" Found Common Ground with Book by Dr. Julie Byrne</description><hofcats>HCLAS,CULTURAL,FACULTY</hofcats></item><item><date>Oct 20, 2011</date><title>Shows Highlight Traditional, Ethnic and Eclectic Tastes</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/102011_Fall2011Concerts.html</link><description>Hofstra Entertainment and Joseph G. Astman International Concert Series Continue to Bring Music to the Hofstra's Stages</description><hofcats>COMMUNITY,CULTURAL,DIVERSITY</hofcats></item><item><date>Oct 19, 2011</date><title>Best in the Business </title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/111910_ZARBRANKING.html</link><description>The Princeton Review features the Frank G. Zarb School of Business as an outstanding business school.</description><hofcats>RESEARCH,ALUMNI,ZARB,HCLAS,DIVERSITY,ADMISSION,SOEHHS,STUDENT,FACULTY,SOC,SOM,GRADUATE,STUDENTAFFAIRS,HUHC,COMMUNITY</hofcats></item><item><date>Oct 19, 2011</date><title>Professor Janet Kaplan Publishes New Poetry Collection</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/101911_JanetKaplan.html</link><description>Professor Janet Kaplan Publishes New Poetry Collection</description><hofcats>FACULTY,CULTURAL,HCLAS,COMMUNITY</hofcats></item><item><date>Oct 18, 2011</date><title>Hofstra Hosts Symposium about legacy of 1954 Brown v. Board of Education Supreme Court Decision</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/111810_BROWNTOBROWN.html</link><description>The legacy of the Brown vs. Board of Education Supreme Court decision and lingering challenges to equity and diversity in public schools will be the subject of a day-long symposium featuring stories from students who were among the first to break racial barriers.</description><hofcats>HUHC,GRADUATE,ADMISSION,RESEARCH,SOEHHS,ZARB,MUSEUM,STUDENTAFFAIRS,ALUMNI,DIVERSITY,SOC,STUDENT,FACULTY,COMMUNITY,SOM,HCLAS,CULTURAL</hofcats></item><item><date>Oct 13, 2011</date><title>Hofstra Meets Rising Need for Backpack Journalists</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/10132011_HofstraMeetsRisingNeedforBackpackJournalists.html</link><description>Hofstra University's School of Communication has introduced a new required course in its journalism curriculum this fall that will prepare students to meet the growing demand for “backpack” journalists who, equipped with a video camera and laptop, can singlehandedly create all the elements of a broadcast or web video story.</description><hofcats>ALUMNI,RESEARCH,FACULTY,SOC,ADMISSION,CULTURAL</hofcats></item><item><date>Oct 11, 2011</date><title>"Here Comes the Sun" </title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/101111_HereComesTheSun.html</link><description>"Here Comes the Sun" - The Musical, Mystical Journey of George Harrison</description><hofcats>COMMUNITY,FACULTY,CULTURAL,DIVERSITY</hofcats></item><item><date>Oct 11, 2011</date><title>Economic Turmoil = Real Estate Investments?</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/101111_RealEstateConference.html</link><description>The Hofstra University Wilbur F. Breslin Center for Real Estate Studies in collaboration with the Frank G. Zarb School of Business and The Institute of Real Estate at Hofstra University will hold a one day conference, Investments in Real Estate Under the Current Economic Environment, on Tuesday, October 18, 2011 from 8 a.m. – 2:15 p.m. in the Hofstra University Club, David S. Mack Hall, north campus.</description><hofcats>ZARB,COMMUNITY</hofcats></item><item><date>Oct 10, 2011</date><title>Middle School Musical!</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/101011_MiddleSchoolHonorsBand.html</link><description>Hofstra Hosts 9th Annual Middle School Honors Band Festival, Oct. 20 &amp;21</description><hofcats>CULTURAL,COMMUNITY,HCLAS,FACULTY</hofcats></item><item><date>Oct 06, 2011</date><title>Hofstra Gives 'Voice' To People With Special Needs</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/10062011_HofstraGivesVoiceToThoseWithSpecialNeeds.html</link><description>For the second consecutive year, Hofstra University will host VOICE Day, an exhibition of information and activities that promote awareness of issues related to improving the lives of people with disabilities and mental illness. </description><hofcats>ALUMNI,SOEHHS,STUDENTAFFAIRS,GRADUATE,FACULTY,ADMISSION,COMMUNITY,STUDENT,DIVERSITY</hofcats></item><item><date>Oct 06, 2011</date><title>"Rent" Star Anthony Rapp Rocks the Hofstra Stage</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/100611_AnthonyRapp.html</link><description>"Rent" Star Anthony Rapp Rocks the Hofstra Stage</description><hofcats>STUDENT,HCLAS,COMMUNITY,CULTURAL</hofcats></item><item><date>Oct 06, 2011</date><title>Dept. of Drama &amp; Dance Presents the Rock Musical "Rent"</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/100611_Rent.html</link><description>Dept. of Drama &amp; Dance Presents the Rock Musical "Rent"</description><hofcats>STUDENT,HCLAS,COMMUNITY,CULTURAL</hofcats></item><item><date>Oct 05, 2011</date><title>Viva Communication!</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/10052011_VivaCommunication.html</link><description>Continuing the successful collaboration that began last year between local print and web journalists, community members and the School of Communication faculty, Hofstra University will host the second annual Latino Media Conference on Saturday, Oct. 15, 2011 to further explore  the challenges faced by local media as they serve a growing Latino community on Long Island.</description><hofcats>ALUMNI,COMMUNITY,CULTURAL,DIVERSITY</hofcats></item><item><date>Oct 04, 2011</date><title>Off-B'way Shines Spotlight on Hofstra Alumni &amp; Faculty Talents</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/100411_Studio216.html</link><description>Off-B'way Shines Spotlight on Hofstra Alumni &amp; Faculty Talents</description><hofcats>CULTURAL,ALUMNI,FACULTY,HCLAS</hofcats></item><item><date>Oct 03, 2011</date><title>Fall 2011 Issues in Judaism Lecture Series</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/100311_IssuesInJudaism.html</link><description>Fall 2011 Issues in Judaism Lecture Series</description><hofcats>CULTURAL,DIVERSITY</hofcats></item><item><date>Oct 03, 2011</date><title>Italian-American Experience Lecture Series</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/100311_ItalianAmericanLectures.html</link><description>Italian-American Experience Lecture Series</description><hofcats>DIVERSITY,CULTURAL,COMMUNITY</hofcats></item><item><date>Sep 30, 2011</date><title>The Life of Tony Bennett in Words and Music </title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/093011_TonyBennettProgram.html</link><description>The Life of Tony Bennett in Words and Music Hofstra Entertainment Presents a Tribute on October 9</description><hofcats>COMMUNITY,CULTURAL</hofcats></item><item><date>Sep 28, 2011</date><title>Hofstra PA Students win Statewide “Medical Jeopardy” Contest</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/110928_PAJEOPARDY.html</link><description>A team of Hofstra students have won bragging rights as New York’s sharpest physician assistant students after clinching as 2011 champions in the New York State Society of Physician Assistants (NYSSPA) “Medical Jeopardy” competition.</description><hofcats>RESEARCH,ALUMNI,FACULTY,DIVERSITY,HUHC,STUDENTAFFAIRS,COMMUNITY,ADMISSION,SOM,GRADUATE,ZARB,HCLAS,SOEHHS,STUDENT</hofcats></item><item><date>Sep 27, 2011</date><title>Transfer to Hofstra – A Move in the Right Direction</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/092711_transfer_open_house.html</link><description>Learn How Your Credits Go Further at Hofstra – Attend Transfer Open House</description><hofcats>ADMISSION,COMMUNITY</hofcats></item><item><date>Sep 26, 2011</date><title>Smart Growth </title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/092611_LandUseBreslin.html</link><description>The Hofstra University Wilbur F. 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Mack Student Center, north campus. </description><hofcats>COMMUNITY</hofcats></item><item><date>Sep 23, 2011</date><title>"Re-Interpreting Nature, New Work by Cui Fei"</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/092311_CuiFei.html</link><description>Rosenberg Gallery: "Re-Interpreting Nature, New Work by Cui Fei"</description><hofcats>COMMUNITY,HCLAS,CULTURAL</hofcats></item><item><date>Sep 21, 2011</date><title>"The Marriage of Bette and Boo"</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/092111_BetteandBoo.html</link><description>Dept. of Drama and Dance Presents "The Marriage of Bette and Boo"</description><hofcats>COMMUNITY,STUDENT,CULTURAL,FACULTY,HCLAS</hofcats></item><item><date>Sep 21, 2011</date><title>Great Authors Announced for Hofstra Reading Series</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/092111_GreatWritersGreatReadings.html</link><description>Great Authors Announced for Hofstra Reading Series</description><hofcats>CULTURAL,COMMUNITY,HCLAS</hofcats></item><item><date>Sep 15, 2011</date><title>Hofstra Mourns the Passing of Prof. Emerita Lenore Sandel</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/091511_LenoreSandel.html</link><description>Hofstra Mourns the Passing of Professor Emerita Lenore Sandel</description><hofcats>FACULTY,SOEHHS,ALUMNI,GRADUATE</hofcats></item><item><date>Sep 15, 2011</date><title>“The Biggest Loser” Trainer Speaks at Hofstra</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/09152011_TheBiggestLoserTrainerSpeaksatHofstra.html</link><description> Don’t let the lean stature of Hofstra University alumna and Elmont, N.Y. native Cara Castronuova ‘04 fool you. While she may stand less than 5-feet-5-inches tall, Castronuova, a two-time New York Golden Gloves winner and NBC reality show trainer, is plenty tough.</description><hofcats>SOM,STUDENT,ADMISSION,ALUMNI,DIVERSITY,STUDENTAFFAIRS</hofcats></item><item><date>Sep 14, 2011</date><title>Hofstra names School of Law for Maurice A. Deane</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/091411_deanelawschool.html</link><description>Hofstra University will name its law school the Maurice A. Deane School of Law at Hofstra University to honor a distinguished alumnus with a unique, 30-year commitment to Hofstra that was first forged when he embarked on a law degree after a successful career as a business executive.</description><hofcats>STUDENT,ALUMNI,COMMUNITY</hofcats></item><item><date>Sep 13, 2011</date><title>Hof USA Unveils New Look</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/09132011_HofUSAUnveilsNewLook.html</link><description>Students can win an iPad, munch on free food samples, compete in wing-eating contest and much more on Friday, Sept. 16 when Hofstra University and the Division of Student Affairs celebrates the reopening of the recently remodeled HofUSA, an on-campus restaurant and student activity center located on the North Campus. </description><hofcats>STUDENTAFFAIRS,ADMISSION,DIVERSITY,STUDENT</hofcats></item><item><date>Sep 12, 2011</date><title>Commemorating Constitution Day</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/091211_ConstitutionDay.html</link><description>Constitution Day Celebration Features Nightlong Read-In and Lecture by History Professor Michael D’Innocenzo on September 15</description><hofcats>HCLAS,CULTURAL,COMMUNITY,FACULTY,HUHC</hofcats></item><item><date>Sep 09, 2011</date><title>Social Media: Marketing A Successful Business</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/090911_BDCSocialMedia.html</link><description>The Scott Skodnek Business Development Center at Hofstra presents  five social media workshops focusing on marketing your business successfully using social media tools such as Mobile Marketing, Linkedin, Twitter, Facebook and email .</description><hofcats>COMMUNITY</hofcats></item><item><date>Sep 09, 2011</date><title>Start and Expand a Business in a  Challenging Economy</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/090911_EAPFall2011.html</link><description>The Entrepreneurial Assistance Program (EAP) offered by Hofstra University's Scott Skodnek Business Development Center provides participants with the "nuts and bolts" skills required to operate and grow a successful business.</description><hofcats>COMMUNITY</hofcats></item><item><date>Sep 09, 2011</date><title>SUBURBAN AMERICA: PROBLEMS &amp; PROMISE</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/110909_NCSSDOC.html</link><description>The National Center for Suburban Studies at Hofstra University® and an award-winning filmmaker have teamed up to create a documentary that examines the evolution of the nation’s suburbs from small bedroom communities to sprawling, diverse metropolises with unique development challenges and escalating political clout.</description><hofcats>ADMISSION,SOEHHS,RESEARCH,ZARB,MUSEUM,COMMUNITY,SOM,SOC,FACULTY,STUDENT,ALUMNI,CULTURAL,STUDENTAFFAIRS,HCLAS,HUHC,GRADUATE,DIVERSITY</hofcats></item><item><date>Sep 08, 2011</date><title>2011 ECONOMIC UPDATE</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/110908_INTLLECTURE.html</link><description>Hofstra's International Scene Lecture Series for the Fall 2011 semester will examine a wide range of foreign and domestic policy issues, kicking off with a Sept. 14, 2011 lecture about the American economy.</description><hofcats>SOEHHS,FACULTY,HUHC,ZARB,SOM,DIVERSITY,GRADUATE,SOC,RESEARCH,STUDENT,HCLAS,ALUMNI,COMMUNITY,STUDENTAFFAIRS,CULTURAL</hofcats></item><item><date>Sep 07, 2011</date><title>Hofstra Remembers 9/11</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/090711_911.html</link><description>Axinn Library’s photo exhibit leads off a week of 10th anniversary remembrance activities</description><hofcats>COMMUNITY,ALUMNI,STUDENT,FACULTY,STUDENTAFFAIRS,DIVERSITY</hofcats></item><item><date>Sep 03, 2011</date><title>Hofstra University Museum Presents  “B.Amore: Naples – New York”</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/090311_B. Amore.html</link><description>“B. Amore: Naples – New York” on view from September 30 through December 4, 2011 in the Hofstra University Museum’s David Filderman Gallery, will feature two site-specific installations and over 18 other mixed media works created for this original exhibition by the highly regarded American artist B. Amore. The works focus on the cultural and historic connections between Naples, Italy and New York, NY and examine the connections between people and the issues of assimilation, specifically those experiences linking Italy to America. B. 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Festival Brings Best of Italy to Hofstra </title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/ItalianFestival2011_082411.html</link><description>Benvenuto! 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Mack Student Center, North Campus</description><hofcats>SOM,COMMUNITY,RESEARCH,HCLAS,STUDENT,ZARB,SOC,FACULTY,STUDENTAFFAIRS,CULTURAL,DIVERSITY,ADMISSION,MUSEUM,SOEHHS,GRADUATE,HUHC</hofcats></item><item><date>Aug 01, 2011</date><title>Hofstra Gets 'Green' Ranking</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/08-01-2011_GREENCAMPUS.html</link><description>Hofstra University has been included in The Princeton Review's Guide to 311 Green Colleges; a 220-page free guide that profiles 308 colleges/universities in the U.S. and Canada that are committed to sustainability, both inside and outside of the classroom. </description><hofcats>SOM,SOC,RESEARCH,HCLAS,FACULTY,GRADUATE,STUDENTAFFAIRS,COMMUNITY,ADMISSION,SOEHHS,ALUMNI,HUHC,ZARB,DIVERSITY,STUDENT</hofcats></item><item><date>Jul 28, 2011</date><title>From Staged Reading to Off-Broadway -</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/072811_HarryandEddie.html</link><description>Hofstra Alumni Bring "Harry &amp; Eddie" to the Big Apple</description><hofcats>COMMUNITY,ALUMNI,CULTURAL</hofcats></item><item><date>Jul 27, 2011</date><title>Hofstra to Host Transfer Days this summer for Fall 2011 Enrollment</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/072711_td_august2011.html</link><description>Hofstra to Host Transfer Days this summer for Fall 2011 Enrollment</description><hofcats>COMMUNITY</hofcats></item><item><date>Jul 22, 2011</date><title>"There's No Business Like Show Business!" </title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/072211_IrvingBerlinCelebration.html</link><description>Hofstra University Gray Wig Alumni Theater Company presents "An Irving Berlin Celebration"</description><hofcats>ALUMNI,CULTURAL,COMMUNITY</hofcats></item><item><date>Jul 22, 2011</date><title>WRHU 88.7 FM to Host Alumni Marathon this Weekend</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/072211_WRHU_marathon.html</link><description>WRHU ( Radio Hofstra University), in partnership  with the Hofstra Radio Alumni Association, is hosting a four-day Alumni Marathon starting this Sunday, July 24.</description><hofcats>SOC,ALUMNI</hofcats></item><item><date>Jul 19, 2011</date><title>Operation Downtown Seminar Instructs How To Develop a Business Plan for Revenue Growth</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/071911_OperationDowntown.html</link><description>Hofstra University’s Scott Skodnek Business Development Center presents a free Operation Downtown Seminar entitled Develop a Plan For Revenue Growth on Thursday, July 28, 2011 at 8 – 10 a.m. in the Hofstra University Club, David S. 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Hofstra Entertainment Announces Its 2011 Summer Season</description><hofcats>COMMUNITY,CULTURAL</hofcats></item><item><date>Jun 17, 2011</date><title>Hofstra Engineers New Way to Teach Math</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/JUN172011_WISENGINEERING.html</link><description>The professors knew they were onto something when the kids began to argue.</description><hofcats>STUDENTAFFAIRS,ALUMNI,CULTURAL,HCLAS,RESEARCH,COMMUNITY,SOEHHS,FACULTY,STUDENT,DIVERSITY,HUHC,GRADUATE</hofcats></item><item><date>Jun 17, 2011</date><title>Hofstra to Host Transfer Days this Summer for Fall 2011 Enrollment</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/061711_july_transfer_days.html</link><description>Transfer Days in July</description><hofcats>ADMISSION,COMMUNITY</hofcats></item><item><date>Jun 17, 2011</date><title>Hofstra University Presents the 37th Annual Summer Writers, Program, July 5-15, 2011</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/061711_SummerWriters.html</link><description>Hofstra University Presents the 37th Annual Summer Writers, Program, July 5-15, 2011</description><hofcats>GRADUATE,CULTURAL,COMMUNITY,FACULTY</hofcats></item><item><date>Jun 17, 2011</date><title>Scott Skodnek Business Development Center at Hofstra University Offers a QuickBooks Certificate Program</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/061711_Quickbooks.html</link><description>Hofstra University’s Scott Skodnek Business Development Center is offering a QuickBooks Certificate Program where participants will learn how to manage their businesses more efficiently.</description><hofcats>COMMUNITY</hofcats></item><item><date>Jun 16, 2011</date><title>Hofstra Student Makes Major League Debut at Citifield</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/JUN162011_METSANTHEM.html</link><description>Call Maggie Doherty lucky #140.</description><hofcats>ADMISSION,ZARB,HCLAS,ALUMNI,HUHC,FACULTY,STUDENTAFFAIRS,DIVERSITY,COMMUNITY,STUDENT,SOC,SOEHHS,CULTURAL</hofcats></item><item><date>Jun 16, 2011</date><title>Hofstra University Office of Graduate Admissions to Host Open House</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/061611_grad_openhouse_july12.html</link><description>Hofstra Grad Admissions Open House July 12, 2011</description><hofcats>HCLAS,HUHC,SOEHHS,GRADUATE,ZARB,SOC,COMMUNITY,STUDENT</hofcats></item><item><date>Jun 09, 2011</date><title>Heartland Business Center Principal David Wolkoff to headline Fifth Annual Institute of Real Estate Luncheon at Hofstra University</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/JUN92011_WOLKOFF.html</link><description>David Wolkoff, principal developer of one of the largest projects in Long Island History - the $4 billion multi-use Heartland Town Square in Brentwood – will be keynote speaker at Hofstra University’s Fifth Annual Institute of Real Estate Luncheon on Tuesday, June 14, 2011, noon to 2 p.m.</description><hofcats>COMMUNITY,GRADUATE,STUDENT,ZARB,ALUMNI,DIVERSITY</hofcats></item><item><date>Jun 09, 2011</date><title>WRHU Staff Members Rack Up State and Local Awards</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/060911_wrhuawards.html</link><description>Student staff members of WRHU, Radio Hofstra University, took a combined five first-place awards in the 2011 Press Club of Long Island (PCLI) Awards and the 2011 New York Associated Press Broadcasters Association College Contest.</description><hofcats>SOC,COMMUNITY</hofcats></item><item><date>Jun 03, 2011</date><title>Preview Day for High School Sophomores</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/030611_preview_day.html</link><description>Preview Day for High School Sophomores</description><hofcats>COMMUNITY,ADMISSION</hofcats></item><item><date>Jun 01, 2011</date><title>New York Teens Investigate Diversity While Perfecting Their Journalism Skills</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/060111_JournalismHSInstitute.html</link><description>Queens and Nassau and Suffolk County high school students will be challenged to investigate and report on some of the important issues facing their hometowns and Long Island as part of a free two-week summer program called the Hofstra High School Journalism Institute (formerly J-Div). </description><hofcats>SOC,COMMUNITY</hofcats></item><item><date>May 31, 2011</date><title>Office of Graduate Admissions to Host Open House</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/053111_grad_open_house_jun8.html</link><description>Graduate Open House June 8, 2011</description><hofcats>GRADUATE,COMMUNITY</hofcats></item><item><date>May 27, 2011</date><title>Hofstra University Mourns the Loss of Dr. Dana Brand, Professor of English</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/052711_DanaBrand.html</link><description>Hofstra University Mourns the Loss of Dr. Dana Brand, Professor of English</description><hofcats>FACULTY,HCLAS,HUHC</hofcats></item><item><date>May 23, 2011</date><title>Hofstra Helps Teachers Tackle a Tough Job Market</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/05-23-2011_REINVENTSOEHHS.html</link><description>With local school districts planning significant job cuts to close budget gaps, Hofstra University is offering a one-day conference to help teachers who have been laid-off market their skills in new fields.</description><hofcats>ADMISSION,HCLAS,HUHC,SOC,STUDENT,COMMUNITY,DIVERSITY,ALUMNI,GRADUATE,SOEHHS,STUDENTAFFAIRS,FACULTY,ZARB</hofcats></item><item><date>May 23, 2011</date><title>Hofstra Wind Ensemble and Symphonic Band Concert Featured World Premiere of a New Musical Composition by Renowned Japanese Composer</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/052211_SymphonicBand.html</link><description>Hofstra Wind Ensemble and Symphonic Band Concert Featured World Premiere of a New Musical Composition by Renowned Japanese Composer</description><hofcats>FACULTY,CULTURAL</hofcats></item><item><date>May 19, 2011</date><title>Economics Department Inducts Students into National Honor Society</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/051911_EconomicsHonorSociety.html</link><description>Economics Department Inducts Students into National Honor Society</description><hofcats>HUHC,FACULTY,HCLAS</hofcats></item><item><date>May 18, 2011</date><title>Albert Tepper Memorial Concert on June 3 at Hofstra University</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/051811_TepperBenefitConcert.html</link><description>Albert Tepper Memorial Concert on June 3 at Hofstra University</description><hofcats>CULTURAL,HCLAS,FACULTY,COMMUNITY</hofcats></item><item><date>May 17, 2011</date><title>Frank G. Zarb School of Business Students Take Top Honors at National and International Competitions </title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/051711_ZarbStudentHonors .html</link><description>The Frank G. Zarb School of Business at Hofstra University’s students took top honors at both the American Advertising Federation’s National Student Advertising Case Competition and the American Marketing Association’s International Intercollegiate Conference. </description><hofcats>ZARB,STUDENT</hofcats></item><item><date>May 13, 2011</date><title>2011 Hofstra University Student Art Show, Presented by the Department of Fine Arts and Art History </title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/051311_FineArtsShow.html</link><description>2011 Hofstra University Student Art Show, Presented by the Department of Fine Arts and Art History </description><hofcats>HCLAS,CULTURAL,STUDENT</hofcats></item><item><date>May 13, 2011</date><title>Hofstra to Host Transfer Days this summer for Fall 2011 Enrollment</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/051311_transfer_days_june.html</link><description>Transfer to Hofstra – A Move in the Right Direction</description><hofcats>COMMUNITY,ADMISSION</hofcats></item><item><date>May 11, 2011</date><title>Hofstra University Museum Presents “From the Hand: Drawings From the Hofstra University Museum Collection” </title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/051111_MuseumDrawings.html</link><description>“From the Hand: Drawings from the Hofstra University Museum Collection,” on view from June 8 through September 11, 2011 in the Hofstra University Museum’s David Filderman Gallery, located in the Joan and Donald E. Axinn Library, ninth floor, south campus, features 32 drawings completed in a wide variety of styles with examples from the 18th and 19th century and showcasing a number of 20th century artists.  </description><hofcats>COMMUNITY,MUSEUM</hofcats></item><item><date>May 09, 2011</date><title>Hofstra University Announces 2011 Spring Commencement Activities and Honorees</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/050911_Commencement.html</link><description>Hofstra University Announces 2011 Spring Commencement Activities and Honorees</description><hofcats>HUHC,STUDENTAFFAIRS,SOC,SOEHHS,ALUMNI,GRADUATE,HCLAS,STUDENT,ZARB,COMMUNITY,FACULTY</hofcats></item><item><date>May 05, 2011</date><title>Hofstra Students Select 2011 Teachers of the Year </title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/050411_TeachersoftheYear.html</link><description>Hofstra Students Select 2011 Teachers of the Year </description><hofcats>STUDENT,HCLAS,SOC,RESEARCH,SOEHHS,STUDENTAFFAIRS,ZARB,FACULTY</hofcats></item><item><date>May 04, 2011</date><title>Three Faculty Members to be Awarded Hofstra's Annual Stessin Prize for Outstanding Scholarly Publications</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/050411_StessinPrize.html</link><description>Three Faculty Members to be Awarded Hofstra's Annual Stessin Prize for Outstanding Scholarly Publications</description><hofcats>RESEARCH,FACULTY</hofcats></item><item><date>May 03, 2011</date><title>THE SCIENCE OF BASEBALL</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/050311_Talking Baseball IDEAS .html</link><description>Hofstra University’s IDEAS institute wraps up its 2010-2011 Science Evenings with IDEAS series with the interesting connection between baseball and science.  </description><hofcats>COMMUNITY,SOEHHS,ADMISSION,GRADUATE,ALUMNI</hofcats></item><item><date>May 02, 2011</date><title>Hofstra University Museum Presents “Body Mapping” </title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/050211_BodyMapping .html</link><description>“Body Mapping,” on view from May 10 through July 29, 2011, in the Hofstra University Museum’s Emily Lowe Gallery, features works by four contemporary artists, Tina Blondell, Giedre Montvila, K.C. (Kaethe) Kauffman, and Eileen Senner.</description><hofcats>MUSEUM</hofcats></item><item><date>Apr 30, 2011</date><title>Fine Arts Dept Hosts Design Workshop for H.S. 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Schmertz, Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Law and Dean (1982-1989)</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/1220_EricSchmertz.html</link><description>Hofstra Law Mourns the Loss of Eric J. Schmertz, Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Law and Dean (1982-1989)</description><hofcats>ALUMNI,FACULTY</hofcats></item><item><date>Apr 26, 2011</date><title>Hofstra University to Help Beautify Community</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/042611_UniondaleBeautification.html</link><description>Hofstra University today announced a partnership with the Nostrand Gardens Civic Association Uniondale Beautification Team, in which students will   work with the group to plant flowers in order to help beautify the local community and improve the quality of life in Uniondale.</description><hofcats>COMMUNITY,STUDENTAFFAIRS</hofcats></item><item><date>Apr 26, 2011</date><title>The Bronx Opera Company Presents Mozart’s "Don Giovanni"</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/042611_BronxOperaCompany.html</link><description>The Bronx Opera Company Presents Mozart’s "Don Giovanni"</description><hofcats>CULTURAL,HCLAS,COMMUNITY</hofcats></item><item><date>Apr 21, 2011</date><title>"75 Years in 75 Minutes"</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/042111_75Years75Minutes.html</link><description>"75 Years in 75 Minutes"</description></item><item><date>Apr 21, 2011</date><title>Hofstra Entertainment Presents "Your Hit Parade" – Celebrating the Music of the 1930s</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/042111_YourHitParade.html</link><description>Hofstra Entertainment Presents "Your Hit Parade" – Celebrating the Music of the 1930s</description><hofcats>CULTURAL,COMMUNITY</hofcats></item><item><date>Apr 19, 2011</date><title>The Hofstra University Museum Receives Funding To Support Upcoming Exhibition and Continue Family Programming </title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/041911_MuseumFunding11.html</link><description>The Hofstra University Museum has received a $10,000 gift from New York Community Bank Foundation that helped to fund the exhibition, Soweto Art: From the Collection of Violet and Les Payne, as well as a gift of $5,000 from Astoria Federal Savings in support of the exhibitions 1930s Art in America and Burton Silverman: The Humanist Spirit scheduled for Fall 2011. 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Mack Hall, north campus.</description><hofcats>ZARB</hofcats></item><item><date>Apr 13, 2011</date><title>Hofstra Celebrates 28th Annual Dutch Festival</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/041311_DutchFestival.html</link><description>Hofstra Celebrates 28th Annual Dutch Festival</description><hofcats>DIVERSITY,COMMUNITY,CULTURAL</hofcats></item><item><date>Apr 13, 2011</date><title>The Hofstra University Museum Partners with Osler Society of New York to Present  “Revolution, Art, Medicine and Healing”</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/041311_OslerRelease .html</link><description>The Hofstra University Museum is partnering with the Osler Society of New York and members of the Narrative Medicine Committee at the new Hofstra North Shore LIJ School of Medicine at Hofstra University to present “Revolution, Art, Medicine and Healing” to a meeting of the Osler Society of New York on Thursday, April 14, 2011 in Emily Lowe Gallery.</description><hofcats>MUSEUM</hofcats></item><item><date>Apr 12, 2011</date><title>Hofstra appoints Director of Sustainability Studies, plans multi-disciplinary degree program</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/04122011_SUSTAIN.html</link><description>Hofstra University has appointed Dr. Robert Brinkmann as its first Director of Sustainability Studies, who will draw from the university’s strengths in global studies, geography and suburban studies to develop a multi-disciplinary degree program examining social, ecological and environmental resource management.</description><hofcats>SOM,ADMISSION,HCLAS,DIVERSITY,ALUMNI,STUDENT,COMMUNITY,SOC,SOEHHS,STUDENTAFFAIRS,RESEARCH,FACULTY,GRADUATE,HUHC,ZARB,CULTURAL</hofcats></item><item><date>Apr 07, 2011</date><title>Hofstra Dance Performs Annual Spring Dance Concert, Featuring Choreography from the 1930s Through Present Day, In Honor of Hofstra's 75th Anniversary</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/040711_SpringDanceConcert.html</link><description>Hofstra Dance Performs Annual Spring Dance Concert, Featuring Choreography from the 1930s Through Present Day, In Honor of Hofstra's 75th Anniversary</description><hofcats>HCLAS,FACULTY,COMMUNITY,CULTURAL</hofcats></item><item><date>Apr 07, 2011</date><title>The Frank G. Zarb School of Business to Host Socratic Panel on Crisis Management</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/040711_SocraticPanel .html</link><description>A panel of experienced corporate leaders will demonstrate the process of effectively responding to a corporate crisis during a Socratic Panel on April 11, 2011 at 6 p.m. in the Student Center Theater, Sondra and David S. Mack Student Center, north campus. </description><hofcats>ZARB</hofcats></item><item><date>Apr 06, 2011</date><title>HOFSTRA STUDENTS TURN OVER A NEW LEAF FOR EARTH WEEK 2011</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/04062011_CCE Earth Week 2011.html</link><description>In celebration of Earth Day, Hofstra University's Center for Civic Engagement (CCE) is presenting a series of events designed to foster environmental stewardship on campus.</description><hofcats>COMMUNITY,STUDENT,GRADUATE,ADMISSION,HCLAS,HUHC,STUDENTAFFAIRS,SOC,CULTURAL,DIVERSITY,ALUMNI</hofcats></item><item><date>Apr 06, 2011</date><title>Riveting Performances Highlight the Hofstra Conference, "Into Sunlight: The Impact of War on the Social Body From the Vietnam Era to the Present"</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/040611_IntoSunlightPerformances.html</link><description>Riveting Performances Highlight the Hofstra Conference, "Into Sunlight: The Impact of War on the Social Body From the Vietnam Era to the Present"</description><hofcats>CULTURAL,HCLAS,FACULTY,ALUMNI,RESEARCH,COMMUNITY</hofcats></item><item><date>Apr 04, 2011</date><title>Hofstra University Office of Undergraduate Admission to Host Spring Open House</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/040411_soh.html</link><description>Hofstra University is hosting an open house for high school juniors and their families.</description><hofcats>ADMISSION,COMMUNITY</hofcats></item><item><date>Apr 04, 2011</date><title>The Frank G. Zarb School of Business Launches The First Online MBA Degree Program on Long Island</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/040411_OnlineMBA.html</link><description>The Frank G. Zarb School of Business launches the first Online MBA Program on Long Island at Hofstra University with a focus in Strategic Business Management.</description><hofcats>ZARB</hofcats></item><item><date>Apr 01, 2011</date><title>Unplugged</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/040111_WWW.html</link><description>Hofstra University’s School of Communication students and faculty are giving up the Internet from April 4, 2011 to April 8, 2011. The Week Without the Web initiative highlights the ubiquitous role the Internet plays in everyday life. </description><hofcats>SOC</hofcats></item><item><date>Mar 30, 2011</date><title>TAP! A Master Class</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/033011_KennedyCenterMasterClass_Feldman.html</link><description>As part of a recent initiative with the Kennedy Center's Partners in Education program, a lecture-performance and master class about Bill "Bojangles" Robinson's influence on modern dance will be held at Plainview-Old Bethpage JFK High School on Thursday, March 31st. </description><hofcats>ALUMNI,SOEHHS,HCLAS,CULTURAL,ADMISSION,HUHC</hofcats></item><item><date>Mar 29, 2011</date><title>Hempstead for Hofstra/Hofstra for Hempstead to Host 37th Annual Scholarship Dinner</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/03292011_HFORHGALA.html</link><description>The 37th annual Hempstead for Hofstra/Hofstra for Hempstead Scholarship Dinner will honor six community leaders for their service on Thursday, Marc 31, 2011 at 6:30 p.m. in the Main Dining Room of the Sondra and David S. 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Dean III and Edward J. Rollins, senior presidential fellows for the Peter S. Kalikow Center for the Study of the American Presidency.</description><hofcats>ZARB,CULTURAL,MUSEUM,SOC,SOM,GRADUATE,COMMUNITY,STUDENT,ALUMNI,FACULTY,HCLAS,STUDENTAFFAIRS,RESEARCH,DIVERSITY,HUHC</hofcats></item><item><date>Feb 16, 2011</date><title>13th Annual Irish Festival Has Hofstra Seeing Green </title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/021611_IrishFestival.html</link><description>13th Annual Irish Festival Has Hofstra Seeing Green </description><hofcats>CULTURAL,DIVERSITY,COMMUNITY</hofcats></item><item><date>Feb 11, 2011</date><title>Hofstra Department of Drama and Dance and the Hofstra Cultural Center Present "Into Sunlight: The Impact of War on the Social Body, From the Vietnam Era to the Present"</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/021111_IntoSunlight.html</link><description>Hofstra Department of Drama and Dance and the Hofstra Cultural Center Present "Into Sunlight: The Impact of War on the Social Body, From the Vietnam Era to the Present"</description><hofcats>HCLAS,FACULTY,CULTURAL,COMMUNITY</hofcats></item><item><date>Feb 10, 2011</date><title>Hofstra University's Issues in Judaism Lectures Presents Mideast Update With Michael Tuchfeld, One of Israel's Leading TV Journalists</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/0201011_IssuesInJudaism.html</link><description>Hofstra University's Issues in Judaism Lectures Presents Mideast Update With Michael Tuchfeld, One of Israel's Leading TV Journalists</description><hofcats>CULTURAL,COMMUNITY</hofcats></item><item><date>Feb 09, 2011</date><title>Hollywood-Bound</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/020911_Oscars.html</link><description>Two Hofstra University students have been named finalists in the mtvU “Oscars Correspondent Contest,” earning them a trip to California to cover the events leading up to the 83rd Academy Awards.  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