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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>Apr 26, 2012</date><title>Sophomore Places Second in "Chinese Bridge" Competition</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/042612_ChineseBridge.html</link><description>Sophomore Places Second in "Chinese Bridge" Competition</description><hofcats>DIVERSITY,STUDENT,COMMUNITY,HCLAS,CULTURAL</hofcats></item><item><date>Apr 25, 2012</date><title>5th Anniversary of Relay For Life at Hofstra</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/04252012_5thanniversaryofrelayforlifeathofstra.html</link><description>The Hofstra Community will gather at the campus intramural fields on April 28, 2012 at 7:00pm to celebrate the fifth anniversary of the American Cancer Society Relay For Life at the university.</description><hofcats>STUDENTAFFAIRS,STUDENT,COMMUNITY</hofcats></item><item><date>Apr 25, 2012</date><title>Astronomy Night on the National Mall Brings the Universe Down to Earth</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/04252012_AstronomyNightontheNationalMallBringstheUniverseDowntoEarth.html</link><description>The third annual Astronomy Night on the National Mall, sponsored by Hofstra University and the USA Science and Engineering Festival, takes place on April 28, 2012 from 7 to 11 pm.</description><hofcats>RESEARCH,HCLAS,COMMUNITY</hofcats></item><item><date>Apr 20, 2012</date><title>Concert on the Quad</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/042012_DAddarioConcert.html</link><description>First D'Addario Community Music Appreciation Concert, May 5</description><hofcats>HCLAS,CULTURAL,COMMUNITY,FACULTY</hofcats></item><item><date>Apr 16, 2012</date><title>Hofstra Welcomes Senior UK Political Advisor</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/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>STUDENTAFFAIRS,HCLAS,STUDENT</hofcats></item><item><date>Apr 12, 2012</date><title>DODD-FRANK DRIVES INVESTOR ACCEPTANCE OF HEDGE FUND MODEL, NEW SURVEY REPORTS</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/041212_doddfrank.html</link><description>Dodd-Frank Drives Investor Acceptance of Hedge Fund Model, New Survey Reports</description><hofcats>ZARB,RESEARCH</hofcats></item><item><date>Apr 10, 2012</date><title>High Tech and Healthcare</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/041012_BioethicsConference.html</link><description>High Tech and Healthcare: What are the Ethical and Privacy Issues of Internet Cloud Based Apps and Social Media (ICASM)?</description><hofcats>HCLAS,SOE,FACULTY,COMMUNITY,SOM,RESEARCH,GRADUATE</hofcats></item><item><date>Apr 10, 2012</date><title>Hofstra Dance Performs Spring Concert</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/041012_DanceConcert.html</link><description>Hofstra Dance Performs Spring Concert</description><hofcats>STUDENT,HCLAS,CULTURAL,FACULTY,COMMUNITY</hofcats></item><item><date>Apr 09, 2012</date><title>Dr. Eboo Patel, Hofstra’s 2012 Guru Nanak Interfaith Recipient, to Speak on  April 18 </title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/04092012_DrEbooPatelHofstras2012GuruNanakInterfaithRecipienttoSpeakonApril18.html</link><description>Dr. Eboo Patel, the president and founder of Interfaith Youth Core (IFYC)and recipient of the 2012 Guru Nanak Interfaith Prize will talk about leadership and grassroots activism on Wednesday April 18, 2012, at 4:30pm in the Helene Fortunoff Theater, Monroe Lecture Center, South Campus.</description><hofcats>DIVERSITY,CULTURAL,HCLAS</hofcats></item><item><date>Apr 05, 2012</date><title>Hofstra Hosts Amazin' Mets Conference</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/040512_MetsConference.html</link><description>Hofstra Hosts Amazin' Mets Conference - Commemorating the Team's 50th Anniversary, April 26-28, 2012</description><hofcats>CULTURAL,FACULTY,HCLAS,DIVERSITY,STUDENT,COMMUNITY</hofcats></item><item><date>Apr 04, 2012</date><title>Everything’s Comin' Up Tulips!</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/040412_DutchFestival.html</link><description>Hofstra Celebrates Dutch Spring Music Festival, May 6, 2012</description><hofcats>COMMUNITY,ALUMNI,STUDENT,CULTURAL</hofcats></item><item><date>Apr 04, 2012</date><title>Senior Selected to Perform at Kennedy Center Festival</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/040412_KennedyCenter.html</link><description>Senior Selected to Perform at Kennedy Center Festival</description><hofcats>HCLAS,CULTURAL,STUDENT</hofcats></item><item><date>Apr 04, 2012</date><title>Social Media: Marketing A Successful Business</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/040412_SocuialMediaWorkshopsBDC.html</link><description>The Scott Skodnek Business Development Center at Hofstra presents  three social media workshops focusing on marketing your business successfully using the latest social media tools for marketing. </description><hofcats>COMMUNITY</hofcats></item><item><date>Apr 03, 2012</date><title>One Day Conference Examines Business Collaborations Between Two of the Largest Economies in the World</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/040312_ChinaConference .html</link><description>Hofstra University’s Frank G. Zarb School of Business and the Center for International Financial Services and Markets will host a one-day conference examining the business collaborations between two of the largest economies in the world. </description><hofcats>COMMUNITY,FACULTY,DEBATE,ZARB</hofcats></item><item><date>Mar 30, 2012</date><title>Hofstra Students to Study, Work at National Conventions</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/033012_conventions.html</link><description>Four students will study and work as interns at the Democratic and Republican presidential conventions this summer as part of Hofstra’s Debate 2012 – Pride, Politics and Policy initiative</description><hofcats>ADMISSION,HCLAS,DEBATE,COMMUNITY,STUDENT</hofcats></item><item><date>Mar 28, 2012</date><title>Fine Arts Major Selected to Show Her Work at the LI Art League</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/0328_FineArts.html</link><description>Fine Arts Major Selected to Show Her Work at the LI Art League</description><hofcats>CULTURAL,HCLAS,STUDENT,COMMUNITY</hofcats></item><item><date>Mar 27, 2012</date><title>Operation Downtown Seminar Instructs How To Generate Leads Using Social Media Tools </title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/032712_OperationDowntown .html</link><description>Hofstra University’s Scott Skodnek Business Development Center and Capital One Bank present a free Operation Downtown Seminar entitled Generate Leads Using Social Media on Wednesday, March 28, 2012 at 8 – 10 a.m. in the Hofstra University Club, David S. Mack Hall, north campus.</description><hofcats>COMMUNITY</hofcats></item><item><date>Mar 26, 2012</date><title>Hofstra University Museum Original Exhibit Highlights Artistic Contributions by American Immigrant Artists </title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/032612_ÉmigréArtists.html</link><description>The exhibition Opportunity and Impact: Works by Émigré Artists, on view from April 2 through September 9, 2012 in the Hofstra University Museum’s David Filderman Gallery, located in the Joan and Donald E. Axinn Library, ninth floor, south campus focuses on the ways that major American art movements have been influenced by immigrant artists.</description><hofcats>MUSEUM,COMMUNITY</hofcats></item><item><date>Mar 22, 2012</date><title>Best-Selling Authors and Political Advisor Discuss 2008 Election </title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/03222012_Best-SellingAuthorsandPoliticalAdvisorDiscuss2008Election .html</link><description>John Heilemann and Mark Halperin, authors of international bestseller “Game Change: Obama and the Clintons, McCain and Palin, and the Race of a Lifetime," and Steve Schmidt, senior advisor to Sen. John McCain’s presidential campaign, will discuss the book, the HBO film based on it and the historic 2008 race for the White House on Thursday, March 29, 2012.</description><hofcats>STUDENT,DEBATE</hofcats></item><item><date>Mar 22, 2012</date><title>Wolf Blitzer, Anchor of CNN’s The Situation Room, Discusses  “The World Today”</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/032212_Blitzer.html</link><description>Wolf Blitzer, anchor of CNN’s The Situation Room,  will speak at Hofstra University on Thursday, March 29, 2012 and present a behind-the-scenes look at news gathering and his fast-paced daily political news show. </description><hofcats>DEBATE,STUDENT,ALUMNI,COMMUNITY</hofcats></item><item><date>Mar 20, 2012</date><title>Jazz Up Your Friday …</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/032912_NYSQ.html</link><description>Jazz Up Your Friday … New York Saxophone Quartet to Perform Free Concert, March 30</description><hofcats>COMMUNITY,CULTURAL,FACULTY,HCLAS</hofcats></item><item><date>Mar 18, 2012</date><title>Oceanside 5th Grader Wins Hofstra LI Regional Spelling Bee</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/031812_SpellingBee.html</link><description>Oceanside 5th Grader Wins Hofstra LI Regional Spelling Bee</description><hofcats>COMMUNITY,STUDENT,FACULTY</hofcats></item><item><date>Mar 16, 2012</date><title>Faculty Member Adds Acclaimed Production to His Credits</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/031612_AngelReapers.html</link><description>Arthur Solari's Musical Direction of "Angel Reapers" Gets Raves from NY's Most Respected Critics</description><hofcats>FACULTY,HCLAS,CULTURAL,COMMUNITY,RESEARCH</hofcats></item><item><date>Mar 16, 2012</date><title>From Alabama to Obama ...</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/031612_JulianBond.html</link><description>A Critical View of the Civil Rights Movement Presented by Julian Bond</description><hofcats>COMMUNITY,HCLAS,DEBATE,DIVERSITY,CULTURAL,HUHC,STUDENTAFFAIRS</hofcats></item><item><date>Mar 14, 2012</date><title>Dr. John Bryant Takes the Stage for "Call Me Ishmael"</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/031412_CallMeIshmael.html</link><description>Prof. John Bryant Takes the Stage for "Call Me Ishmael"</description><hofcats>HCLAS,CULTURAL,COMMUNITY,FACULTY</hofcats></item><item><date>Mar 14, 2012</date><title>Hofstra Long Island Regional Spelling Bee</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/031412_SpellingBee.html</link><description>Hofstra Long Island Regional Spelling Bee</description><hofcats>COMMUNITY</hofcats></item><item><date>Mar 13, 2012</date><title>Author and Professor Timothy Groseclose to Speak at Hofstra</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/03132011_sutherlandlecture.html</link><description>Timothy Groseclose, professor of American Politics at the University of California Los Angeles and author of Left Turn: How Liberal Media Bias Distorts the American Mind, will deliver this year's Donald J. Sutherland Lecture - a talk entitled “Leaning to the Left”- on Thursday, March 15, 2010, 3-4:30 p.m. at Student Center Theater in the Sondra and David S. Mack Student Center.</description><hofcats>COMMUNITY,STUDENT,DEBATE</hofcats></item><item><date>Mar 13, 2012</date><title>Hofstra University Launches Master of Public Health </title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/031312_MPH.html</link><description>Hofstra University is launching an innovative, interdisciplinary Master of Public Health degree that combines the expertise and resources of its programs in Health Professions, the Hofstra North Shore-LIJ School of Medicine and the North Shore-LIJ Health System.</description><hofcats>ADMISSION,SOE,COMMUNITY,GRADUATE,ZARB,RESEARCH,ALUMNI,FACULTY,HUHC,STUDENTAFFAIRS,STUDENT,HCLAS,DIVERSITY,SOM,SEAS,HSHS</hofcats></item><item><date>Mar 09, 2012</date><title>Hempstead for Hofstra/Hofstra for Hempstead </title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/030912_HempsteadForHofstra.html</link><description>Hempstead for Hofstra/Hofstra for Hempstead- 38th Annual Scholarship Dinner, March 29, 2012</description><hofcats>COMMUNITY,ADMISSION,STUDENT</hofcats></item><item><date>Mar 08, 2012</date><title>Administrators Shave It Off for Childhood Cancer Fundraiser</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/03082012_AdministratorsShaveItOffforChildhoodCancerFundraiser.html</link><description>On March 14, 2012 Hofstra University will host its fifth annual St. Baldrick’s Day event in the Sondra and David S. Mack Student Center, a fundraiser  in which Hofstra administrators agree to shave their heads to raise money for childhood cancer research.</description><hofcats>STUDENT,COMMUNITY,STUDENTAFFAIRS</hofcats></item><item><date>Mar 08, 2012</date><title>Former Student in Need of Bone Marrow Donor</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/03082012_FormerStudentinNeedofBoneMarrowDonor.html</link><description>Hofstra University is co-hosting a bone marrow drive on Tuesday March 13, 2012 from noon to 8pm for former student Dionis Guerrero Baez, who is battling leukemia. </description><hofcats>ALUMNI,COMMUNITY,STUDENT,STUDENTAFFAIRS</hofcats></item><item><date>Mar 08, 2012</date><title>Hofstra University and North Shore-LIJ Health System announce Master of Science in Medical Physics Program</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/03082012_HofstraUniversityandNorthShore-LIJHealthSystemannounceMasterofScienceinMedicalPhysicsProgram.html</link><description>Hofstra University and North Shore-LIJ Health System are pleased to announce a new Master of Science in Medical Physics program.</description><hofcats>GRADUATE,HCLAS,ADMISSION</hofcats></item><item><date>Mar 08, 2012</date><title>Reporters Woodward &amp; Bernstein to Speak on 40th Anniversary of Watergate   </title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/03082012_Watergate.html</link><description> Pulitzer Prize-winning journalists Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein, the reporters who broke the Watergate scandal for The Washington Post and set the standard for modern investigative journalism, will speak at Hofstra University on Tuesday, March 20, 2012 for the 40th anniversary of the story that forced President Richard Nixon to resign.</description><hofcats>STUDENT,DEBATE,CULTURAL,STUDENTAFFAIRS,HCLAS,COMMUNITY,ALUMNI,SOC</hofcats></item><item><date>Mar 07, 2012</date><title>Class to Give HS Students Graphic Design Experience</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/030712_HSFineArtsWksp.html</link><description>Class to Give HS Students Graphic Design Experience</description><hofcats>ADMISSION,HCLAS,COMMUNITY,CULTURAL</hofcats></item><item><date>Mar 07, 2012</date><title>Sounds of Spring ...</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/030712_HofstraEntertainmentSpring12.html</link><description>Hofstra Entertainment and Astman Concert Series Present Musical Performances</description><hofcats>COMMUNITY,CULTURAL,ALUMNI</hofcats></item><item><date>Mar 06, 2012</date><title>"Rhapsody in Gershwin" </title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/030612_RhapsodyinGershwin.html</link><description>"Rhapsody in Gershwin" - A Musical Revue Presented by The Hofstra Gray Wig, in Association with Hofstra Entertainment, March 23-25</description><hofcats>ALUMNI,COMMUNITY,CULTURAL</hofcats></item><item><date>Mar 06, 2012</date><title>Hofstra Ranked as One of Top Universities for Students with Disabilities</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/03062012_HofstraRankedasOneofTopUniversityforStudentswithDisabilities.html</link><description>The new book College Success for Students With Physical Disabilities, lists Hofstra as a leading university for students with disabilities.</description><hofcats>COMMUNITY,STUDENT,STUDENTAFFAIRS,DIVERSITY</hofcats></item><item><date>Mar 06, 2012</date><title>Queer Rhetoric: The 5th Annual LGBT Studies Symposium</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/030612_LGBTSymposium.html</link><description>Queer Rhetoric: The 5th Annual LGBT Studies Symposium</description><hofcats>STUDENT,DIVERSITY,CULTURAL,FACULTY,COMMUNITY,HCLAS</hofcats></item><item><date>Mar 05, 2012</date><title>Discover Hofstra</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/030512_GOH_TOH.html</link><description>Transfer Open House March 9, Grad Open House March 11</description><hofcats>COMMUNITY,GRADUATE,ADMISSION</hofcats></item><item><date>Mar 05, 2012</date><title>Graduate Admissions to Host Open House</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/030512_GOH_11MAR12.html</link><description>Students attending the Open House can take advantage of our online application fee waiver.</description><hofcats>STUDENT,SOE,HUHC,GRADUATE,HCLAS,SOC,ZARB,COMMUNITY</hofcats></item><item><date>Mar 05, 2012</date><title>Spring Job and Internship Fair Opens Doors for Hofstra Students and Alumni</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/030512_careerandinternshipfair.html</link><description>Hundreds of Hofstra students expected to prepare their resumes, touch up their interview skills, put on their business attire and head over to the Career Center’s Spring Job and Internship Fair on Wednesday, March 7, 2012, 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.  The attendees will have the opportunity to meet with a multitude of employers from a wide range of industries.</description><hofcats>STUDENT,GRADUATE,ALUMNI</hofcats></item><item><date>Mar 05, 2012</date><title>Transfer to Hofstra – A Move in the Right Direction</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/030512_TOH_09MAR12.html</link><description>Learn How Your Credits Go Further at Hofstra – Attend Transfer Open House</description><hofcats>COMMUNITY,ADMISSION</hofcats></item><item><date>Mar 02, 2012</date><title>"Design Inspirations" – Through March 26, 2012</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/030212_DesignInspirations.html</link><description>Design Inspirations – Through March 26, 2012; Featuring Student Design from the Fine Arts Department</description><hofcats>FACULTY,COMMUNITY,DIVERSITY,CULTURAL,HCLAS</hofcats></item><item><date>Mar 01, 2012</date><title>March Film Series Honors Work of Women Documentarians</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/03012012_MarchFilmScreenings.html</link><description>In honor of Women’s History Month, Hofstra University’s School of Communication and the Department of Radio, Television, Film are presenting a month-long film series, “Documentary Perspectives: Moving Pictures, Moving People,” starting today.</description><hofcats>STUDENT,FACULTY,STUDENTAFFAIRS,ALUMNI,SOE,COMMUNITY,DIVERSITY,CULTURAL</hofcats></item><item><date>Feb 29, 2012</date><title>Cory Booker Featured Speaker at Hofstra’s P.R.I.D.E. Week</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/022912_CoryBookerfeaturedspeaker .html</link><description>Newark Mayor Cory Booker will be the keynote speaker for Hofstra’s annual P.R.I.D.E. week, extolling the value of community service, leadership and individual empowerment in an address that also kicks off the university’s Debate 2012- Pride, Politics &amp; Policy program</description><hofcats>DEBATE,STUDENTAFFAIRS,COMMUNITY,STUDENT,HCLAS</hofcats></item><item><date>Feb 29, 2012</date><title>Hofstra University Launches Debate 2012 – Pride, Politics and Policy</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/022912_debate2012.html</link><description>Hofstra University, hosting of the second 2012 presidential debate later this year, is launching  Debate 2012 – Pride, Politics and Policy – a series of conferences, lectures, events and classes designed to engage and inform the campus community about the election, politics and presidential history.</description><hofcats>ZARB,SOC,ADMISSION,HCLAS,DEBATE,HUHC,SOE,COMMUNITY,STUDENT,STUDENTAFFAIRS,ALUMNI,CULTURAL</hofcats></item><item><date>Feb 22, 2012</date><title>Hofstra Hosts An Evening with Artemisia Gentileschi</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/022212_awomanlikethat.html</link><description>Hofstra Hosts An Evening with Artemisia Gentileschi</description><hofcats>COMMUNITY,CULTURAL,HCLAS,FACULTY</hofcats></item><item><date>Feb 22, 2012</date><title>Start and Expand a Business in a  Challenging Economy </title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/022212_BDCEAP2012.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>Feb 17, 2012</date><title>Hofstra Welcomes Italy’s First Female Rabbi</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/021712_JewsofSouthernItaly.html</link><description>Hofstra Welcomes Italy's First Female Rabbi</description><hofcats>CULTURAL,COMMUNITY,DIVERSITY</hofcats></item><item><date>Feb 17, 2012</date><title>Michael Tuchfeld Returns to Hofstra for "Mideast Update"</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/021712_IssuesInJudaism.html</link><description>Mideast Update With Michael Tuchfeld, One of Israel's Leading Broadcast Journalists</description><hofcats>DIVERSITY,CULTURAL,COMMUNITY</hofcats></item><item><date>Feb 16, 2012</date><title>"Much Ado About Nothing" Headlines Shakespeare Festival</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/021612_ShakespeareFestival.html</link><description>"Much Ado About Nothing" Headlines Hofstra Shakespeare Festival </description><hofcats>HCLAS,FACULTY,COMMUNITY,ALUMNI,CULTURAL,STUDENT</hofcats></item><item><date>Feb 13, 2012</date><title> Hofstra, Live from the Red Carpet</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/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>SOC,ALUMNI,ADMISSION,STUDENTAFFAIRS,STUDENT</hofcats></item><item><date>Feb 08, 2012</date><title>Celebrate St. Patrick’s Day Early …</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/020812_IrishFestival.html</link><description>Hofstra Hosts 14th Annual Irish Festival, March 11, 2012</description><hofcats>COMMUNITY,CULTURAL,DIVERSITY,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/Archive/020812_Zapata.html</link><description>Prof. Awarded the 2011 Latino Literature Prize in Poetry</description><hofcats>HCLAS,DIVERSITY,CULTURAL,RESEARCH,FACULTY</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/Archive/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>RESEARCH,FACULTY,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/Archive/020112_MatBrandon.html</link><description>Hofstra Junior Releases 2nd EP With Star Support</description><hofcats>STUDENT,CULTURAL,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/Archive/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>STUDENT,COMMUNITY,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/Archive/012612_Alcina.html</link><description>Hofstra Opera Theater Presents Handel’s Magical "Alcina"</description><hofcats>STUDENT,HCLAS,COMMUNITY,CULTURAL</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/Archive/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>FACULTY,RESEARCH,HCLAS</hofcats></item><item><date>Jan 25, 2012</date><title>"Memoir: An Introduction"</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/012512_DrCouserBook.html</link><description>Professor G. Thomas Couser Offers a Look at the History and Technique of the Memoir</description><hofcats>FACULTY,HCLAS,RESEARCH,CULTURAL</hofcats></item><item><date>Jan 25, 2012</date><title>Take to the Stage …</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/012512_HSDanceFestival.html</link><description>Hofstra University Presents the Second Annual High School Dance Festival, Feb. 20-21, 2012</description><hofcats>COMMUNITY,HCLAS,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/Archive/012412_AthleticTrainingScholarship.html</link><description>Hofstra Junior From Centereach Wins Athletic Training Scholarship</description><hofcats>COMMUNITY,SOE,STUDENT</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/Archive/0124_ReiterEMETHearingAid.html</link><description>Hofstra Professor Helps Develop Sabbath Friendly Hearing Aid </description><hofcats>CULTURAL,HCLAS,COMMUNITY,GRADUATE,FACULTY,DIVERSITY,RESEARCH</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/Archive/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>STUDENT,COMMUNITY,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/Archive/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>STUDENTAFFAIRS,HCLAS,ALUMNI,STUDENT,COMMUNITY</hofcats></item><item><date>Jan 11, 2012</date><title>A Bright Future for "Into Sunlight"</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/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>HCLAS,DIVERSITY,COMMUNITY,ALUMNI,CULTURAL,FACULTY</hofcats></item><item><date>Jan 09, 2012</date><title>Get "In the Mood"</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/010912_ManhattanDolls.html</link><description>Get "In the Mood" - See The Manhattan Dolls in Sentimental Journey at Hofstra University</description><hofcats>CULTURAL,ALUMNI,COMMUNITY</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/Archive/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>COMMUNITY,CULTURAL,HUHC,FACULTY</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/Archive/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/Archive/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/Archive/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/Archive/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/Archive/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>FACULTY,ALUMNI,SOC,COMMUNITY,CULTURAL,STUDENTAFFAIRS</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/Archive/121611_Spring12DramaDance.html</link><description>Dept. of Drama and Dance Announces Spring 2012 Performances</description><hofcats>CULTURAL,STUDENT,FACULTY,HCLAS</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/Archive/121411_Spring2012Music.html</link><description>Hofstra University Dept. of Music Announces Spring 2012 Concert Schedule</description><hofcats>CULTURAL,HCLAS,STUDENT,FACULTY</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/Archive/121411_ProfessorsBereavement.html</link><description>Hofstra Saddened by Recent Loss of Distinguished Professors</description><hofcats>ALUMNI,SOE,FACULTY,HCLAS,GRADUATE</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/Archive/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>ALUMNI,SOC,STUDENTAFFAIRS</hofcats></item><item><date>Dec 08, 2011</date><title>Hofstra Celebrates Midyear Commencement 2011</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/120811_Commencement.html</link><description>Hofstra Celebrates Midyear Commencement 2011</description><hofcats>SOE,SOC,HUHC,ALUMNI,STUDENT,FACULTY,HCLAS</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/Archive/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>SOE,HUHC,STUDENT,COMMUNITY,SOM,RESEARCH,HCLAS,ALUMNI,ADMISSION,STUDENTAFFAIRS,FACULTY,SOC,GRADUATE</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/Archive/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>MUSEUM,COMMUNITY</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/Archive/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>MUSEUM,COMMUNITY,ENVIRONMENT</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/Archive/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,COMMUNITY,SOC,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/Archive/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>ALUMNI,DIVERSITY,STUDENTAFFAIRS,SOC,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/Archive/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>RESEARCH,DIVERSITY,COMMUNITY</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/Archive/112911_PeterBoonshaft.html</link><description>Dr. Peter Boonshaft Honored for Leadership in Music Education</description><hofcats>FACULTY,HCLAS</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/Archive/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,SOE,RESEARCH,FACULTY</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/Archive/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>COMMUNITY,STUDENTAFFAIRS,DIVERSITY,HUHC,CULTURAL,HCLAS</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/Archive/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>SOE,SOM,HUHC,HCLAS,FACULTY,STUDENTAFFAIRS,ALUMNI,CULTURAL,ZARB,ADMISSION,DIVERSITY,GRADUATE,STUDENT,COMMUNITY,RESEARCH,SOC</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/Archive/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/Archive/111611_DaSilvaScholarships.html</link><description>Alums with Sterling GPAs Receive Da Silva Scholarships</description><hofcats>ALUMNI,FACULTY,STUDENT</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/Archive/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>ALUMNI,SOC,ZARB,RESEARCH,HUHC,ADMISSION,COMMUNITY,CULTURAL,SOE,DIVERSITY,GRADUATE,STUDENT,STUDENTAFFAIRS,HCLAS,FACULTY,SOM</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/Archive/111611_LivingWithAphasia.html</link><description>Student Film Puts the Spotlight on "Living With Aphasia"</description><hofcats>FACULTY,HCLAS,COMMUNITY,DIVERSITY,GRADUATE,CULTURAL</hofcats></item><item><date>Nov 14, 2011</date><title>The Healing Power of Music</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/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/Archive/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/Archive/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>ZARB,FACULTY,MUSEUM,SOE,CULTURAL,GRADUATE,HUHC,ALUMNI,STUDENT,HCLAS,STUDENTAFFAIRS,SOM,COMMUNITY,DIVERSITY,RESEARCH,SOC,ADMISSION</hofcats></item><item><date>Nov 09, 2011</date><title>Hofstra Collegium Presents Fall Concert</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/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,HCLAS,CULTURAL,FACULTY</hofcats></item><item><date>Nov 09, 2011</date><title>Industry Awareness Through Social Media </title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/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/Archive/110711_DanceConcert.html</link><description>Hofstra Dance Performs Annual Fall Concert</description><hofcats>CULTURAL,FACULTY,COMMUNITY,HCLAS</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/Archive/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>COMMUNITY,HUHC,HCLAS,FACULTY,CULTURAL,ALUMNI,SOC,RESEARCH,SOE</hofcats></item><item><date>Nov 03, 2011</date><title>Delirious Naples</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/110311_DeliriousNaples.html</link><description>Delirious Naples - A Cultural, Intellectual and Urban History of the City of the Sun</description><hofcats>COMMUNITY,DIVERSITY,HCLAS,FACULTY,CULTURAL</hofcats></item><item><date>Nov 03, 2011</date><title>Discover Hofstra</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/110311_FOH_GOH_TD.html</link><description>Fall Open House Nov. 19, Grad Open House Nov. 20, Transfer Days Nov. 21-23</description><hofcats>COMMUNITY,ADMISSION</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/Archive/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/Archive/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>STUDENTAFFAIRS,HCLAS,STUDENT,COMMUNITY,DIVERSITY,DEBATE,RESEARCH,HUHC,FACULTY,ADMISSION,ALUMNI,SOM</hofcats></item><item><date>Oct 25, 2011</date><title>Professor's Book Gives Movie Background</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/102511_MightyMacs.html</link><description>"The Mighty Macs" Found Common Ground with Book by Dr. Julie Byrne</description><hofcats>FACULTY,HCLAS,CULTURAL</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/Archive/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>DIVERSITY,CULTURAL,COMMUNITY</hofcats></item><item><date>Oct 19, 2011</date><title>Best in the Business </title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/111910_ZARBRANKING.html</link><description>The Princeton Review features the Frank G. Zarb School of Business as an outstanding business school.</description><hofcats>FACULTY,ALUMNI,ADMISSION,STUDENTAFFAIRS,GRADUATE,HCLAS,COMMUNITY,ZARB,HUHC,SOC,SOE,DIVERSITY,RESEARCH,STUDENT,SOM</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/Archive/101911_JanetKaplan.html</link><description>Professor Janet Kaplan Publishes New Poetry Collection</description><hofcats>CULTURAL,COMMUNITY,HCLAS,FACULTY</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/Archive/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>STUDENT,MUSEUM,COMMUNITY,SOC,CULTURAL,SOM,ZARB,ADMISSION,SOE,ALUMNI,GRADUATE,RESEARCH,HUHC,HCLAS,DIVERSITY,STUDENTAFFAIRS,FACULTY</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/Archive/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>CULTURAL,ADMISSION,RESEARCH,SOC,ALUMNI,FACULTY</hofcats></item><item><date>Oct 11, 2011</date><title>"Here Comes the Sun" </title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/101111_HereComesTheSun.html</link><description>"Here Comes the Sun" - The Musical, Mystical Journey of George Harrison</description><hofcats>DIVERSITY,COMMUNITY,CULTURAL,FACULTY</hofcats></item><item><date>Oct 11, 2011</date><title>Economic Turmoil = Real Estate Investments?</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/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/Archive/101011_MiddleSchoolHonorsBand.html</link><description>Hofstra Hosts 9th Annual Middle School Honors Band Festival, Oct. 20 &amp;21</description><hofcats>FACULTY,COMMUNITY,HCLAS,CULTURAL</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/Archive/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>COMMUNITY,ALUMNI,STUDENTAFFAIRS,STUDENT,FACULTY,DIVERSITY,ADMISSION,SOE,GRADUATE</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/Archive/100611_AnthonyRapp.html</link><description>"Rent" Star Anthony Rapp Rocks the Hofstra Stage</description><hofcats>STUDENT,CULTURAL,COMMUNITY,HCLAS</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/Archive/100611_Rent.html</link><description>Dept. of Drama &amp; Dance Presents the Rock Musical "Rent"</description><hofcats>CULTURAL,STUDENT,COMMUNITY,HCLAS</hofcats></item><item><date>Oct 05, 2011</date><title>Viva Communication!</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/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>COMMUNITY,ALUMNI,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/Archive/100411_Studio216.html</link><description>Off-B'way Shines Spotlight on Hofstra Alumni &amp; Faculty Talents</description><hofcats>HCLAS,FACULTY,ALUMNI,CULTURAL</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/Archive/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/Archive/100311_ItalianAmericanLectures.html</link><description>Italian-American Experience Lecture Series</description><hofcats>CULTURAL,COMMUNITY,DIVERSITY</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/Archive/093011_TonyBennettProgram.html</link><description>The Life of Tony Bennett in Words and Music Hofstra Entertainment Presents a Tribute on October 9</description><hofcats>CULTURAL,COMMUNITY</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/Archive/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>STUDENT,FACULTY,ADMISSION,HUHC,ALUMNI,COMMUNITY,HCLAS,STUDENTAFFAIRS,ZARB,DIVERSITY,SOM,RESEARCH,SOE,GRADUATE</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/Archive/092711_transfer_open_house.html</link><description>Learn How Your Credits Go Further at Hofstra – Attend Transfer Open House</description><hofcats>COMMUNITY,ADMISSION</hofcats></item><item><date>Sep 26, 2011</date><title>Smart Growth </title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/092611_LandUseBreslin.html</link><description>The Hofstra University Wilbur F. Breslin Center for Real Estate Studies in collaboration with the Maurice A. Deane School of Law at Hofstra University, Nassau County Planning Commission and The Institute of Real Estate Studies presents Land Use Training Program for Municipal Planning and Zoning Officials on Monday, September 26, 2011 from 5:15 p.m. – 9:30 p.m. in the Multipurpose Room, Sondra and David S. 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/Archive/092311_CuiFei.html</link><description>Rosenberg Gallery: "Re-Interpreting Nature, New Work by Cui Fei"</description><hofcats>CULTURAL,COMMUNITY,HCLAS</hofcats></item><item><date>Sep 21, 2011</date><title>"The Marriage of Bette and Boo"</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/092111_BetteandBoo.html</link><description>Dept. of Drama and Dance Presents "The Marriage of Bette and Boo"</description><hofcats>HCLAS,STUDENT,FACULTY,CULTURAL,COMMUNITY</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/Archive/092111_GreatWritersGreatReadings.html</link><description>Great Authors Announced for Hofstra Reading Series</description><hofcats>CULTURAL,HCLAS,COMMUNITY</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/Archive/091511_LenoreSandel.html</link><description>Hofstra Mourns the Passing of Professor Emerita Lenore Sandel</description><hofcats>SOE,FACULTY,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/Archive/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>ALUMNI,ADMISSION,STUDENTAFFAIRS,STUDENT,SOM,DIVERSITY</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/Archive/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/Archive/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,DIVERSITY,STUDENT,ADMISSION</hofcats></item><item><date>Sep 12, 2011</date><title>Commemorating Constitution Day</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/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>FACULTY,HUHC,CULTURAL,COMMUNITY,HCLAS</hofcats></item><item><date>Sep 09, 2011</date><title>Social Media: Marketing A Successful Business</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/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/Archive/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/Archive/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>RESEARCH,STUDENTAFFAIRS,HCLAS,GRADUATE,MUSEUM,COMMUNITY,FACULTY,STUDENT,HUHC,SOE,SOM,DIVERSITY,ADMISSION,ALUMNI,ZARB,SOC,CULTURAL</hofcats></item><item><date>Sep 08, 2011</date><title>2011 ECONOMIC UPDATE</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/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>SOM,CULTURAL,ZARB,STUDENTAFFAIRS,SOC,COMMUNITY,GRADUATE,ALUMNI,HCLAS,STUDENT,SOE,DIVERSITY,FACULTY,HUHC,RESEARCH</hofcats></item><item><date>Sep 07, 2011</date><title>Hofstra Remembers 9/11</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/090711_911.html</link><description>Axinn Library’s photo exhibit leads off a week of 10th anniversary remembrance activities</description><hofcats>STUDENT,ALUMNI,FACULTY,STUDENTAFFAIRS,COMMUNITY,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/Archive/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. Amore’s work combines a variety of materials, found objects, historical data and writings. </description><hofcats>CULTURAL,COMMUNITY,MUSEUM</hofcats></item><item><date>Sep 01, 2011</date><title>Hofstra University Museum Presents  “Burton Silverman: The Humanist Spirit” </title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/090111_BurtonSilverman.html</link><description>The exhibition Burton Silverman: The Humanist Spirit, on view from September 1 through December 16, 2011 in the Hofstra University Museum’s Emily Lowe Gallery, demonstrates the continuing power of the realist tradition in the 21st century, as the artist examines the commonalities of existence of everyman through his contemporary realist portraits.  </description><hofcats>CULTURAL,MUSEUM,COMMUNITY</hofcats></item><item><date>Aug 30, 2011</date><title>Larry Kirwan’s “Rock &amp; Read Tour” Coming to Hofstra</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/083011_LarryKirwansRockandReadTourComingtoHofstra.html</link><description>Larry Kirwan, playwright, author, and lead vocalist and guitarist for New York City-based Celtic rock band Black 47, will perform songs and read from his latest  novel, “Rockin’ the Bronx,” at Hofstra University on Thursday Sept. 15 at 6 p.m. in Helene Fortunoff Theater at Monroe Lecture Hall, South Campus.</description><hofcats>STUDENT,CULTURAL,DIVERSITY,HCLAS,COMMUNITY,ADMISSION,STUDENTAFFAIRS,HUHC,ZARB</hofcats></item><item><date>Aug 29, 2011</date><title>Hofstra Music Pioneers Honored with Arty Awards</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/082911_ACEConcert.html</link><description>The American Chamber Ensemble Prepares for a Busy Fall Season</description><hofcats>HCLAS,COMMUNITY,FACULTY,ALUMNI,CULTURAL</hofcats></item><item><date>Aug 25, 2011</date><title>NBC's "Today" Show Puts the Spotlight on Hofstra</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/TodayShow080311.html</link><description>NBC's "Today" Show Puts the Spotlight on Hofstra</description><hofcats>COMMUNITY,ADMISSION,STUDENT</hofcats></item><item><date>Aug 24, 2011</date><title>Benvenuto! Festival Brings Best of Italy to Hofstra </title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/ItalianFestival2011_082411.html</link><description>Benvenuto! Festival Brings Best of Italy to Hofstra </description><hofcats>CULTURAL,STUDENT,ALUMNI,COMMUNITY</hofcats></item><item><date>Aug 24, 2011</date><title>PROFESSOR TAPPED FOR GLOBAL RESEARCH PANEL</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/RODRIGUE_08-24-2011.html</link><description>Professor Jean-Paul Rodrigue, whose research focuses on economic and transportation geography and trade issues, has been recognized for his expertise by the World Economic Forum, which has appointed him to its Global Agenda Council on Advanced Manufacturing 2011.</description><hofcats>HUHC,GRADUATE,COMMUNITY,ALUMNI,HCLAS,RESEARCH,ZARB,STUDENT,FACULTY,DIVERSITY</hofcats></item><item><date>Aug 19, 2011</date><title>Long Island Regional Economic Development Council To Hold First Public Meeting</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/081911_liregecodevcouncil.html</link><description>The Long Island Regional Economic Development Council is co‐chaired by Stuart Rabinowitz, President of Hofstra University, and Kevin Law, President of Long Island Association.</description><hofcats>COMMUNITY</hofcats></item><item><date>Aug 19, 2011</date><title>Spend “Some Enchanted Evening” at Hofstra this August</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/072811_GrandNightforSinging.html</link><description>Hofstra Entertainment Presents Rodgers and Hammerstein’s "A Grand Night for Singing"</description><hofcats>COMMUNITY,ALUMNI,CULTURAL</hofcats></item><item><date>Aug 17, 2011</date><title>Hofstra University Mourns the Loss of Dr. Vincent Brown, Associate Professor of Psychology</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/081711_VincentBrown.html</link><description>Hofstra University Mourns the Loss of Dr. Vincent Brown, Associate Professor of Psychology</description><hofcats>ALUMNI,RESEARCH,FACULTY,GRADUATE,HCLAS</hofcats></item><item><date>Aug 16, 2011</date><title>SUMMER RESEARCH FOR BIO MAJORS</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/081611_SHANIESFELLOWSHIP.html</link><description>As the first medical director of the Physician’s Assistant program, founder of a summer research fellowship, adjunct biology professor and distinguished alumnus, Dr. Stanley Shanies has had a hand in a lot of things at Hofstra.</description><hofcats>HCLAS,RESEARCH,ADMISSION,STUDENT,COMMUNITY,FACULTY,DIVERSITY,STUDENTAFFAIRS,HUHC,SOM,ALUMNI</hofcats></item><item><date>Aug 04, 2011</date><title>New Director for Master of Health Administration Program</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/MHADIRECTOR_08-04-2011.html</link><description>Dr. Julie Agris, a health care attorney with a doctoral degree in health policy who has worked in government, academia and private industry, has been named Director of the Master of Health Administration program and will become a full-time faculty member in the Department of Health Professions and Kinesiology.</description><hofcats>CULTURAL,DIVERSITY,STUDENTAFFAIRS,ADMISSION,SOM,COMMUNITY,FACULTY,GRADUATE,ZARB,ALUMNI,STUDENT,HCLAS,RESEARCH,HUHC,SOE</hofcats></item><item><date>Aug 02, 2011</date><title>Hofstra Comm Students Win National Award</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/08022011_HofstraCommStudentsWinNationalAward.html</link><description>A national organization of magazine editors has named its Hofstra University campus chapter as this year's Best Established Chapter in the country.</description><hofcats>SOC</hofcats></item><item><date>Aug 02, 2011</date><title>Hofstra Tops In Volunteerism</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/08-02-2011_COMMSVC.html</link><description>For the third straight year, Hofstra University has been named to the 2010 President’s Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll for its “exemplary commitment to service and volunteering”</description><hofcats>FACULTY,HCLAS,SOE,GRADUATE,ALUMNI,COMMUNITY,SOM,MUSEUM,RESEARCH,ZARB,CULTURAL,STUDENTAFFAIRS,DIVERSITY,ADMISSION,SOC,STUDENT,HUHC</hofcats></item><item><date>Aug 01, 2011</date><title>Hofstra's First-Ever Preview Day- August 17, 2011</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/08-01-2011_PREVIEWDAY.html</link><description>Find out about all the programs Hofstra University has to offer at the first-ever Long Island Preview Day to be held on Wednesday, August 17, 2011 • 4-8 p.m., at the Sondra and David S. Mack Student Center, North Campus</description><hofcats>MUSEUM,STUDENT,HUHC,RESEARCH,GRADUATE,SOC,ZARB,STUDENTAFFAIRS,DIVERSITY,COMMUNITY,ADMISSION,SOM,SOE,FACULTY,CULTURAL,HCLAS</hofcats></item><item><date>Aug 01, 2011</date><title>Hofstra Gets 'Green' Ranking</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/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>SOC,STUDENTAFFAIRS,ADMISSION,SOE,STUDENT,COMMUNITY,DIVERSITY,ENVIRONMENT,HUHC,SOM,GRADUATE,FACULTY,ALUMNI,HCLAS,RESEARCH,ZARB</hofcats></item><item><date>Jul 28, 2011</date><title>From Staged Reading to Off-Broadway -</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/072811_HarryandEddie.html</link><description>Hofstra Alumni Bring "Harry &amp; Eddie" to the Big Apple</description><hofcats>CULTURAL,COMMUNITY,ALUMNI</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/Archive/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/Archive/072211_IrvingBerlinCelebration.html</link><description>Hofstra University Gray Wig Alumni Theater Company presents "An Irving Berlin Celebration"</description><hofcats>ALUMNI,COMMUNITY,CULTURAL</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/Archive/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>ALUMNI,SOC</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/Archive/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. Mack Hall, north campus.</description><hofcats>COMMUNITY</hofcats></item><item><date>Jul 18, 2011</date><title>Graduate Admissions to Host Open House</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/071811_goh_aug9.html</link><description>Students attending the Open House can take advantage of our online application fee waiver.</description><hofcats>ZARB,GRADUATE,SOC,STUDENT,COMMUNITY,SOE,HCLAS,HUHC</hofcats></item><item><date>Jun 30, 2011</date><title>Hofstra Brings Universe Down to Earth on National Mall</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/2011-6-30_ASTROMALL.html</link><description>For the second straight year, Hofstra University will sponsor an “Astronomy Night on the National Mall” in Washington, D.C. offering stargazing, exhibits, hands-on activities, multi-media presentations and the chance to meet some of the nation’s foremost astronomers.</description><hofcats>STUDENT,GRADUATE,SOC,FACULTY,RESEARCH,CULTURAL,HCLAS,DIVERSITY,COMMUNITY,ALUMNI,STUDENTAFFAIRS,ZARB,HUHC,SOM,SOE,ADMISSION</hofcats></item><item><date>Jun 28, 2011</date><title>SOEHHS Presents Reading Miscue Analysis Conference, Celebrating Yetta Goodman</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/062811_MiscueConference.html</link><description>SOEHHS Presents Reading Miscue Analysis Conference, Celebrating Yetta Goodman</description><hofcats>GRADUATE,COMMUNITY,SOE,FACULTY</hofcats></item><item><date>Jun 27, 2011</date><title>Hofstra Launches School of Engineering and Applied Science</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/06-27-2011ENGSKUL.html</link><description>Hofstra University will establish a School of Engineering and Applied Science with a co-op education program that will partner with a network of industry leaders to offer students substantial work experience before they graduate.</description><hofcats>COMMUNITY,ZARB,STUDENT,STUDENTAFFAIRS,RESEARCH,SOM,SOC,SOE,HCLAS,CULTURAL,HUHC,GRADUATE,ADMISSION,FACULTY,ALUMNI</hofcats></item><item><date>Jun 23, 2011</date><title>A Summer of Swinging, Singing and Doo-Wop </title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/062311_HofstraEntertainment.html</link><description>A Summer of Swinging, Singing and Doo-Wop - Hofstra Entertainment Announces Its 2011 Summer Season</description><hofcats>CULTURAL,COMMUNITY</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/Archive/JUN172011_WISENGINEERING.html</link><description>The professors knew they were onto something when the kids began to argue.</description><hofcats>STUDENTAFFAIRS,COMMUNITY,HCLAS,ALUMNI,DIVERSITY,RESEARCH,SOE,CULTURAL,FACULTY,STUDENT,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/Archive/061711_july_transfer_days.html</link><description>Transfer Days in July</description><hofcats>COMMUNITY,ADMISSION</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/Archive/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/Archive/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/Archive/JUN162011_METSANTHEM.html</link><description>Call Maggie Doherty lucky #140.</description><hofcats>STUDENTAFFAIRS,FACULTY,ZARB,COMMUNITY,DIVERSITY,HCLAS,ADMISSION,SOC,ALUMNI,SOE,CULTURAL,HUHC,STUDENT</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/Archive/061611_grad_openhouse_july12.html</link><description>Hofstra Grad Admissions Open House July 12, 2011</description><hofcats>SOE,ZARB,STUDENT,HUHC,GRADUATE,SOC,HCLAS,COMMUNITY</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/Archive/JUN92011_WOLKOFF.html</link><description>David Wolkoff, principal developer of one of the largest projects in Long Island History - 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Zarb School of Business Students Take Top Honors at National and International Competitions </title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/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>STUDENT,ZARB</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/Archive/051311_FineArtsShow.html</link><description>2011 Hofstra University Student Art Show, Presented by the Department of Fine Arts and Art History </description><hofcats>STUDENT,CULTURAL,HCLAS</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/Archive/051311_transfer_days_june.html</link><description>Transfer to Hofstra – A Move in the Right Direction</description><hofcats>ADMISSION,COMMUNITY</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/Archive/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. 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Zarb School of Business to Host Socratic Panel on Crisis Management</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/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>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/Archive/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,COMMUNITY,ALUMNI,FACULTY,HCLAS,RESEARCH</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/Archive/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/Archive/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/Archive/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/Archive/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>HCLAS,ADMISSION,CULTURAL,HUHC,SOE,ALUMNI</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/Archive/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. Mack Student Center, North Campus.</description><hofcats>STUDENTAFFAIRS,COMMUNITY,HUHC,FACULTY,STUDENT,ALUMNI,CULTURAL,ZARB,DIVERSITY,SOE,SOM,MUSEUM,HCLAS</hofcats></item><item><date>Mar 25, 2011</date><title>Hofstra University Featured on Colleges of Distinction</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/032511_colleges_of_distinction.html</link><description>Hofstra University Featured on Colleges of Distinction</description><hofcats>ADMISSION,COMMUNITY</hofcats></item><item><date>Mar 24, 2011</date><title>"The Chronicle," Hofstra’s Weekly Student Newspaper, Celebrates 75th Anniversary; Reunion to Be Held Saturday, April 2, 2011</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/032411_ChronicleReunion.html</link><description>"The Chronicle," Hofstra’s Weekly Student Newspaper, Celebrates 75 Years of Publishing Reunion to Be Held Saturday, April 2, 2011</description><hofcats>ALUMNI,STUDENT,HCLAS,SOC</hofcats></item><item><date>Mar 23, 2011</date><title>Hofstra Drama Alumni to Gather and Celebrate the Life and Teaching of Their Mentor, Dr. Richard Mason</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/032311_RichardMasonMemorial.html</link><description>Hofstra Drama Alumni to Gather and Celebrate the Life and Teaching of Their Mentor, Dr. Richard Mason</description><hofcats>CULTURAL,HCLAS,ALUMNI,FACULTY</hofcats></item><item><date>Mar 23, 2011</date><title>Howard B. Dean III, former Presidential Candidate and Hofstra senior presidential fellow to deliver annual Arnold A. Saltzman Lecture on the State of the Union </title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/032411_saltzmanlecture.html</link><description>Howard B. Dean III, former Democratic presidential candidate and senior presidential fellow at Hofstra’s Peter S. Kalikow Center for the Study of the American Presidency, will deliver a major policy address for this year’s Arnold A. 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What Happens to Democracy When Everyone Talks at Once?  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Berliner, the University Bookstore and the Student Government Association.</description><hofcats>STUDENT,STUDENTAFFAIRS,HUHC,CULTURAL,ALUMNI,HCLAS,FACULTY,ADMISSION,COMMUNITY,SOE,GRADUATE,ZARB,SOC,SOM,DIVERSITY</hofcats></item><item><date>Mar 09, 2011</date><title>Author Charles Murray to speak at Hofstra</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/03092011_SUTHERLAND2011.html</link><description>Charles Murray, political scientist, libertarian and co-author of the controversial New York Times bestseller “The Bell Curve”, will deliver this year’s Donald J. Sutherland Lecture on Tuesday, March 15, 2011, 2:20-3:45 p.m. at the Leo A. Guthart Cultural Center Theater, Joan and Donald E. Axinn Library, First Floor, South Campus.</description><hofcats>HCLAS,FACULTY</hofcats></item><item><date>Mar 09, 2011</date><title>Hofstra Alumnus Returns to Campus</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/030911_Colmes.html</link><description>Hofstra alumnus Alan Colmes, nationally syndicated radio host, television personality, political commentator and author, will return to campus on Wednesday, March 16, 2011 to speak to students about his broadcast and literary career as part of the university's 75th anniversary.</description><hofcats>SOC</hofcats></item><item><date>Mar 09, 2011</date><title>Hofstra Cultural Center Presents a Conference, "1935: The Reality and the Promise"; April 7, 8 and 9, 2011</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/030911_1935Conference.html</link><description>Hofstra Cultural Center Presents a Conference, "1935: The Reality and the Promise"; April 7, 8 and 9, 2011</description><hofcats>FACULTY,CULTURAL,COMMUNITY,DIVERSITY,STUDENTAFFAIRS</hofcats></item><item><date>Mar 09, 2011</date><title>Hofstra to Host Transfer Open House</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/030911_transfer_open_house.html</link><description>Transfer Open House March 11, 2011</description><hofcats>ADMISSION,COMMUNITY</hofcats></item><item><date>Mar 08, 2011</date><title>Computer Science Professor wins $450,000 Faculty Early Career Development Grant from National Science Foundation</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/03082011_CSDNSFGRANT.html</link><description>Dr. Habib M. Ammari, assistant professor of Computer Science, has been awarded a five-year, $450,000 grant from the National Science Foundation to continue his research of wireless sensor networks.</description><hofcats>FACULTY,COMMUNITY,SOM,ALUMNI,STUDENTAFFAIRS,HCLAS,HUHC,DIVERSITY,STUDENT,GRADUATE,RESEARCH</hofcats></item><item><date>Mar 08, 2011</date><title>Hofstra Hosts Graduate Open House</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/080311_goh_march20.html</link><description>Hofstra Hosts Graduate Open House March 20, 2011</description><hofcats>COMMUNITY,HCLAS,ZARB,GRADUATE,SOE,SOC,HUHC</hofcats></item><item><date>Mar 07, 2011</date><title>"Galileo's Muse: A Tale of Music, Physics, Creativity and Insight"</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/030111_IDEASGalileosMuse.html</link><description>In an interesting marriage of music and physics, Hofstra's IDEAS Institute continues the 2010-2011 Science Evenings with IDEAS series wtih - "Galileo's 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2011</date><title>Hofstra University's 62 Annual Shakespeare Festival Presents "The War of the Roses, A One-Evening Version of the Henry VI Trilogy"</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/030111_ShakespeareFestival.html</link><description>Hofstra University's 62 Annual Shakespeare Festival Presents "The War of the Roses, A One-Evening Version of the Henry VI Trilogy"</description><hofcats>COMMUNITY,HCLAS,FACULTY,STUDENT,CULTURAL</hofcats></item><item><date>Mar 01, 2011</date><title>The Hofstra University Department of English Presents "Making It Online: Writing and Publishing in the Digital Age"</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/030111_MakingItOnline.html</link><description>The Hofstra University Department of English Presents "Making It Online: Writing and Publishing in the Digital Age"</description><hofcats>COMMUNITY,STUDENT,HCLAS</hofcats></item><item><date>Feb 25, 2011</date><title>Hofstra University to Host Spring Job 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provides participants with the "nuts and bolts" skills required to operate and cultivate a successful business.</description><hofcats>COMMUNITY</hofcats></item><item><date>Feb 23, 2011</date><title>Hofstra University's Irish Studies Program Announces Spring 2011 Events Calendar</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/022311_IrishStudiesPrograms.html</link><description>Hofstra University's Irish Studies Program Announces Spring 2011 Events Calendar</description><hofcats>COMMUNITY,FACULTY,DIVERSITY,CULTURAL,HCLAS</hofcats></item><item><date>Feb 23, 2011</date><title>NYS Redistricting Forum</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/02232011_REDISTRICT.html</link><description>Hofstra University and the League of Women Voters of Nassau County are co-sponsoring a panel discussion on March 3, 2011 about the upcoming legislative redistricting process and whether the task should remain in state lawmakers’ hands or be turned over to an independent panel.</description><hofcats>FACULTY,SOC,HUHC,DIVERSITY,SOM,STUDENTAFFAIRS,GRADUATE,COMMUNITY,STUDENT,ZARB,ALUMNI,SOE,HCLAS</hofcats></item><item><date>Feb 23, 2011</date><title>President Obama and the Media at Midterm</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/022311_obamamedia.html</link><description>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. </description><hofcats>SOC,CULTURAL,COMMUNITY,HCLAS</hofcats></item><item><date>Feb 22, 2011</date><title>"Not All Artists Are Starving" – A Night of Networking</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/022211_NotAllArtistsAreStarving.html</link><description>"Not All Artists Are Starving" – A Night of Networking</description><hofcats>STUDENT,STUDENTAFFAIRS,ALUMNI,COMMUNITY,HCLAS</hofcats></item><item><date>Feb 22, 2011</date><title>Operation Downtown Seminar Teaches How To Successfully Market Using Social Media </title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/022211_OperationDowntownTobol.html</link><description>Hofstra University’s Scott Skodnek Business Development Center presents a free Operation Downtown Seminar entitled Developing Social Media Marketing Strategies on Thursday, March 3, 2011 at 8 – 10 a.m. in the Hofstra University Club, David S. Mack Hall, north campus.</description><hofcats>COMMUNITY</hofcats></item><item><date>Feb 17, 2011</date><title>Hofstra's Rosenberg Gallery Presents "Presidential Targets"</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/021711_ArtPresidentialTargets.html</link><description>Hofstra's Rosenberg Gallery Presents "Presidentiall Targets"</description><hofcats>CULTURAL,MUSEUM,COMMUNITY,HCLAS</hofcats></item><item><date>Feb 17, 2011</date><title>Hofstra University Marriage and Family Therapy Clinic At the Joan and Arnold Saltzman Community Services Center Now Forming Spring 2011 Groups</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/021711_MarriageFamilyTherapyWorkshops.html</link><description>Hofstra University Marriage and Family Therapy Clinic At the Joan and Arnold Saltzman Community Services Center Now Forming Spring 2011 Groups</description><hofcats>SOE,FACULTY,COMMUNITY,GRADUATE</hofcats></item><item><date>Feb 17, 2011</date><title>International Scene Lecture Series Spring 2011 hosts four-lecture series</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/press_release7.html</link><description>Hofstra's International Scene Lecture for the Spring 2011 semester will examine U.S. foreign and economic policy and feature a wide variety of speakers, including Howard B. Dean III and Edward J. Rollins, senior presidential fellows for the Peter S. Kalikow Center for the Study of the American Presidency.</description><hofcats>ALUMNI,CULTURAL,STUDENTAFFAIRS,DIVERSITY,SOM,GRADUATE,COMMUNITY,FACULTY,ZARB,HUHC,STUDENT,HCLAS,SOC,MUSEUM,RESEARCH</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/Archive/021611_IrishFestival.html</link><description>13th Annual Irish Festival Has Hofstra Seeing Green </description><hofcats>DIVERSITY,COMMUNITY,CULTURAL</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/Archive/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>CULTURAL,FACULTY,COMMUNITY,HCLAS</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/Archive/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>COMMUNITY,CULTURAL</hofcats></item><item><date>Feb 09, 2011</date><title>Hollywood-Bound</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/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.  A final round of voting, which lasts from February 7th until February 18th, will determine which of three teams of finalists earns the opportunity to report from the red carpet.</description><hofcats>STUDENTAFFAIRS,SOC</hofcats></item><item><date>Feb 08, 2011</date><title>Faculty News from the Department of Speech-Language-Hearing Sciences</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/020811_SLHSProfessors.html</link><description>Faculty News from the Department of Speech-Language-Hearing Sciences</description><hofcats>GRADUATE,FACULTY,RESEARCH,COMMUNITY,HCLAS</hofcats></item><item><date>Feb 08, 2011</date><title>Hofstra University's Department of Drama and Dance Presents Its First High School Dance Festival</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/020811_HighSchoolDanceFestival.html</link><description>Hofstra University's Department of Drama and Dance Presents Its First High School Dance Festival</description><hofcats>HCLAS,STUDENT,CULTURAL,FACULTY,COMMUNITY</hofcats></item><item><date>Feb 07, 2011</date><title>Hofstra University Office of Undergraduate Admission to Host Suffolk County Reception</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/020711_MikeHearneEvent.html</link><description>Suffolk County Reception for High School Students</description><hofcats>COMMUNITY,ADMISSION</hofcats></item><item><date>Feb 04, 2011</date><title>Hofstra  Students Celebrate a Sweet Valentine's Weekend with Campus Confections And A Look at "The Science of Kissing"</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/020411_Valentines.html</link><description>Hofstra Students Celebrate a Sweet Valentine's Weekend with Campus Confections And A Look at "The Science of Kissing"</description><hofcats>CULTURAL,STUDENTAFFAIRS,HUHC,STUDENT</hofcats></item><item><date>Feb 01, 2011</date><title>Hofstra Professor Lynn Cohen Publishes "Dreams and Dreamers," a New Collection of Poems</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/020110_LynnCohenPoetry.html</link><description>Hofstra Professor Lynn Cohen Publishes "Dreams and Dreamers," a New Collection of Poems</description><hofcats>CULTURAL,FACULTY,RESEARCH</hofcats></item><item><date>Feb 01, 2011</date><title>The Cradle of Climate Change</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/2011-02.-01_CLIMATEEXHIBIT.html</link><description>Hofstra University’s Center for Climate Study (HUCCS), in partnership with the Cradle of Aviation Museum in Garden City, has unveiled the first phase of an exhibit on climate change funded by a grant from the Department of Energy.</description><hofcats>RESEARCH,SOE,MUSEUM,HUHC,STUDENT,HCLAS,FACULTY,ENVIRONMENT,GRADUATE,STUDENTAFFAIRS,COMMUNITY,SOM,CULTURAL,ALUMNI</hofcats></item><item><date>Jan 28, 2011</date><title>Threepeat</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/012811_Cheerleading.html</link><description>Hofstra University's Small Co-Ed Cheerleading team has taken top honors at the 2011 Universal Dance Association (UDA)/Universal Cheer Association (UCA) National Competition in Disney World, Orlando, FL for the third straight year and fifth time in the last six years.</description><hofcats>STUDENTAFFAIRS,STUDENT</hofcats></item><item><date>Jan 26, 2011</date><title>Newly Renovated Hofstra Fitness Center Open</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/012611_FitnessCenter.html</link><description>The newly renovated Hofstra Fitness Center opened its doors. </description><hofcats>STUDENTAFFAIRS,STUDENT</hofcats></item><item><date>Jan 25, 2011</date><title>Alumnus Gives Back Helping Students Stay Active Citizens</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/01_25_11_MetzgerCCEScholarship.html</link><description>Hofstra University's Center for Civic Engagement has named the first two interns to be awarded the Metzger-D'Innocenzo Endowed Scholarship, a donation funded by Hofstra alumnus James C. Metzger '83 in honor of his favorite faculty member, History professor Michael D'Innocenzo</description><hofcats>COMMUNITY,STUDENT,CULTURAL,ALUMNI,STUDENTAFFAIRS,DIVERSITY,GRADUATE</hofcats></item><item><date>Jan 25, 2011</date><title>Suburban Studies Go Global</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/1252011_NCSSNETWORK.html</link><description>The National Center for Suburban Studies at Hofstra University® and a group of universities led by the University of Exeter in the United Kingdom have won a three-year grant worth approximately $108,000 to launch a Cultures of the Suburbs International Research Network.</description><hofcats>COMMUNITY,HCLAS,ALUMNI,STUDENT,RESEARCH,DIVERSITY,GRADUATE,HUHC,CULTURAL,FACULTY</hofcats></item><item><date>Jan 20, 2011</date><title>Embark on the Musical, Mystical Journey of George Harrison</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/012011_GeorgeHarrisonTribute.html</link><description>Hofstra University's School for University Studies Presents "Here Comes the Sun" - The Musical, Mystical Journey of George Harrison</description><hofcats>COMMUNITY,HCLAS,FACULTY,CULTURAL</hofcats></item><item><date>Jan 19, 2011</date><title>Learn to Create a QuickBooks Company &amp; Manage a Business Efficiently </title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/011911_QuickbooksBDC.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>STUDENT,COMMUNITY,ZARB</hofcats></item><item><date>Jan 18, 2011</date><title>Oscar Worthy</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/011811_Oscars.html</link><description>A group of two Hofstra University students has been named finalists in the mtvU "Oscars Correspondent Contest," competing with nine other student teams nationwide for a chance to cover the 83rd Academy Awards.</description><hofcats>SOC,STUDENTAFFAIRS</hofcats></item><item><date>Jan 13, 2011</date><title>Hofstra University Museum Presents “1930s Art In America” </title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/011111_ArtinAmerica .html</link><description>“1930s Art in America,” on view from February 28 through May 27, 2011, in the Hofstra University Museum’s David Filderman Gallery, is intended to provide a “snapshot” of the visual arts in America during the 1930s.</description><hofcats>COMMUNITY,MUSEUM</hofcats></item><item><date>Jan 10, 2011</date><title>Steven Freiberg, CEO of E*TRADE; Colin Goddard, Former CEO of OSI Pharmaceuticals, appointed to Hofstra Board of Trustees</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/01102011_NEWBOTMEMBERS.html</link><description>Steven Freiberg, chief executive officer of E*TRADE, and Dr. Colin Goddard, Ph.D, former chief executive officer and director of OSI Pharmaceuticals, have been appointed to the university’s Board of Trustees, President Stuart Rabinowitz announced today.</description><hofcats>ALUMNI,SOM,SOE,HCLAS,SOC,ADMISSION,ZARB,GRADUATE,FACULTY,STUDENT,HUHC,COMMUNITY</hofcats></item><item><date>Jan 06, 2011</date><title>Meredith H. Celentano, assistant vice president for development and alumni affairs, named one of Long Island Business News’ “40 under 40”</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/010611_celentano40under40.html</link><description>Assistant Vice President for Development and Alumni Affairs Meredith H. Celentano has been named one of Long Island's "40 under 40" for 2011, an annual award given by Long Island Business News that recognizes outstanding young business and community leaders.</description><hofcats>GRADUATE,COMMUNITY,FACULTY,ALUMNI</hofcats></item><item><date>Jan 05, 2011</date><title>Hofstra University School of Education, Health and Human Services is Selected for the Kennedy Center Partners in Education Institute</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/press_release6.html</link><description>The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts has selected Hofstra University's School of Education, Health and Human Services for their Partners in Education program.</description><hofcats>FACULTY,SOE,ALUMNI,DIVERSITY,GRADUATE</hofcats></item><item><date>Nov 03, 2011</date><title>Hofstra Students Spend Spring Break Helping Others </title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/032310_ASB10.html</link><description>For the fifth annual Hofstra Spring Break Alternative Trip Hofstra students will be focusing on meeting the needs of homeless youth and adults in Seattle, Washington from March 27 through April 4, 2010 by spending their time volunteering at soup kitchens, a women’s shelter, youth centers and more. </description><hofcats>STUDENTAFFAIRS</hofcats></item><item><date>Dec 22, 2010</date><title>Hofstra Creative Writing Professor and Consumer Reports Reporter William McGee Completes Service on National Future of Aviation Advisory Committee, Examining the U.S. Airline Industry</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/122210_McGeeBookDeal.html</link><description>William McGee, adjunct associate professor of English, has completed an appointment that began in May 2010 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.</description><hofcats>HCLAS</hofcats></item><item><date>Dec 21, 2010</date><title>Hofstra Entertainment Presents "Night of January 16th" by Ayn Rand</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/122110_NightofJanuary16th.html</link><description>Hofstra Entertainment Presents "Night of January 16th" by Ayn Rand </description><hofcats>CULTURAL,COMMUNITY</hofcats></item><item><date>Dec 21, 2010</date><title>Hofstra University Office of Graduate Admissions to Host Open House</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/122110_GOH_Jan12.html</link><description>Hofstra University Office of Graduate Admissions to Host Open House</description><hofcats>HUHC,HCLAS,ZARB,SOE,STUDENT,ALUMNI,SOC,GRADUATE,COMMUNITY</hofcats></item><item><date>Dec 21, 2010</date><title>Hofstra University Office of Student Financial Services Hosts Financial Aid Workshop</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/122110_FinAidWkshp_Jan12.html</link><description>Hofstra University Office of Student Financial Services  Hosts Financial Aid Workshop</description><hofcats>COMMUNITY,ADMISSION</hofcats></item><item><date>Dec 20, 2010</date><title>Hofstra to Host Transfer Days in January</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/122010_Jan2011TransferDays.html</link><description>Transfer to Hofstra – A Move in the Right Direction</description><hofcats>ADMISSION,COMMUNITY</hofcats></item><item><date>Dec 08, 2010</date><title>Hofstra Celebrates Midyear Commencement 2010</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/120810_Commencement.html</link><description>Hofstra Celebrates Midyear Commencement 2010</description><hofcats>COMMUNITY,STUDENTAFFAIRS,SOC,FACULTY,ALUMNI,HUHC,HCLAS,SOE,ZARB</hofcats></item><item><date>Dec 03, 2010</date><title>Hofstra University Professor Donna R. Barnes Curates Dutch Art Exhibition</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/120310_DonnaBarnes.html</link><description>Hofstra University Professor Donna R. Barnes Curates Dutch Art Exhibition</description><hofcats>FACULTY,CULTURAL,SOM,COMMUNITY</hofcats></item><item><date>Dec 03, 2010</date><title>Secret Handshakes: A Choreographic Workshop Performance; A Special Presentation by Hofstra's Dance and Dance Education Programs and AHRC-Nassau </title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/120310_DanceAHRC.html</link><description>Secret Handshakes: A Choreographic Workshop Performance; A Special Presentation by Hofstra's Dance and Dance Education Programs and AHRC-Nassau </description><hofcats>STUDENT,HCLAS,DIVERSITY,FACULTY,CULTURAL,COMMUNITY</hofcats></item><item><date>Nov 29, 2010</date><title>The Center for International Financial Services and Markets at Hofstra University to Host Conference on Social Responsibility in Business in the 21st Century</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/11-29-10_ZARB75TH.html</link><description>In recognition of the 75th Anniversary of Hofstra University, the Center for International Financial Services and Markets, in collaboration with the Frank G. Zarb School of Business at Hofstra University will present a conference on Social Responsibility in Business in the 21st Century on December 1, 2010 from 11 a.m. - 6 p.m. it the Student Center Theater, Sondra and David S. Mack Student Center, North Campus</description><hofcats>STUDENT,MUSEUM,GRADUATE,STUDENTAFFAIRS,HCLAS,ZARB,CULTURAL,SOM,FACULTY,HUHC,ADMISSION,ALUMNI,DIVERSITY,SOE,COMMUNITY,RESEARCH,SOC</hofcats></item><item><date>Nov 24, 2010</date><title>Hofstra University School of Education, Health and Human Services Announces the Opening of the Center for Scholarship, Development and Outreach.</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/11_24_10_CenterScholarshipDevelopmentOutreach.html</link><description>Hofstra University's School of Education, Health and Human Services is launching the Center for Scholarship, Development and Outreach (CSDO).</description><hofcats>DIVERSITY,FACULTY,ADMISSION,GRADUATE,SOE,ALUMNI</hofcats></item><item><date>Nov 22, 2010</date><title>Hofstra Announces M.A. Specializing in Forensic Linguistics – The First Graduate Program of Its Kind in the U.S.</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/112210_MAinForensicLinguistics.html</link><description>Hofstra Announces M.A. Specializing in Forensic Linguistics – The First Graduate Program of Its Kind in the U.S.</description><hofcats>CULTURAL,GRADUATE,FACULTY,HCLAS,COMMUNITY</hofcats></item><item><date>Nov 22, 2010</date><title>Hofstra Instructor Connie Roberts Named the Winner of the 2010 Patrick Kavanagh Poetry Award</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/112210_ConnieRoberts.html</link><description>Hofstra Instructor, Long Island Resident Connie Roberts Named the Winner of the 2010 Patrick Kavanagh Poetry Award</description><hofcats>HCLAS,ALUMNI,DIVERSITY,FACULTY,CULTURAL,GRADUATE</hofcats></item><item><date>Nov 18, 2010</date><title>Hofstra University's Rosenberg Gallery Presents an Exhibition of Paintings by Eckhard Etzold </title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/111810_RosenbergGallery.html</link><description>Hofstra University's Rosenberg Gallery Presents an Exhibition of Paintings by Eckhard Etzold </description><hofcats>COMMUNITY,HCLAS,CULTURAL,MUSEUM</hofcats></item><item><date>Nov 15, 2010</date><title>Hofstra University Department of Drama and Dance Presents "Awake and Sing!"</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/111510_AwakeAndSing.html</link><description>Hofstra University Department of Drama and Dance Presents "Awake and Sing!"</description><hofcats>CULTURAL,HCLAS,COMMUNITY</hofcats></item><item><date>Nov 15, 2010</date><title>The Wilbur F. Breslin Center for Real Estate Studies and The Institute of Real Estate at Hofstra University to host Conference on Social Media and Real Estate Development</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/111510_SocialMedia.html</link><description>The Wilbur F. Breslin Center for Real Estate Studies, in collaboration with The Institute of Real Estate at Hofstra University, invite guests to their free conference on Social Media and Real Estate Development on November 16, 2010 from 8:00 a.m. - 11:30 a.m. at the Hofstra University Club, David S. Mack Hall, North Campus.</description><hofcats>ZARB</hofcats></item><item><date>Nov 12, 2010</date><title>Hofstra to Host Transfer Days in November and December</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/111210_transfer_days_novdec.html</link><description>Transfer to Hofstra</description><hofcats>COMMUNITY,ADMISSION</hofcats></item><item><date>Nov 10, 2010</date><title>Hofstra Administrator Tapped for Board of National Physician Assistant Organization</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/press_release5.html</link><description>Theresa V. Horvath, director of Hofstra University’s Physician Assistant Studies Program, has been elected to the board of directors of the Physician Assistant Education Association (PAEA), the national organization that represents physician assistant programs in the United States.</description><hofcats>STUDENT,GRADUATE,COMMUNITY,SOE,DIVERSITY,HUHC,RESEARCH,ALUMNI,ADMISSION,STUDENTAFFAIRS,SOM,CULTURAL,HCLAS</hofcats></item><item><date>Nov 10, 2010</date><title>The Virtual College Fair, November 3-4, 2010</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/110110_CWL.html</link><description>Hofstra University’s Office of Undergraduate Admission to Participate in CollegeWeekLive Online Event</description><hofcats>ADMISSION,COMMUNITY</hofcats></item><item><date>Nov 09, 2010</date><title>Hofstra Entertainment in Cooperation with The National Organization for Women's Safety Awareness (NOWSA) present "Voices for a Cause"</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/110910_VoicesForACause.html</link><description>Hofstra Entertainment in Cooperation with The National Organization for Women's Safety Awareness (NOWSA) present "Voices for a Cause"</description><hofcats>CULTURAL,STUDENT,COMMUNITY</hofcats></item><item><date>Nov 09, 2010</date><title>HOFSTRA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF EDUCATION, HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES PRESENTS A 75TH ANNIVERSARY SYMPOSIUM - 75 YEARS: THE TRANSPORTATION OF PUBLIC SCHOOLS FRIDAY NOVEMBER 12TH, 2010 9:30AM-4:30PM</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/press_release4.html</link><description>On Friday, November 12th, Hofstra University Presents 75 Years: The Transformation of Public Schools, a symposium that will examine the evolution of public education, evaluate the impact of federal policies ranging from No Child Left Behind to the Race to the Top program, and explore the latest trends in education reform.</description><hofcats>SOE</hofcats></item><item><date>Nov 08, 2010</date><title>Hofstra University Office of Graduate Admissions </title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/110810_grad_fall_open_house.html</link><description>Hofstra Graduate Open House Nov 21, 2010</description><hofcats>SOC,GRADUATE,SOE,ZARB,COMMUNITY,HCLAS</hofcats></item><item><date>Nov 08, 2010</date><title>Hofstra University Office of Undergraduate Admission to Host</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/110810_fall_open_house.html</link><description>Hofstra Fall Open House Nov 20, 2010</description><hofcats>ADMISSION,COMMUNITY</hofcats></item><item><date>Nov 05, 2010</date><title>CNN’s Carol Costello to lead Hofstra program on cyber-bullying</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/11-05-2010_BULLYCOSTELLO.html</link><description>Award-winning CNN reporter and anchor Carol Costello will lead a wide-ranging discussion about social media and bullying on Wednesday, Nov. 10,. 2010 from 4:30- 6 p.m. at the Helene Fortunoff Theater, Monroe Lecture Center, South Campus.</description><hofcats>ADMISSION,HCLAS,FACULTY,SOE,MUSEUM,STUDENTAFFAIRS,SOM,ZARB,GRADUATE,ALUMNI,COMMUNITY,HUHC,CULTURAL,STUDENT,SOC,RESEARCH,DIVERSITY</hofcats></item><item><date>Nov 05, 2010</date><title>Hofstra University Museum Presents Soweto Art: From the Collection of Violet and Les Payne</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/110510_Soweto.html</link><description>The original exhibit Soweto Art: From the Collection of Violet and Les Payne, commemorating the 35th anniversary of the Soweto Uprising, will be on view from February 1 through April 21, 2011 in the Hofstra University Museum’s Emily Lowe Gallery. </description><hofcats>MUSEUM</hofcats></item><item><date>Nov 04, 2010</date><title>Hofstra Professor’s Study Finds Grateful Youth Experience Lasting Sense of Well-being</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/press_release3.html</link><description>A new study by a Hofstra professor has found that grateful young people feel better about their lives and are more likely to want to get involved in charitable causes or volunteer work, and those effects last up to six months after feeling or expressing gratitude.</description><hofcats>STUDENT,HUHC,DIVERSITY,HCLAS,RESEARCH,COMMUNITY,FACULTY,ALUMNI</hofcats></item><item><date>Nov 01, 2010</date><title>Hofstra Dance Performs Annual Fall Dance Concert: "Coming Together, Moving Forward"</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/110110_DanceConcert.html</link><description>Hofstra Dance Performs Annual Fall Dance Concert: "Coming Together, Moving Forward"</description><hofcats>HCLAS,STUDENT,FACULTY,CULTURAL</hofcats></item><item><date>Nov 01, 2010</date><title>Hofstra University School of Education, Health and Human Services Presents a 75th Anniversary Conference - Public Health Challenges and Achievements: 1935-2010 Thursday and Friday, November 4th and 5th, 2010</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/110110_Public Health Conference 11_4 and 11_5 2010.html</link><description>On Thursday and Friday, November 4th and 5th, Hofstra University presents Public Health Challenges and Achievements: 1935-2010.</description><hofcats>ALUMNI,HCLAS,COMMUNITY,SOE,STUDENT,GRADUATE,SOM,MUSEUM,FACULTY,ADMISSION,STUDENTAFFAIRS,CULTURAL,HUHC</hofcats></item><item><date>Nov 01, 2010</date><title>The Hofstra Collegium Musicum to Perform "All in All: An Omnibus of Early Music" </title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/110110_HofstraCollegiumMusicum.html</link><description>The Hofstra Collegium Musicum to Perform "All in All: An Omnibus of Early Music" at First Presbyterian Church in Mineola, November 13, 2010</description><hofcats>HCLAS,CULTURAL,COMMUNITY</hofcats></item><item><date>Oct 29, 2010</date><title>The Center for International Financial Services and Markets at Hofstra University and EisnerAmper LLP to Host Conference on ‘The Future of Alternative Investments in the Post-Crisis Environment’ </title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/102910_AlternativeInvestments.html</link><description>The Center for International Financial Services and Markets, in collaboration with the Frank G. Zarb School of Business at Hofstra University and EisnerAmper LLP, will present a conference on The Future of Alternative Investments in the Post-Crisis Environment on November 2, 2010 from 8 a.m. - 2 p.m. at the Hofstra University Club, David S. Mack Hall, North Campus.</description><hofcats>ZARB</hofcats></item><item><date>Oct 28, 2010</date><title>Hofstra's Fall 2010 "Great Writers, Great Readings" Series Continues with Pulitzer Prize-Winning Poet and Hofstra Alumnus Stephen Dunn</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/102810_StephenDunn.html</link><description>Hofstra's Fall 2010 "Great Writers, Great Readings" Series Continues with Pulitzer Prize-Winning Poet and Hofstra Alumnus Stephen Dunn</description><hofcats>HCLAS,CULTURAL,COMMUNITY,ALUMNI,HUHC</hofcats></item><item><date>Oct 27, 2010</date><title>Renew NY High School Issues Convention tackles tough state issues</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/102710_renewnyHS_convention.html</link><description>Nearly 100 high school students from across Long Island will gather at Hofstra University on Thursday, Oct. 28, 2010 to discuss and debate critical state issues, and devise reform proposals that will be presented to a panel of experts from journalism, academia and government.</description><hofcats>SOM,HUHC,FACULTY,COMMUNITY,SOE,STUDENT,SOC,DIVERSITY,HCLAS,STUDENTAFFAIRS,ALUMNI</hofcats></item><item><date>Oct 26, 2010</date><title>Hofstra's Departments of Drama and Dance and Music Jointly Present a Free Performance of  Igor Stravinsky's "L'Histoire du Soldat" ("The Soldier's Tale")</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/102610_SoldiersTale.html</link><description>Hofstra's Departments of Drama and Dance and Music Jointly Present a Free Performance of  Igor Stravinsky's L'Histoire du Soldat ("The Soldier's Tale")</description><hofcats>HCLAS,COMMUNITY,FACULTY,CULTURAL</hofcats></item><item><date>Oct 25, 2010</date><title>Celebration of Suburban Diversity Banquet Honors Six</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/10-25-2010_DIVERSITYGALA.html</link><description>The second annual Celebration of Suburban Diversity Banquet will honor six Long Islanders for promoting multicultural understanding </description><hofcats>CULTURAL,ALUMNI,FACULTY,HCLAS,GRADUATE,STUDENT,HUHC,COMMUNITY,DIVERSITY,STUDENTAFFAIRS</hofcats></item><item><date>Oct 19, 2010</date><title>Hofstra University's Center for Civic Engagement Presents Day of Dialogue VIII: Public Issues in a Global World October 27, 2010</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/101910_DayofDialogue10_27_10.html</link><description>For the eighth time since 2004, Hofstra's Center for Civic Engagement will present an entire day of discussion with students, faculty, staff and special guests addressing key public policy issues and challenges.</description><hofcats>MUSEUM,HCLAS,GRADUATE,STUDENTAFFAIRS,ALUMNI,STUDENT,SOE,FACULTY,HUHC,ADMISSION,CULTURAL,SOM,COMMUNITY</hofcats></item><item><date>Oct 15, 2010</date><title>Hofstra Alumni Return to Campus to Perform Staged Reading of Their New Musical: "Tangled"</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/101510_Tangled.html</link><description>Hofstra Alumni Return to Campus to Perform Staged Reading of Their New Musical: "Tangled"</description><hofcats>HCLAS,ALUMNI,CULTURAL,COMMUNITY</hofcats></item><item><date>Oct 13, 2010</date><title>Hofstra's Department of Drama and Dance Presents "Cabaret," Followed by a Hofstra Entertainment Tribute to Broadway and Film Legend Joel Grey</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/101310_CabaretShadesofGrey.html</link><description>Hofstra's Department of Drama and Dance Presents "Cabaret," Followed by a Hofstra Entertainment Tribute to Broadway and Film Legend Joel Grey</description><hofcats>CULTURAL,HCLAS,COMMUNITY</hofcats></item><item><date>Oct 13, 2010</date><title>Hofstra University Office of Undergraduate Admission to Host Fall Open House</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/101310_fall_open_house.html</link><description>Hofstra Fall Open House for high school seniors</description><hofcats>ADMISSION,COMMUNITY</hofcats></item><item><date>Oct 13, 2010</date><title>National Suburban Poll Finds Support for Obama Erodes in the Suburbs, Particularly Among Minorities</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/101310_NationalSuburbanPoll.html</link><description>Nearly half of suburban Americans disapprove of the job President Obama is doing, and a majority of likely independent swing voters in the suburbs now favor Republicans in the upcoming midterm elections, according to a new National Suburban Poll.</description><hofcats>RESEARCH,DIVERSITY,COMMUNITY</hofcats></item><item><date>Oct 13, 2010</date><title>The Wilbur F. Breslin Center for Real Estate Studies, Zarb School of Business and The Institute of Real Estate at Hofstra University to host Conference on Real Estate Markets in Transition</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/101310_MarketsInTransition.html</link><description>The 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, invite guests to their free conference on Real Estate Markets in Transition on October 20, 2010 from 8:00 a.m. - 3:30 p.m. at the Hofstra University Club, David S. Mack Hall, North Campus.</description><hofcats>ZARB</hofcats></item><item><date>Oct 12, 2010</date><title>Hofstra University Presents "The Actor's Life":  Anecdotes and Career Advice from Successful Hofstra Drama Alumni</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/101210_ActorsLife.html</link><description>Hofstra University Presents "The Actor's Life":  Anecdotes and Career Advice from Successful Hofstra Drama Alumni</description><hofcats>CULTURAL,STUDENT,ALUMNI,HCLAS,COMMUNITY</hofcats></item><item><date>Oct 12, 2010</date><title>Islanders Team up with WRHU 88.7 FM Radio Hofstra University as Flagship Radio Station</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/101210_WRHUislanders.html</link><description>WRHU 88.7 FM, Radio Hofstra University and the New York Islanders announced a new radio broadcast agreement to broadcast all 82 Islander games during the 2010-11 National Hockey League season.</description><hofcats>SOC</hofcats></item><item><date>Oct 11, 2010</date><title>Hofstra hosts symposium featuring former U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, Iraq and Afghanistan </title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/10-11-2010_UNPREZ.html</link><description>Honorable Zalmay Khalilzad, who has served as ambassador to the United Nations, Iraq and Afghanistan, will be the keynote speaker at a one-day symposium examining the evolution of American presidential leadership at the U.N. and key policy challenges that lie ahead.</description><hofcats>MUSEUM,ALUMNI,HCLAS,SOC,DIVERSITY,ZARB,COMMUNITY,CULTURAL,RESEARCH,GRADUATE,HUHC,SOM,FACULTY,STUDENT</hofcats></item><item><date>Oct 07, 2010</date><title>Hofstra hosts N.Y. Sectional Meeting of American Physical Society</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/10-07-2010_APSmeeting.html</link><description>Hundreds of physicists from industry, government and academia will converge on Hofstra University Oct. 15 and 16, 2010 for the Fall 2010 New York Sectional Meeting of the American Physical Society.</description><hofcats>SOM,STUDENT,RESEARCH,ADMISSION,SOE,ALUMNI,HUHC,HCLAS,FACULTY,COMMUNITY</hofcats></item><item><date>Oct 06, 2010</date><title>Inaugural OCD New York Conference Features Workshops for Professionals and the Public,As Well As "OCD Stories: An Evening of Reflection, Humor and Education"</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/100610_OCDConference.html</link><description>Inaugural OCD New York Conference Features Workshops for Professionals and the Public,As Well As "OCD Stories: An Evening of Reflection, Humor and Education"</description><hofcats>COMMUNITY,HCLAS,RESEARCH,GRADUATE,FACULTY</hofcats></item><item><date>Oct 01, 2010</date><title>Five May 2010 Hofstra Alumni Receive the Albert I. Da Silva Memorial Endowed Scholarship For Graduating with Perfect G.P.A.s</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/100110_DaSilvaScholarship.html</link><description>Five May 2010 Hofstra Alumni Receive the Albert I. Da Silva Memorial Endowed Scholarship For Graduating with Perfect G.P.A.s</description><hofcats>HCLAS,FACULTY,STUDENT</hofcats></item><item><date>Sep 30, 2010</date><title>Hofstra University Department of English Announces Fall 2011 Launch of An M.F.A. in Creative Writing</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/093010_MFACreativeWriting.html</link><description>Hofstra University Department of English Announces Fall 2011 Launch of An M.F.A. in Creative Writing</description><hofcats>GRADUATE,CULTURAL,FACULTY,HCLAS</hofcats></item><item><date>Sep 30, 2010</date><title>HOFSTRA UNIVERSITY PROFESSOR AND CO-AUTHOR OF LANDMARK RESEARCH STUDY TESTIFIES BEFORE CONGRESS ON LGBT EXPERIENCE AT U.S. COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/093010_WeberLGBTCongress.html</link><description>Dr. Genevieve Weber, Assistant Professor of Counseling, Research, Special Education and Rehabilitation at Hofstra University submitted testimony to Congress last week about the findings of a recently-released landmark research study</description><hofcats>SOM,ADMISSION,COMMUNITY,GRADUATE,HUHC,CULTURAL,STUDENTAFFAIRS,ALUMNI,MUSEUM,DIVERSITY,HCLAS,FACULTY,SOE,STUDENT</hofcats></item><item><date>Sep 29, 2010</date><title>Hofstra's Fall 2010 "Great Writers, Great Readings" Series Begins with Renowned Poet Tomaž Šalamun</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/092910_Tomaz_Salamun.html</link><description>Hofstra's Fall 2010 "Great Writers, Great Readings" Series Begins with Renowned Poet Tomaž Šalamun</description><hofcats>HCLAS,COMMUNITY,CULTURAL</hofcats></item><item><date>Sep 29, 2010</date><title>Hofstra to Host Transfer Open House October 8 </title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/092910_TOH_08oct10.html</link><description>Hofstra to Host Transfer Open House October 8 </description><hofcats>ADMISSION</hofcats></item><item><date>Sep 29, 2010</date><title>Howard Dean &amp; Ed Rollins to discuss midterm elections with Long Island educators</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/2010-09-29_TEACHINGMIDTERMS.html</link><description>Hofstra University Senior Presidential Fellows Howard B. Dean III and Edward J. Rollins will offer analysis of the upcoming Congressional elections as part of a program for Long Island educators about ways to integrate the midterm elections into classroom lessons.</description><hofcats>HCLAS,ZARB,ALUMNI,FACULTY,SOE,RESEARCH,GRADUATE,SOC,HUHC,COMMUNITY,CULTURAL,SOM,DIVERSITY,STUDENT</hofcats></item><item><date>Sep 27, 2010</date><title>Hofstra symposium examines the future of liberal arts education</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/09272010_FUTURELIBARTS.html</link><description>The value of a liberal arts-based college education will be the focus of an academic symposium that is the first in a series of conferences and symposia planned as part of Hofstra University’s year-long 75th anniversary celebration</description><hofcats>ZARB,STUDENTAFFAIRS,MUSEUM,HCLAS,FACULTY,SOE,GRADUATE,HUHC,DIVERSITY,COMMUNITY,CULTURAL,ALUMNI,STUDENT,SOC,RESEARCH</hofcats></item><item><date>Sep 27, 2010</date><title>The Wilbur F. Breslin Center for Real Estate Studies, Hofstra School of Law and The Institute of Real Estate at Hofstra University to host free Land Use Training Program for Municipal Planning and Zoning Officials </title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/092710_LandUseTraining.html</link><description>The Wilbur F. Breslin Center for Real Estate Studies in collaboration with Hofstra School of Law and The Institute of Real Estate at Hofstra University invite municipal planning and zoning officials to their free fourth annual Land Use Training Program on October 4, 2010 from 5:15-9:30 p.m. at the Hofstra University Club, David S. Mack Hall, North Campus.</description><hofcats>ZARB</hofcats></item><item><date>Sep 23, 2010</date><title>AOL and Patch To Launch PatchU, A Media Initiative For Colleges And Universities, Partnering With Hofstra University </title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/092310_PatchU.html</link><description>AOL Inc. 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Axinn Library at Hofstra University will host the 75th anniversary symposium, KAPOW! From Pulp Fiction to Google Books: Celebrating the Evolution of Popular Culture from 1935 to the present</description><hofcats>COMMUNITY,DIVERSITY,HUHC,GRADUATE,FACULTY,SOE,CULTURAL,ADMISSION,STUDENT,MUSEUM,HCLAS,STUDENTAFFAIRS,SOM,ALUMNI</hofcats></item><item><date>Sep 20, 2010</date><title>HOFSTRA UNIVERSITY'S IDEAS INSTITUTE KICKS-OFF 2010 SCIENCE EVENINGS LECTURE SERIES</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/100110_IDEASevent10_14_10.html</link><description>Hofstra University's IDEAS Institute continues its series of talks entitled Science Evenings With IDEAS on Thursday, October 14, 2010 from 7:30-9:00pm.</description><hofcats>STUDENT,SOE,STUDENTAFFAIRS,ADMISSION,MUSEUM,HUHC,COMMUNITY,CULTURAL,ALUMNI,GRADUATE,HCLAS,SOM,FACULTY</hofcats></item><item><date>Sep 17, 2010</date><title>Hofstra Oral History Project launches website to celebrate 75th Anniversary</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/091710_ORALHISTORY.html</link><description>A year-long project to compile an oral history of Hofstra University’s first 75 years has reached a milestone of its own: launching a website that features slideshows, audio and video clips that tell the University’s story through the eyes of those who lived it.</description><hofcats>GRADUATE,RESEARCH,SOC,HCLAS,STUDENTAFFAIRS,DIVERSITY,FACULTY,STUDENT,ALUMNI,MUSEUM,ZARB,CULTURAL,HUHC,COMMUNITY,ADMISSION</hofcats></item><item><date>Sep 10, 2010</date><title>The Hofstra Cultural Center Announces the Fall 2010 Joseph G. Astman International Concert Series</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/091010_AstmanConcerts.html</link><description>The Hofstra Cultural Center Announces the Fall 2010 Joseph G. Astman International Concert Series</description><hofcats>DIVERSITY,COMMUNITY,CULTURAL</hofcats></item><item><date>Sep 09, 2010</date><title>Hofstra University Celebrates  75 Years of Pride and Purpose </title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/090910_75thanniversary.html</link><description>Hofstra University will launch the “75 Years of Pride and Purpose” celebration with “Diamond Weekend” beginning on Thursday, September 23, 2010 through Sunday, September 26, 2010.</description><hofcats>ADMISSION,STUDENT,COMMUNITY,HCLAS,MUSEUM,SOC,ALUMNI,STUDENTAFFAIRS</hofcats></item><item><date>Sep 01, 2010</date><title>Hofstra University Museum Presents  “75 Stories for 75 Years” In Celebration of the 75th Anniversary of Hofstra University</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/090110_75Stories75Years.html</link><description>“75 Stories for 75 Years” is an original exhibit, guest curated by Assistant Dean of Special Collections and Hofstra University Archivist Geri Solomon, which focuses on the history of the University and highlights 75 stories from the University’s past.</description><hofcats>MUSEUM</hofcats></item><item><date>Sep 01, 2010</date><title>Panel to explore suburban voters’ impact on the 2010 midterm elections</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/09012010_OBAMASUBURBS.html</link><description>A panel of political experts will examine attitudes among suburban swing voters who helped put Barack Obama in the White House and whether anger over a lagging economy will result in Democrats losing control of Congress in November’s midterm elections.</description><hofcats>STUDENTAFFAIRS,HUHC,ZARB,FACULTY,GRADUATE,STUDENT,COMMUNITY,CULTURAL,SOM,DIVERSITY,SOE,ALUMNI,SOC,HCLAS</hofcats></item><item><date>Aug 31, 2010</date><title>Hofstra and Nassau Community College Sign a "2+2 Joint Admissions Agreement"</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/083110_HofstraandNCCSigning.html</link><description>Hofstra and Nassau Community College Sign a "2+2 Joint Admissions Agreement"</description><hofcats>ADMISSION,COMMUNITY</hofcats></item><item><date>Aug 30, 2010</date><title>Peter G. 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Schiff to the Hofstra Board of Trustees.</description><hofcats>SOC,SOE,ZARB,COMMUNITY,HUHC,FACULTY,ADMISSION,STUDENT,HCLAS,SOM,ALUMNI,GRADUATE,MUSEUM</hofcats></item><item><date>Aug 30, 2010</date><title>The Princeton Review Names the Zarb School of Business One of its “Great Schools for Marketing and Sales Majors”</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/083010_zarb_princetonreview.html</link><description>The Princeton Review Names the Zarb School of Business One of its “Great Schools for Marketing and Sales Majors”</description><hofcats>ZARB</hofcats></item><item><date>Aug 18, 2010</date><title>Hofstra University Museum Presents “Acquired Riches: Highlights from the Hofstra University Museum Collection” </title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/081810_AcquiredRiches.html</link><description>This original exhibition “Acquired Riches: Highlights from the Hofstra University Museum Collection” highlights the artists, genres, and cultures represented in the Hofstra University Museum collection while paying tribute to the significant contribution of the art donors who are composed of alumni, art collectors, artists, faculty, friends, trustees and others. </description><hofcats>MUSEUM</hofcats></item><item><date>Aug 13, 2010</date><title>HOFSTRA ITALIAN EXPERIENCE FESTIVAL CELEBRATES 18 YEARS ON SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 2010!</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/081310_ItalianFestival.html</link><description>HOFSTRA ITALIAN EXPERIENCE FESTIVAL CELEBRATES 18 YEARS ON SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 2010!</description><hofcats>DIVERSITY,CULTURAL,COMMUNITY</hofcats></item><item><date>Aug 13, 2010</date><title>Hofstra STEP Program Graduates 100 Local Students from Summer Scholars Academy; Program Offers Exposure to Careers in Science and Technology</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/081310_SummerScholars.html</link><description>Hofstra STEP Program Graduates 100 Local Students from Summer Scholars Academy; Program Offers Exposure to Careers in Science and Technology</description><hofcats>SOM,COMMUNITY</hofcats></item><item><date>Aug 10, 2010</date><title>Hofstra Welcomes Students from Tokyo Future University</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/081010_TokyoFuture.html</link><description>Hofstra Welcomes Students from Tokyo Future University</description><hofcats>HCLAS,CULTURAL,DIVERSITY,COMMUNITY</hofcats></item><item><date>Jul 30, 2010</date><title>Leapin' Lizards! Hofstra Entertainment and The Gray Wig Present the Musical "Annie"</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/073010_Annie.html</link><description>Leapin' Lizards! Hofstra Entertainment and The Gray Wig Present the Musical "Annie"</description><hofcats>COMMUNITY,CULTURAL</hofcats></item><item><date>Jul 30, 2010</date><title>Students Who Transfer to Hofstra This Fall to Benefit From More Flexible Credit Policy</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/press_release11.html</link><description>… Hofstra University is welcoming transfer students with a new policy that allows them to use more credits earned from other institutions to satisfy Hofstra’s distribution, or core curriculum, requirement. The change, designed to make the transition to Hofstra smoother, means transfer students can focus on their major courses sooner.</description><hofcats>HUHC,ZARB,SOC,ADMISSION,COMMUNITY,STUDENTAFFAIRS,SOE,STUDENT,HCLAS</hofcats></item><item><date>Jul 27, 2010</date><title>Hofstra University Included in Fiske Guide to Colleges 2011</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/072710_fiske_guide.html</link><description>Hofstra University Included in Fiske Guide to Colleges 2011</description><hofcats>ADMISSION</hofcats></item><item><date>Jul 26, 2010</date><title>Hofstra University Recognized Nine Times in Chronicle of Higher Education’s 2010 Great Colleges to Work For Survey</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/072610_chronicle.html</link><description>Hofstra University Recognized Nine Times in Chronicle of Higher Education’s 2010 Great Colleges to Work For Survey</description></item><item><date>Jul 21, 2010</date><title>Hofstra to Host Transfer Days in August</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/072110_august_transfer_days.html</link><description>Hofstra to Host Transfer Days in August</description><hofcats>ADMISSION,COMMUNITY</hofcats></item><item><date>Jul 16, 2010</date><title>Hofstra University Office of Graduate Admissions Offers Open House</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/071610_grad_open_house_aug2010.html</link><description>Hofstra University Office of Graduate Admissions Offers Open House Aug 10, 2010</description><hofcats>HCLAS,ADMISSION,ZARB,SOC,SOE</hofcats></item><item><date>Jul 16, 2010</date><title>Metropolitan Area Teens Investigate Diversity While Perfecting Their Journalism Skills</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/071610_JDIV.html</link><description>Metropolitan area 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 J-DIV. J-DIV, which stands for Journalism Diversity, is being funded by The Rauch Foundation. </description><hofcats>SOC</hofcats></item><item><date>Jul 07, 2010</date><title>National Grid Supports Hofstra's "Green" Summer Science Research Project for High School Students </title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/070710_HUSSRP.html</link><description>National Grid Supports Hofstra's "Green" Summer Science Research Project for High School Students </description><hofcats>ENVIRONMENT,COMMUNITY,HCLAS,RESEARCH</hofcats></item><item><date>Jul 07, 2010</date><title>Office of Science and Technology Policy and Hofstra University to Co-Sponsor Stargazing Event</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/070710_stargazing.html</link><description>Hofstra University’s Astronomy Outreach Program and the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) are teaming up to host a free public stargazing party on the National Mall in Washington, D.C.</description><hofcats>RESEARCH,HCLAS,FACULTY,COMMUNITY</hofcats></item><item><date>Jun 28, 2010</date><title>Hofstra student wins undergraduate research prize from Astronomical Society of New York</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/press_release2.html</link><description>A senior physics major who graduated in May has been named winner of the Astronomical Society of New York’s 2010 undergraduate prize for the work he did as a summer research assistant at Hofstra.</description><hofcats>HCLAS,COMMUNITY,FACULTY,ALUMNI,STUDENT,RESEARCH</hofcats></item><item><date>Jun 25, 2010</date><title>Spend an Evening – Or an Afternoon – With "The Last Night of Ballyhoo," the Tony Award-Winning Comedy, Presented by Hofstra Entertainment, July 16 to August 1, 2010</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/062510_Ballyhoo.html</link><description>Spend an Evening – Or an Afternoon – With "The Last Night of Ballyhoo," the Tony Award-Winning Comedy, Presented by Hofstra Entertainment, July 16 to August 1, 2010</description><hofcats>CULTURAL,COMMUNITY</hofcats></item><item><date>Jun 24, 2010</date><title>Office of Undergraduate Admission to Host  July Transfer-Enrollment Days</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/06242010_july_transfer_orientation_days.html</link><description>Office of Undergraduate Admission to Host  July Transfer-Enrollment Days</description><hofcats>ADMISSION,COMMUNITY</hofcats></item><item><date>Jun 23, 2010</date><title>Hofstra University Office of Graduate Admissions Offers Open House</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/062310_graduate_open_house13jul10.html</link><description>The Office of Graduate Admissions will host a free Open House on Tuesday, July 13, 2010 from 6-8 p.m. in C.V. Starr Hall, South Campus. The $60 application fee will be waived for students who apply at the Graduate Open House.</description><hofcats>ADMISSION,ALUMNI,SOE,COMMUNITY,SOM,ZARB,HCLAS,SOC,HUHC</hofcats></item><item><date>Jun 21, 2010</date><title>Hofstra University's English Department, Creative Writing Program and Continuing Education Present the 36th Annual Summer Writers Program, July 6 to 16, 2010 </title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/062110_SummerWriters.html</link><description>Hofstra University's English Department, Creative Writing Program and Continuing Education Present the 36th Annual Summer Writers Program, July 6 to 16, 2010 </description><hofcats>ALUMNI,HCLAS,COMMUNITY,CULTURAL,FACULTY</hofcats></item><item><date>Jun 21, 2010</date><title>Robert Davi, Hofstra Alum, Star of Film and TV, Returns to the Stage of His Alma Mater to Perform "Davi Sings Sinatra": A Tribute to Sinatra, the Great American Songbook and America</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/062110_robert_davi.html</link><description>Robert Davi, Hofstra Alum, Star of Film and TV, Returns to the Stage of His Alma Mater to Perform "Davi Sings Sinatra": A Tribute to Sinatra, the Great American Songbook and America</description><hofcats>ALUMNI,CULTURAL,COMMUNITY</hofcats></item><item><date>Jun 21, 2010</date><title>Writing Graphic Novels Offered for the First Time by Hofstra University's 36th Annual Summer Writers Program</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/062110_GraphicNovelCourse.html</link><description>Writing Graphic Novels Offered for the First Time by Hofstra University's 36th Annual Summer Writers Program</description><hofcats>COMMUNITY,CULTURAL,FACULTY,HCLAS</hofcats></item><item><date>Jun 17, 2010</date><title>Hofstra’s Astronomy Outreach Program Presents Music and Astronomy Under the Stars</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/ASTRO_061710.html</link><description>Hofstra University’s Astronomy Outreach Program will bring its telescopes and star-gazing activities to concerts in Long Island and Central Park, and at the Tanglewood Music Festival this summer.</description><hofcats>RESEARCH,STUDENT,HCLAS,COMMUNITY,ALUMNI,FACULTY</hofcats></item><item><date>Jun 16, 2010</date><title>Hofstra School of Communication Students &amp; Faculty Honored with Industry Accomplishments</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/061610_SOC2010Honors.html</link><description>Hofstra University’s School of Communication students and faculty members have been honored with major industry accomplishments from the International Association of Business Communicators, Directors Guild of America, Press Club of Long Island Press Awards and the Research Institute for the Humanities. </description><hofcats>SOC</hofcats></item><item><date>Jun 10, 2010</date><title>Hofstra's Rehabilitation Program Takes Part in LI/Nassau NAMI Walk</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/061010_NAMIWalk.html</link><description>Hofstra's Rehabilitation Program Takes Part in LI/Nassau NAMI Walk</description><hofcats>SOE,COMMUNITY,FACULTY</hofcats></item><item><date>Jun 07, 2010</date><title>Andrea McArdle Concert (June 12 and 13) Launches Hofstra Entertainment's 2010 Summer Theater Season</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/060710_HofstraEntertainmentSummerSeason.html</link><description>Andrea McArdle Concert (June 12 and 13) Launches Hofstra Entertainment's 2010 Summer Theater Season</description><hofcats>COMMUNITY,CULTURAL</hofcats></item><item><date>Jun 04, 2010</date><title>Hofstra University Office of Admission Offers Preview Day for High School Sophomores</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/06042010_previewday.html</link><description>Hofstra University Office of Admission Offers Preview Day for High School Sophomores</description><hofcats>ZARB,ADMISSION</hofcats></item><item><date>Jun 03, 2010</date><title>Hofstra Music Professor Peter Boonshaft and Partners Awarded "Best in Show" Honor and "Best Tools for School" Award at the 2010 Winter NAMM Convention</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/060310_PeterBoonshaft.html</link><description>Hofstra Music Professor Peter Boonshaft and Partners Awarded "Best in Show" Honor and "Best Tools for School" Award at the 2010 Winter NAMM Convention</description><hofcats>HCLAS,CULTURAL,FACULTY</hofcats></item><item><date>Jun 02, 2010</date><title>Hofstra University Office of Graduate Admissions Offers Free Open House</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/060210_grad_open_house.html</link><description>Hofstra University Office of Graduate Admissions Offers Free Open House</description><hofcats>STUDENT,SOE,HCLAS,SOC,ADMISSION,ZARB</hofcats></item><item><date>Jun 02, 2010</date><title>Hofstra’s School of Education, Health and Human Services Announces New Online Program </title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/060210_HigherEducationOnline.html</link><description>The School of Education, Health and Human Services will begin offering its Master of Science in Educational Leadership and Policy Studies with a concentration in higher education online in Fall 2010.   </description><hofcats>ADMISSION,SOE,ALUMNI,STUDENTAFFAIRS,SOM</hofcats></item><item><date>Jun 02, 2010</date><title>Milton Cooper to Speak at Hofstra University’s Wilbur F. Breslin Center for Real Estate Studies Luncheon</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/06022010_FourthAnnualInstituteofRealEstateLuncheon .html</link><description>Milton Cooper, executive chairman of Kimco Realty Corporation, will be the keynote speaker at the Fourth Annual Institute of Real Estate Luncheon hosted by the Wilbur F. Breslin Center for Real Estate Studies on Thursday, June 15, 2010 from noon to 2 p.m. at the Hofstra University Club, David S. Mack Hall, North Campus.</description><hofcats>COMMUNITY,ZARB,ALUMNI</hofcats></item><item><date>May 27, 2010</date><title>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</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/052710_BillMcGee.html</link><description>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</description><hofcats>COMMUNITY,HCLAS,FACULTY</hofcats></item><item><date>May 27, 2010</date><title>Hofstra Creative Writing Professor Martha McPhee Celebrates Publication of Her Fourth Novel: "Dear Money" (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, June 3, 2010)</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/052710_DearMoney.html</link><description>Hofstra Creative Writing Professor Martha McPhee Celebrates Publication of Her Fourth Novel: "Dear Money" (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, June 3, 2010)</description><hofcats>FACULTY,HCLAS,CULTURAL</hofcats></item><item><date>May 27, 2010</date><title>Hofstra Music Professor Peter Boonshaft and Partners Awarded "Best in Show" Honor and "Best Tools for School" Award at the 2010 Winter NAMM Convention</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/052710_PeterBoonshaft.html</link><description>Hofstra Music Professor Peter Boonshaft and Partners Awarded "Best in Show" Honor and "Best Tools for School" Award at the 2010 Winter NAMM Convention</description><hofcats>HCLAS,CULTURAL,FACULTY</hofcats></item><item><date>May 26, 2010</date><title>Executive Director of Hofstra’s National Center for Suburban Studies honored by the Press Club of Long Island</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/052610_levy.html</link><description>Lawrence C. Levy, executive director of Hofstra University’s National Center for Suburban Studies, will be honored by the Press Club of Long Island with its Phil Spahn award at the organization’s annual awards dinner on Thursday, June 10, 2010 at the Woodbury Country Club, Woodbury, N.Y. </description><hofcats>FACULTY,COMMUNITY,HCLAS,ALUMNI</hofcats></item><item><date>May 26, 2010</date><title>QuickBooks Certificate Program Starting at Hofstra </title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/05262010_QuickBooksCertificateProgramJune2010.html</link><description>Hofstra's Scott Skodnek Business Development Center is offering a certificate program in the QuickBooks accounting software program in which participants will learn record keeping skills and more.  </description><hofcats>ZARB,COMMUNITY</hofcats></item><item><date>May 20, 2010</date><title>Newsday, News 12 and Hofstra Release Wide-Ranging Poll of New York State Voters</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/052010_renewnewyork.html</link><description>Fueled by anti-incumbent sentiment and fed-up with government, New York state voters overwhelmingly support term limits, campaign finance reform, and the power to put citizen initiatives on the ballot, according to a new statewide poll released today.</description><hofcats>RESEARCH,COMMUNITY</hofcats></item><item><date>May 18, 2010</date><title>Hofstra University Museum Receives  $5,000 In Funding From Astoria Federal Savings</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/press_release.html</link><description>The Hofstra University Museum has received a $5,000 gift from Astoria Federal Savings in support of two exhibitions, Settling Into Nature: La Bassée, A Contemporary Landscape in France Photographs by Mikael Levin, and Acquired Riches: Highlights from the Collection in celebration of the University’s 75th anniversary. </description><hofcats>MUSEUM</hofcats></item><item><date>May 17, 2010</date><title>Newsday, News 12 and Hofstra Announce Renew New York Initiative</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/051710_renewnewyork.html</link><description>On Thursday, May 20, 2010, Newsday, News 12 and Hofstra University host Renew New York: Looking Forward with New York’s Leaders, a panel with New York’s elected leaders about the state of our state.</description><hofcats>COMMUNITY,RESEARCH</hofcats></item><item><date>May 14, 2010</date><title>Hofstra to Host Transfer Days in June</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/051410_admission_transfer_day_june2010.html</link><description>Hofstra to Host Transfer Days in June</description><hofcats>ADMISSION,SOC,SOE,COMMUNITY,HCLAS,HUHC,ZARB</hofcats></item><item><date>May 12, 2010</date><title>Hofstra Students Compete in Film Festival for $9,000 in Industry Awards</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/051210_StudentFilmFestival .html</link><description>Hofstra University’s School of Communication, department of Radio, Television, Film, will sponsor the 14th annual Student Film Festival, in which students will compete for more than $9,000 in industry-sponsored awards. </description><hofcats>SOC</hofcats></item><item><date>May 12, 2010</date><title>Hofstra University sponsors conference on the interpretation of lyrics and music in Sikh devotional songs</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/051210_sikh_conference.html</link><description>Hofstra University’s Department of Religion, under the auspices of the Sardarni Kuljit Kaur Bindra Endowed Chair in Sikh Studies, will sponsor a conference on “The Hermeneutics of Sikh Music and Word” May 21-23, 2010.</description><hofcats>HCLAS,DIVERSITY,COMMUNITY,FACULTY,CULTURAL,RESEARCH,ALUMNI</hofcats></item><item><date>May 11, 2010</date><title>Hofstra University to Sponsor Pajama Program Night @ CitiField </title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/051110_PajamaProgram .html</link><description>Hofstra University will sponsor Pajama Program Night @ CitiField on Tuesday, May 25, 2010 for the New York Mets vs. the Philadelphia Phillies game at 7 p.m.</description><hofcats>SOC</hofcats></item><item><date>May 07, 2010</date><title>Hofstra To Host Long Island Latino Media Conference</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/050710_LatinoMediaDay.html</link><description>Hofstra University will host a free Long Island Latino Media Conference on May 22, 2010 to discuss the challenges facing Latino media on Long Island. Leaders of local Latino newspaper and news websites will join public officials, Hofstra School of Communication faculty, and community members in a wide range of workshops. </description><hofcats>SOC</hofcats></item><item><date>May 06, 2010</date><title>Hofstra University's Summer Session Courses Offer a Variety of Learning Experiences</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/050610_SS_DistanceLearning.html</link><description>Hofstra University's Summer Session Courses Offer a Variety of Learning Experiences</description><hofcats>COMMUNITY,STUDENT,ADMISSION</hofcats></item><item><date>May 06, 2010</date><title>Hofstra University Offers Classes to High School Students This Summer</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/050610_SS_HighSchoolClasses.html</link><description>Hofstra University Offers Classes to High School Students This Summer</description><hofcats>COMMUNITY,ADMISSION</hofcats></item><item><date>May 06, 2010</date><title>Three Hofstra Honors College Students Accepted into the Amsterdam Program</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/050610_Amsterdam.html</link><description>As part of a student exchange program with the University of Amsterdam, Hofstra University has awarded three students the opportunity to spend a year studying European History and Culture at the University of Amsterdam for the 2010-2011 academic year.</description><hofcats>HUHC,STUDENT</hofcats></item><item><date>May 05, 2010</date><title>Hofstra University Offers Classes to High School Students This Summer</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/050510_SS_StudyAbroad.html</link><description>Study Abroad This Summer with Hofstra University</description><hofcats>ADMISSION,HUHC,COMMUNITY</hofcats></item><item><date>May 03, 2010</date><title>Drs. Habib M. Ammari and Timothy Daniels Are Each Awarded Hofstra's Annual Stessin Prize for Outstanding Scholarly Publications</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/050310_StessinPrize.html</link><description>Drs. Habib M. Ammari and Timothy Daniels Are Each Awarded Hofstra's Annual Stessin Prize for Outstanding Scholarly Publications</description><hofcats>FACULTY,HCLAS,CULTURAL,COMMUNITY</hofcats></item><item><date>May 03, 2010</date><title>Rona Woldenberg, MD, Appointed Assistant Dean of Admissions of Hofstra University School of Medicine in partnership with North Shore-LIJ Health System</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/050310_medicine_woldenberg.html</link><description>School of Medicine Dean and Chief Medical Officer Dr. Lawrence G. Smith has appointed Rona Woldenberg, M.D., as the Assistant Dean for Admissions of the Hofstra University School of Medicine in partnership with North Shore-LIJ Health System.</description><hofcats>SOM</hofcats></item><item><date>Apr 30, 2010</date><title>Hofstra University Announces 2010 Spring Commencement Activities and Honorees</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/043010_May2010Commencement.html</link><description>Hofstra University Announces 2010 Spring Commencement Activities and Honorees</description><hofcats>ALUMNI,STUDENTAFFAIRS,COMMUNITY</hofcats></item><item><date>Apr 29, 2010</date><title>Hofstra Students Select Teachers of the Year </title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/042910_TeachersOfTheYear.html</link><description>Hofstra Students Select Teachers of the Year </description><hofcats>HCLAS,ZARB,FACULTY,SOE,SOC</hofcats></item><item><date>Apr 29, 2010</date><title>Performance by Hofstra's Dance and Dance Education Programs, and AHRC-Nassau Highlights the Creative and Therapeutic Benefits of Dance</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/042910_DanceEducationAHRC.html</link><description>Performance by Hofstra's Dance and Dance Education Programs, and AHRC-Nassau Highlights the Creative and Therapeutic Benefits of Dance</description><hofcats>SOE,COMMUNITY,CULTURAL,HCLAS</hofcats></item><item><date>Apr 29, 2010</date><title>The Bronx Opera Company Presents Gaetano Donizetti's "Don Pasquale"</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/042910_DonPasquale.html</link><description>The Bronx Opera Company Presents Gaetano Donizetti's "Don Pasquale"</description><hofcats>COMMUNITY,CULTURAL</hofcats></item><item><date>Apr 28, 2010</date><title>ERASE Racism documentary on race and education on Long Island to premiere at Hofstra</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/04-28-2010_ERASERACISMFILM.html</link><description>The public policy advocacy group ERASE .Racism and Hofstra University are co-sponsoring the premiere of the organization’s new documentary “A Tale of Two Schools: Race and Education on Long Island” on Thursday, May 6, 2010, 3:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. at the Student Center Theater, North Campus.</description><hofcats>ADMISSION,HCLAS,SOE,STUDENT,SOC,COMMUNITY,FACULTY,CULTURAL,ALUMNI,DIVERSITY</hofcats></item><item><date>Apr 28, 2010</date><title>Hofstra Television Students Raise Money  For Their Film Major Peer</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/042810_MaxKolb10.html</link><description>Hofstra’s School of Communication will air “The 9th Annual Friends of Max Kolb Telethon” on May 2, 2010 from 10 p.m. to 11:30 p.m. on Hofstra TV channel 35. </description><hofcats>SOC</hofcats></item><item><date>Apr 27, 2010</date><title>2010 Student Art Show Presented by Hofstra University's Fine Arts Department</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/042710_StudentArtShow.html</link><description>2010 Student Art Show Presented by Hofstra University's Fine Arts Department</description><hofcats>HCLAS,STUDENTAFFAIRS,CULTURAL,COMMUNITY,MUSEUM</hofcats></item><item><date>Apr 26, 2010</date><title>Hofstra English Professor Joseph McLaren Co-Authors Book with Jazz Great Jimmy Heath: "I Walked with Giants: The Autobiography of Jimmy Heath" (Temple UP, 2010)</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/042610_JosephMcLaren.html</link><description>Hofstra English Professor Joseph McLaren Co-Authors Book with Jazz Great Jimmy Heath: "I Walked with Giants: The Autobiography of Jimmy Heath" (Temple UP, 2010)</description><hofcats>HCLAS,CULTURAL,FACULTY,COMMUNITY,DIVERSITY</hofcats></item><item><date>Apr 23, 2010</date><title>Hofstra Students Participate in Refugee Campus</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/042310_RefugeeCamp.html</link><description>Human Action, a new student group at Hofstra University, organized Refugee Campus, a week-long event from April 26-30, 2010 during which students, faculty and community members camp out for four nights and five days to bring attention to the plight of refugees around the world.  </description><hofcats>CULTURAL,COMMUNITY,STUDENT,STUDENTAFFAIRS</hofcats></item><item><date>Apr 21, 2010</date><title>Hofstra University Museum Presents “Settling Into Nature: La Bassée, A Contemporary Landscape in France Photographs by Mikael Levin”</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/042110_LevinExhibit.html</link><description>The exhibition “Settling Into Nature: La Bassée, A Contemporary Landscape in France Photographs by Mikael Levin” pairs the photographs of the rural French landscape by the internationally recognized artist Mikael Levin  with excerpts from texts that influenced the artist in his work.</description><hofcats>MUSEUM</hofcats></item><item><date>Apr 21, 2010</date><title>Stanislao Pugliese to be invested as Queensboro UNICO Foundation Distinguished Professor of Italian and Italian American Studies</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/042110_pugliese_unico.html</link><description>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.</description><hofcats>HCLAS,COMMUNITY,STUDENT,DIVERSITY,HUHC,FACULTY,ALUMNI,CULTURAL</hofcats></item><item><date>Apr 16, 2010</date><title>Hofstra Student to Compete at National Athletic Trainers’ Association this Summer</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/041610_MikeMcCristall.html</link><description>Senior, Michael McCristall, an athletic training major, has qualified to compete at the National Athletic Trainers’ Association’s (NATA) Quiz Bowl on June 23, 2010 in Philadelphia, PA.  </description><hofcats>SOM,STUDENT</hofcats></item><item><date>Apr 15, 2010</date><title>Panel featuring National Public Radio senior host Robert Siegel to examine media coverage of the Obama Administration</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/04152010_OBAMAMEDIA.html</link><description>A panel of top-flight journalists and political analysts will dissect media coverage of President Obama on Thursday, April 22, 2010, 11:10 a.m.-12:35 p.m. in 246 East Library Wing, Joan and Donald E. Axinn Library, South Campus.</description><hofcats>HCLAS,HUHC,COMMUNITY,STUDENTAFFAIRS,ALUMNI,SOE,SOC,ZARB,SOM,FACULTY,STUDENT,CULTURAL</hofcats></item><item><date>Apr 13, 2010</date><title>Hofstra's Astman Concert Series Lets Music Lovers Ring in Spring with Tributes To Songs from Broadway and the Movies, The Rat Pack and More</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/041310_AprilAstmanConcert.html</link><description>Hofstra's Astman Concert Series Lets Music Lovers Ring in Spring with Tributes To Songs from Broadway and the Movies, The Rat Pack and More</description><hofcats>COMMUNITY,CULTURAL</hofcats></item><item><date>Apr 13, 2010</date><title>Hofstra Celebrates 27th Annual Dutch Festival</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/041310_DutchFestival.html</link><description>Hofstra Celebrates 27th Annual Dutch Festival</description><hofcats>COMMUNITY,CULTURAL,DIVERSITY</hofcats></item><item><date>Apr 13, 2010</date><title>Hofstra Conference, "For a Dangerous Pedagogy," Has Mission to Change Society's Teaching and Thinking of Italian and Italian American Culture April 14 to 17, 2010</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/041310_ItalianPedagogy.html</link><description>Hofstra Conference, "For a Dangerous Pedagogy," Has Mission to Change Society's Teaching and Thinking of Italian and Italian American Culture April 14 to 17, 2010</description><hofcats>HCLAS,CULTURAL,DIVERSITY,FACULTY,COMMUNITY</hofcats></item><item><date>Apr 13, 2010</date><title>Hofstra Dance Continues Its Silver Anniversary Celebration With Annual Spring Dance Concert</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/041310_DanceConcert.html</link><description>Hofstra Dance Continues Its Silver Anniversary Celebration With Annual Spring Dance Concert</description><hofcats>HCLAS,FACULTY,COMMUNITY</hofcats></item><item><date>Apr 13, 2010</date><title>Hofstra University Office of Undergraduate Admission to Host Spring Open House</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/041310_SpringOpenHouse.html</link><description>Hofstra University is hosting an open house for high school juniors and their families on Sunday, April 25, 2010 from 9 a.m. until 1 p.m.</description><hofcats>COMMUNITY,ADMISSION</hofcats></item><item><date>Apr 13, 2010</date><title>The Marriage and Family Therapy Clinic of  the Joan and Arnold Saltzman Community Services Center Presents Celebrity Couple Michael Tucker and Jill Eikenberry In a Discussion and Signing for "Family Meals: Coming Together to Care for an Aging Parent</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/050510_TuckerEikenberry.html</link><description>Celebrity couple Michael Tucker and Jill Eikenberry will be discussing and signing copies of Tucker’s new book, Family Meals: Coming Together to Care for an Aging Parent, at Hofstra University on Wednesday, May 5, 2010, from 11:15 a.m. to 12:40 p.m.</description><hofcats>COMMUNITY</hofcats></item><item><date>Apr 09, 2010</date><title>A Day for Haiti, A Night for Haiti</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/040910_HofstraForHaiti.html</link><description>A consortium of 17 academic and student organizations at Hofstra University are sponsoring a conference titled; “A Day for Haiti, A Night for Haiti,” on Tuesday, April 13, 2010 from 9:30 a.m. – 9 p.m.  </description><hofcats>COMMUNITY,CULTURAL,STUDENT,STUDENTAFFAIRS,DIVERSITY</hofcats></item><item><date>Apr 09, 2010</date><title>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"</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/040910_SimonDoubleday.html</link><description>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"</description><hofcats>FACULTY,HCLAS,CULTURAL</hofcats></item><item><date>Apr 09, 2010</date><title>Hofstra Professor Secures Grant from  Seedworks Fund</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/040910_SeedworksFund.html</link><description>Bruce Torff, Ed.D., a professor in the department of curriculum and teaching in the School of Education, Health and Human Services has secured a   $20,000 grant from the Seedworks Fund, an affiliate of the Hagedorn Foundation.  </description><hofcats>SOM,RESEARCH</hofcats></item><item><date>Apr 08, 2010</date><title>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"</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/042310_JohnMcPhee.html</link><description>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"</description><hofcats>HCLAS,COMMUNITY,CULTURAL</hofcats></item><item><date>Apr 08, 2010</date><title>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</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/040810_HerbDeutsch.html</link><description>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</description><hofcats>FACULTY,ALUMNI,CULTURAL,HCLAS</hofcats></item><item><date>Apr 07, 2010</date><title>Hofstra professor’s research featured in upcoming episode of Discovery Channel documentary series,  “Life”</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/04062010_BUGS.html</link><description>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”, which is scheduled to air at 9 p.m. on Sunday, April 11, 2010.</description><hofcats>HUHC,HCLAS,FACULTY,STUDENT,ALUMNI,RESEARCH</hofcats></item><item><date>Apr 01, 2010</date><title>Amity Shlaes, noted political economist, to speak at Hofstra</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/04012020_SUTHERLAND.html</link><description>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 – a talk entitled “FDR’s New Deal: Lessons for President Obama” – on Tuesday, April 13, 2010, 3-4:30 p.m. at Monroe Lecture Center Theater, California Avenue, South Campus</description><hofcats>SOC,COMMUNITY,FACULTY,STUDENT,SOE,CULTURAL,HUHC,HCLAS,STUDENTAFFAIRS,ALUMNI,ZARB</hofcats></item><item><date>Apr 01, 2010</date><title>Hofstra fetes co-recipients of 2010 Guru Nanak Interfaith Prize</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/04012010_GURUDINNER.html</link><description>Hofstra University will honor Rabbi Arthur Schneier, president of the Appeal for Conscience Foundation, and Religions for Peace, a worldwide multi-religious coalition, as co-recipients of the 2010 Guru Nanak Interfaith Prize at an awards presentation and gala dinner on Monday, April 12, 2010 at 7 p.m. at the Garden City Hotel, Garden City, N.Y.</description><hofcats>HCLAS,CULTURAL,COMMUNITY,DIVERSITY</hofcats></item><item><date>Mar 29, 2010</date><title>Zarb Marketing Students to Compete in National Case Competition</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/03292010_MarketingStudentsCompetinginNationalCompetition.html</link><description>Students from Hofstra's chapter of the American Marketing Association (HAMA) will travel to New Orleans, LA. April 8-10, 2010 to participate in the final round of the parent organization's annual International Collegiate Case Competition.</description><hofcats>ZARB</hofcats></item><item><date>Mar 26, 2010</date><title>"The Easter Rising and Today" – A Speech by Former Boston Mayor Raymond L. Flynn Thursday, April 8, 2010, 9:30 a.m.</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/032210_RayFlynn.html</link><description>"The Easter Rising and Today" – A Speech by Former Boston Mayor Raymond L. Flynn Thursday, April 8, 2010, 9:30 a.m.</description><hofcats>CULTURAL,FACULTY,DIVERSITY,COMMUNITY,HCLAS</hofcats></item><item><date>Mar 22, 2010</date><title>All in the Family: The Risk and Rewards of Running a Family-owned Business</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/03222010_DoesitPaytoRunaFamilyBusiness.html</link><description>The Frank G. Zarb School of Business will host a "Does it pay to be in a family business?" roundtable discussion on Wednesday, March 24, 2010 from 4:30 to 6 pm at the Sondra and David S. Mack Student Center Theater, North Campus. </description><hofcats>ZARB</hofcats></item><item><date>Mar 19, 2010</date><title>Hofstra archeologists highlight Long Island’s African American history for Columbia University project </title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/031910_MAAParcheology.html</link><description>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.</description><hofcats>HCLAS,ALUMNI,COMMUNITY,RESEARCH,FACULTY</hofcats></item><item><date>Mar 19, 2010</date><title>Hofstra Professor Maureen Murphy Recognized for Contributions to the Groundbreaking "Dictionary of Irish Biography"</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/031910_MaureenMurphy.html</link><description>Hofstra Professor Maureen Murphy Recognized for Contributions to the Groundbreaking "Dictionary of Irish Biography"</description><hofcats>FACULTY,CULTURAL,DIVERSITY,SOE</hofcats></item><item><date>Mar 19, 2010</date><title>Hofstra’s 2010 New York State Council for the Social Studies Awards Winners </title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/03182010_SocialStudiesAward.html</link><description>Four Hofstra affiliated educators have been honored by the New York State Council for Social Studies (NYSCSS), a professional association of teachers and supervisors at the elementary, secondary, college and university levels.</description><hofcats>SOM</hofcats></item><item><date>Mar 17, 2010</date><title>Children's Play, Toys and Games Is the Subject of a Hofstra Academic Symposium: "Child's Play, Children's Pleasures: Interdisciplinary Explorations"</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/031710_ChildsPlay.html</link><description>Children's Play, Toys and Games Is the Subject of a Hofstra Academic Symposium: Child's Play, Children's Pleasures: Interdisciplinary Explorations</description><hofcats>COMMUNITY,CULTURAL,MUSEUM</hofcats></item><item><date>Mar 17, 2010</date><title>Hofstra's Student Music Organization to Host Annual CMENC Conference March 19 and 20, 2010</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/031710_CMENCConference.html</link><description>Hofstra's Student Music Organization to Host Annual CMENC Conference March 19 and 20, 2010</description><hofcats>STUDENT,COMMUNITY,FACULTY,HCLAS</hofcats></item><item><date>Mar 15, 2010</date><title>Hofstra Concerts Presents Internationally Renowned Irish-American Group  Cherish The Ladies</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/031510_CherishTheLadies.html</link><description>Hofstra Concerts presents an evening of traditional Celtic music by internationally renowned Irish-American group Cherish The Ladies on Saturday, March 27, 2010 at 7 p.m. at John Cranford Adams Playhouse, south campus.  </description><hofcats>STUDENT,STUDENTAFFAIRS</hofcats></item><item><date>Mar 12, 2010</date><title>Hempstead for Hofstra/Hofstra for Hempstead to Host 36th Annual Scholarship Dinner</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/031122010_HOFSTRAFORHEMPSTEAD.html</link><description>The 36th annual Hempstead for Hofstra/Hofstra for Hempstead Scholarship Dinner will honor six community leaders for their service on Thursday, April 8, 2010 at 6:30 p.m. in the Main Dining Room of the Sondra and David S. Mack Student Center, North Campus.</description><hofcats>FACULTY,STUDENT,DIVERSITY,COMMUNITY,STUDENTAFFAIRS,ALUMNI,ADMISSION</hofcats></item><item><date>Mar 12, 2010</date><title>Hofstra's Astman Concert Series Lets Music Lovers Ring in Spring with Tributes To Dinah Shore, Desi Arnaz, Songs from Broadway and the Movies, The Rat Pack and More</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/031210_AstmanConcerts.html</link><description>Hofstra's Astman Concert Series Lets Music Lovers Ring in Spring with Tributes To Desi Arnaz, Songs from Broadway and the Movies, The Rat Pack and More</description><hofcats>CULTURAL,COMMUNITY</hofcats></item><item><date>Mar 12, 2010</date><title>Hofstra Professor and Renowned Lutenist Christopher Morrongiello To Perform In Galileo Tribute Concert at the Custer Observatory, March 20, 8 p.m.</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/031210_Morrongiello.html</link><description>Hofstra Professor and Renowned Lutenist Christopher Morrongiello To Perform In Galileo Tribute Concert at the Custer Observatory, March 20, 8 p.m.</description><hofcats>HCLAS,COMMUNITY,FACULTY,RESEARCH,CULTURAL</hofcats></item><item><date>Mar 12, 2010</date><title>Hofstra University Presents 12th Annual Irish Festival</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/031210_IrishFestival.html</link><description>Hofstra University Presents 12th Annual Irish Festival</description><hofcats>CULTURAL,DIVERSITY,COMMUNITY</hofcats></item><item><date>Mar 11, 2010</date><title>Hofstra University Museum Receives  New York State Council On The Arts Funding </title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/031110_museumfunding10.html</link><description>The Hofstra University Museum has received a $19,745 gift from the New York State Council on the Arts (NYSCA) in support of its current exhibition, Children’s Pleasures: American Celebrations of Childhood.</description><hofcats>MUSEUM</hofcats></item><item><date>Mar 10, 2010</date><title>Grateful teens report better grades and family relationships than less thankful peers, new study by Hofstra professor finds</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/031010_GRATITUDESTUDY.html</link><description>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, according to a new study authored by a Hofstra psychology professor.</description><hofcats>SOE,FACULTY,COMMUNITY,HCLAS,ALUMNI,RESEARCH</hofcats></item><item><date>Mar 10, 2010</date><title>Hofstra Students Produce Empire State Fashion Show</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/031010_EmpireStateFS.html</link><description>Hofstra University’s student run production company, AG Productions, will host the Empire State Fashion Show on Monday, March 15, 2010 at 9 p.m. in Studio A, Dempster Hall, south campus. </description><hofcats>SOC</hofcats></item><item><date>Mar 09, 2010</date><title>Hofstra Hosts Eco-Friendly Exhibit; Sustainable Choices, Living Today with Tomorrow in Mind</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/03082010_SustainableExhibit.html</link><description>Hofstra University announces the “Sustainable Choices, Living Today with Tomorrow in Mind” exhibit will be displayed in the Hagedorn Hall Lobby March, 2 - 14 and in the  Student Center East Cafeteria March 16 - 25.  </description><hofcats>SOM,COMMUNITY,STUDENT,RESEARCH</hofcats></item><item><date>Mar 08, 2010</date><title>Community Workshops and Family Activities Highlight Hofstra Symposium "Child's Play, Children's Pleasures: Interdisciplinary Explorations"</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/0315_ChildrensPlayActivities.html</link><description>Community Workshops and Family Activities Highlight Hofstra Symposium "Child's Play, Children's Pleasures: Interdisciplinary Explorations"</description><hofcats>CULTURAL,MUSEUM,COMMUNITY,SOE,FACULTY</hofcats></item><item><date>Mar 08, 2010</date><title>Hofstra University to Host Spring Job and Internship Fair For Hofstra Students and Alumni</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/030810_JobFair.html</link><description>Hofstra University to Host Spring Job and Internship Fair For Hofstra Students and Alumni</description><hofcats>STUDENTAFFAIRS,STUDENT,ZARB,ALUMNI,SOC,SOE,HCLAS,HUHC</hofcats></item><item><date>Mar 05, 2010</date><title>Hofstra's Spring 2010 "Great Writers, Great Readings" Series Continues with Author Mona Simpson</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/030510_MonaSimpson.html</link><description>Hofstra's Spring 2010 "Great Writers, Great Readings" Series Continues with Author Mona Simpson</description><hofcats>HCLAS,COMMUNITY,CULTURAL</hofcats></item><item><date>Mar 05, 2010</date><title>Hofstra University Office of Undergraduate Admission to Host Transfer Open House</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/030510_TransferOpenHouseMarch.html</link><description>Hofstra University is hosting an open house for transfer students on Friday, March 12, 2010.  Check-in begins at 10 a.m. at the Sondra and David S. Mack Student Center, North Campus.</description><hofcats>ADMISSION</hofcats></item><item><date>Mar 04, 2010</date><title>Zarb School of Business to Co-Host Fourth Annual American Society for Quality Lean Six Sigma Symposium</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/03042010_LeanSixSigmaFourthAnnualSymposium.html</link><description>The Frank G. Zarb School of Business Department of Information Technology and Quantitative Methods and The American Society for Quality, Long Island (ASQ-LI) Section, are co-sponsoring the fourth annual symposium on the business improvement methodologies of Lean and Six Sigma on March 19, 2010 from 8:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. at Hofstra USA, North Campus. Senate President Pro Tempore Malcolm A. Smith, majority leader of the New York State Senate, will deliver the luncheon keynote address. </description><hofcats>ZARB</hofcats></item><item><date>Mar 03, 2010</date><title>A Presentation By Professor of Law Joanna L. Grossman </title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/030310_Grossman.html</link><description>Hofstra University’s Office of the Provost and Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs, in cooperation with the Provost Diversity Task Force presents “Beyond Open Doors: Integrating Pregnant Women into the Workplace” on Wednesday, March 10, 2010 at 11:30 a.m. in the Leo A. Guthart Cultural Center Theater, Joan and Donald E. Axinn Library, south campus. </description><hofcats>FACULTY,RESEARCH,DIVERSITY</hofcats></item><item><date>Mar 03, 2010</date><title>Hofstra Celebrates Women’s “Herstory” Month</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/030310_WHM10.html</link><description>Hofstra University’s Women’s “Herstory” Month, devoted to honoring women and their impact on the world, will feature  a Self Defense Workshop, and several discussions including: “Ain’t I a Woman?: Body Image and the Multiple Identifies of Women Today” , “True Life: I’ve Been Affected by Domestic Violence” and “Rome, Women and the End of Catholicism.” </description><hofcats>STUDENTAFFAIRS</hofcats></item><item><date>Mar 03, 2010</date><title>Hofstra University Office of Graduate Admissions to host Open House</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/030310_GradOpenHouseMarch.html</link><description>The Office of Graduate Admissions will host an Open House on Sunday, March 7, 2010 from 1 – 4 p.m. at C.V. Starr Hall, South Campus.</description><hofcats>ADMISSION</hofcats></item><item><date>Mar 01, 2010</date><title>"Not All Artists Are Starving" – A Night of Networking</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/030110_NotAllArtistsAreStarving.html</link><description>"Not All Artists Are Starving" – A Night of Networking</description><hofcats>STUDENT,HCLAS,STUDENTAFFAIRS</hofcats></item><item><date>Mar 01, 2010</date><title>"Twelfth Night" Headlines 61st Annual Hofstra Shakespeare Festival </title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/030110_ShakespeareFestival.html</link><description>"Twelfth Night" Headlines 61st Annual Hofstra Shakespeare Festival </description><hofcats>HCLAS,STUDENT,CULTURAL,COMMUNITY</hofcats></item><item><date>Mar 01, 2010</date><title>Hofstra's Spring 2010 "Great Writers, Great Readings" Series Continues with Author Mona Simpson</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/030110_MonaSimpson.html</link><description>Hofstra's Spring 2010 "Great Writers, Great Readings" Series Continues with Author Mona Simpson</description><hofcats>CULTURAL,COMMUNITY,HCLAS</hofcats></item><item><date>Mar 01, 2010</date><title>Hofstra Hosts New Directions in American Health Care: Innovations from Home and Abroad</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/030110_SOEHHSNewDirections.html</link><description>The Hofstra Cultural Center in conjunction with the School of Law, the School of Education, Health and Human Services, Hofstra’s College of Liberal Arts and Sciences and the School of Medicine hosts New Directions in American Health Care: Innovations from Home and Abroad on Thursday and Friday March 11 and 12, 2010. </description><hofcats>SOE,CULTURAL</hofcats></item><item><date>Mar 01, 2010</date><title>Hofstra University Mourns the Loss Of Dr. Ellen Parker, Professor Emerita of Speech-Language-Hearing Sciences</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/030110_EllenParker.html</link><description>Hofstra University Mourns the Loss Of Dr. Ellen Parker, Professor Emerita of Speech-Language-Hearing Sciences</description><hofcats>HCLAS,FACULTY</hofcats></item><item><date>Mar 01, 2010</date><title>Students Take The Hofstra Shakespeare Festival on the Road: New Hour-Length Adaptation of Julius Caesar to Be Performed at Hofstra (March 13, 18, 20) and Area High Schools</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/030110_IdesOfMarch.html</link><description>Students Take The Hofstra Shakespeare Festival on the Road: New Hour-Length Adaptation of Julius Caesar to Be Performed at Hofstra (March 13, 18, 20) and Area High Schools</description><hofcats>CULTURAL,HCLAS,FACULTY,STUDENT,COMMUNITY</hofcats></item><item><date>Feb 25, 2010</date><title>Hofstra University Marriage and Family Therapy Clinic At the Joan and Arnold Saltzman Community Services Center Spring 2010 Groups</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/022510_MFTWorkshops.html</link><description>Hofstra University Marriage and Family Therapy Clinic At the Joan and Arnold Saltzman Community Services Center Spring 2010 Groups</description><hofcats>SOM,COMMUNITY</hofcats></item><item><date>Feb 24, 2010</date><title>New Dean Appointed for School of Communication at Hofstra University</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/02242010_newSOCdean.html</link><description>Hofstra University President Stuart Rabinowitz today announced the appointment of Evan W. Cornog as the Dean of the School of Communication at Hofstra University.</description><hofcats>SOC</hofcats></item><item><date>Feb 23, 2010</date><title>"Rome, Women and the End of Catholicism" by Phyllis Zagano, Ph.D., Senior Research Associate-In-Residence, Hofstra University</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/022310_ZaganoLecture.html</link><description>"Rome, Women and the End of Catholicism" by Phyllis Zagano, Ph.D., Senior Research Associate-In-Residence, Hofstra University</description><hofcats>CULTURAL,HCLAS,FACULTY,DIVERSITY,COMMUNITY</hofcats></item><item><date>Feb 23, 2010</date><title>Mideast Update With Michael Tuchfeld, One of Israel's Leading TV Journalist</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/022310_TuchfeldLecture.html</link><description>Mideast Update With Michael Tuchfeld, One of Israel's Leading TV Journalists</description><hofcats>COMMUNITY,DIVERSITY,CULTURAL</hofcats></item><item><date>Feb 23, 2010</date><title>Start and Expand a Business in a  Challenging Economy </title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/02232010_March2010EntrepreneurialAssistanceProgram .html</link><description>Learn strategies to grow your business and optimize potential opportunities during the economic downturn.  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 cultivate a successful business. Participants receive training and counseling that will enable them to complete a business plan while attending the program.  A free information session about the EAP will be held March 3, 2010 at 6 pm in Brower Hall, Room 106, South Campus.</description><hofcats>COMMUNITY</hofcats></item><item><date>Feb 23, 2010</date><title>The Annual International Scene </title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/02232010_InternationalScene.html</link><description>Hofstra’s annual International Scene Lecture series on domestic and foreign affairs will examine economic policy on war and military spending. </description><hofcats>HCLAS</hofcats></item><item><date>Feb 22, 2010</date><title>Hofstra's Astman Concert Series Lets Music Lovers Ring in Spring with Tributes To Dinah Shore, Desi Arnaz, Songs from Broadway and the Movies, The Rat Pack and More</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/022210_AstmanConcerts.html</link><description>Hofstra's Astman Concert Series Lets Music Lovers Ring in Spring with Tributes To Dinah Shore, Desi Arnaz, Songs from Broadway and the Movies, The Rat Pack and More</description><hofcats>CULTURAL,COMMUNITY</hofcats></item><item><date>Feb 22, 2010</date><title>Hofstra's Rosenberg Gallery Presents "Color-Time-Space"</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/021210_ColorTimeSpace.html</link><description>Hofstra's Rosenberg Gallery Presents "Color-Time-Space"</description><hofcats>CULTURAL,COMMUNITY,HCLAS,MUSEUM</hofcats></item><item><date>Feb 22, 2010</date><title>New Dean Appointed for Frank G. Zarb School of Business at Hofstra University</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/20100222_NewDeanoftheZarbSchoolofBusiness.html</link><description>Hofstra University President Stuart Rabinowitz today announced the appointment of Patrick J. Socci as the Dean of the Frank G. Zarb School of Business at Hofstra University.</description><hofcats>ZARB</hofcats></item><item><date>Feb 18, 2010</date><title>Education Professor Roberto Joseph Published Work in Trade Journal, Educational Technology </title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/021810_joseph_educational.html</link><description>Hofstra University Assistant Professor  Roberto Joseph, Ph.D. was the lead editor for the November-December 2009 issue of Educational Technology, co-authored the issue’s introduction and wrote an article for it  titled, “Closing the Achievement Gap with Culturally Relevant Technology-Based Learning Environments.”</description><hofcats>RESEARCH,FACULTY,SOE</hofcats></item><item><date>Feb 18, 2010</date><title>Hofstra University Holds Networking Panel Events </title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/021810_GradPanels.html</link><description>Hofstra University in conjunction with the School of Communication, Frank G. Zarb School of Business and the School of Education, Health and Human Services are holding two networking panel events focused on graduate programs and future career options. </description><hofcats>ZARB,ADMISSION,SOE,SOC</hofcats></item><item><date>Feb 17, 2010</date><title>Postponed: Hofstra and Vanity Fair Magazine Sponsor Panel on the Image of the Presidency Through History </title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/021710_VanityFair.html</link><description>A panel of national political and communications experts will examine the image of the presidency from George Washington to Barack Obama, and how well those images reflect the real character of the men who have occupied the Oval Office. </description><hofcats>CULTURAL,COMMUNITY,HCLAS</hofcats></item><item><date>Feb 12, 2010</date><title>Irish Studies Program at Hofstra University Announces Events for Spring 2010</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/021210_IrishStudiesEvents.html</link><description>Irish Studies Program at Hofstra University Announces Events for Spring 2010</description><hofcats>HCLAS,CULTURAL,COMMUNITY</hofcats></item><item><date>Feb 12, 2010</date><title>Pride Help the Long Island Homeless</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/021210_pride_helphomeless.html</link><description>The Hofstra Men’s Lacrosse team took a brief break from preparing for their third scrimmage of the preseason Saturday morning (11 a.m.) at Rutgers University by taking 31 team members to the “Have a Heart for the Homeless Candlelight Vigil” at Farmingdale (NY) State College last night (Feb.11). </description></item><item><date>Feb 08, 2010</date><title>Hofstra University Presents 4th Annual LGBT Symposium: "Sexual Identity: They Ain't What They Used to Be"</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/020810_LGBTConference.html</link><description>Hofstra University Presents 4th Annual LGBT Symposium: "Sexual Identity: They Ain't What They Used to Be"</description><hofcats>COMMUNITY,CULTURAL,STUDENT,HCLAS,DIVERSITY</hofcats></item><item><date>Feb 01, 2010</date><title>Hofstra professor’s research may lead to new treatments of cardiovascular disease, stroke</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/02012010_stemcell.html</link><description>A team of scientists, including Hofstra bio-engineering professor Sina Rabbany have devised a new method of turning embryonic stem cells into durable blood-vessel-forming cells, a breakthrough with potential to dramatically improve the treatment of diseases ranging from stroke to cardiovascular disease.</description><hofcats>HCLAS,RESEARCH,FACULTY</hofcats></item><item><date>Jan 27, 2010</date><title>Department of Music Spring 2010 Concert Schedule</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/012710_springconcerts.html</link><description>Department of Music Spring 2010 Concert Schedule</description><hofcats>HCLAS,CULTURAL</hofcats></item><item><date>Jan 27, 2010</date><title>Hofstra University Celebrates  Black History Month </title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/012710_BHM10.html</link><description>Hofstra University will celebrate Black History Month in February with various activities, including an Africans at Work Film Series that will feature films such as Traces of Trade, Miles of Smiles, Years of Troubles.</description><hofcats>DIVERSITY,STUDENTAFFAIRS,STUDENT</hofcats></item><item><date>Jan 27, 2010</date><title>Jessica Eads, vice president for enrollment management, named one of Long Island Business News’ “40 under 40”</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/012710_jessicaeads.html</link><description>Vice President for Enrollment Management Jessica Eads has been named one of Long Island’s “40 under 40” for 2010, an annual award given by Long Island Business News that recognizes outstanding young business and community leaders.</description><hofcats>COMMUNITY,ALUMNI,FACULTY,ADMISSION</hofcats></item><item><date>Jan 26, 2010</date><title>Hofstra University Museum Presents "Children’s Pleasures: American Celebrations of Childhood"</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/012610_ChildrensPleasures.html</link><description>This original exhibit, “Children’s Pleasures: American Celebrations of Childhood,” consists of 51 works by renowned American artists.</description><hofcats>MUSEUM</hofcats></item><item><date>Jan 25, 2010</date><title>History Professor Stanislao Pugliese’s Book, "Bitter Spring: A Life of Ignazio Silone," Nominated for a National Book Critics Circle Award</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/012510_PuglieseNomination.html</link><description>History Professor Stanislao Pugliese’s Book, "Bitter Spring: A Life of Ignazio Silone," Nominated for a National Book Critics Circle Award</description><hofcats>HCLAS,FACULTY</hofcats></item><item><date>Jan 25, 2010</date><title>Hofstra launches pilot on-site recycling program </title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/012510_nethreyclce.html</link><description>Hofstra University is launching several new environmental initiatives for the Spring 2010 semester, including on-site recycling stations at Netherlands Hall.</description><hofcats>COMMUNITY,STUDENT,FACULTY,STUDENTAFFAIRS</hofcats></item><item><date>Jan 22, 2010</date><title>Hofstra University Offering Pre-College Program for High School Students</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/012210_PreCollege.html</link><description>Hofstra University is offering a pre-college program for high school juniors and seniors, July 6-30, 2010.  </description><hofcats>ADMISSION,HCLAS</hofcats></item><item><date>Jan 21, 2010</date><title>Hofstra Cheerleaders Win UCA National Competition </title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/012110_cheer_UCA.html</link><description>Hofstra University’s Small Co-Ed Cheerleading Team has taken top honors at the 2010 Universal Dance Association (UDA)/Universal Cheer Association (UCA) National Competition at Disney World, Orlando, FL. For more than a decade, the Pride Cheerleaders have been ranked among the nation's top 10 teams. Previously, they won the Small Co-ed Championship title in 2003, 2006, 2007, and 2009.</description><hofcats>STUDENTAFFAIRS</hofcats></item><item><date>Jan 21, 2010</date><title>Hofstra University Museum Painting Used In Major Publication </title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/012110_George Grosz.html</link><description>A Hofstra University Museum painting by German artist George Grosz, A Mighty One on a Little Outing Surprised by Two Poets, is being featured in a unique new book, George Grosz: The Years in America, 1933-1958, examining the time Grosz spent working in America and the effect this had on his work. </description><hofcats>MUSEUM</hofcats></item><item><date>Jan 20, 2010</date><title>Zarb School of Business to Host an M.B.A./M.S. Information Session</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/012010_zarbinfosession.html</link><description>The Frank G. Zarb School of Business is hosting a Graduate Business Information Session on Wednesday, February 10, 2010 from 6-7:30 p.m. in C.V. 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Or a person who has a compelling story to tell about their association or experience with the University?</description><hofcats>ALUMNI</hofcats></item><item><date>Jan 08, 2010</date><title>Hofstra Hosts an Educational Conference on the Impact of Technology in K-12 Schools </title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/010810_legalclinic_k12.html</link><description>The School of Education, Health and Human Services will hold a conference for K-12 superintendents, assistant superintendents, principals and Hofstra department chairs on the impact of technology and social media, such as Facebook and so-called ‘sexting’ on schools.  </description><hofcats>SOE</hofcats></item><item><date>Jan 08, 2010</date><title>Hofstra University Office of Student Financial Services Hosts Financial Aid Workshops</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/121409_JanFinancialAidWorkshops.html</link><description>The Office of Student Financial Services at Hofstra University is hosting Financial Aid workshops on Thursday, January 14 and Tuesday, February 9, 2010 at 7 p.m. in the Sondra and David S. Mack Student Center multipurpose room, North Campus. Check-in begins at 6:45 p.m. </description><hofcats>ADMISSION</hofcats></item><item><date>Jan 07, 2010</date><title>Hofstra University Office of Graduate Admissions to host Open House</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/010710_GradOpenHouseJan13.html</link><description>The Office of Graduate Admissions will host an Open House on Wednesday, January 13, 2010 from 6 – 8 p.m. in C.V. 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Celentano has been named one of Long Island's "40 under 40" for 2011, an annual award given by Long Island Business News that recognizes outstanding young business and community leaders.</description><hofcats>CULTURAL,COMMUNITY,FACULTY,ALUMNI</hofcats></item><item><date>Jan 05, 2010</date><title>Hofstra's Office of Undergraduate Admission Hosting Enrollment Days</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/010510_JanED.html</link><description>The Hofstra University Office of Undergraduate Admission is hosting several Enrollment Days during the month of January.  All Enrollment Days will take place in the Admissions Center, Bernon Hall, south campus.</description></item><item><date>Sep 14, 2010</date><title>Hofstra hosts symposium on medical ethics, religion and end-of-life issues</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/091410_imana_ethics.html</link><description>Hofstra University’s Muslim Chaplain Office and the Islamic Medical Association of North America (IMANA) will co-sponsor a two-day symposium, End of Life Issues: Ethical and Religious Perspectives, examining the intersection of ethics, faith and culture in medical decisions about terminal and life-threatening illnesses  on Sept. 17-18, 2010.</description><hofcats>HUHC,STUDENT,SOE,COMMUNITY,GRADUATE,HCLAS,CULTURAL,DIVERSITY,FACULTY,SOM</hofcats></item><item><date>Dec 21, 2009</date><title>QuickBooks Certificate Program Starting at Hofstra </title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/122109_QuickBooksProgram.html</link><description>Hofstra's Scott Skodnek Business Development Center is offering a certificate program in the QuickBooks accounting software program where in which participants will learn record keeping skills and more. </description></item><item><date>Dec 16, 2009</date><title>Hofstra Student Wins Prestigious Radio Television Digital News Foundation Scholarship</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/121609_RTDNFScholarship.html</link><description>A Hofstra University junior, John Santucci, has received a President’s Scholarship from The Radio Television Digital News Foundation (RTDNF). </description></item><item><date>Dec 14, 2009</date><title>Hofstra University Offers January Session Courses: January 4-15, 2010</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/121409_JanSessions.html</link><description>Hofstra University is offering classes for current Hofstra students during the month of January.</description></item><item><date>Dec 14, 2009</date><title> Hofstra’s Office of Undergraduate Admission Hosting Transfer Day for Nassau Community College and Suffolk County Community College Students</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/121409_TransferDay122109.html</link><description>The Hofstra University Office of Undergraduate Admission is hosting a Transfer Day exclusively for students from Nassau Community College and Suffolk County Community College on Monday, December 21, 2009 from 10 a.m. until 7 p.m. in Bernon Hall, south campus.</description></item><item><date>Dec 10, 2009</date><title>Hofstra Celebrates Midyear Commencement</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/121009_MidyearCommencement.html</link><description>Hofstra Celebrates Midyear Commencement</description><hofcats>STUDENTAFFAIRS</hofcats></item><item><date>Dec 10, 2009</date><title>Hofstra University Museum Receives Over $75,000 In Funding To Continue Partnership with Schools</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/121009_MuseumFunding.html</link><description>The Hofstra University Museum has received a gift from JP Morgan Chase Foundation for the third year in a row. The $50,000 gift will fund third graders in local districts to participate in the JP Morgan Chase Art Travelers Through Time: Literacy and History through Art at the Hofstra University Museum</description></item><item><date>Dec 10, 2009</date><title>Integrating Technology into the Curriculum, 22-Session Workshop for Education Professionals </title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/121009_IntegratingTech.html</link><description>The Office of Professional Development in the School of Education, Health and Human Services is hosting a 22-session workshop for education professionals titled; “Integrating Technology into the Curriculum” on Friday, December 11, from </description><hofcats>SOE</hofcats></item><item><date>Dec 09, 2009</date><title>Hofstra's Dance Program Continues Community Relationship with AHRC-Nassau</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/120909_danceAHRC.html</link><description>Hofstra's Dance Program Continues Community Relationship with AHRC-Nassau</description></item><item><date>Dec 08, 2009</date><title>Zarb School of Business Establishes a Campus Entrepreneurship Challenge  with Capital One Bank</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/12082009_CapitalOneCampusEntrepreneurshipChallenge.html</link><description>The Frank G. Zarb School of Business, Capital One Bank and Uniondale High School have partnered to establish "The Capital One Campus Entrepreneurship Challenge at Hofstra University" which launched in the fall of 2009. Students will present their business ideas and Capital One Bank executives will present a check to Zarb School administrators during an event on Wednesday, December 9, 2009 from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. in the Netherlands Cafe, North Dining Hall, North Campus.</description></item><item><date>Dec 07, 2009</date><title>Melissa Kane Connolly, vice president for university relations, honored as PR Professional of the Year </title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/120709_Connolly_honored.html</link><description>Vice President for University Relations Melissa Kane Connolly has been named PR Professional of the Year for an academic institution by PR News, the national publication for communications professionals.</description></item><item><date>Dec 03, 2009</date><title>Hofstra to End Intercollegiate Football Program to Invest in Academic Initiatives</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/120309_football.html</link><description>Hofstra University’s Board of Trustees has decided to eliminate Hofstra’s Division I Football Championship Subdivision (FCS, formerly known as Division 1-AA) intercollegiate football program, and reinvest those resources into new academic programs and need-based scholarships, President Stuart Rabinowitz announced today.</description></item><item><date>Dec 02, 2009</date><title>Greg Mortenson, Bestselling Author of "Three Cups of Tea," Will Discuss His New Book At Hofstra's Monroe Lecture Center Theater, December 2, 7 p.m.</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/110909_GregMortenson.html</link><description>Greg Mortenson, Bestselling Author of "Three Cups of Tea," Will Discuss His New Book At Hofstra's Monroe Lecture Center Theater, December 2, 7 p.m.</description></item><item><date>Dec 01, 2009</date><title>Orla Nallen to speak at Zarb School of Business 2009 Executive Speakers Series Program</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/120109_orlanallen.html</link><description>The Frank G. Zarb School of Business and the Center for International Financial Services and Markets will host an Executive Speakers Series program on Wednesday, December 9, 2009 at 6 p.m. in Rochelle and Irwin A. Lowenfeld Conference and Exhibition Hall, 10th floor, Joan and Donald E. Axinn Library, South Campus.</description></item><item><date>Nov 30, 2009</date><title>President Rabinowitz honored by Claflin University</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/113009_RabinowitzhonoredbyClaflin.html</link><description>Three years after launching a faculty exchange with Claflin University in South Carolina, Hofstra President Stuart Rabinowitz received an honorary Doctorate of Laws degree from the historically black institution as part of its 140th Founders’ Day Convocation.</description></item><item><date>Nov 19, 2009</date><title>Hofstra’s Office of Undergraduate Admission Hosting An Enrollment Day</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/111909_ED112409.html</link><description>The Hofstra University Office of Undergraduate Admission is hosting an Enrollment Day on Tuesday, November 24, 2009 from 9 a.m. until 7 p.m. at the Admissions Center, Bernon Hall, South Campus.</description></item><item><date>Nov 19, 2009</date><title>Renowned Interfaith Leader Rabbi Arthur Schneier and International Coalition Religions for Peace  Awarded Hofstra’s Guru Nanak Interfaith Prize</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/111909_GuruNanakPrize.html</link><description>Rabbi Arthur Schneier, president of the Appeal for Conscience Foundation, and Religions for Peace, a worldwide multi-religious coalition, have been awarded Hofstra’s Guru Nanak Interfaith Prize for 2010, President Stuart Rabinowitz announced today.</description><hofcats>CULTURAL,HCLAS,DIVERSITY,COMMUNITY</hofcats></item><item><date>Nov 18, 2009</date><title>The Hofstra University School of Medicine in partnership with North Shore-LIJ Health System Presents “The Complete Physician: Educating Tomorrow’s Caregivers”</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/111809_SOMDec3Lecture.html</link><description>The Hofstra University School of Medicine in partnership with North Shore-LIJ Health System is hosting a two-year long lecture series, entitled The Complete Physician: Educating Tomorrow’s Caregivers.</description></item><item><date>Nov 17, 2009</date><title>"Parenting Resilient Children Through Difficult Economic Times" – A Breakfast Seminar Presented by Hofstra University's Joan and Arnold Saltzman Community Services Center</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/111709_ResilientChildren.html</link><description>"Parenting Resilient Children Through Difficult Economic Times" – A Breakfast Seminar Presented by Hofstra University's Joan and Arnold Saltzman Community Services Center</description></item><item><date>Nov 16, 2009</date><title>Hofstra Professor Presents Lecture on  World Trade Center Geology Excavations </title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/111609_WTCGeology.html</link><description>The Institute for the Development of Education in the Advanced Sciences (IDEAS) within the School of Education, Health and Human Services, presents Geology Chair and Professor Charles Merguerian, Ph. D, who will discuss the unique geological discoveries have been made during recent excavations of the World Trade Center site. </description></item><item><date>Nov 12, 2009</date><title>Hofstra University Hosts the Third Health Policy Breakfast </title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/111209_HealthCareBreakfast.html</link><description>The third Hofstra Health Policy Breakfast lecture titled "National Health Reform and Protecting the Region's Health," will be held on Friday, November 20, 2009 featuring representatives from New York City, Nassau and Suffolk county health departments.  </description></item><item><date>Nov 12, 2009</date><title>Opportunities in a Down Market</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/11122009_SuccessandOpportunitiesinaDownMarket.html</link><description>A conference on "Success and Opportunities in a Down Market" will be hosted by the Wilbur F. Breslin Center for Real Estate Studies, the Community Development Corporation of Long Island and the Institute of Real Estate at Hofstra University on Tuesday, November 17, 2009 from 8 to 10:30 a.m. in the Hofstra University Club, David S. Mack Hall, North Campus.</description></item><item><date>Nov 11, 2009</date><title>Hofstra University Office of Graduate Admissions to host Fall Open House</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/111109_GradOpenHouseNov22.html</link><description>The Office of Graduate Admissions will host an Open House on Sunday, November 22, 2009 from 1 – 4 p.m. in C.V. Starr Hall, South Campus.</description></item><item><date>Nov 06, 2009</date><title>Hofstra University Cultural Center Bilingual Conference on Jorge Luis Borges, Argentinian Writer, Philospher and Poet, to Attract International Scholarly Participation</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/110609_borges.html</link><description>Hofstra University Cultural Center Bilingual Conference on Jorge Luis Borges, Argentinian Writer, Philospher and Poet, to Attract International Scholarly Participation</description></item><item><date>Nov 06, 2009</date><title>Study Co-Authored By Hofstra Professor Finds Words, Gestures Are Decoded by Same Brain Areas</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/110609_GESTURES.html</link><description>Your ability to understand Groucho’s punch lines and Harpo’s pantomimes happens in the same parts of your brain, according to new research co-authored by a Hofstra professor and funded by one of the National Institutes of Health that marks a major step forward in the study of how language evolved.</description></item><item><date>Nov 06, 2009</date><title>Town of Hempstead Declares November 7, 2009 “WRHU Day”</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/110609_WRHUDay.html</link><description>In honor of WRHU, Radio Hofstra University’s 50th anniversary celebration, November 7, 2009 will be declared “WRHU Day,” Town of Hempstead Supervisor Kate Murray announced today.</description></item><item><date>Nov 05, 2009</date><title>Hofstra’s School of Education, Health and Human Service Receives Accreditation from the Teacher Education Accreditation Council</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/110509_TEACAccreditation.html</link><description>The School of Education, Health and Human Services has received accreditation by the Teacher Education Accreditation Council (TEAC). The TEAC accreditation is effective between September 11, 2009 and September 11, 2014.</description></item><item><date>Nov 04, 2009</date><title>Hofstra University Mourns the Loss Of Dr. C. Roland Wagner, Professor Emeritus of Philosophy and Teaching Fellow in New College</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/110409_WagnerInMemoriam.html</link><description>Hofstra University Mourns the Loss Of Dr. C. Roland Wagner, Professor Emeritus of Philosophy and Teaching Fellow in New College</description></item><item><date>Nov 04, 2009</date><title>Hofstra University Office of Undergraduate Admission to Host a November Fall Open House</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/110409_NovFallOpenHouse.html</link><description>The Hofstra University Office of Undergraduate Admission is hosting an open house for high school seniors on Saturday, November 21, 2009 from 9 a.m. until 2 p.m.</description></item><item><date>Nov 03, 2009</date><title>Medieval Iberia Workshop Marks Launch of New Scholarly Journal</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/110309_MEDIEVALIBERIA.html</link><description>Leading national and international scholars will converge on Hofstra University, on Friday Nov. 6, for a one-day “Medieval Iberia” workshop that will examine the Christian, Islamic and Jewish cultures of medieval Spain and Portugal, and celebrate the launch of a new academic publication, the Journal of Medieval Studies, which published its first two issues this year with support from Hofstra and Western Michigan University. </description></item><item><date>Nov 03, 2009</date><title>Radio Hofstra University presents Shrinking Spaces, Rising Voices: the Importance of Community Radio in a Globalized Media World</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/110309_WRHUCommunityPanel.html</link><description>WRHU, Radio Hofstra University will host a community radio panel on Saturday, November 7, 2009 from 1 – 3 p.m. in room 211 Breslin Hall, South Campus.</description></item><item><date>Oct 30, 2009</date><title>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</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/103009_DanceAnniversary.html</link><description>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</description></item><item><date>Oct 30, 2009</date><title>Hofstra University to Host Dean’s Days</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/103009_NovDeansDay.html</link><description>Hofstra University will host a Dean’s Day on Tuesday, November 3 and Wednesday, November 11, 2009 from 10:30 a.m. until 2 p.m.  </description></item><item><date>Oct 30, 2009</date><title>The Challenges of Living with Bipolar II Disorder</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/103009_SaltzmanCenterBreakfast.html</link><description>The Challenges of Living with Bipolar II Disorder</description></item><item><date>Oct 29, 2009</date><title>Hofstra Radio Alumni Association Selects First Radio Hall of Fame</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/102909_HRAAHallOfFame.html</link><description>Seventeen prominent members of the radio industry will be the first inductees to the Hofstra Radio Hall of Fame, Hofstra Radio Alumni Association President Marc Wiener announced today.</description></item><item><date>Oct 28, 2009</date><title>Edward J. Rollins, Howard Dean and David Brooks featured at symposium on presidential leadership</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/102809_KALIKOWPREZORKING.html</link><description>Hofstra Senior Presidential Fellows Edward J. Rollins and Howard Dean, and New York Times columnist David Brooks will discuss the evolution of executive power on Nov. 4-5, 2009 as part of a symposium sponsored by the Peter S. Kalikow Center for the Study of the American Presidency, Hofstra Cultural Center and the School of Law.</description></item><item><date>Oct 27, 2009</date><title>School for University Studies at Hofstra University Presents Live Concert to Honor Late Beatle George Harrison</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/102709_GeorgeHarrison.html</link><description>To commemorate pop superstar George Harrison’s death in 2001, musicians from the Alan Parsons Project and Indian music ensemble As Kindred Spirits will take the stage at Hofstra University’s John Cranford Adams Playhouse, California Avenue, south campus, on Friday, November 6, 2009, at 8:00 p.m. </description></item><item><date>Oct 26, 2009</date><title>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</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/102609_SidBernstein.html</link><description>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</description></item><item><date>Oct 23, 2009</date><title>Hofstra Hosts A Nassau County Executive Debate October 27 </title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/102309_CountyExecDebate.html</link><description>Hofstra’s Department of Political Science and The Center for Civic Engagement (CCE) in conjunction with the League of Women Voters (LWV) of Nassau County will host a debate between the three candidates running for Nassau County Executive on October 27, 2009.  </description></item><item><date>Oct 23, 2009</date><title>Hofstra University Mourns the Loss Of Alfred G. Vassalotti, Associate Professor Emeritus of Mathematics</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/102309_vassalotti.html</link><description>Hofstra University Mourns the Loss Of Alfred G. Vassalotti, Associate Professor Emeritus of Mathematics</description></item><item><date>Oct 22, 2009</date><title>Hofstra University Takes Part In National Make A Difference Day</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/102209_MakeADifferenceDay.html</link><description>Hofstra University and the Office of Student Leadership &amp; Activities is participating in national Make A Difference Day on Saturday, October 24, 2009.</description></item><item><date>Oct 19, 2009</date><title>Hofstra Symphony Orchestra to Perform as Part of the Church of St. Rocco Concert Series</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/101909_MusicConcerts.html</link><description>Hofstra Symphony Orchestra to Perform as Part of the Church of St. Rocco Concert Series</description></item><item><date>Oct 19, 2009</date><title>National Suburban Poll Examines Diversity, Race Relations, Impact of Economic Crisis in Suburbs</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/101909_suburbanpoll.html</link><description>Hofstra University, Hempstead, NY -- A new National Suburban Poll for the National Center for Suburban Studies at Hofstra University (NCSS) brings into sharp focus the profoundly personal impact of the economic crisis on suburbanites, with three-quarters saying they or someone they know has lost a job, suffered a cut in pay, work hours or benefits.</description></item><item><date>Oct 19, 2009</date><title>Suburban Diversity Conference Brings Scholars and Social Activists from Across the  Country to Hofstra </title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/10192009_NationalCenterforSuburbanStudiesSuburbanDiversityConference.html</link><description>The National Center for Suburban Studies at Hofstra University (NCSS) and the Hofstra Cultural Center will host a three-day international and interdisciplinary conference, "The Diverse Suburb, History, Politics and Prospects," focusing on the challenging and emergent phenomenon of suburban diversity from October 22-24, 2009 at Hofstra University.</description></item><item><date>Oct 19, 2009</date><title>The Effect of the Economic Crisis on  the Real Estate Market</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/10192009_RealEstateConference.html</link><description> The condition of the real estate market and other investment avenues will be the focus of a conference hosted by the Wilbur F. Breslin Center for Real Estate Studies, the Frank G. Zarb School of Business, the Center for International Financial Services and Markets and the Institute of Real Estate at Hofstra University on Monday, October 26, 2009 from 8 a.m. to 4:15 p.m. in the Hofstra University Club, David S. Mack Hall, North Campus.</description></item><item><date>Oct 16, 2009</date><title>A Night of Cultural Expression to Celebrate Long Island's Diversity</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/10162009_DiversityConferencePerformance.html</link><description>The National Center for Suburban Studies at Hofstra University (NCSS), Hofstra Entertainment and The Hofstra Cultural Center will host an evening of music and theater on Friday, October 23, 2009 at 6:30 p.m. in the Student Center Theater, Sondra and David S. Mack Student Center, North Campus.</description></item><item><date>Oct 15, 2009</date><title>Computer Science Professor wins $400,000 NSF grant</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/100909_NationalScienceFoundationgrant.html</link><description>Hofstra University, Hempstead, NY – 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. </description></item><item><date>Oct 13, 2009</date><title>Hofstra's Fall 2009 "Great Writers, Great Readings" Series Continues with Poet Frank Bidart and Playwright Craig Lucas</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/101309_GWGR_BidartandLucas.html</link><description>Hofstra's Fall 2009 "Great Writers, Great Readings" Series Continues with Poet Frank Bidart and Playwright Craig Lucas</description></item><item><date>Oct 13, 2009</date><title>Hofstra Continuing Education Offers LEED® Certification Courses</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/101309_leedcertification.html</link><description>LEED Certification Courses in Long Island, New York</description></item><item><date>Oct 13, 2009</date><title>Hofstra Director of Forensic Sciences Scott Kovar Selected to Receive Career Achievement Award From the Nassau County Police Department's Detectives' Association, Inc.	</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/101309_ScottKovar.html</link><description>Hofstra Director of Forensic Sciences Scott Kovar Selected to Receive Career Achievement Award From the Nassau County Police Department's Detectives' Association, Inc.	</description></item><item><date>Oct 13, 2009</date><title>Hofstra Hosts Regional Trials of International Computer Contest</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/101309_ACM.html</link><description>Hofstra University is hosting this year's regional trials of the 34th annual Association for Computer Machinery International College Contest on Oct. 18, 2009 - an event that will bring to campus some of the most talented student programmers from more than 20 area institutions.</description></item><item><date>Oct 13, 2009</date><title>Hofstra University Mourns the Loss of Trustee Emeritus Donald E. Axinn</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/101309_axinn.html</link><description>Hofstra University Mourns the Loss of Trustee Emeritus Donald E. Axinn</description></item><item><date>Oct 13, 2009</date><title>Hofstra University Office of Undergraduate Admission to Host Fall Open House</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/101309_FallOpenHouse.html</link><description>Hofstra University is hosting an open house for high school seniors on Sunday, October 25, 2009 from 10 a.m. until 3 p.m.</description></item><item><date>Oct 13, 2009</date><title>WRHU Nominated for  Six College Broadcasters, Inc. Awards </title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/101309_WRHUCBIAwards.html</link><description>WRHU, Radio Hofstra University has been nominated for six College Broadcasters, Inc. (CBI) 2009 National Student Production Awards.</description></item><item><date>Oct 12, 2009</date><title>The New York Times Film Critic A.O. Scott To Speak at Hofstra</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/101209_AOScott.html</link><description>The New York Times Film Critic A.O. Scott will discuss “The Art of Movie Criticism: Print, Web and Television ” at Hofstra University on Thursday, October 29, 2009  at 6 p.m in Rochelle and Irwin A. Lowenfeld Conference and Exhibition Hall, 10th floor,  Joan and Donald E. Axinn Library, South Campus.  This event is free and open to the public.</description></item><item><date>Oct 07, 2009</date><title>Hofstra University Physician Assistant Students Host Bone Marrow Registry Drive </title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/100709_PABoneMarrowRegistryDrive.html</link><description>The Hofstra Society of Physician Assistant Students will mark National Physician Assistants week with a daylong bone marrow registry drive on Oct. 13.</description></item><item><date>Oct 06, 2009</date><title>Phi Beta Kappa Recognizes Four Outstanding Students at Awards Luncheon</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/100609_PhiBetaKappa.html</link><description>The Hofstra Chapter of Phi Beta Kappa will be recognizing the outstanding achievement of four sophomores at its annual Book Awards Luncheon on Wednesday, October 7, 2009.  </description></item><item><date>Oct 05, 2009</date><title>Hofstra Partners with Communications Firm  MS&amp;L’s “Generation Activation” Program</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/100509_MSL.html</link><description>Hofstra University has partnered with global communications firm MS&amp;L to introduce their first ever online Public Relations course for the Fall 2009 semester. </description></item><item><date>Oct 02, 2009</date><title>NPR Legal Affairs Correspondent Nina Totenberg and NBC News and MSNBC Chief Legal Analyst Dan Abrams To Speak at Hofstra</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/100209_TotenbergAbrams.html</link><description>National Public Radio (NPR) Legal Affairs Correspondent Nina Totenberg and NBC News and MSNBC Chief Legal Analyst Dan Abrams will discuss “The Inner Workings of the Supreme Court” at Hofstra University on Thursday, October 8, 2009 at 3 p.m. at Monroe Lecture Center Theater, South Campus.  The discussion will be moderated by Dean and Professor of Law at Hofstra Law School Nora Demleitner.</description></item><item><date>Oct 01, 2009</date><title>Hofstra University Dance Program to Present “Dances at an Exhibition” For the Hofstra University Museum Opening of America’s Irreplaceable Dance Treasures: The First 100</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/100109_Dances at an Exhibition.html</link><description/></item><item><date>Sep 30, 2009</date><title>Hofstra University Office of Undergraduate Admission to Host Transfer Open House</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/093009_TransferOpenHouse.html</link><description>Hofstra University is hosting an open house for transfer students on Friday, October 9, 2009 from 10 a.m. until 2 p.m.</description></item><item><date>Sep 30, 2009</date><title>Hofstra University Receives $175,000 Grant from the NEH For Innovative Electronic Library Dedicated to the Study of Herman Melville</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/093009_NEHBryantGrant.html</link><description>Hofstra University Receives $175,000 Grant from the NEH For Innovative Electronic Library Dedicated to the Study of Herman Melville</description></item><item><date>Sep 28, 2009</date><title>Majora Carter Visits Hofstra to Discuss her Sustainability Efforts</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/092809_MajoraCarter.html</link><description>Majora Carter was born, raised and continues to live in the South Bronx, New York. Her career has taken her around the world in pursuit of resources and ideas to improve the quality of life in environmentally challenged communities. </description></item><item><date>Sep 25, 2009</date><title>Hofstra Launches Zipcar Car Sharing Program</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/092509_ZipCar.html</link><description>Hofstra University and Zipcar, the world’s largest car sharing service, today announced the launch of Zipcar’s car-sharing program on campus.</description></item><item><date>Sep 25, 2009</date><title>Stars on Sundays Program Continues at Hofstra Featuring Homecoming Stars, Scary Stars and Holiday Stars</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/092509_StarsOnSundays.html</link><description>Stars on Sundays Program Continues at Hofstra Featuring Homecoming Stars, Scary Stars and Holiday Stars</description></item><item><date>Sep 23, 2009</date><title>Hofstra University Part of NSF-Funded Consortium to Study Nationwide Spread of Lyme Disease and Its Prevalence in the Northern U.S.</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/092309_LymeDiseaseStudy.html</link><description>Hofstra University Part of NSF-Funded Consortium to Study Nationwide Spread of Lyme Disease and Its Prevalence in the Northern U.S.</description></item><item><date>Sep 23, 2009</date><title>International Scene Lecture Series Will Host Four Presentations Titled: “A Citizens Guide to U.S. Foreign and Economic Policies” </title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/092309_IntlScene.html</link><description>For the 15th Annual International Scene Lecture Series, Hofstra Professor of Economics, Dr. Robert Guttmann will present the first talk titled, “Has the Recession Bottomed Out?” on September 23, 2009 at the Leo A. Guthart Theater, Axinn Library. </description></item><item><date>Sep 16, 2009</date><title>Hofstra University Museum Presents America’s Irreplaceable Dance Treasures:  The First 100</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/091609_DanceTreasures.html</link><description>In honor of the 25th anniversary of the Dance Program at Hofstra University, the Hofstra University Museum is pleased to offer the visually and historically compelling exhibition America’s Irreplaceable Dance Treasures: The First 100 in the David Filderman Gallery, south campus from September 29 to December 6, 2009. </description></item><item><date>Sep 16, 2009</date><title>Hofstra University Museum Presents “Indian Art After Independence: Selected Works from the Collections of Virginia &amp; Ravi Akhoury and Shelley &amp; Donald Rubin First Public Display of Works and First American Presentation</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/091609_IndianArt.html</link><description>The Hofstra University Museum presents an American premiere of works in Indian Art After Independence: Selecte Works from the Collections of Virginia &amp; Ravi Akhoury and Shelley &amp; Donald Rubin.</description></item><item><date>Sep 16, 2009</date><title>The Wilbur F. Breslin Center for Real Estate Studies, Hofstra School of Law and The Institute of Real Estate at Hofstra University to host a program on Zoning for Solar and Wind Installations and an Ethics Update</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/091609_LandUseTrainingProgram.html</link><description>The Wilbur F. Breslin Center for Real Estate Studies in collaboration with Hofstra School of Law and The Institute of Real Estate at Hofstra University invite municipal planning and zoning officials to their free third annual Land Use Training Program on September 21, 2009 from 5:15-9:30 p.m. at the Hofstra University Club, David S. Mack Hall, North Campus.</description></item><item><date>Sep 15, 2009</date><title>"Songs My Father Loved: A Tribute to the Great Italian-American Singers" Performed by Hofstra Graduate and Broadway Star John Leone</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/091509_JohnLeone.html</link><description>"Songs My Father Loved: A Tribute to the Great Italian-American Singers" Performed by Hofstra Graduate and Broadway Star John Leone</description></item><item><date>Sep 15, 2009</date><title>Hofstra Celebrates Annual Alumni Awards Dinner, Honoring the University’s 50th Alumnus of the Year and the First Alumni Organization Lifetime Service Recognition Award</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/091509_AlumniAwardsDinner.html</link><description>Hofstra Celebrates Annual Alumni Awards Dinner, Honoring the University’s 50th Alumnus of the Year and the First Alumni Organization Lifetime Service Recognition Award</description></item><item><date>Sep 15, 2009</date><title>Hofstra Celebrates Homecoming Weekend "Myths And Legends" – October 9 To 11, 2009</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/091509Homecoming2009.html</link><description>Hofstra Celebrates Homecoming Weekend "Myths And Legends" – October 9 To 11, 2009</description></item><item><date>Sep 14, 2009</date><title>CNN Anchor &amp; Special Correspondent Soledad O’Brien and Washington Post Columnist Eugene H. Robinson  To Speak at Hofstra</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/091409_OBrienRobinson.html</link><description>CNN Special Correspondent Soledad O’Brien and Washington Post Columnist Eugene H. Robinson will discuss “Race, Diversity and a New America” at Hofstra University on Thursday,  September 24, 2009 at 3 p.m. in John Cranford Adams Playhouse, South Campus.</description></item><item><date>Sep 10, 2009</date><title>Hofstra University Announces Middle Eastern and Central Asian Study Day </title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/091009_MECA.html</link><description>Hofstra faculty from a variety of departments such as fine art, art history, anthropology, history, comparative literature, economics, political science and religious studies will give presentations on their research in MECA studies.  </description></item><item><date>Sep 09, 2009</date><title>Start and Expand a Business in a  Challenging Economy </title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/090909_Fall2010EAP.html</link><description>Learn strategies to grow your business and optimize potential opportunities during the economic downturn.  The Entrepreneurial Assistance Program offered by the Business Development Center provides participants with the "nuts and bolts" skills required to operate and cultivate a successful business. Participants will receive training and counseling that will enable them to complete a business plan while attending the program.  A free information session about the EAP will be held September 30, 2009 at 6 pm in Breslin Hall, Room 216, South Campus.</description></item><item><date>Sep 03, 2009</date><title>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</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/090309_KalikowFellows.html</link><description>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:  long-time Republican strategist and former Presidential advisor Edward J. Rollins and former Vermont governor, presidential candidate and Democratic National Committee chairman Howard Dean.</description></item><item><date>Sep 02, 2009</date><title>Nicholas Kristof &amp; Sheryl WuDunn, Soledad O’Brien and Eugene Robinson, Nina Totenberg and Dan Abrams Among Featured Speakers for Fall Lineup of Define '09: New Challenges, New Solutions</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/090209_Define09.html</link><description>Author Sheryl WuDunn and New York Times columnist Nicholas Kristof, New York Times columnist Ross Douthat, Pulitzer Prize winning Washington Post columnist Eugene Robinson, and NPR correspondent Nina Totenberg, will be among the nationally known speakers coming to Hofstra this fall as part of Define '09: New Challenges, New Solutions...</description></item><item><date>Aug 31, 2009</date><title>Hofstra University Presents "Does Conservatism Have a Future?" Featuring Ross Douthat, Op-Ed and Online Columnist for "The New York Times" </title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/083109_RossDouthat.html</link><description>Hofstra University Presents "Does Conservatism Have a Future?" Featuring Ross Douthat, Op-Ed and Online Columnist for "The New York Times" </description></item><item><date>Aug 28, 2009</date><title>Hofstra Coordinates the Robert Noyce Teacher Scholarship </title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/082809_NOYCE.html</link><description>The School of Education, Health and Human Services (SOEHHS) in partnership with Hofstra College of Liberal Arts and Sciences (HCLAS) has been awarded the Robert Noyce Teacher Scholarship, a grant funded by the National Science Foundation, which will finance 16 Hofstra undergraduate Science, Engineering, Technology and Mathematics (STEM) education majors’ tuition costs. </description></item><item><date>Aug 19, 2009</date><title>Hofstra University Hosting Fall 2009 Final Enrollment Services Days New and Continuing Students Invited to Attend</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/081909_FinalEnrollmentDays.html</link><description>Hofstra University is hosting its Fall 2009 Final Enrollment Services Days on Monday, August 24 through Friday, August 28, 2009 from noon until 7 p.m.</description></item><item><date>Aug 14, 2009</date><title>Hofstra's First Fall Define '09 Event Features Pulitzer-Prize Winning Jounalists Sheryl WuDunn and Nicholas Kristof </title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/081409_WuDunnKristof.html</link><description>Who: New York Times Pulitzer Prize-winning journalists and authors Sheryl WuDunn and Nicholas Kristof</description></item><item><date>Aug 14, 2009</date><title>Hofstra Italian Festival Celebrates 17 Years</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/0814_ItalianFestival.html</link><description>Hofstra Italian Festival Celebrates 17 Years</description></item><item><date>Aug 14, 2009</date><title>Hofstra Seeking Student Oral Historians in Preparation for its 75th Anniversary in 2010</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/081409_OralHistory.html</link><description>In conjunction with plans to celebrate Hofstra’s 75th anniversary in 2010, Hofstra will be training students for positions to serve as oral historians during the anniversary celebration. </description></item><item><date>Aug 13, 2009</date><title>Hofstra Welcomes Students from Tokyo Future University</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/081309_tokyofuturestudents.html</link><description>Hofstra Welcomes Students from Tokyo Future University</description></item><item><date>Aug 13, 2009</date><title>Student and Alumni Members of Hofstra's Writers Club Perform Their Poetry at the Gene Frankel Theatre in Manhattan</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/0813_CreativeWritingPerformance.html</link><description>Student and Alumni Members of Hofstra's Writers Club Perform Their Poetry at the Gene Frankel Theatre in Manhattan</description></item><item><date>Aug 12, 2009</date><title>Professor of Fine Arts Laurie Fendrich Awarded a Brown Foundation Fellowship for Drawing</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/0812_LaurieFendrich.html</link><description>Professor of Fine Arts Laurie Fendrich Awarded a Brown Foundation Fellowship for Drawing</description></item><item><date>Aug 11, 2009</date><title>Hofstra's Office of Undergraduate Admission Hosting Enrollment Day</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/081109_Enrollment Day.html</link><description>The Hofstra University Office of Undergraduate Admission is hosting an Enrollment Day on Tuesday, August 18, 2009 from 11 a.m. until 7 p.m.</description></item><item><date>Aug 10, 2009</date><title>National Grid Supports Hofstra’s "Green" Summer Science Research Program for High School Students, Allowing Area Teens to Study Environmental Engineering and Alternative Fuels</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/0810_NationalGrid.html</link><description>National Grid Supports Hofstra’s "Green" Summer Science Research Program for High School Students, Allowing Area Teens to Study Environmental Engineering and Alternative Fuels</description></item><item><date>Aug 07, 2009</date><title>Forbes Magazine Recognizes Frank G. Zarb School of Business Graduate Program as  One of the Best in the Country</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/08072009_ZarbSchoolForbesRanking.html</link><description>The Frank G. Zarb School of Business is ranked among the top 75 M.B.A. programs by Forbes magazine demonstrating the school's continued commitment to providing its students with a competitive edge and quality education. </description></item><item><date>Aug 04, 2009</date><title>Hofstra’s Office of Undergraduate Admission Hosting Enrollment Day</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/080409_EnrollmentDayAug11.html</link><description>The Hofstra University Office of Undergraduate Admission is hosting an Enrollment Day on Tuesday, August 11, 2009 from 9 a.m. until 3 p.m.</description></item><item><date>Aug 04, 2009</date><title>Shuffle Off to "42nd Street," Presented by Hofstra Entertainment and The Gray Wig</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/080409_42ndStreet.html</link><description>Shuffle Off to "42nd Street," Presented by Hofstra Entertainment and The Gray Wig</description></item><item><date>Jul 30, 2009</date><title>Hofstra University Office of Graduate Admissions Open House, August 11 at 6 p.m.</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/073009_GradOpenHouseAug11.html</link><description>The Office of Graduate Admissions will host an Open House on Tuesday, August 11, 2009 from 6-8 p.m. in C.V. Starr Hall, South Campus.</description></item><item><date>Jul 29, 2009</date><title>Hofstra’s Office of Undergraduate Admission Hosting Enrollment Day</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/072909_EnrollmentDayAug4.html</link><description>The Hofstra University Office of Undergraduate Admission is hosting an Enrollment Day on Tuesday, August 4, 2009 from 11 a.m. until 7 p.m.</description></item><item><date>Jul 28, 2009</date><title>Hofstra University's Department of Physics and Astronomy To Host and Co-Sponsor Astronomical League Convention and Exposition for 2009</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/072809_astronomy.html</link><description>Hofstra University's Department of Physics and Astronomy To Host and Co-Sponsor Astronomical League Convention and Exposition for 2009</description></item><item><date>Jul 23, 2009</date><title>Hofstra’s Office of Undergraduate Admission Hosting Enrollment Day</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/072309_EnrollmentDayJuly28.html</link><description>The Hofstra University Office of Undergraduate Admission is hosting an Enrollment Day on Tuesday, July 28, 2009 from 9 a.m. until 3 p.m.</description></item><item><date>Jul 23, 2009</date><title>Long Island Leaders to Gather at Hofstra for  a Celebration of Suburban Diversity </title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/072309_SuburbanDiversityBanquet.html</link><description>The National Center for Suburban Studies at Hofstra University (NCSS) will host an extraordinary Celebration of Suburban Diversity banquet this fall to raise funds for scholarships and research into diversity-related issues. The event, connected to a major Hofstra academic conference on the "The Diverse Suburb," will be held October 22, 2009 at 6 p.m. in the Main Dining Room of the Sondra and David S. Mack Student Center, North Campus. </description></item><item><date>Jul 20, 2009</date><title>Stuart Rabinowitz Named to Executive Board of the Commission on Independent Colleges and Universities</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/072009_RabinowitzCICU.html</link><description>Hofstra University President Stuart Rabinowitz was named to the Executive Board of the Commission on Independent Colleges and Universities (CICU) for 2009-10.</description></item><item><date>Jul 16, 2009</date><title>Jean Dobie Giebel, Chair of Hofstra’s Department of Drama and Dance, Starts New Production Company – Fat Melon Productions </title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/071609_TheSmokingDiary.html</link><description>Jean Dobie Giebel, Chair of Hofstra’s Department of Drama and Dance, Starts New Production Company – Fat Melon Productions </description></item><item><date>Jul 15, 2009</date><title>Hofstra’s Office of Undergraduate Admission Hosting Enrollment Days</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/071509_EnrollmentDayJuly21and25.html</link><description>The Hofstra University Office of Undergraduate Admission is hosting an Enrollment Day on Tuesday, July 21 from 11 a.m. until 7 p.m. and Saturday, July 25, 2009 from 9 a.m. until 12 p.m.</description></item><item><date>Jul 14, 2009</date><title>Hofstra University Office of Graduate Admissions Open House, July 15 at 6 p.m.</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/071409_GradOpenHouseJul15.html</link><description>The Office of Graduate Admissions will host an Open House on Wednesday, July 15, 2009 from 6-8 p.m. in C.V. Starr Hall, South Campus.</description></item><item><date>Jul 10, 2009</date><title>Hofstra University Recognized Seven Times in the Chronicle of Higher Education's 2009 Great Colleges to Work For Survey </title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/071009_GreatCollegestoWorkFor.html</link><description>Hofstra University is among a select group of one hundred and fifty colleges recognized in The Chronicle of Higher Education's 2009 Great Colleges to Work For® program, according to the results of the second annual survey announced in a special supplement of The Chronicle on Monday</description></item><item><date>Jul 08, 2009</date><title>Hofstra's Office of Undergraduate Admission Hosting Enrollment Day</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/070809_EnrollmentDayJuly13.html</link><description>The Hofstra University Office of Undergraduate Admission is hosting an Enrollment Day on Monday, July 13, 2009 from 7 a.m. until 3 p.m.</description></item><item><date>Jul 08, 2009</date><title>Hofstra Entertainment Presents the World Premiere of "I'm The Greatest Star!"</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/070809_GreatestStar.html</link><description>Hofstra Entertainment Presents the World Premiere of "I'm The Greatest Star!"</description></item><item><date>Jul 08, 2009</date><title>Metropolitan Area Teens Investigate Diversity While Perfecting Their Journalism Skills</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/070809_J-DIV.html</link><description>Metropolitan area 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 camp called J-DIV. </description></item><item><date>Jul 07, 2009</date><title>Zarb School of Business to Host a  Graduate Business Information Session</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/070709_JulyGradBusinessInfoSession.html</link><description>The Frank G. Zarb School of Business will host a Graduate Business Information Session on Thursday, July 30, 2009 from 6-7:30 p.m. in the Martin B. Greenberg Trading Room, C.V. Starr Hall, California Avenue, South Campus.</description></item><item><date>Jul 01, 2009</date><title>Hofstra First Year Students Give Back As Part of Discovery Program</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/070109_DiscoveryProgram.html</link><description>Hofstra University first year students will give back to the surrounding community as part of the optional Discovery Program.</description></item><item><date>Jul 01, 2009</date><title>Hofstra University's Greg Maney, Associate Professor of Sociology and Co-Director of the Irish Studies Program, Elected Chair of the Peace, War and Social Conflict Section of the American Sociological Association</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/070109_GregManey.html</link><description>Hofstra University's Greg Maney, Associate Professor of Sociology and Co-Director of the Irish Studies Program, Elected Chair of the Peace, War and Social Conflict Section of the American Sociological Association</description></item><item><date>Jul 01, 2009</date><title>Hofstra University's Paula Uruburu Celebrates More Accolades for Her Book, "American Eve: Evelyn Nesbit, Stanford White, the Birth of the 'It' Girl, and the Crime of the Century"</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/070109_PaulaUruburu.html</link><description>Hofstra University's Paula Uruburu Celebrates More Accolades for Her Book, "American Eve: Evelyn Nesbit, Stanford White, the Birth of the 'It' Girl, and the Crime of the Century"</description></item><item><date>Jun 30, 2009</date><title>Application Deadline for Hofstra's 2010 Guru Nanak Interfaith Prize is July 15, 2009</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/063009_GuruNanakDeadline.html</link><description>Applications for Hofstra University's 2010 Guru Nanak Interfaith Prize are due on July 15, 2009. The $50,000 award goes to a living individual or organization that has contributed to the promotion of constructive dialogue between faith communities. </description></item><item><date>Jun 29, 2009</date><title>Hofstra’s Office of Undergraduate Admission Hosting Enrollment Day</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/062909_EnrollmentDayJuly7.html</link><description>The Hofstra University Office of Undergraduate Admission is hosting an Enrollment Day on Tuesday, July 7, 2009 from 11 a.m. until 7 p.m.</description></item><item><date>Jun 26, 2009</date><title>Hofstra University Joins The Yellow Ribbon Program to Cover Tuition Costs for Veterans of the Wars in Iraq and Afghanistan and Their Dependents</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/062609_YellowRibbonProgram.html</link><description>Hofstra University Joins The Yellow Ribbon Program to Cover Tuition Costs for Veterans of the Wars in Iraq and Afghanistan and Their Dependents</description></item><item><date>Jun 24, 2009</date><title>Jean Dobie Giebel, Chair of Hofstra’s Department of Drama and Dance, Starts New Production Company – Fat Melon Productions </title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/071609_TheSmokingDiary1.html</link><description>Jean Dobie Giebel, Chair of Hofstra’s Department of Drama and Dance, Starts New Production Company – Fat Melon Productions </description></item><item><date>Jun 18, 2009</date><title>Hofstra Entertainment Presents James Barbour: Broadway in Concert</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/061809_jamesbarbour.html</link><description>Hofstra Entertainment Presents James Barbour: Broadway in Concert</description></item><item><date>Jun 18, 2009</date><title>New Hofstra Graduates and Current Students Join In Off-Broadway Production of Pierre Corneille's "Le Cid"</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/061809_LeCid.html</link><description>New Hofstra Graduates and Current Students Join In Off-Broadway Production of Pierre Corneille's "Le Cid"</description></item><item><date>Jun 18, 2009</date><title>QuickBooks Certificate Program  Being Offered at Hofstra </title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/061809_July09QuickBooksSession.html</link><description>Hofstra's Scott Skodnek Business Development Center is offering a certificate program in the QuickBooks accounting software program where participants will learn record keeping skills and more.</description></item><item><date>Jun 17, 2009</date><title>Hofstra’s Office of Undergraduate Admission Hosting Enrollment Day</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/061709_EnrollmentDayJune23.html</link><description>The Hofstra University Office of Undergraduate Admission is hosting an Enrollment Day on Tuesday, June 23, 2009 from 9 a.m. until 3 p.m.</description></item><item><date>Jun 16, 2009</date><title>Gayl Teller, Hofstra Faculty Member and Plainview Resident, Named Nassau County Poet Laureate, 2009 to 2011, by the Nassau County Poet Laureate Selection Committee</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/061609_PoetLaureate.html</link><description>Gayl Teller, Hofstra Faculty Member and Plainview Resident, Named Nassau County Poet Laureate, 2009 to 2011, by the Nassau County Poet Laureate Selection Committee</description></item><item><date>Jun 15, 2009</date><title>Hofstra University Museum Presents Burton Morris: Pop!</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/071509_BurtonMorris.html</link><description>The Hofstra University Museum presents an original exhibition from the highly acclaimed artist Burton Morris, whose personal world of popular American icons puts a delightful spin on everyday objects and motifs.</description></item><item><date>Jun 15, 2009</date><title>The Future of Helping Professions: Where do you fit?</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/061509_HelpingProfessions.html</link><description>Dr. David Foulk, dean of the School of Education, Health and Human Services, will lead a panel of distinguished Hofstra faculty members in a discussion and networking opportunity about the job market, professional careers, graduate programs and trends in helping professions.  </description></item><item><date>Jun 11, 2009</date><title>Early Signs of Speech Delays: Hofstra's Speech-Language Hearing Clinic Offers Tips to Parents of Babies and Toddlers On Speech Development</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/press_release1.html</link><description>Early Signs of Speech Delays: Hofstra's Speech-Language Hearing Clinic Offers Tips to Parents of Babies and Toddlers On Speech Development</description></item><item><date>Jun 08, 2009</date><title>Lawrence Levy, WRHU Students Honored at Press Club of Long Island Media Awards Dinner</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/060809_PCLIAwards.html</link><description>Lawrence Levy, executive director of The National Center for Suburban Studies at Hofstra University, took first place for column writing at the Press Club of Long Island’s annual Media Awards dinner on Thursday, June 4, and students at WRHU Radio Hofstra University took home three awards.</description></item><item><date>Jun 08, 2009</date><title>WRHU Radio Hofstra University Marks 50 Years of Broadcasting on June 9, 2009</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/060809_WRHU50th.html</link><description>On Tuesday, June 9, 2009, WRHU Radio Hofstra University will officially mark 50 years of broadcasting at Hofstra University.  </description></item><item><date>Jun 05, 2009</date><title>Hofstra University's Diane Lindner-Goldberg Child Care Institute One of the First Programs of Its Kind in the U.S. To be Awarded Reaccreditation Under Revised NAEYC Standards</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/060509_cciaccreditation.html</link><description>Hofstra University's Diane Lindner-Goldberg Child Care Institute One of the First Programs of Its Kind in the U.S. To be Awarded Reaccreditation Under Revised NAEYC Standards</description></item><item><date>Jun 05, 2009</date><title>Hofstra University's English Department, Creative Writing Program and Continuing Education Present the 35th Annual Summer Writers Program, July 6 to 17, 2009</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/061909_summerwriting.html</link><description>Hofstra University's English Department, Creative Writing Program and Continuing Education Present the 35th Annual Summer Writers Program, July 6 to 17, 2009</description></item><item><date>Jun 05, 2009</date><title>Hofstra University Offers Classes to High School Students This Summer</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/060509_SummerSessionsHighSchoolStudents.html</link><description>Students who have completed their junior year of high school will be eligible to receive college credit for Hofstra summer classes ranging from Astronomy and English to Mathematics and Swahili.</description></item><item><date>Jun 05, 2009</date><title>Hofstra’s Office of Undergraduate Admission Hosting Enrollment Day</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/060509_EnrollmentDayJune16.html</link><description>The Hofstra University Office of Undergraduate Admission is hosting an Enrollment Day on Tuesday, June 16, 2009 from 11 a.m. until 7 p.m.</description></item><item><date>Jun 05, 2009</date><title>WRHU Staff Members Win Multiple National and Local Broadcasting Awards</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/060509_WRHUAwards.html</link><description>Student staff members of WRHU, Radio Hofstra University have been recognized in three journalism awards contests for their on-air work as part of Long Island’s largest radio news staff.</description></item><item><date>Jun 04, 2009</date><title>Capital Campaign Exceeds Goal with $110 Million Raised</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/060409_CaptialCampaign.html</link><description>Hofstra University’s Capital Campaign exceeded its $100 million goal with a total of $110 million raised, President Stuart Rabinowitz announced at the 2009 Hofstra Gala.</description></item><item><date>Jun 04, 2009</date><title>Hofstra University Poet-in-Residence Phillis Levin Announces Forthcoming Readings and Presentations, Summer and Fall 2009</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/060409_phillislevin.html</link><description>Hofstra University Poet-in-Residence Phillis Levin Announces Forthcoming Readings and Presentations, Summer and Fall 2009</description></item><item><date>Jun 02, 2009</date><title>Frank G. Zarb School of Business Ranked Among the Nation’s Best Full-Time  Graduate Business Programs  </title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/060209_ZarbRanked63rdbyUSNews.html</link><description>The Frank G. Zarb School of Business ranked 63rd in the U.S. News and World Report annual ranking of full-time master's programs in business. </description></item><item><date>Jun 02, 2009</date><title>Hofstra Engineering Chair to Present Paper at Cooperstown Baseball Symposium for 10th Year</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/060209_PuerzerBaseball.html</link><description>Hofstra Engineering Department Chair and baseball scholar Richard Puerzer, Ph.D., will for the 10th consecutive year present a paper at the annual Cooperstown Symposium on Baseball and American Culture, speaking on race and Major League Baseball’s management structure.</description></item><item><date>Jun 02, 2009</date><title>Hofstra Honored by CIO Magazine with CIO 100 Award for Innovative Technology</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/060109_CIOTop100.html</link><description>A project giving Hofstra students virtual lab and mobile computing capabilities to access academic software from any location on campus earned the University a spot on CIO magazine’s list of the top 100 companies that are creating new business value through technological innovations. </description></item><item><date>Jun 02, 2009</date><title>Hofstra’s Office of Undergraduate Admission Hosting Enrollment Day</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/060209_EnrollmentDayJune2.html</link><description>The Hofstra University Office of Undergraduate Admission is hosting an Enrollment Day on Tuesday, June 2, 2009 from 9 a.m. until 3 p.m.</description></item><item><date>Jun 02, 2009</date><title>James C. Metzger ‘83 Honors History Professor Michael D’Innocenzo with Endowed Internship </title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/060209_MetzgerDInnocenzo.html</link><description>Hofstra alumnus James C. Metzger ’83 has funded a summer internship within the Center for Civic Engagement in honor of his favorite faculty member, History Professor Michael D'Innocenzo.</description></item><item><date>Jun 01, 2009</date><title>"Unforgotten Italy" - Hofstra Creative Writing Professor Martha McPhee "Reclaims Her Italian" in More Magazine </title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/060109_mcphee.html</link><description>"Unforgotten Italy" - Hofstra Creative Writing Professor Martha McPhee "Reclaims Her Italian" in More Magazine </description></item><item><date>Jun 01, 2009</date><title>Dr. David Weissman Awarded Jean Nerken Distinguished Professorship in Engineering</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/060109_WeissmanProfessorship.html</link><description>Professor of Engineering David Weissman, Ph.D., who has taught at Hofstra for more than four decades, has been awarded the Jean Nerken Distinguished Professorship in Engineering, Dean Bernard Firestone of the Hofstra College of Liberal Arts and Sciences announced. </description></item><item><date>Jun 01, 2009</date><title>Hofstra University Museum Receives Unprecedented Gift of Andy Warhol Art</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/060109_Warhol.html</link><description>The Hofstra University Museum has received an unprecedented gift of Andy Warhol art from The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, a portion of which will be on display July 20 through September 20, 2009 in the David Filderman Gallery, Ninth Floor, Joan and Donald E. Axinn Library, south campus.</description></item><item><date>Jun 01, 2009</date><title>Richard Ravitch to Deliver Keynote Speech at Third Annual Scholarship Luncheon Sponsored by Wilbur F. Breslin Center for Real Estate Studies and the  Institute of Real Estate at Hofstra University</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/060109_ThirdAnnualScholarshipLuncheon.html</link><description>The Third Annual Institute of Real Estate Luncheon hosted by the Wilbur F. Breslin Center for Real Estate Studies will be held on Thursday, June 4, 2009 from 11:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. in the Hofstra University Club, David S. Mack Hall, North Campus. </description></item><item><date>May 28, 2009</date><title>Hofstra’s Golf and Tennis Open to Honor Jack Weisbaum ’64 and BDO Seidman, LLP</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/061909_GolfTennis.html</link><description>Hofstra's annual Golf and Tennis Tournament to raise money for student scholarships this year will honor Jack Weisbaum ’64 and BDO Seidman, LLP. The tournament takes place on Monday, June 22 at the Old Westbury Golf &amp; Country Club.</description></item><item><date>May 27, 2009</date><title>Hofstra Entertainment Presents "It's Still Rock and Roll to Me," A Broadway Musical Tribute to Billy Joel</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/052709_billyjoel.html</link><description>Hofstra Entertainment Presents "It's Still Rock and Roll to Me," A Broadway Musical Tribute to Billy Joel</description></item><item><date>May 21, 2009</date><title>Hofstra University's Department of Anthropology Presents The Archaeological Institute of America/Long Island Society (AIA/LIS) Lecture Series</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/052109_egyptianjewelry.html</link><description>Hofstra University's Department of Anthropology Presents The Archaeological Institute of America/Long Island Society (AIA/LIS) Lecture Series</description></item><item><date>May 19, 2009</date><title>Computer Science Professor Gretchen Ostheimer Holds Brooklyn Computer Camp for Kids</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/051909_BrooklynComputerCamp.html</link><description>For the second consecutive summer, Hofstra Computer Science Professor Gretchen Ostheimer, Ph.D., is offering kids in her Brooklyn neighborhood the chance to spend part of their summer learning how to write computer programs.</description></item><item><date>May 19, 2009</date><title>Hofstra University Office of Graduate Admissions to Host Open House, June 11 at 6 p.m.</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/051909_GradOpenHouse.html</link><description>The Office of Graduate Admissions will host an Open House on Thursday, June 11, 2009 from 6-8 p.m. in C.V. Starr Hall, South Campus.</description></item><item><date>May 19, 2009</date><title>Hofstra’s Astronomy Outreach Program Presents Music and Astronomy Under the Stars</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/051909_MusicandAstronomy.html</link><description>Hofstra’s Astronomy Outreach Program will give concertgoers a glimpse of the heavens this summer throughout Long Island and at the Tanglewood Music Festival in Massachusetts as part of the 2009 International Year of Astronomy.</description></item><item><date>May 18, 2009</date><title>Hofstra University's Diane Lindner-Goldberg Child Care Institute At the Joan and Arnold Saltzman Community Services Center Receives National Youth Garden Grant</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/051809_ccigardening.html</link><description>Hofstra University's Diane Lindner-Goldberg Child Care Institute At the Joan and Arnold Saltzman Community Services Center Receives National Youth Garden Grant</description></item><item><date>May 14, 2009</date><title>Center for Civic Engagement Returns to Togo to Continue Sustainable Ecology Effort</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/051409_TogoTripCCE.html</link><description>A team of Hofstra students and faculty will continue their "Green Future Alliance" in the West African nation of Togo May 19-28, 2009, meeting with their Togolese student and faculty partners and working together on human rights and sustainable ecology projects.</description></item><item><date>May 14, 2009</date><title>Hofstra Entertainment Presents a 90th Birthday Tribute to LI Composer Ervin Drake</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/051409_ervindrake.html</link><description>Hofstra Entertainment Presents a 90th Birthday Tribute to LI Composer Ervin Drake</description></item><item><date>May 12, 2009</date><title>Hofstra University Announces 2009 Spring Commencement Honorees</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/051309_commencement.html</link><description>Hofstra University Announces 2009 Spring Commencement Honorees</description></item><item><date>May 12, 2009</date><title>Radio Hofstra University Wins Society of Professional Journalists Award</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/051209_WRHU_SPJaward.html</link><description>For the first time in its 50 year history, WRHU, Radio Hofstra University has won a Society of Professional Journalists’ (SPJ) Mark of Excellence Award.</description></item><item><date>May 12, 2009</date><title>Study Abroad with Hofstra University</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/051209_StudyAbroad.html</link><description>Hofstra University is offering both Hofstra and visiting students the opportunity to earn academic credits this summer through its study abroad programs.</description></item><item><date>May 11, 2009</date><title>Joseph Sparacio '89 Named to Hofstra Board of Trustees</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/051109_JosephSparacio.html</link><description>Joseph Sparacio '89, CEO and Managing Partner of The Island Financial Group in Woodbury, New York and immediate past president of the Hofstra University Alumni Organization, has been named to the Hofstra Board of Trustees, President Stuart Rabinowitz announced today.</description></item><item><date>May 07, 2009</date><title>Hofstra Instructor, Long Island Resident Connie Roberts Nominated for the Prestigious Hennessy X.O Literary Award for New Irish Writers</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/040709_connieroberts.html</link><description>Hofstra Instructor, Long Island Resident Connie Roberts Nominated for the Prestigious Hennessy X.O Literary Award for New Irish Writers</description></item><item><date>May 07, 2009</date><title>Operation Downtown Seminar teaches how to Jump-Start your Business</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/050709_OperationDowntownJumpStartYourBusiness.html</link><description>How to successfully jump-start your own business will be the topic of the next Operation Downtown seminar sponsored by the Scott Skodnek Business Development Center at Hofstra University on Wednesday, May 20, 2009 from 8-10 a.m. at the Hofstra University Club, David S. Mack Hall, North Campus.</description></item><item><date>May 07, 2009</date><title>Peter S. Kalikow ’65, ’86 to be honored at Annual Hofstra Gala Tonight</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/050709_GalaMediaAlert.html</link><description>eter S. Kalikow, ’65, ’86, will be honored. Among those participating are co-chairs Hofstra Trustee David S. Mack, ’67, and former U.S. Sen. Alfonse D’Amato.</description></item><item><date>May 06, 2009</date><title>Economic Historian Peter Temin of MIT to Speak on the Great Depression and Lessons for Today</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/050609_PeterTemin.html</link><description>Economic Historian Peter Temin, Ph.D., will present a lecture "What the Great Depression Tells Us" on Friday, May 8, at 12:30 p.m., in the Middle Plaza Room, Sondra and David S. Mack Student Center, North Campus.</description></item><item><date>May 06, 2009</date><title>School of Communication Students Provide Free Strategic Media Services to Not-For-Profit Organizations</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/050609_MediaAction.html</link><description>School of Communication students are partnering with not-for-profit organizations in the metropolitan area as part of a senior Media Production Capstone course titled Media Action Projects.</description></item><item><date>May 06, 2009</date><title>Students Showcase Undergraduate Research</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/05609_ResearchDay.html</link><description>Undergraduate Research Day will give 23 student presenters the opportunity to share their research in Philosophy, English, Speech Language-Hearing Science, Chemistry, Biology, Political Science and Spanish with the Hofstra community. </description></item><item><date>May 04, 2009</date><title>Hofstra Team Returns to Lloyd Manor in June to Continue Slave Quarters Dig</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/050409_LloydManor.html</link><description>For the third consecutive summer, students will have the opportunity to work on an excavation of a Lloyd Harbor site believed to contain the remains of an 18th century slave quarter as part of a Hofstra summer course on archeological field methods.</description></item><item><date>May 01, 2009</date><title>Hofstra Students to Participate in Washington Seminar on First 100 Days of Obama Presidency </title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/050109_First100Days.html</link><description>Two Hofstra students will take part in a unique program offered by The Washington Center that will examine the administration of President Barack Obama. The Obama Presidency: The First 100 Days seminar in Washington, D.C. will take place May 17-24, 2009 and will give students the opportunity to study, hear, and question members of Congress, the media, party activists and advocacy representatives on the state of the 44th presidency.</description></item><item><date>May 01, 2009</date><title>Hofstra University Museum Receives Highest National Recognition</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/050109_MuseumAccreditation.html</link><description>The Hofstra University Museum has again received accreditation from the American Association of Museums (AAM), the highest national recognition for a museum. Accreditation signifies excellence to the museum community, to governments, funders, outside agencies, and to the museum-going public. </description></item><item><date>Apr 30, 2009</date><title>Dr. Robert F. Engle to Receive Hofstra University's Presidential Medal</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/043009_RobertEngleToReceiveHofstraPresidentialMedal.html</link><description>Robert F. Engle, Ph.D., the winner of the 2003 Nobel Prize in Economics, will be awarded the Hofstra University Presidential Medal on Wednesday, May 6, 2009 from 11:15 a.m. to 12:45 p.m. in the Leo A. Guthart Cultural Center Theater, Joan and Donald E. Axinn Library, South Campus.</description></item><item><date>Apr 30, 2009</date><title>Hofstra Film Student’s Directorial Debut On Sundance Channel</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/043009_FilmStudentSundance.html</link><description>Et Alors, Charlotte, a short film directed by School of Communication film major Jonathan Rodríguez, will premiere nationally on the Sundance Film Channel  Sunday, May 3 at 11:40 p.m., Wednesday, May 5 at 1:40 a.m. and 5:40 a.m., Friday, May 15 at 8:45 a.m., 11:40 p.m., and 5:40 p.m. and Tuesday, May 26 at 10:40 a.m. The film was also featured in the Harlem International Film Festival on February 26, 2009.</description></item><item><date>Apr 30, 2009</date><title>School of Education, Health and Human Services Ranked Among the Best Education Programs in the Country  </title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/043009_SOEHHSranked.html</link><description>The School of Education, Health and Human Services is one of the top-100 Best Graduate Schools of Education in the country, according to The U.S. News and World Report rankings, announced on April 16, 2009.</description></item><item><date>Apr 24, 2009</date><title>From Analog to Automation</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/042409_analog.html</link><description>A panel of prominent Hofstra radio alumni will speak about the evolution of radio technology on Tuesday, April 28, 2009 at 7 p.m. in the Hofstra University News Hub located in Dempster Hall on Hofstra’s South Campus.</description></item><item><date>Apr 24, 2009</date><title>Hofstra Television Students Raise Money For Their Film Major Peer</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/042409_MaxKolbTelethon.html</link><description>Hofstra's School of Communication will air "The 8th Annual Friends of Max Kolb Telethon" on May 3, 2009 from 10 p.m. to midnight on Hofstra TV channel's 35. </description></item><item><date>Apr 23, 2009</date><title>The Bronx Opera Company Presents Mozart's Ultimate Flight of Fantasy: "The Magic Flute"</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/051309_magicflute.html</link><description>The Bronx Opera Company Presents Mozart's Ultimate Flight of Fantasy: "The Magic Flute"</description></item><item><date>Apr 22, 2009</date><title>FORM – Hofstra's Student-Run Art Club and Gallery – Presents "Superficial" by Christina Makrakis </title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/042209_makrakis.html</link><description>FORM – Hofstra's Student-Run Art Club and Gallery – Presents "Superficial" by Christina Makrakis </description></item><item><date>Apr 22, 2009</date><title>Guest Dance Artists Join Hofstra Faculty and Students in the 2009 Annual Spring Dance Concert, April 23 to 26</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/040109_dance.html</link><description>Guest Dance Artists Join Hofstra Faculty and Students in the 2009 Annual Spring Dance Concert, April 23 to 26</description></item><item><date>Apr 22, 2009</date><title>Jonathan Alter, Newsweek Senior Editor &amp; NBC News Correspondent, to Speak at Hofstra on the 100th Full Day of the Obama Administration</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/042209_JonathanAlter.html</link><description>Hofstra University will mark the 100th full day of the Obama administration with a lecture by Newsweek Senior Editor and NBC News Correspondent Jonathan Alter on “FDR and President Obama: Their First 100 Days” on Thursday, April 30, from 2:20-3:45 p.m. in the Monroe Lecture Center Theater, California Avenue, South Campus.</description></item><item><date>Apr 21, 2009</date><title> Five Hofstra Faculty Win 2008-2009 Teacher of the Year Honors</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/042109_TeachersoftheYear.html</link><description>Five Hofstra University faculty have been voted 2008-2009 Teachers of the Year by Hofstra students and will be honored at the May 7, 2009 Hofstra Gala as well as at the May 17, 2009 Undergraduate/Graduate Commencement Exercises, Provost and Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs Herman A. Berliner announced.</description></item><item><date>Apr 21, 2009</date><title>Hofstra Presents 2009 Fine Arts Student Art Show </title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/042109_fineartsshow.html</link><description>2009 Student Art Show Presented by Hofstra University's Fine Arts Department</description></item><item><date>Apr 21, 2009</date><title>Wilbur F. Breslin Center for Real Estate Studies and National Center for Suburban Studies Partners in New Local Government Leadership Institute</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/042109_LocalGovernment.html</link><description>Two of Hofstra’s academic institutes will partner with New York State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli and Cornell University in a new Local Government Leadership Institute that will “provide fiscal and management expertise, information and guidance to local government officials,” according to the Comptroller’s office. The Institute’s first conference will be held at Hofstra on June 11, 2009.</description></item><item><date>Apr 20, 2009</date><title>Frank G. Zarb School of Business to Host an International Financial Reporting  Standards Conference</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/04202009_MerrillLynchCenterIFRSConference.html</link><description>The adoption of International Financial Reporting Standards will be the subject of a conference hosted by the Frank G. Zarb School of Business and the Merrill Lynch Center for the Study of International Financial Services and Markets on Monday, May 4, 2009 from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. in the Hofstra University Club, David S. Mack Hall, North Campus.</description></item><item><date>Apr 20, 2009</date><title>Two Faculty Members Share Annual Stessin Prize for Outstanding Scholarly Publications</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/042009_StessinPrize.html</link><description>Hofstra faculty members Stephanie Cobb, Ph.D. (Religion) and I. Bennett Capers, Ph.D. (Law) have been named the 2008-2009 winners of the Lawrence A. Stessin Prize for Outstanding Scholarly Publications, Provost Herman A. Berliner announced today.</description></item><item><date>Apr 15, 2009</date><title>Hofstra Hosts Earth Day Celebration  </title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/041509_EarthDay.html</link><description>A three-day festival designed to foster environmentalism and stewardship and to promote awareness of climate change will mark this year’s Earth Day celebration at Hofstra University Monday, April 20 - Wednesday, April 22.  </description></item><item><date>Apr 14, 2009</date><title>National Center for Suburban Studies Receives $15,000 Grant to Help Suburban Arts Communities</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/041409_LICFGrant.html</link><description>A $15,000 Long Island Community Foundation grant will help The National Center for Suburban Studies at Hofstra University (NCSS) determine how suburban arts groups nationwide work together to emerge from the shadows of nearby cities. </description></item><item><date>Apr 13, 2009</date><title> The New York Times Chief Washington Correspondent David E. Sanger to Speak at Hofstra</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/041509_Sanger.html</link><description>The New York Times Chief Washington Correspondent David E. Sanger will discuss “Obama’s Options: The Opportunities and Limits Facing the New President” at Hofstra University on Tuesday, April 28, 2009 at 2:20 p.m. in Monroe Lecture Center Theater, California Avenue, South Campus.  </description></item><item><date>Apr 08, 2009</date><title>Hofstra Celebrates 26th Annual Dutch Festival</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/040809_dutchfest.html</link><description>Hofstra Celebrates 26th Annual Dutch Festival</description></item><item><date>Apr 08, 2009</date><title>Iraq: How the Past Shapes the Future</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/040809_IraqStudyDay.html</link><description>Distinguished scholars will share their views on the making of modern Iraq and the ongoing occupation by American military forces in a panel discussion “Iraq: How the Past Shapes the Future” on Monday, April 27, 3-4:30 p.m., in the Monroe Lecture Center Theater, California Avenue, South Campus.</description></item><item><date>Apr 08, 2009</date><title>Zachary Lazar – Hofstra Creative Writing Professor, Acclaimed Author, LI Resident – Receives Dual Honors: a Guggenheim Fellowship and Princeton's Hodder Fellowship</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/040809_zachlazar.html</link><description>Zachary Lazar – Hofstra Creative Writing Professor, Acclaimed Author, LI Resident – Receives Dual Honors: a Guggenheim Fellowship and Princeton's Hodder Fellowship</description></item><item><date>Apr 07, 2009</date><title>Frank G. Zarb School of Business Ranked Among the Best Business Programs  in the Country</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/040709_PrincetonReviewandBusinessWeekRankings.html</link><description>Students and corporate recruiters have ranked the business program at The Frank G. Zarb School of Business at Hofstra University among the nation’s best, according to The Princeton Review and BusinessWeek.</description></item><item><date>Apr 07, 2009</date><title>Hofstra Accepting Applications for 2010 Guru Nanak Interfaith Prize</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/040709_GuruNanak.html</link><description>Hofstra University is now accepting applications for the 2010 Guru Nanak Interfaith Prize, a $50,000 award for a living individual or organization that has contributed to the promotion of constructive dialogue between faith communities. The prize is awarded biennially.</description></item><item><date>Apr 07, 2009</date><title>Hofstra University Museum Presents “Tranquil Power: The Art of Perle Fine” and “Perle Fine and Friends: An Intimate Portrait by Maurice Berezov”</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/040709_PerleFine.html</link><description>The Hofstra University Museum presents an original retrospective exhibition “Tranquil Power: The Art of Perle Fine” curated for the Hofstra University Museum from April 7 through June 26, 2009 in the Hofstra University Museum’s Emily Lowe Gallery, Emily Lowe Hall, south campus. The exhibit explores the work of Perle Fine (1905-1988), a faculty member at Hofstra University from 1962 to1973, and one of the few women artists in the inner circle of the Abstract Expressionists.  </description></item><item><date>Apr 07, 2009</date><title>Hofstra University Office of Undergraduate Admission to Host Spring Open House</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/040709_SpringOpenHouse.html</link><description>Hofstra University is hosting an open house for high school juniors and their families on Sunday, April 26, 2009 from 9 a.m. until 12 p.m.</description></item><item><date>Apr 06, 2009</date><title>Spend the Early Summer Dancing </title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/040609_summerdancing.html</link><description>Hofstra's Department of Drama and Dance Offers Modern Dance and Tap Over Summer Session I (May 20 through June 24, 2009)</description></item><item><date>Apr 02, 2009</date><title>Hofstra University's Summer Session Courses Offer a Variety of Learning Experiences</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/040209_SummerSessions09.html</link><description>Classroom lectures, study abroad programs and exclusive online courses are among the many summer course offerings at Hofstra beginning May 20, 2009.</description></item><item><date>Apr 01, 2009</date><title>Susan A. Mboya to deliver Provost’s Annual Diversity Lecture </title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/040109_DiversityLecture.html</link><description>Susan A. Mboya, Ph.D., founder and executive president of Zawadi Africa Educational Fund and general manager franchise of the Coca-Cola Company will deliver the Provost's Annual Diversity Lecture on Wednesday, April 15, 2009 from 11:15 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. in the Student Center Theater, Sondra and David S. Mack Student Center, North Campus.</description></item><item><date>Mar 31, 2009</date><title>Hofstra Library Offers Seniors $1,000 Award for Best Researched Paper</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/033109_LibraryAward.html</link><description>The Hofstra University Library is offering an award for the best researched academic paper by a senior scheduled to graduate in May 2009. The Undergraduate Library Research Award includes a $1,000 prize and a $200 Barnes &amp; Noble Gift Certificate.</description></item><item><date>Mar 30, 2009</date><title>Hofstra University and Bindra Family Host Third Annual Vaisakhi Festival Dinner </title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/033009_Vaisakhi.html</link><description>Ambassador Prabhu Dayal, consul general of India, will be the guest of honor at the third annual celebration of Vaisakhi presented by Hofstra and the Bindra family of Long Island on Saturday, April 4 at 7 p.m. in the Sondra and David S. Mack Student Center, North Campus.</description></item><item><date>Mar 30, 2009</date><title>Hofstra University Event Explores Women's Important Role as the Keepers of Their Personal and Familial Memories:</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/033009_rosaryofmemories.html</link><description>Hofstra University Event Explores Women’s Important Role as the Keepers of Their Personal and Familial Memories</description></item><item><date>Mar 30, 2009</date><title>Prepare for the Challenges of Negotiating Commercial Lease Agreements </title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/033009_NegotiatingCommercialLeaseAgreements.html</link><description>Real estate professionals will learn how to maneuver the complex process of commercial lease agreement negotiations and earn seven continuing legal education credits during a Hofstra University Continuing Education course beginning on April 14, 2009 at 6:30 p.m. in Breslin Hall, Room 0028, South Campus. </description></item><item><date>Mar 27, 2009</date><title>Hofstra Honors Asian American &amp; Pacific Islander Heritage Month</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/032709_APIMonth.html</link><description>New York City Councilman John C. Liu (D-Flushing) will deliver the keynote address at a reception marking the start of Asian American &amp; Pacific Islander Heritage Month at Hofstra University on Thursday, April 2, 2009 at 5:30 p.m. in the Rochelle and Irwin A. Lowenfeld Conference and Exhibition Hall, 10th Floor, Joan and Donald E. Axinn Library, South Campus.</description></item><item><date>Mar 26, 2009</date><title>18 School of Education, Health and Human Services Faculty Members Celebrated for Authoring Scholarly Work</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/032609_SOEHHSauthorsreception.html</link><description>The School of Education, Health and Human Services will hold a reception to recognize the scholarly accomplishments of 18 of its published faculty members on Friday March 27, 2009 in the Hagedorn Hall lobby from 3-4:30 p.m.</description></item><item><date>Mar 25, 2009</date><title>Hofstra University Office of Undergraduate Admission to Host Receptions for High School Juniors</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/032509_ReceptionforHSJuniors_April.html</link><description>The Hofstra University Office of Admission is hosting a series of special receptions designed exclusively for high school juniors.  Students who attend these receptions will be able to meet with current Hofstra students and administrators who will share information about academics, student life, and more.</description></item><item><date>Mar 25, 2009</date><title>Student-built Robots to Compete in “Lunacy” at Hofstra Arena March 26-28</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/032509_RoboticsCompetition.html</link><description>Teams from 47 New York area high schools will vie for top honors in the annual FIRST Robotics Competition, SBPLI Long Island Regional on March 27-28 at the David S. Mack Sports and Exhibition Complex at Hofstra University.</description></item><item><date>Mar 25, 2009</date><title>The Hofstra Cultural Center Presents An International Conference: "Between Three Continents: Rethinking Equatorial Guinea On the 40th Anniversary of Its Independence From Spain"</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/032509_equatorialguinea.html</link><description>The Hofstra Cultural Center Presents An International Conference: "Between Three Continents: Rethinking Equatorial Guinea On the 40th Anniversary of Its Independence From Spain"</description></item><item><date>Mar 23, 2009</date><title>Hempstead for Hofstra/Hofstra for Hempstead to Host 35th Annual Scholarship Dinner</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/032309_HempsteadForHofstra.html</link><description>The 35th Annual Hempstead for Hofstra/Hofstra for Hempstead Scholarship Dinner, which raises money to help Village of Hempstead students attend Hofstra University, will be held on Thursday, April 2, 2009 at 6:30 p.m. in the Main Dining Room of the Sondra and David S. Mack Student Center, North Campus. </description></item><item><date>Mar 20, 2009</date><title>Zarb School of Business to Host an M.B.A. Information Session</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/032009_AprilMBAInfoSession.html</link><description>The Frank G. Zarb School of Business is hosting a Masters in Business Administration Information Session on Thursday, April 16, 2008 from 6-8 p.m. in Weller Hall, Room 304, South Campus. </description></item><item><date>Mar 20, 2009</date><title>Zarb School of Business to Host an M.B.A. Information Session</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/042709_MayMBAMSInfoSession.html</link><description>The Frank G. Zarb School of Business is hosting a Masters in Business Administration Information Session on Thursday, April 16, 2008 from 6-8 p.m. in Weller Hall, Room 304, South Campus. </description></item><item><date>Mar 19, 2009</date><title>CNN's Anderson Cooper 360 to Broadcast Live from Hofstra </title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/031909_cooper.html</link><description>On Thursday, March 19, Hofstra University will be the fourth stop for CNN anchor Anderson Cooper's "Road to Rescue" economic survival series, a week-long, in-depth cross-country tour through which CNN is discussing the economic crisis. </description></item><item><date>Mar 19, 2009</date><title>Gender Plays a Major Role in Experiencing and Expressing Gratitude, Studies Find</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/031909_GratitudeStudy.html</link><description>Two studies that looked at how we express gratitude found that women are better able then men to feel and express gratitude towards others and thus derive the social and personal benefits that come from such expressions. But among adolescents, while girls tended to express gratitude more readily than boys, boys may actually derive more of a benefit when they are able to do so.</description></item><item><date>Mar 18, 2009</date><title>Hofstra Students Spend Fourth Consecutive Spring Break Helping Others</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/031809_AlternativeSpringBreak.html</link><description>For the fourth consecutive year Hofstra University students will spend their spring break helping others in New Orleans as part of Hofstra’s Alternative Spring Break program. Students will return to the area devastated by Hurricane Katrina from April 4 through April 11, 2009. </description></item><item><date>Mar 18, 2009</date><title>Hofstra Team Receives $290,000 NSF Grant for Innovative Computer Education Project</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/031809_ComputerEdGrant.html</link><description>A team of Hofstra Computer Science faculty has received a $290,000 National Science Foundation grant to develop curricula that introduces entrepreneurship and leadership components into the computer science curriculum.</description></item><item><date>Mar 18, 2009</date><title>Zarb Accounting Students to Compete in the First MWE Long Island College Accounting Challenge</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/031809_CollegeAccountingChallenge.html</link><description>Zarb School of Business accounting students will participate in the first College Accounting Challenge sponsored by CPA firm Margolin, Winer &amp; Evens, LLP on Wednesday, March 25, 2009 from 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. in the Hillwood Commons Lecture Hall on the C.W. Post campus of Long Island University, 720 Northern Boulevard, Brookville, New York</description></item><item><date>Mar 17, 2009</date><title>Hofstra's "Great Writers, Great Readings" Series Spring 2009 Concludes With Playwright Sarah Ruhl</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/031709_sarahruhl.html</link><description>Hofstra's "Great Writers, Great Readings" Series Spring 2009 Concludes With Playwright Sarah Ruhl</description></item><item><date>Mar 17, 2009</date><title>Hofstra University's Calkins Hall Rosenberg Gallery Presents "Everything is everywhere, in its own way" By David Scher</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/031709_davidscher.html</link><description>Hofstra University's Calkins Hall Rosenberg Gallery Presents "Everything is everywhere, in its own way" By David Scher</description></item><item><date>Mar 17, 2009</date><title>Paula Nelson's "Soar With Your Strengths: Making Money, Creating Security and Identifying Opportunities in Today's Chaotic Economy"</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/031709_paulanelson.html</link><description>Paula Nelson's "Soar With Your Strengths: Making Money, Creating Security and Identifying Opportunities in Today's Chaotic Economy"</description></item><item><date>Mar 16, 2009</date><title>Richard J. Daly to speak at Zarb School of Business 2009 Executive Speakers Series Program</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/031609_RichardDalyExecutiveSpeakersSeries.html</link><description>Entrepreneur and business leader Richard J. Daly will discuss his path from entrepreneur to chief executive officer during a Zarb executive speakers series event on March 18, 2009 from 6 to 8 p.m. in Axinn Library, Room 246, South Campus.</description></item><item><date>Mar 16, 2009</date><title>Zarb School of Business to Co-Host Third Annual American Society for Quality Lean Six Sigma Symposium</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/031609_ThirdAnnualLeanSixSigmaSymposium.html</link><description>Improve your business management strategy using statistical methods developed by Lean Six Sigma. </description></item><item><date>Mar 13, 2009</date><title>Hofstra University Office of Undergraduate Admission to Host Receptions for High School Juniors</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/031309_OffCampusReceptions_March09.html</link><description>The Hofstra University Office of Admission is hosting a series of special receptions designed exclusively for high school juniors. </description></item><item><date>Mar 13, 2009</date><title>Hofstra University Office of Undergraduate Admission to Host Transfer Open House</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/031309_TransferOpenHouse.html</link><description>Hofstra University is hosting an open house for transfer students on Friday, March 20, 2009 from 10 a.m. until 2 p.m.</description></item><item><date>Mar 12, 2009</date><title>Robert Papper to Be Installed as the Lawrence Stessin Distinguished Professor in Journalism</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/031209_PapperInstallation.html</link><description>Robert Papper, chair of the Department of Journalism, Media Studies and Public Relations, will be installed as the Lawrence Stessin Distinguished Professor in Journalism on Wednesday, March 18, 2009 from 3:00 to 5:00 p.m. at the Hofstra University Club, David S. Mack Hall, North Campus.  There will be a reception immediately following the convocation.</description></item><item><date>Mar 11, 2009</date><title>Hofstra University Cultural Center and the Department of Anthropology Presents a Free Lecture: "Sacajawea: The Most Honored Woman in America"</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/031109_sacajawea.html</link><description>Hofstra University Cultural Center and the Department of Anthropology Presents a Free Lecture: "Sacajawea: The Most Honored Woman in America"</description></item><item><date>Mar 11, 2009</date><title>Hofstra University Launches MyWorkster@Hofstra this Winter 2009 to Help Students and Alumni With Job Searching and Networking Opportunities</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/031109_myworkster.html</link><description>Hofstra University Launches MyWorkster@Hofstra this Winter 2009 to Help Students and Alumni With Job Searching and Networking Opportunities</description></item><item><date>Mar 11, 2009</date><title>The Virtual College Fair, March 25 &amp; 26</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/031109_CollegeWeekLive.html</link><description>Hofstra University will again be taking part in CollegeWeekLive, a free, virtual college fair on Wednesday, March 25 and Thursday, March 26, 2009 from 10 a.m. until 10 p.m.</description></item><item><date>Mar 10, 2009</date><title>Peter S. Kalikow '65, '86 to be honored at Annual Hofstra Gala</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/031009_Gala09.html</link><description>Peter S. Kalikow, ’65, '86, a longtime Hofstra trustee and an alumnus whose love of presidential history led him to endow the Peter S. Kalikow Center for the Study of the American Presidency and to sponsor the third and final presidential debate at Hofstra in October 2008, will be honored at the annual Hofstra Gala on Thursday, May 7, 2009 at 7 p.m. at the David S. Mack Sports and Exhibition Complex, North Campus.  </description></item><item><date>Mar 09, 2009</date><title>Hofstra Presents a Symposium On Media and Social Change Featuring Dr. Neal Baer, Executive Producer of  Law &amp; Order: SVU </title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/030909_MediaSymposium.html</link><description>Hofstra University Cultural Center and the School of Communication present a one-day symposium on “Media and Social Change: Using Entertainment Education  to Improve the Outcomes of Health and Social Issues of Women” on Thursday, March 26, 2009 from 8:30 a.m.- 4 p.m.</description></item><item><date>Mar 09, 2009</date><title>Hofstra President Stuart Rabinowitz to Receive CASE Chief Executive Leadership Award </title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/030909_CASEAward.html</link><description>Hofstra University President Stuart Rabinowitz will receive a Chief Executive Leadership Award from the Council for Advancement and Support of Education (CASE) during the group’s District II conference in Baltimore March 22-24.</description></item><item><date>Mar 09, 2009</date><title>Hofstra University Marriage and Family Therapy Clinic At the Joan and Arnold Saltzman Community Services Center Now Forming Spring 2009 Groups</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/030909_mftclinic.html</link><description>Hofstra University Marriage and Family Therapy Clinic At the Joan and Arnold Saltzman Community Services Center Now Forming Spring 2009 Groups</description></item><item><date>Mar 09, 2009</date><title>Hofstra University to Host Spring Job and Internship Fair And Launch Unique Partnership with MyWorkster.com – MyWorkster@Hofstra</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/0309_careerfair.html</link><description>Hofstra University to Host Spring Job and Internship Fair And Launch Unique Partnership with MyWorkster.com – MyWorkster@Hofstra</description></item><item><date>Mar 09, 2009</date><title>Operation Downtown Seminar teaches how to Successfully Market in Challenging Times</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/030909_OperationDowntownSeminarMarketingInChallengingTimes.html</link><description>How to successfully market your business in challenging times will be the topic of the next Operation Downtown seminar sponsored by the Scott Skodnek Business Development Center at Hofstra University on March 12, 2009 from 8-10 a.m. at the Hofstra University Club, David S. Mack Hall, North Campus.</description></item><item><date>Mar 06, 2009</date><title>Hofstra, Prof. Michael D'Innocenzo, to be Honored at Annual Long Island History Day </title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/030609_LIHistoryDay.html</link><description>Hofstra University and one of its longest tenured faculty members will be honored as part of the annual Long lsland History Day program at Hofstra on Sunday, March 8, 2009 in the Sondra and David S. Mack Student Center, North Campus.</description></item><item><date>Mar 06, 2009</date><title>Hofstra's Center for Condensed Matter Research Hosts Lecture on Laser Science</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/030609_LaserScience.html</link><description>Jim Kafka, Ph.D., of Spectra-Physics, an expert on the development of ultrafast lasers, will speak at Hofstra on “Ultrafast Lasers and Ultrafast  Science” on Tuesday, March 24 at 7:30 p.m. in the Monroe Lecture Center Theater, California Avenue, South Campus.</description></item><item><date>Mar 05, 2009</date><title>Hofstra Shakespeare Festival Turns 60 </title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/012009_shakespearefestival.html</link><description>Hofstra Shakespeare Festival Turns 60 </description></item><item><date>Mar 04, 2009</date><title>Public Forum on Expanding Regional Bus Service to be Held at Hofstra </title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/030409_BusHearing.html</link><description>A public forum to address the recommendations of the Ravitch Commission on expanding regional bus service in Nassau County and the larger region will be held at Hofstra on Friday, March 6, 2009 from 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. at the Guthart Cultural Center Theater, first floor, Joan and Donald E. Axinn Library, South Campus.</description></item><item><date>Mar 03, 2009</date><title>Hofstra Celebrates Women’s "Herstory" Month</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/030309_WomensHerstoryMonth.html</link><description>Hofstra University’s Women’s “Herstory” Month, devoted to honoring women and their impact in the world, will include throughout the month “What if Women Ruled the World?” a gender analysis of leadership; a musical performance of “The Feminine Musique”; a keynote address by Erin Vilardi, national program director of The White House Project;  a discussion of “Sacajawea: The Most Honored Woman in America”; and a poetry performance, “Women Poets in Intimate Encounters”. </description></item><item><date>Mar 03, 2009</date><title>Start and Expand a Business in a  Challenging Economy </title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/030309_SpringEntrepreneurialAssistanceProgram .html</link><description>Entrepreneurs will learn the strategies to grow a business and take advantage of opportunities during the economic downturn in the Entrepreneurial Assistance Program (EAP).  Workshops will provide participants with "nuts and bolts skills" required to operate and grow a successful business.   A free information session about the EAP will be held March 4, 2009 at 6 pm in Brower Hall, Room 101, South Campus.</description></item><item><date>Feb 24, 2009</date><title>CNN’s Anderson Cooper to Speak at Hofstra</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/022409_AndersonCooper.html</link><description>Anderson Cooper of CNN Anderson Cooper 360° will discuss “A 360-Degree Look at World Events” at Hofstra University on Thursday, March 19, 2009 at 3 p.m. in John Cranford Adams Playhouse, South Campus.  </description></item><item><date>Feb 24, 2009</date><title>Erin L. Wolf  to speak at  Zarb School of Business 2009 Executive Speakers Series Program</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/022409_ErinWolfExecutiveSpeakersSeries.html</link><description>Business consultant, speaker and author Erin L. Wolf will share her personal observations and lessons learned on the cultural differences between men and women in business during a Frank G. Zarb School of Business executive speakers series program  on February 25, 2009 from 6 to 8 p.m. in the Joan and Donald E. Axinn Library, East Library Wing Room 246, South Campus.</description></item><item><date>Feb 24, 2009</date><title>Hofstra University School of Medicine in partnership with North Shore-LIJ Health System to Host Series of Public Education Programs and Free Screenings on Kidney Health</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/022409_SOM-LIJ_HealthScreenings.html</link><description>Hofstra University School of Medicine in partnership with North Shore-LIJ Health System are sponsoring a series of free public kidney health workshops and screenings.</description></item><item><date>Feb 23, 2009</date><title>Economy Crisis, Wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, Among Topics to be Explored at Hofstra</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/022309_InternationalSceneLecture.html</link><description>Hofstra’s annual International Scene Lecture series on domestic and foreign policy this year will examine the economic crisis and the nation’s foreign policy in Iraq, Afghanistan, Israel and Latin America.</description></item><item><date>Feb 23, 2009</date><title>Hofstra Honors College Launches Summer Program for High School Students</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/022309_SummerScholars.html</link><description>High School students can earn college credit while getting a taste of college life with the new Summer Scholars residential program at Hofstra.</description></item><item><date>Feb 23, 2009</date><title>Hofstra University to host a Women in Career Transition Conference</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/022309_WomenInCareerTransition.html</link><description>Returning to the workforce? Trying to decide your next career move? Hofstra University Continuing Education is sponsoring a “Women in Career Transition:  Possibilities, Opportunities and Strategies” conference on Saturday, March 7, 2009 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Sondra and David S. Mack Student Center, North Campus.</description></item><item><date>Feb 20, 2009</date><title>Hofstra Entertainment Presents "Lady Bird, Pat and Betty: Tea for Three"</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/022009_teaforthree.html</link><description>Hofstra Entertainment Presents "Lady Bird, Pat and Betty: Tea for Three"</description></item><item><date>Feb 20, 2009</date><title>Sustaining New York’s Coastal Ecosystems</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/022009_CoastalEcosystems.html</link><description>The New York Ocean and Great Lakes Ecosystem Conservation Council and the Wilbur F. Breslin Center for Real Estate Studies at Hofstra University will co-sponsoring a public meeting and community conversation at Hofstra on the Council's draft report on sustaining New York's coastal ecosystems.  commentator and a resident scholar at the American Enterprise Institute, will deliver the annual Donald J. Sutherland Lecture at Hofstra, speaking on “The 2008 Elections: Are Americans Moving to the Left?” on Thursday, March 5, 2009, 2:30-4 p.m., Monroe Lecture Center Theater, California Avenue, South Campus.</description></item><item><date>Feb 19, 2009</date><title>Hofstra University Announces New B.S. in Dance Education</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/0219_danceeducation.html</link><description>Hofstra University Announces New B.S. in Dance Education</description></item><item><date>Feb 19, 2009</date><title>Michael Barone, Senior Writer and Columnist for U.S. News &amp; World Report, to Speak at Hofstra </title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/021909_MichaelBarone.html</link><description>Michael Barone, senior writer and columnist for U.S. News &amp; World Report, Fox News commentator and a resident scholar at the American Enterprise Institute, will deliver the annual Donald J. Sutherland Lecture at Hofstra, speaking on “The 2008 Elections: Are Americans Moving to the Left?” on Thursday, March 5, 2009, 2:30-4 p.m., Monroe Lecture Center Theater, California Avenue, South Campus.</description></item><item><date>Feb 16, 2009</date><title>Hofstra University Launches New Irish Studies Program</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/021609_IrishStudies.html</link><description>Hofstra University is celebrating the launch of its Irish Studies Program with a reception on February 20, 2009, from 5 to 10 p.m. at the Hofstra University Club, David S. Mack Hall, North Campus.  </description></item><item><date>Feb 13, 2009</date><title>David Plouffe, Campaign Manager for Barack Obama’s Presidential Campaign, to Speak at Hofstra</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/021309_Plouffe.html</link><description>Obama for America Campaign Manager David Plouffe will discuss “The Obama Phenomenon: What’s Next?” at Hofstra University on Thursday, February 26, 2009 at 3 p.m. in Monroe Lecture Center Theater, South Campus.  </description></item><item><date>Feb 10, 2009</date><title>Hofstra University Hosts the Second Annual Health Policy Breakfast </title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/021009_HealthCare.html</link><description>Richard Umbdenstock, president and CEO of the American Hospital Association, will speak on AHA’s Framework for Health Care Reform: Health for Life - Better Health, Better Health Care at the Hofstra University Club, David Mack Hall, North Campus on February 13, 2009 from 8-10 a.m.  </description></item><item><date>Feb 10, 2009</date><title>NAACP Student Chapter and NOAH Program to Mark 100th Anniversary of NAACP with Elizabeth Eckford</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/021009_ElizabethEckford.html</link><description>Hofstra University’s NAACP Student Chapter and New Opportunities At Hofstra Program (NOAH) program will mark the 100th anniversary of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) with a program featuring keynote speaker Elizabeth Eckford on Tuesday, February 17 at 7 p.m. in the Multi-Purpose room of the Sondra and David S. Mack Student Center, North Campus.</description></item><item><date>Feb 09, 2009</date><title>Hofstra's Calkins Hall Rosenberg Gallery Presents "Teetering" by  Anne Seidman </title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/0209_teetering.html</link><description>Hofstra's Calkins Hall Rosenberg Gallery Presents "Teetering" by  Anne Seidman </description></item><item><date>Feb 09, 2009</date><title>Hofstra's Center for Technological Literacy Awarded $1.8 Million NSF Grant </title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/020909_CenterforTechnolog.html</link><description>Hofstra Engineering Professor David Burghardt, Ph.D., and Michael Hacker, co-directors of Hofstra’s Center for Technological Literacy, have received a National Science Foundation (NSF) grant for more than $1.8 million to create a 3D gaming environment to help students learn about math and science.</description></item><item><date>Feb 09, 2009</date><title>Hofstra University Announces New B.S. in Dance Education </title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/0209_danceeducation.html</link><description>Hofstra University Announces New B.S. in Dance Education </description></item><item><date>Feb 09, 2009</date><title>Hofstra University Hosts 11th Annual Irish Festival</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/0209_irishfestival.html</link><description>Hofstra Hosts 11th Annual Irish Festival</description></item><item><date>Feb 09, 2009</date><title>Hofstra University Named to Presidential Honor Roll for Community Service</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/020909_CommunityServiceHonorRoll.html</link><description>The Corporation for National and Community Service honored Hofstra University today with a place on the President’s Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll for exemplary service efforts and service to America’s communities.   </description></item><item><date>Feb 05, 2009</date><title>Political Strategist and CNN Commentator Donna Brazile to Speak at Hofstra </title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/020509_DonnaBrazile.html</link><description>Political strategist Donna Brazile, who ran the 2000 presidential campaign of Vice President Al Gore and is currently a political commentator for CNN, will deliver the annual Arnold A. Saltzman State of the Union Lecture at Hofstra on February 12, 2009 from 11:15 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. in the Monroe Lecture Center Theater, California Avenue, South Campus.</description></item><item><date>Feb 04, 2009</date><title>Zarb School of Business to Host an M.B.A. Information Session</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/020409_MBAInfoSession.html</link><description>of Business is hosting a Masters in Business Administration Information Session on Thursday, February 19, 2008 from 6-8 p.m. in Weller Hall, Room 304, South Campus. </description></item><item><date>Jan 29, 2009</date><title>Anderson Cooper, Donna Brazile, David Plouffe Among Featured Speakers for Define '09: New Challenges, New Solutions </title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/012909_Define09.html</link><description>CNN news anchor Anderson Cooper, political strategist Donna Brazile and David Plouffe, President Barak Obama’s campaign manager, will be among the nationally known speakers coming to Hofstra this spring as part of Define '09: New Challenges, New Solutions, a year-long series that will examine the new presidential administration, its policies and initiatives, the challenges we currently face and ways of addressing our country's most pressing issues, President Stuart Rabinowitz announced today.</description></item><item><date>Jan 29, 2009</date><title>Hofstra Presents "The Vagina Monologues" Benefiting Women in the Democratic Republic of the Congo</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/012909_VaginaMonologues.html</link><description>The Hofstra University VDay Production Club presents Eve Ensler’s The Vagina Monologues to benefit a global campaign aimed at ending crimes against women and girls in Eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo. </description></item><item><date>Jan 28, 2009</date><title>HOFSTRA'S "GREAT WRITERS, GREAT READINGS" SERIES TO NEXT FEATURE SHORT STORY AUTHOR DEBORAH EISENBERG </title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/012809_eisenberg.html</link><description>HOFSTRA'S "GREAT WRITERS, GREAT READINGS" SERIES TO NEXT FEATURE SHORT STORY AUTHOR DEBORAH EISENBERG </description></item><item><date>Jan 27, 2009</date><title>Hofstra University Celebrates Black History Month </title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/012709_BHM09.html</link><description>Hofstra University will celebrate Black History Month in February with various activities including Out of Africa: Works From The Hofstra University Museum Collection;, a viewing of the film “The Great Debaters”, Reflections on Leadership including the reflections of students who attended the 2009 National Black Student Leadership Development Conference; and a discussion program titled “The N Word – Should it Ever be Used Again by Anyone?”</description></item><item><date>Jan 26, 2009</date><title>Hofstra Creates New Center for Condensed Matter Research</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/012609_CondensedMatter.html</link><description>Hofstra has created the Hofstra University Center for Condensed Matter Research with support from a $525,000 congressional grant through the U.S. Department of Energy, Hofstra President Stuart Rabinowitz announced today.  U.S. Rep. Carolyn McCarthy (D-Mineola) played a key role in obtaining the funding for the Center.</description></item><item><date>Jan 26, 2009</date><title>Hofstra University Presents Spring/Summer 2009 Concert Schedule </title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/012609_springmusic.html</link><description>Hofstra University Presents Spring/Summer 2009 Concert Schedule </description></item><item><date>Jan 26, 2009</date><title>Hofstra University Presents Spring/Summer 2009 Theater/Dance Schedule  </title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/012609springdrama.html</link><description>Hofstra University Presents Spring/Summer 2009 Theater/Dance Schedule  </description></item><item><date>Jan 23, 2009</date><title>Hofstra University Museum Presents “Ancient Echoes in Contemporary Printmaking” </title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/012309_AncientEchoes.html</link><description>The Hofstra University Museum presents Ancient Echoes in Contemporary Printmaking, a compelling and innovative exhibition that employs a combination of traditional and contemporary printmaking techniques from five New York City based artists.  </description></item><item><date>Jan 23, 2009</date><title>Hofstra University Museum Receives Gift to Continue Partnership with Local Elementary Schools </title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/012309_ChaseArtTravelers.html</link><description>Hofstra University Museum has received a $40,000 gift from JP Morgan Chase for the second straight year to fund the JP Morgan Chase Art Travelers Through Time: Literacy and History Through Art.</description></item><item><date>Jan 22, 2009</date><title>Hofstra's Astronomy Outreach Program Awarded $308,000 NASA Grant </title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/012209_NASAGrant.html</link><description>Hofstra’s Astronomy Outreach program will receive  $308,000 through a NASA grant to bring telescopes to Long Island parks and beaches to encourage star-gazing and interest in astronomy. This is the third consecutive year that Hofstra's Astronomy Outreach Program has been awarded a NASA grant.</description></item><item><date>Jan 22, 2009</date><title>Hofstra Cheerleaders Win UCA National Competition With 11 New Members</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/012209_2009CheerChampions.html</link><description>Hofstra University’s Small Co-Ed Cheerleading Team has taken top honors at the 2009 Universal Dance Association (UDA)/Universal Cheer Association (UCA) National Competition at Disney World, Orlando, FL with a team of 11 new members. </description></item><item><date>Jan 16, 2009</date><title>Hofstra's Office of Financial Aid Hosting FAFSA Workshop</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/011609_faworshop_feb102009.html</link><description>The Hofstra University Office of Financial Aid is hosting an FAFSA Workshop on Thursday, February 10 from 7-9  p.m.</description></item><item><date>Jan 16, 2009</date><title>Office of Undergraduate Admission Hosting Hofstra's Enrollment Day</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/011609_ED_Jan212009.html</link><description>The Hofstra University Office of Undergraduate Admission is hosting an Enrollment Day on Wednesday, January 21 from 9  a.m. until 7  p.m. at the Office of Undergraduate Admission, Bernon Hall, South Campus</description></item><item><date>Jan 14, 2009</date><title>Hofstra University Museum Presents "Out of Africa: Works From the Hofstra University Museum Collection"</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/011409_africanart.html</link><description>The Hofstra University Museum presents Out of Africa: Works From The Hofstra University Museum Collection, a unique exhibition that highlights the relationship between function and form while revealing important insights into African artistic expression.</description></item><item><date>Jan 13, 2009</date><title>Local High School Students to Compete in the Second Annual Commodities Trading Competition at Hofstra </title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/011309_Second Annual Commodities Trading Competition .html</link><description>Students from several local Long Island high schools will learn about commodities markets and trading as they compete in the second annual Hofstra-Chicago Merchantile Exchange Group Commodities Challenge for High Schools on Friday, January 16, 2009 in Hofstra University’s Martin B. Greenberg Trading Room.  </description></item><item><date>Jan 12, 2009</date><title>Hofstra to Host Conference on Charles Darwin’s Legacy Marking His 200th Birthday, Sesquicentennial of "On the Origin of Species"</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/011209_DarwinConference.html</link><description>Charles Darwin’s ideas and how they have revolutionized our understanding of both the natural biological world and human nature will be the subject of a three-day conference at Hofstra University March 12-14, 2009.</description></item><item><date>Jan 12, 2009</date><title> Super Bowl Star Party at Hofstra</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/011209_SuperBowlStars.html</link><description>Those who won’t be glued to the TV on Super Bowl Sunday can watch a much bigger show – Venus, the moon, the Orion Nebula and the Pleiades star cluster. </description></item><item><date>Jan 08, 2009</date><title>Hofstra's Dance Program Develops Community Relationship with AHRC-Nassau</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/010709_AHRCDance.html</link><description>Hofstra University's Dance and Dance Education programs have been working with the Association for the Help of Retarded Children (AHRC) in Nassau County, which strives to make the lives of children and adults with mental disabilities more fulfilling.</description></item><item><date>Jan 06, 2009</date><title>Hofstra’s Nationally Ranked Cheerleading and Dance Teams Give Final Performances Before National Championships</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/010609_CheerDanceExhibition.html</link><description>The Hofstra Cheerleading Squad and Hofstra Dance Team will perform their final exhibition on Wednesday, January 14, 2009 at 7:30 p.m. in the David S. Mack Arena. This will be the final performance in front of the Hofstra crowd before both teams travel to Orlando, FL to compete in the Universal Dance Association/Universal Cheer Association National Competition. </description></item><item><date>Jan 02, 2009</date><title>Hofstra Entertainment Inaugurates a Brand New Musical Review - "Political Notes"</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/010209_politicalnotes.html</link><description>Hofstra Entertainment Inaugurates a Brand New Musical Review "Political Notes"</description></item><item><date>Jan 02, 2009</date><title>Members of the Hofstra Tuba/Euphonium Ensemble on the set of "Good Morning America"</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/010209_tubachristmas.html</link><description>Members of the Hofstra Tuba/Euphonium Ensemble on the Set of "Good Morning America"</description></item><item><date>Dec 23, 2008</date><title>Hofstra University Hosts Programs and Events Focused on Finding New Career Opportunities in the New Year</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/122308_NewYear.html</link><description>Throughout January, Hofstra University will host a series of programs, in addition to regularly scheduled admissions and enrollment events, to provide information about the job market, professional careers and trends in the marketplace.  </description></item><item><date>Dec 23, 2008</date><title>Office of Graduate Admissions Hosting Open House</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/122308_gradopenhouse010809.html</link><description>The Hofstra University Office of Graduate Admissions is hosting an Open House on Wednesday, August 13, 2008 from 6 p.m. until 8 p.m. in C.V. Starr Hall, South Campus.</description></item><item><date>Dec 23, 2008</date><title>Office of Undergraduate Admission Hosting Hofstra's Enrollment Day</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/122308_ED_Jan2009.html</link><description>The Hofstra University Office of Undergraduate Admission is hosting an Enrollment Day on Tuesday, December 9, 2008 from 9  a.m. until 3  p.m. at the Office of Undergraduate Admission, Bernon Hall, South Campus</description></item><item><date>Dec 23, 2008</date><title>Office of Undergraduate Admission Hosting Hofstra's Enrollment Day</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/122308_ED_Jan14162009.html</link><description>The Hofstra University Office of Undergraduate Admission is hosting an Enrollment Day on Tuesday, December 9, 2008 from 9  a.m. until 3  p.m. at the Office of Undergraduate Admission, Bernon Hall, South Campus</description></item><item><date>Dec 17, 2008</date><title>Hofstra Biology Professor and Grad Student Featured in National Park Service Video</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/121708_Turtles.html</link><description>Hofstra Biology Professor Russell Burke and one of his graduate students are featured in a new National Park Service video about their work with turtles in Jamaica Bay, Gateway National Recreation Area.</description></item><item><date>Dec 16, 2008</date><title>HOFSTRA CELEBRATES MIDYEAR COMMENCEMENT 2008</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/121608_MidYearCommencement.html</link><description>Approximately 700 undergraduate, graduate and law students will celebrate Hofstra’s midyear commencement on Thursday, December 18, at 7:30 p.m. at the David S. Mack Sports and Exhibition Complex on the North Campus. New York State Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli, Hofstra class of 1976, will be the guest speaker and will receive an honorary doctor of humane letters degree.</description></item><item><date>Dec 11, 2008</date><title>Philosophy Professor Wins Humane Society Award for Course on Institutional Animal Exploitation</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/121108_HumaneSociety.html</link><description>Hofstra Philosophy Professor Ralph Acampora has been recognized in the 10th annual Animals and Society Course awards from The Humane Society of the United States for “An(im)alogies of Moral Monstrosity,” a course he designed and teaches on the parallels between forms of institutional animal exploitation and atrocities perpetrated upon humankind.</description></item><item><date>Dec 11, 2008</date><title>Zarb MBA Information Session</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/121108_mba_info_session2.html</link><description>The Frank G. Zarb School of Business is hosting an Information Session on Thursday, December 11, 2008 from 6-8 p.m. in the Weller Hall Conference Room, South Campus.</description></item><item><date>Dec 10, 2008</date><title>QuickBooks Certificate Program to be Offered by Business Development Center </title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/121008_QuickBooksCertificateProgram.html</link><description>Hofstra's Scott Skodnek Business Development Center is offering a certificate program in the QuickBooks accounting software program.  </description></item><item><date>Dec 08, 2008</date><title>Hofstra Engineering Students to Compete in First Annual Grand Design Challenge </title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/120808_EngineeringChallenge.html</link><description>Hardboiled eggs and chocolate candies will be launched across a room as Hofstra first-year engineering students compete in the First Annual Grand Design Challenge to solve engineering problems ranging from NASA escape pods to fire department ladders for high-rise buildings.</description></item><item><date>Dec 08, 2008</date><title>Jack Kent Cooke Foundation Graduate Scholarships Available for Fall 2009</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/120808_JackKentCooke.html</link><description>Hofstra seniors and alumni who graduated since 2004 are eligible to compete for the Jack Kent Cooke Foundation Graduate Scholarship Program, one of the largest and most competitive scholarship programs in the country for graduate and professional education. Hofstra has had two successful Jack Kent Cooke Graduate Scholars in recent years.</description></item><item><date>Dec 05, 2008</date><title>Verizon Foundation Awards Grant to Hofstra University's Reading/Writing Learning Clinic at the Joan and Arnold Saltzman Community Services Center </title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/120808_saltzmanverizon.html</link><description>Verizon Foundation Awards Grant to Hofstra University's Reading/Writing Learning Clinic at the Joan and Arnold Saltzman Community Services Center </description></item><item><date>Dec 02, 2008</date><title>Visiting Presidential Scholar, Alumnus to Speak on Totalitarianism and Genocide</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/120208_AnsonRabinbach.html</link><description>Anson Rabinbach ’67, a professor of history at Princeton University and a specialist in modern European history with an emphasis on intellectual and cultural history, will give a public lecture on “Concepts That Came In From The Cold: Totalitarianism and Genocide” on Wednesday, December 3, 2008, at 4:30 p.m. in the Student Center Theater, Sondra and David S. Mack Student Center, North Campus.</description></item><item><date>Dec 01, 2008</date><title>Dr. Balbinder Singh Bhogal to be Installed as the Sardarni Kuljit Kaur Bindra Chair in Sikh Studies</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/120108_SikhChair.html</link><description>Balbinder Singh Bhogal, Ph.D., will be formally installed as the Sardarni Kuljit Kaur Bindra Chair in Sikh Studies at Hofstra University at a convocation on Wednesday, Dec. 3, 2008 from 3-5 p.m. at the Hofstra University Club, David S. Mack Hall, North Campus. There will be a reception immediately following the convocation.</description></item><item><date>Nov 26, 2008</date><title>Wilbur F. Breslin Center for Real Estate Studies Conference on 21st Century Zoning  </title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/112708_BreslinConference.html</link><description>Two nationwide developers of multi-family housing will speak during a conference presented by The Institute of Real Estate at Hofstra: "Historic Times, Unprecedented Opportunities: The Game Plan for Implementing 21st-Century Zoning"  on Wednesday, December 3, 2008 from 8 to 11 a.m. in the Student Center Theater, Sondra and David S. Mack Student Center, North Campus.</description></item><item><date>Nov 25, 2008</date><title>Frank G. Zarb School of Business to Host a Financial Bailout Conference</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/11252008_FinancialMediaAlert.html</link><description>A panel of financial experts discussing the recent economic crisis and offering an in-depth analysis of the implications of the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008. </description></item><item><date>Nov 25, 2008</date><title>Presidential Scholar Meena Bose Authors Book On U.S. Presidents Using New York Times Articles </title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/112508_MeenaBoseBook.html</link><description>Meena Bose, Ph.D. the Peter S. Kalikow Chair in Presidential Studies at Hofstra and director of the Kalikow Center for the Study of the American Presidency, is the author of the newly published The New York Times on the Presidency: 1853-2008 (Congressional Quarterly Press). </description></item><item><date>Nov 24, 2008</date><title>Michael D’Innocenzo Named Distinguished Teacher by American Historical Association</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/112408_MichaelDInnocenzo.html</link><description>The American Historical Association has named long-time Hofstra Professor of History Michael D’Innocenzo the winner of its 2008 Distinguished Teaching Award. </description></item><item><date>Nov 24, 2008</date><title>Office of Undergraduate Admission Hosting Hofstra's Enrollment Day</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/112408_ED_Nov2008.html</link><description>The Hofstra University Office of Undergraduate Admission is hosting an Enrollment Day on Tuesday, November 25, 2008 from 11  a.m. until 7 p.m. at the Office of Undergraduate Admission, Bernon Hall, South Campus</description></item><item><date>Nov 24, 2008</date><title>Zarb MBA Information Session</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/121108_mba_info_session.html</link><description>The Frank G. Zarb School of Business is hosting an Information Session on Thursday, December 11, 2008 from 6-8 p.m. in the Weller Hall Conference Room, South Campus.</description></item><item><date>Nov 18, 2008</date><title>Martin B. Greenberg’s Trading Jacket to be Retired in Zarb School of Business Ceremony </title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/11182008_MartinGreenbergJacket.html</link><description>Martin B. Greenberg '60 will retire his trading room jacket in a ceremony at the Frank G. Zarb School of Business on Wednesday, November 19, 2008 from 6:30 to 8 p.m. in the Martin B. Greenberg Trading Room, C.V. Starr Hall, California Avenue, South Campus. </description></item><item><date>Nov 18, 2008</date><title>Visiting Presidential Scholar Chester Hartman to Speak on Housing and Racism in the United States </title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/111808_ChesterHartman.html</link><description>Chester Hartman, Ph.D., a leading expert in the areas of affordable housing and racial inequalities in the United States, will speak at Hofstra this week during a three-day visit under the Presidential Scholar Program.</description></item><item><date>Nov 14, 2008</date><title>The Hofstra Dance Program Presents Its 2008 Fall Dance Concert: "Women's Works"</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/111408_dance.html</link><description>The Hofstra Dance Program Presents Its 2008 Fall Dance Concert: "Women's Works"</description></item><item><date>Nov 13, 2008</date><title>History Will Come Alive at Hofstra University </title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/111308_ElectionResultsandtheFutureofHealtcareReform .html</link><description>Hofstra University's Health Policy Conference Planning Committee will host Dr. Stuart Altman, former dean of The Heller School for Social Policy and Management and Sol C. Chaikin professor of National Health Policy at Brandeis University, for its first of a three-part breakfast series titled, Election Results and the Future of Health Care Reform, on November 19, 2008 at the University Club from 8 – 10 a.m.  </description></item><item><date>Nov 12, 2008</date><title>Frank G. Zarb School of Business to Host a Financial Bailout Conference</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/11122008_FinancialBailoutConference.html</link><description>Financial experts will assess the recent economic crisis and the implications of the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008 during a conference hosted by the Frank G. Zarb School of Business through its Merrill Lynch Center for the Study of International Financial Services and Markets on Tuesday, November 25, 2008 from 1:30 to 5:30 p.m. in the Hofstra University Club, David S. Mack Hall, North Campus. </description></item><item><date>Nov 12, 2008</date><title>Hofstra University Museum Presents "Sacred to the Memory: Photographs by Robert Reinhardt"</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/111208_Reinhardt.html</link><description>The Hofstra University Museum presents a photographic exhibition Sacred to the Memory: Photographs by Robert Reinhardt, which explores the “sacred ground” in the cemeteries of Scotland, where each site encompasses a unique slice of history, culture, religion, art and architecture. The exhibit is on view November 7, 2008 through February 6, 2009 in the Hofstra University Museum’s Rochelle and Irwin A. Lowenfeld Conference and Exhibition Hall, Joan and Donald E. Axinn Library, 10th Floor, South Campus. </description></item><item><date>Nov 11, 2008</date><title>Scott Skodnek Business Development Center "Achieve the Winning Edge" Seminar</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/111108_Achievethewinningedge.html</link><description>Local business owners will learn how to grow their businesses while attending the "Achieve the Winning Edge" seminar sponsored by the Business Development Center on Tuesday, November 18, 2008 from 8 to 10 a.m. in the Hofstra University Club, David S. Mack Hall, North Campus. </description></item><item><date>Nov 10, 2008</date><title>Forging a New Housing Policy: Opportunity in the Wake of Crisis</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/111008_HousingConference.html</link><description>The impact of the economic crisis on the housing market, particularly in communities of color, and the opportunities it presents for changing housing policy will be the focus of a one-day symposium at Hofstra on Saturday, November 22, 2008 from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the Leo A. Guthart Cultural Center Theater, Joan and Donald A. Axinn Library, South Campus.</description></item><item><date>Nov 09, 2008</date><title>Hofstra’s Center for Labor and Democracy Hosts Fundraising Luncheon and Lectures</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/110708_WhiteHouseandWorkingAmerica.html</link><description>Hofstra's Center for the Study of Labor and Democracy will host "The White House and Working America: What the Election Means for Our Jobs."</description></item><item><date>Nov 07, 2008</date><title>Frank G. Zarb School of Business to Host  Socratic Panel on Crisis Management</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/111708_SocraticPanelAlert.html</link><description>A Socratic panel consisting of experts reacting to a hypothetical corporate crisis, using  their personal experiences and knowledge. To allow for spontaneous response, the specific topic of discussion will not be revealed to the panelists prior to the event.</description></item><item><date>Nov 07, 2008</date><title>Hofstra University's Provost Office presents the 34th Hofstra Distinguished Faculty Lecture</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/110808_davidgreen.html</link><description>Hofstra University's Provost Office presents the 34th Hofstra Distinguished Faculty Lecture</description></item><item><date>Nov 06, 2008</date><title>Maryum Ali, Daughter of Muhammad Ali, Joins the Guest Lineup for "The Greatest: From Cassius Clay to Muhammad Ali"</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/110608_maryumali.html</link><description>Maryum Ali, Daughter of Muhammad Ali, Joins the Guest Lineup for "The Greatest: From Cassius Clay to Muhammad Ali"</description></item><item><date>Nov 06, 2008</date><title>Treasures of Sephardic Song, Featuring The Gerard Edery Ensemble</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/110608_sephardic.html</link><description>Treasures of Sephardic Song, Featuring The Gerard Edery Ensemble</description></item><item><date>Nov 05, 2008</date><title>Marilyn B. Monter ‘76 Named New Chair of Hofstra Board of Trustees</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/110508_MarilynMonter.html</link><description>Marilyn B. Monter, a 1976 graduate of Hofstra Law School and executive vice president of the Westbury-based Holiday Organization real estate developers, was named the new chair of Hofstra’s board of trustees at last month’s meeting, President Stuart Rabinowitz announced today.</description></item><item><date>Nov 05, 2008</date><title>The Virtual College Fair, November 12th &amp; 13th</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/110508_college_week_live.html</link><description>For the first time Hofstra will be participating in CollegeWeekLive, the Virtual College Fair on Wednesday and Thursday, November 12 and 13, 2008 from 8 a.m.-11 p.m. EST. CollegeWeekLive is a college fair that takes place on the Internet.</description></item><item><date>Nov 03, 2008</date><title>Hofstra Celebrates Diversity Awareness Month</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/110308_DiversityMonth.html</link><description>What Black Men Think, photographs exploring the “sacred ground” in cemeteries of Scotland, Queer Iconography – an LGBT Symposium and the documentary Amandla! are just a few of the topics and events that will be explored as part of Hofstra’s celebration of Diversity Awareness Month, a month devoted to recognizing the beauty of human differences and the way it affects all relationships. </description></item><item><date>Nov 03, 2008</date><title>Hofstra Students to Report on Historic Presidential Election</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/110308_ElectionNightReporters.html</link><description>Hofstra University students ranging from print and online journalists to broadcasters will be reporting from various venues both on campus and in surrounding communities during this year’s Election Night.</description></item><item><date>Nov 03, 2008</date><title>Michael Dukakis, 1988 Democratic Presidential Nominee, to Speak at Hofstra </title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/110308_MichaelDukakis.html</link><description>Former Massachusetts Gov. Michael Dukakis, the 1988 Democratic presidential nominee, will present his analysis of the 2008 presidential election at Hofstra on Monday, November 10, 2008, at 4 p.m. in the Monroe Lecture Center Theater, California Avenue, South Campus.</description></item><item><date>Oct 31, 2008</date><title>Frank G. Zarb School of Business to Host  Socratic Panel on Crisis Management</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/103108_ZarbSocraticPanel.html</link><description>A Socratic panel of top corporate leaders will demonstrate the process of effectively responding to a corporate crisis during a Socratic panel on November 18, 2008 from 5:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. in the Student Center Theater, North Campus. </description></item><item><date>Oct 30, 2008</date><title>Hofstra Students and Faculty to Gather for 2008 Election Night Party to Watch Returns</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/103008_ElectionNightParty.html</link><description>A year of notable speakers, special events and academic courses at Hofstra focused on the 2008 presidential election will culminate on Tuesday, November 4, 2008 with an Educate ’08 Election Night Party at which students and faculty will gather to watch the election returns.</description></item><item><date>Oct 29, 2008</date><title>Celestial Treats Await Kids who Trick-or-Treat at Hofstra Observatory</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/102908_HalloweenStars.html</link><description>Come trick or treat at Hofstra’s Observatory atop Herman A. Berliner Hall (Chemistry and Physics building) on California Avenue on Halloween, Friday, October 31, 2008 from 7-9 p.m. and be treated to the sights of Jupiter, Uranus, Neptune, double stars, nebulae and star clusters, and some scary constellations! </description></item><item><date>Oct 29, 2008</date><title>Department of Fine Arts Presents Paper Rock 'N' Roll</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/102908_paperrocknroll.html</link><description>Hofstra University's Department of Fine Arts Presents Paper Rock 'N' Roll</description></item><item><date>Oct 29, 2008</date><title>Second National Suburban Poll Shows Obama Pulling Ahead of McCain in Suburbs, Closing Gap in Rural Areas, Far Ahead in Cities </title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/102908_SuburbanPoll2.html</link><description>A new National Suburban Poll for The National Center for Suburban Studies at Hofstra University (NCSS) shows that the Democratic ticket of Barack Obama and Joe Biden now enjoys the support of 47 percent of suburbanites, compared with only 39 percent of suburban registered voters who now say they back Republican John McCain and Sarah Palin. This is a major reversal from the first National Suburban poll just one month ago, which showed McCain/Palin leading Obama/Biden 48-42 percent in the nation’s suburbs.</description></item><item><date>Oct 27, 2008</date><title>School of University Studies at Hofstra University Presents Live Concert to Honor Late Beatle George Harrison</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/102708_georgeharrison.html</link><description>School of University Studies at Hofstra University Presents Live Concert to Honor Late Beatle George Harrison</description></item><item><date>Oct 27, 2008</date><title>The Greatest: From Cassius Clay to Muhammad Ali - A Hofstra Cultural Center Conference On An American Sports Legend</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/102708_muhammadali.html</link><description>The Greatest: From Cassius Clay to Muhammad Ali - A Hofstra Cultural Center Conference On An American Sports Legend</description></item><item><date>Oct 23, 2008</date><title>Hofstra University students featured on The Martha Stewart Show</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/102308_StudentsOnMarthaStewart.html</link><description>Andrea Klerides of Medford, NY and Samuel Rubenfeld of Centereach, NY were recently featured on The Marta Stewart Show as a result of their participation in the final presidential debate held on October 15, 2008 at Hofstra University.</description></item><item><date>Oct 22, 2008</date><title>Fall Open House</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/102208_mba_info_session.html</link><description>The Frank G. Zarb School of Business is hosting an Information Session on Thursday, October 23, 2008 from 6-8 p.m. in the Weller Hall Conference Room, South Campus.</description></item><item><date>Oct 22, 2008</date><title>Former White House Press Secretaries to Speak at Hofstra</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/102208_MyersFleischer.html</link><description>Former White House Press Secretaries Dee Dee Myers and Ari Fleischer, will speak at Hofstra University on Tuesday, October 28 at 3 p.m. in the Monroe Lecture Center Theater, South Campus.</description></item><item><date>Oct 22, 2008</date><title>Hofstra Alumnus Names Academic Building for Provost Herman A. Berliner</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/102208_BerlinerHall.html</link><description>Hofstra’s Chemistry and Physics Building this week was renamed Herman A. Berliner Hall as a result of a Hofstra alumnus and trustee who wanted to acknowledge the Hofstra provost’s positive influence on his career.</description></item><item><date>Oct 20, 2008</date><title>EMBLEMHEALTH AND HOFSTRA UNIVERSITY TO SPONSOR INAUGURAL FOOTBALL STRIDES AGAINST BREAST CANCER DAY</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/102008_cancerbenefit.html</link><description>EMBLEMHEALTH AND HOFSTRA UNIVERSITY TO SPONSOR INAUGURAL FOOTBALL STRIDES AGAINST BREAST CANCER DAY</description></item><item><date>Oct 20, 2008</date><title>Faith, Prison and the Presidency</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/102008_faithprison.html</link><description>"The Bible, the Koran, and Dr. Seuss: Faith-based Prisons in the 21st Century" will be the subject of a lecture on Wednesday, October 22, 2008 that will look at the role of religion in our penal system and the views of the presidential candidates on the role and purpose of incarceration.</description></item><item><date>Oct 20, 2008</date><title>Student Art Group FORM Presents First Show of the Fall 2008: "My Name is Reb, I Have This Art Show…"</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/102008_carlsonFORM.html</link><description>Student Art Group FORM Presents First Show of the Fall 2008: "My Name is Reb, I Have This Art Show…"</description></item><item><date>Oct 17, 2008</date><title>HOFSTRA'S "GREAT WRITERS, GREAT READINGS" SERIES TO NEXT FEATURE POET MOLLY PEACOCK</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/101708_peacock.html</link><description>HOFSTRA'S "GREAT WRITERS, GREAT READINGS" SERIES TO NEXT FEATURE POET MOLLY PEACOCK</description></item><item><date>Oct 16, 2008</date><title>BENEFIT DINNER FOR HOFSTRA UNIVERSITY'S JOAN AND ARNOLD SALTZMAN COMMUNITY SERVICES CENTER TO HONOR COMMERCE BANK'S CHRISTOPHER C. GIAMO</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/101608_saltzman.html</link><description>BENEFIT DINNER FOR HOFSTRA UNIVERSITY'S JOAN AND ARNOLD SALTZMAN COMMUNITY SERVICES CENTER TO HONOR COMMERCE BANK'S CHRISTOPHER C. GIAMO</description></item><item><date>Oct 13, 2008</date><title>Hofstra University Dedicates Person of Color Sculpture on Campus</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/101308_PersonofColorSculptureDedication.html</link><description>Hofstra University in conjunction with the Hofstra University Museum will dedicate a new sculpture, "Frederick Douglass Circle" on October 29, 2008 at 11:15 a.m. at the Monroe Lecture Center Courtyard, South Campus.</description></item><item><date>Oct 11, 2008</date><title>Hofstra University President to Ring the NASDAQ Stock Market Opening Bell</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/10112008_NASDAQOpeningBell.html</link><description>Stuart Rabinowitz, President of Hofstra University, will preside over the Opening Bell to commemorate the University hosting the third and final 2008 Presidential Debate.</description></item><item><date>Oct 10, 2008</date><title>Hofstra President to Ring Opening Bell at NASDAQ to Mark October 15 Presidential Debate</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/101008_Nasdaq.html</link><description>Hofstra University President Stuart Rabinowitz will ring the opening bell at the NASDAQ stock exchange in New York on Tuesday, October 14 in honor of Hofstra's historic hosting of the third and final 2008 presidential debate the following day.</description></item><item><date>Oct 09, 2008</date><title>Gloria Steinem, writer and activist, to speak at Hofstra on Gender and Race in Politics</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/100908_Gloria Steinem.html</link><description>Writer, lecturer, editor and feminist activist Gloria Steinem will discuss gender and race in politics on October 13, 2008, just two days before the final presidential debate at Hofstra in an election where both issues have figured prominently. Ms. Steinem’s talk will take place at 3 p.m. in the John Cranford Adams Playhouse, South Campus. </description></item><item><date>Oct 08, 2008</date><title>Bailed Out or Bogged Down: Economic Challenges Facing the Next President</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/101008_ForeignRelations.html</link><description>The Council on Foreign Relations and Hofstra University’s Peter S. Kalikow Center invite you to a press briefing at Hofstra in advance of the third and final debate between presidential candidates John McCain and Barack Obama on Wednesday, October 15, 2008.</description></item><item><date>Oct 08, 2008</date><title>Hofstra University Students “Rock The Debate” With Free Concert From Atlantic Record Recording Artist Jason Mraz</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/100808_JasonMraz.html</link><description>Hofstra University students will "Rock the Debate" at a free concert as part of its Educate ’08 event series.</description></item><item><date>Oct 06, 2008</date><title>Business Development Center Beginning Next 10-Week Entrepreneurial Assistance Session </title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/100608_FallEAPSession.html</link><description>Entrepreneurs and those who aspire to start their own businesses will receive the guidance they need at the Business Development Center’s  Entrepreneurial Assistance Program beginning on October 13, 2008 at 6 p.m. in Brower Hall, Room 203, South Campus.</description></item><item><date>Oct 06, 2008</date><title>Hofstra Students to Gather for Panel Discussion and Viewing of Second Presidential Debate</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/100608_SecondPresDebate.html</link><description>Students, faculty and members of the public will assemble at Hofstra on Tuesday in the Student Center Theater, Sondra and David S. Mack Student Center, North Campus to view and discuss the second presidential debate.</description></item><item><date>Oct 03, 2008</date><title>Hofstra University Marriage and Family Therapy Clinic At the Joan and Arnold Saltzman Community Services Center Now Forming Fall 2008 Groups</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/100308_mftgroups.html</link><description>Hofstra University Marriage and Family Therapy Clinic At the Joan and Arnold Saltzman Community Services Center Now Forming Fall 2008 Groups</description></item><item><date>Oct 03, 2008</date><title>The Hofstra Cultural Center Presents "Who Owns Writing?" Revisited</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/100308_whoownswriting.html</link><description>The Hofstra Cultural Center Presents "Who Owns Writing?" Revisited; A National Conference, October 16, 17 and 18, 2008</description></item><item><date>Oct 01, 2008</date><title>Hofstra Students to Gather for Panel Discussion and Viewing of Vice Presidential Debate</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/100108_DebateWatchEvents.html</link><description>Students, faculty and members of the public will assemble at Hofstra on Thursday in the Student Center Theater, Sondra and David S. Mack Student Center, North Campus to view and discuss the vice presidential debate.</description></item><item><date>Sep 29, 2008</date><title>"ALL AMERICAN MUSIC" WITH  HOFSTRA'S FALL 2008 JOSEPH G. ASTMAN INTERNATIONAL CONCERT SERIES;</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/092908_intlconcerts.html</link><description>"ALL AMERICAN MUSIC" WITH  HOFSTRA'S FALL 2008 JOSEPH G. ASTMAN INTERNATIONAL CONCERT SERIES;</description></item><item><date>Sep 29, 2008</date><title>National Center for Suburban Studies Releases Results of Only 2008 Presidential Poll to Focus Exclusively on Suburban Voters </title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/092908_SuburbanPoll.html</link><description>America's suburban voters regard the economy as the most important issue in the 2008 presidential campaign and report overwhelmingly that they or someone they know has been affected by high energy prices and job and benefit cuts, according to the nation’s only 2008 presidential poll to focus exclusively on suburban voters.</description></item><item><date>Sep 26, 2008</date><title>Hofstra Students to Gather Tonight for Presidential Debate Watch and Panel Discussion  </title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/092608_DebateWatch.html</link><description>Hofstra students and faculty will gather to watch the first presidential debate of 2008 at the University of Mississippi.</description></item><item><date>Sep 25, 2008</date><title>Fall Open House, October 26, 2008</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/092508_fall_open _house.html</link><description>Hofstra University invites high school seniors to spend Sunday, October 26, 2008, as a Hofstra student.</description></item><item><date>Sep 25, 2008</date><title>Hofstra University is Coming to a City Near You! </title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/092508_off_campus_receptions.html</link><description>Hofstra University is hosting a series of special receptions designed exclusively for high school seniors.</description></item><item><date>Sep 24, 2008</date><title>Campaign Speeches and Presidential Politics </title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/092508_MichaelCohen.html</link><description>Presidential campaign speeches and their impact on American politics and the nation will be addressed by Michael A. Cohen, author of Live from the Campaign Trail: The Greatest Presidential Campaign Speeches of the Twentieth Century and How They Shaped Modern America (Walker &amp; Company, 2008), on Tuesday, October 7, 2008 from 12:45-2:10 p.m., room 246, East Library Wing (Business Development Center), Joan and Donald E. Axinn Library, South Campus. </description></item><item><date>Sep 24, 2008</date><title>Hofstra Town Hall Meeting to Focus on U.S. Economy and the Presidential Campaign </title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/092408_EconomicTownHall.html</link><description>Two noted economists will look at the state of the U.S. economy and its impact on the 2008 presidential campaign at a Town Hall meeting at Hofstra on Tuesday, October 7, 2008 at 2:15 p.m. in the Monroe Lecture Center Theater, California Avenue, South Campus.</description></item><item><date>Sep 22, 2008</date><title>Former New York Governor Mario Cuomo and President of the Council on Foreign Relations Richard Haass "What Will the Next President Do? Identifying the U.S. Agenda for 2009"</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/092208_cuomohaass.html</link><description>Former New York Governor Mario Cuomo and President of the Council on Foreign Relations Richard Haass "What Will the Next President Do? Identifying the U.S. Agenda for 2009"</description></item><item><date>Sep 22, 2008</date><title>Hofstra's Center for Civic Engagement Hosts and Celebrates the Sixth Annual Day of Dialogue</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/092208_dayofdialogue.html</link><description>Hofstra University's Center for Civic Engagement and Educate ‘08 is sponsoring the sixth annual Day of Dialogue in various locations on Hofstra’s campus September 24, 2008 beginning at 9:05 a.m. with events running throughout the day and evening.</description></item><item><date>Sep 18, 2008</date><title>Hofstra Celebrates Homecoming "Great Moments in American History" Saturday, September 20, 2008</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/080108_homecoming.html</link><description>HOFSTRA CELEBRATES HOMECOMING "GREAT MOMENTS IN AMERICAN HISTORY"; SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 2008</description></item><item><date>Sep 17, 2008</date><title>Roundtable to Look at America’s Foreign Policy and the 2008 Presidential Campaign</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/091708_ForeignPolicy.html</link><description>Three foreign policy experts will discuss America’s international relations, the presidential candidates and what role foreign policy will play in the 2008 election during a roundtable discussion on Tuesday, September 23, 2008, from 12:45 to 2:10 p.m. in room 246, East Library Wing (Business Development Center), second floor, Joan and Donald E. Axinn Library, South Campus.</description></item><item><date>Sep 17, 2008</date><title>William E. Green and Marthy Sweeney Green Named Recipients Of Hofstra's Marjorie and James M. Shuart Alumni Family Award</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/091708_greenaward.html</link><description>William E. Green and Martha Sweeney Green Named Recipients Of Hofstra's Marjorie and James M. Shuart Alumni Family Award</description></item><item><date>Sep 16, 2008</date><title>In Advance of Presidential Debate, Hofstra to Host Town Hall Meeting on Health Care Reform</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/HealthcareTownHall_0916.html</link><description>As part of its "Educate 08" education series leading up to the October 15th presidential debate it is hosting, Hofstra University will hold a Town Hall Meeting on one of the nation’s most pressing and imploding issues: the cost, effectiveness and </description></item><item><date>Sep 15, 2008</date><title>Hofstra Preps for Historic Presidential Debate on October 15, 2008</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/091508_debateprep.html</link><description>Hofstra’s David S. Mack Sports and Exhibition Complex is being transformed into a debate hall for the third and final 2008 presidential debate on October 15, 2008.</description></item><item><date>Sep 15, 2008</date><title>Hofstra University's Calkins Hall Rosenberg Gallery Presents "A Day In The Life Of A Networked Designer's Smart Things Or A Day In A Designer's Networked Smart Things, 2030"</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/091508_klinkowstein.html</link><description>Hofstra University's Calkins Hall Rosenberg Gallery Presents "A Day In The Life Of A Networked Designer's Smart Things Or A Day In A Designer's Networked Smart Things, 2030"</description></item><item><date>Sep 15, 2008</date><title>Muslim Gay Activist to Talk About LGBT Issues and the Presidential Election </title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/091608_FaisalAlam.html</link><description>Faisal Alam, a gay Muslim activist of Pakistani descent, will give his perspective of the presidential election at Hofstra on Monday, September 22 from 7-9 p.m. in the Leo A. Guthart Cultural Center Theater, Joan and Donald E. Axinn Library, South Campus.</description></item><item><date>Sep 12, 2008</date><title>Frank G. Zarb School of Business Department of Information Technology  and Quantitative Methods    to Co-Host Second Annual American Society          for Quality Lean Six Sigma Symposium</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/091208_sigmasix.html</link><description>Improve your business management strategy using Lean Six Sigma. The Frank G. Zarb School of Business Department of Information Technology and Quantitative Methods is co-sponsoring The American Society for Quality’s, Long Island Section, second annual symposium on September 26, 2008 from 8:30 am to 2:30 pm at the Leo A. Guthart Cultural Center Theater, Joan and Donald E. Axinn Library, South Campus.</description></item><item><date>Sep 12, 2008</date><title>Frank G. Zarb School of Business Department of Information Technology  and Quantitative Methods    to Co-Host Second Annual American Society          for Quality Lean Six Sigma Symposium</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/091208_DebateWatchEvents.html</link><description>Improve your business management strategy using Lean Six Sigma. The Frank G. Zarb School of Business Department of Information Technology and Quantitative Methods is co-sponsoring The American Society for Quality’s, Long Island Section, second annual symposium on September 26, 2008 from 8:30 am to 2:30 pm at the Leo A. Guthart Cultural Center Theater, Joan and Donald E. Axinn Library, South Campus.</description></item><item><date>Sep 12, 2008</date><title>Second Annual Land Use Training Program to be offered by The Wilbur F. Breslin Center for Real Estate Studies and  Hofstra School of Law</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/091208_breslin.html</link><description>Fulfill your New York state training requirement and earn continuing legal education credits while attending the Land Use Training Program for Municipal Planning and Zoning Officials. </description></item><item><date>Sep 11, 2008</date><title>Dr. Donna Mendes '73 Named to Hofstra Board of Trustees</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/091108_DonnaMendes.html</link><description>Dr. Donna Mendes ’73, a senior vascular surgeon at St. Luke's-Roosevelt (SR) Hospital Center and the first African-American, female vascular surgeon certified by the American Board of Surgery, has been named to Hofstra’s Board of Trustees, President Stuart Rabinowitz announced today.</description></item><item><date>Sep 11, 2008</date><title>Hofstra University's Center for Civic Engagement Assists Voters in the Long Island Community </title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/091108_Voting.html</link><description>Voter Registration Drive</description></item><item><date>Sep 08, 2008</date><title>Hofstra University's Educate '08 Program Presents On The Record: A Hofstra Presidential Conference Retrospective</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/090808_prezconferenceretro.html</link><description>Hofstra University's Educate '08 Program Presents On The Record: A Hofstra Presidential Conference Retrospective</description></item><item><date>Sep 08, 2008</date><title>Michael Goodwin, Edward Rollins and Robert Zimmerman Featured in "2008 Election: Issues Up Close"</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/090808_LouDobbsTonight.html</link><description>Michael Goodwin, Edward Rollins and Robert Zimmerman Featured in "2008 Election: Issues Up Close"</description></item><item><date>Sep 08, 2008</date><title>The Hofstra Cultural Center Presents "Who Owns Writing?" Revisited</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/090808_writingconference.html</link><description>The Hofstra Cultural Center Presents "Who Owns Writing?" Revisited</description></item><item><date>Sep 08, 2008</date><title>The Irish Studies Program at Hofstra University Presents The "Reel" Ireland</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/090808_irishfilms.html</link><description>The Irish Studies Program at Hofstra University Presents The "Reel" Ireland</description></item><item><date>Sep 05, 2008</date><title>George Stephanopoulos to Speak at Hofstra</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/090508_GeorgeStephanopoulos.html</link><description>ABC News Chief Washington Correspondent and anchor of “This Week”, George Stephanopoulos, will speak at Hofstra University on Monday September 15, 2008 at 2 p.m. in the John Cranford Adams Playhouse, South Campus.</description></item><item><date>Sep 05, 2008</date><title>Hofstra University Museum Presents "The Presidents:  1933-2001, History of Presidential Conferences at Hofstra University"</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/090508_PresidentsExhibit.html</link><description>The Hofstra University Museum presents a new exhibition that utilizes visual interpretations to showcase the importance of the Presidential Conference Series at Hofstra University, which began in 1982.</description></item><item><date>Sep 04, 2008</date><title>Dr. Shashi Tharoor, former Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations To Speak at Hofstra University as Part of Educate ‘08 </title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/090408_ShashiTharoor.html</link><description>Shashi Tharoor, Ph.D., former Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations, author, and chairman of Dubai-based Afras Ventures will discuss the United States’ role on the world stage at Hofstra University on Wednesday, September 10, 2008 at  3 p.m. in the Monroe Lecture Center Theater, California Avenue, South Campus.</description></item><item><date>Sep 02, 2008</date><title>Former U.S. Treasury Secretaries Paul O'Neill and Robert Rubin to Discuss Economic Issues Facing the Presidency</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/090208_EconomicPanel.html</link><description>Former U.S. Treasury Secretaries Paul O’Neill and Robert Rubin will address the important economic issues in the presidential campaign on Tuesday, September 9, 2008 at Hofstra University. Floyd Norris, chief financial correspondent for The New York Times and The International Herald Tribune, will moderate the discussion. </description></item><item><date>Aug 27, 2008</date><title>Entrepreneurial Assistance Session to be Offered by Business Development Center </title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/082708_entrepreneurial.html</link><description>Start, restructure or expand your business with expert guidance from the Business Development Center.</description></item><item><date>Aug 27, 2008</date><title>WRHU, Radio Hofstra University Continues Its Award Winning Programming with Exclusive Convention Coverage</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/082708_08Conventions_WRHU.html</link><description>WRHU, Radio Hofstra University will continue its award winning news programming with reporters on site at the 2008 Democratic National Convention (DNC) in Denver, CO and the 2008 Republican National Convention (RNC) in St. Paul, MN.</description></item><item><date>Aug 25, 2008</date><title>HOFSTRA'S "GREAT WRITERS, GREAT READINGS" SERIES LAUNCHES ITS FIFTH SEASON WITH ANN BEATTIE</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/082508_beattie.html</link><description>HOFSTRA'S "GREAT WRITERS, GREAT READINGS" SERIES LAUNCHES ITS FIFTH SEASON WITH ANN BEATTIE</description></item><item><date>Aug 21, 2008</date><title>Joseph D. Monticciolo to be Honored at 1776 Opening Night Student Scholarship Benefit</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/082208_SupportOurScholarships.html</link><description>Joseph D. Monticciolo, president of The Monticciolo Company in Woodbury, New York, will be honored at the opening night performance of the musical 1776 at Hofstra on September 12, 2008 to support Hofstra student scholarships.</description></item><item><date>Aug 06, 2008</date><title>Dee Dee Myers &amp; Ari Fleischer, George Stephanopoulos, Paul O’Neill &amp; Robert Rubin, Mario Cuomo Headline Hofstra's Educate '08 Fall Speakers</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/080608_Educate08Fall.html</link><description>A presidential campaign manager, prominent journalists and key political advisors are among the nationally known speakers coming to Hofstra this fall as part of the university’s Educate ’08 series leading up to the October 15 debate at Hofstra and the November presidential election. Two-time presidential candidate Sen. John Edwards kicks off the series September 8, followed over the next two months by former New York Gov. Mario Cuomo; former White House press secretaries Dee Dee Meyers and Ari Fleisher; George Stephanopoulos, journalist and advisor to President Bill Clinton; and Edward J. Rollins, Mike Huckabee’s national campaign manager. </description></item><item><date>Aug 06, 2008</date><title>Office of Graduate Admissions Hosting Open House</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/080608_gradopenhouse0813.html</link><description>The Hofstra University Office of Graduate Admissions is hosting an Open House on Wednesday, August 13, 2008 from 6 p.m. until 8 p.m. in C.V. Starr Hall, South Campus.</description></item><item><date>Aug 05, 2008</date><title>Stargazing at Summer Movies in Oyster Bay</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/080508_Astronomy.html</link><description>All of the stargazing at the Town of Oyster Bay's Movies by Moonlight program on Wednesday, August 13 at Stehli Beach in Bayville won’t be directed at the movie screen. Hofstra’s Astronomy Outreach program will provide telescopes to allow movie goers the chance to see stars of a more heavenly variety. The program begins at 8:30 p.m.</description></item><item><date>Aug 04, 2008</date><title>Hofstra Entertainment to Present the NY Premiere of the Heartwarming Comedy "Rachel and Julio," Starring Lainie Kazan and Robert Davi</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/070308_rachelandjulio.html</link><description>Hofstra Entertainment Presents the NY Premiere of the Heartwarming Comedy "Rachel and Julio," Starring Lainie Kazan and Robert Davi</description></item><item><date>Aug 01, 2008</date><title>Hofstra Italian Festival Celebrates 16th Year During Homecoming Weekend</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/080108_italianfestival.html</link><description>HOFSTRA ITALIAN FESTIVAL CELEBRATES 16TH YEAR DURING HOMECOMING WEEKEND</description></item><item><date>Jul 24, 2008</date><title>Office of Undergraduate Admission Hosting Hofstra's Enrollment Days</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/072408_ED_EndOfSummer.html</link><description>The Hofstra University Office of Undergraduate Admission is hosting its final summer Enrollment Days.</description></item><item><date>Jul 21, 2008</date><title>Office of Undergraduate Admission Hosting Hofstra's Enrollment Day</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/071008_ED_072208.html</link><description>The Hofstra University Office of Undergraduate Admission is hosting an Enrollment Day on Tuesday, July 22, 2008 from 11 a.m. until 7 p.m. at the Office of Undergraduate Admission, Bernon Hall, South Campus.</description></item><item><date>Jul 18, 2008</date><title>Follows creation of endowed chair in Sikh musicology</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/072108_SacredMusic.html</link><description>Hofstra University this fall will offer two new courses that focus on the musical traditions of Sikhism. Founded in northern India, Sikhism is one of the world’s largest religions.</description></item><item><date>Jul 18, 2008</date><title>Hofstra University Continuing Education and Elderhostel Present Program on U.S. Presidents</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/071808_elderhostel.html</link><description>Hofstra University Continuing Education and Elderhostel will present a three-day program, “The Wisdom of Our Fathers” at Hofstra University on Monday, August 11, Tuesday, August 12, and Thursday, August 14 from 10 a.m. to 2:15 p.m. </description></item><item><date>Jul 18, 2008</date><title>Hofstra University Continuing Education and Elderhostel Present Program on U.S. Presidents</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/072808_RTNDA.html</link><description>The percentage of journalists of color and women working in local television and radio news rose in 2007, as did the percentage of both groups in newsroom leadership positions, according to a survey by the Radio-Television News Directors Association in conjunction with Bob Papper, Hofstra professor and chair of its Journalism, Media Studies, and Public Relations Department. </description></item><item><date>Jul 16, 2008</date><title>Hofstra to Sponsor Meadowbrook "BioBlitz"</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/071608_BioBlitz.html</link><description>Hundreds of local volunteers including students, area residents and biologists are expected to take part in a 24-hour â€œBioBlitzâ€&#157; this fall that will attempt to document all living organisms along a 7.5-mile stretch of the Meadowbrook Parkway corridor in Nassau County. Hofstra University is the academic sponsor of the Meadowbrook BioBlitz, and its Biology Department will provide experts needed to organize the field work and identify the species found during the September15-16 event.</description></item><item><date>Jul 16, 2008</date><title>Thomas J. Sanzone '82 Named to Hofstra Board of Trustees</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/071608_sanzone.html</link><description>Thomas J. Sanzone, '82, executive vice president and chief administrative officer for Merrill Lynch &amp; Co., Inc., has been named to the Hofstra University Board of Trustees, Hofstra President Stuart Rabinowitz announced today.</description></item><item><date>Jul 11, 2008</date><title>Office of Graduate Admissions Hosting Open House</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/071008_GradOpenHouse071508.html</link><description>The Hofstra University Office of Graduate Admissions is hosting an Open House on Tuesday, July 15, 2008 from 6 p.m. until 8 p.m. in C.V. Starr Hall, South Campus.</description></item><item><date>Jul 10, 2008</date><title>Hofstra University Museum Presents "The Greatest Of All Time: Muhammad Ali"</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/071008_MuhammadAli.html</link><description>The Hofstra University Museum presents an original exhibition of distinctive photographs that capture Muhammad Ali’s life, including his childhood, boxing career, family life, humanitarian work and Olympic events.</description></item><item><date>Jul 10, 2008</date><title>Office of Undergraduate Admission Hosting Hofstra's Enrollment Day</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/071008_ED_071408.html</link><description>The Hofstra University Office of Undergraduate Admission is hosting an Enrollment Day on Monday, July 14, 2008 from 9 a.m. until 3 p.m. at the Office of Undergraduate Admission, Bernon Hall, South Campus.</description></item><item><date>Jul 03, 2008</date><title>HOFSTRA ITALIAN FESTIVAL CELEBRATES 16TH YEAR DURING HOMECOMING WEEKEND</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/080108_1776.html</link><description>AMERICA'S AWARD-WINNING MUSICAL! HOFSTRA ENTERTAINMENT PRESENTS "1776"</description></item><item><date>Jul 02, 2008</date><title>Metropolitan Area Teens Challenged to Document Diversity</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/070208_DocumentingDiversity081.html</link><description>Metropolitan area high school students will be challenged to document a culture other than their own as part of an innovative summer program at Hofstra called "Documenting Diversit".</description></item><item><date>Jul 02, 2008</date><title>Office of Undergraduate Admission Hosting Hofstra's Enrollment Day</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/070208_ED_070808.html</link><description>The Hofstra University Office of Undergraduate Admission is hosting an Enrollment Day on Tuesday, July 8, 2008 from 11 a.m. until 7 p.m. at the Office of Undergraduate Admission, Bernon Hall, South Campus.</description></item><item><date>Jul 02, 2008</date><title>Young Workers' Economic Status Declining in U.S., Other Wealthy Nations</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/070208_YoungWorkers.html</link><description>A surprising decline in the economic status of young people is underway today in the United States and many other high-income nations, according to a new book edited by Gregory DeFreitas, Ph.D., a Hofstra professor of economics and director of the university’s Center for the Study of Labor and Democracy (CLD).</description></item><item><date>Jun 30, 2008</date><title>Hofstra University's Center for Civic Engagement Receives a Grant to Create Living History</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/063008_MotorolaGrant.html</link><description>The Motorola Foundation has awarded The Center for Civic Engagement at Hofstra University a $15,000 grant to enhance the historical significance of the October 15, 2008 presidential debate taking place at Hofstra by running 15 dramatic vignettes throughout the day that highlight important moments in U.S. democracy.</description></item><item><date>Jun 25, 2008</date><title>Hofstra Entertainment Presents "Moon Over Buffalo"</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/062508_moonoverbuffalo.html</link><description>Hofstra Entertainment Presents "Moon Over Buffalo"</description></item><item><date>Jun 24, 2008</date><title>Hofstra's National Center for Suburban Studies Partners with Brookings Institution's "Blueprint for American Prosperity" Project </title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/062408_BrookingsPartnership.html</link><description>The National Center for Suburban Studies at Hofstra University® has been designated a partner to the "Blueprint for American Prosperity" project of the prestigious Brookings Institution in Washington, D.C.</description></item><item><date>Jun 24, 2008</date><title>Hofstra Computer Science Teacher Launches Brooklyn Computer Camp for Kids</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/062408_ComputersInBrooklyn.html</link><description>Some children in Brooklyn’s Park Slope neighborhood will be learning how to write computer programs under a summer program organized by Gretchen Ostheimer, Ph.D., a neighborhood resident and a Computer Science professor at Hofstra.</description></item><item><date>Jun 20, 2008</date><title>"The Kiss of Deaf"</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/062008_reiter.html</link><description>Hofstra Audiology Professor Levi Reiter Treats Mom Whose Hearing Loss was Caused by a Kiss on the Ear</description></item><item><date>Jun 18, 2008</date><title>Office of Undergraduate Admission Hosting Hofstra's Enrollment Day</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/061808_ED_062408.html</link><description>The Hofstra University Office of Undergraduate Admission is hosting an Enrollment Day on Tuesday, June 24, 2008 from 9 a.m. until 3 p.m. at the Office of Undergraduate Admission, Bernon Hall, South Campus.</description></item><item><date>Jun 17, 2008</date><title>Hofstra University Museum Receives Unprecedented Gift of Andy Warhol Art</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/061708_AndyWarhol.html</link><description>he Hofstra University Museum will receive an unprecedented gift of Andy Warhol art from The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts.</description></item><item><date>Jun 17, 2008</date><title>Hofstra University Museum Staff Changes Highlight New Directions in Programming and Outreach</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/061708_SummerStaffChangesMuseum.html</link><description>Hofstra University Museum Director Beth Levinthal is pleased to announce four new staff changes at the Museum; the promotion of Karen T. Albert to Assistant Director of Exhibitions and Collections and the appointments of Coordinator of Development and Membership Eileen Matte, Museum Education Director Nancy Richner, and Museum Outreach Coordinator Marjorie Pillar. </description></item><item><date>Jun 10, 2008</date><title>Debra Sandler '82 and George W. Bilicic, Jr. Join Hofstra Board of Trustees</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/061008_BoardofTrustees.html</link><description>Hofstra University President Stuart Rabinowitz today announced the appointments of Debra Sandler and George W. Bilicic, Jr. to the Hofstra Board of Trustees, effective immediately.</description></item><item><date>Jun 10, 2008</date><title>WRHU Staff Members Win Multiple National and Local Broadcasting Awards</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/061008_WRHUAwards.html</link><description>Student staff members of WRHU, Radio Hofstra University have been recognized in three journalism awards contests for their on-air work as part of Long Island's largest radio news staff.</description></item><item><date>Jun 10, 2008</date><title>Zarb School of Business to Co-Host Long Island Association Panel on "The Future of Health Care"</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/061008_HealthCare.html</link><description>The Frank G. Zarb School of Business and the Long Island Association will co-host a panel discussion on "The Future of Health Care" on Thursday, June 19 from 9 a.m. to noon in the Rochelle and Irwin A. Lowenfeld Exhibition Hall, 10th Floor, Joan and Donald E. Axinn Library, South Campus, Joan and Donald E. Axinn Library, South Campus. </description></item><item><date>Jun 09, 2008</date><title>Office of Undergraduate Admission Hosting Hofstra's Enrollment Day</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/060908_ED_061708.html</link><description>The Hofstra University Office of Undergraduate Admission is hosting an Enrollment Day on Tuesday, June 17, 2008 from 11 a.m. until 7 p.m. at the Office of Undergraduate Admission, Bernon Hall, South Campus.</description></item><item><date>Jun 06, 2008</date><title>Office of Graduate Admissions Hosting Open House</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/060608_GradOpenHouse061108.html</link><description>The Hofstra University Office of Graduate Admissions is hosting an Open House on Wednesday, June 11, 2008 from 6 p.m. until 8 p.m. in C.V. Starr Hall, South Campus.</description></item><item><date>Jun 04, 2008</date><title>Dr. David Foulk Named Dean of Hofstra University's School of Education and Allied Human Services</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/060408_Foulk.html</link><description>Culminating an almost year-long national search, Dr. David F. Foulk has been named the new dean of Hofstra University’s School of Education and Allied Human Services (SOEAHS), effective July 1, 2008.  </description></item><item><date>Jun 02, 2008</date><title>Commission on Presidential Debates to Conduct Site Survey of Hofstra for Media on Thursday, June 5</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/060208_MediaTourAdvisory.html</link><description>The Commission on Presidential Debates is coming to Hofstra University</description></item><item><date>Jun 02, 2008</date><title>Hofstra's Kurt Salzinger Elected President of the Eastern Psychological Association</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/060208_SalzingerEPA.html</link><description>Kurt Salzinger, Ph.D., professor emeritus and senior scholar in residence in Hofstra's Department of Psychology, has been elected president of the Eastern Psychological Association (EPA), the nation’s oldest regional psychological association.</description></item><item><date>May 30, 2008</date><title>New York State's Senate Majority Provides $25 Million Grant to Benefit the Hofstra University School of Medicine in partnership with North Shore-LIJ Health System</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/053008_MedSchoolGrant.html</link><description>Friday, May 30…Today Hofstra University President Stuart Rabinowitz joined with New York State Senate Deputy Majority Leader Dean Skelos and Senate Health Committee Chair Kemp Hannon to announce a $25 million capital grant that will provide the initial funding necessary for the state-of-the-art facilities needed to house the Hofstra University School of Medicine in partnership with North Shore-LIJ Health System. </description></item><item><date>May 27, 2008</date><title>WLIW21's "Leaving Long Island," Featuring Hofstra Vice President, Looks at Young Brain Drain</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/052708_WLIWPanel.html</link><description>Vice President of Business Development Richard Guardino is one of seven panelists featured in the three-part WLIW21 New York Public Television series “Leaving Long Island”, filmed in Hofstra’s state-of-the-art Studio A in Dempster Hall.</description></item><item><date>May 23, 2008</date><title>Hofstra to Host Conference on Charles Darwin's Legacy in Celebration of His 200th Birthday, Sesquicentennial of "On the Origin of Species"</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/052308_Darwin.html</link><description>Hofstra University will host a 2009 conference examining the impact of Charles Robert Darwin and Darwinian evolution on science and society in celebration of the 200th anniversary of his birth and the sesquicentennial of the publication of his On the Origin of Species (1859). The conference, “Darwin's Reach: A Celebration of Darwin's Legacy Across Academic Disciplines,” will take place March 12-14, 2009.</description></item><item><date>May 21, 2008</date><title>Anthropology Chair and Professor Daniel M. Varisco Challenges Edward Said in "Reading Orientalism: Said And The Unsaid"</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/052198_varisco.html</link><description>Anthropology Chair and Professor Daniel M. Varisco Challenges Edward Said in "Reading Orientalism: Said And The Unsaid"</description></item><item><date>May 20, 2008</date><title>Hofstra Golf and Tennis Open to Honor Larry Roman '77, Joseph LoCurto of WDF Inc.</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/052098_golfopen.html</link><description>Hofstra Golf and Tennis Open to Honor Larry Roman '77, Joseph LoCurto of WDF Inc.</description></item><item><date>May 19, 2008</date><title>Hofstra Professor David Weissman's Weather Radar Exhibit Displayed at The Cradle of Aviation Museum</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/051908_Weissman.html</link><description>Engineering Professor at Hofstra University, David Weissman, created a weather radar station innovation that was unveiled at the Cradle of Aviation Museum in Garden City, New York on May 9, at 11 a.m.</description></item><item><date>May 19, 2008</date><title>New York State Governor David A. Paterson Addresses Hofstra Undergraduate Commencement Ceremony </title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/051908_commencementupdate.html</link><description>New York State Governor David A. Paterson Addresses Hofstra Undergraduate Commencement Ceremony </description></item><item><date>May 15, 2008</date><title>Hofstra's Student Leadership Awards Celebrates 25 Years with New Ceremony</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/051508_StudentLeadershipAwards.html</link><description>This year marked the 25th year that Hofstra has recognized its’ students at the annual Student Leadership Awards.</description></item><item><date>May 15, 2008</date><title>Hofstra Junior/Pennsauken Resident Rachael Higgins Wins Full Scholarship to Prestigious Idyllwild Arts Center in California</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/051508_rachaelhiggins.html</link><description>Hofstra Junior/Pennsauken Resident Rachael Higgins Wins Full Scholarship to Prestigious Idyllwild Arts Center in California</description></item><item><date>May 14, 2008</date><title>2008 STEP Scholarship Carnival to Take Place May 24</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/051408_stepcarnival.html</link><description>2008 STEP Scholarship Carnival to Take Place May 24</description></item><item><date>May 14, 2008</date><title>Autism Study Links Repetitive Behavior Patterns to Brain Function Differences </title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/051408_Autism.html</link><description>Individuals with autism who exhibit repetitive behavior show reduced activity in brain regions normally responsible for attention and executive function,  the processes that help organize our actions and behaviors, researchers at Hofstra, Duke, and the University of North Carolina report in the current issue of the journal Biological Psychiatry.</description></item><item><date>May 14, 2008</date><title>From Seed - to Corn - to Popcorn: Gardening with your Children This Summer</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/051408_gardening.html</link><description>From Seed - to Corn - to Popcorn: Gardening with your Children This Summer</description></item><item><date>May 14, 2008</date><title>Hofstra Senior Wins Fulbright Scholarship to Study in Italy Next Year</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/051408_FulbrightPawlowski.html</link><description>Graduating Senior Joseph Pawlowski, a mathematics major, has been awarded a Fulbright scholarship to conduct bio-mathematical research in Italy.</description></item><item><date>May 13, 2008</date><title>Hofstra Staff and Students Lend a Hand to Habitat for Humanity's "Women Build" Project</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/051308_habitatforhumanity.html</link><description>Hofstra Staff and Students Lend a Hand to Habitat for Humanity's "Women Build" Project</description></item><item><date>May 13, 2008</date><title>Hofstra Student Wins National Science Foundation Grant, Full Scholarship to Princeton</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/051308_DavidMillerNSF.html</link><description>Senior David Miller of East Meadow, who worked on three significant research projects while at Hofstra, has received a three-year National Science Foundation grant to conduct research in environmental engineering.</description></item><item><date>May 12, 2008</date><title>New York State Governor David A. Paterson To Address Undergraduate Ceremony During Hofstra Commencement</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/050808_commencement.html</link><description>New York State Governor David A. Paterson To Address Undergraduate Ceremony During Hofstra Commencement, 3:30 p.m. on Sunday, May 18, 2008 at James M. Shuart Stadium</description></item><item><date>May 09, 2008</date><title>Hofstra English Professor Paula Uruburu Celebrates Spring Publication of Her New Book</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/031908_americaneve.html</link><description>Hofstra English Professor Paula Uruburu Celebrates Spring Publication of Her New Book</description></item><item><date>May 08, 2008</date><title>Memorial Tribute to Bob Greene Scheduled for Friday, May 9 at Hofstra</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/050808_BobGreeneMemorial.html</link><description>Robert W. “Bob” Greene, known as the dean of investigative reporters and a former chair of Hofstra’s Department of Journalism, Media Studies and Public Relations, will be remembered with a memorial tribute tomorrow, Friday, May 9, at 10 a.m. in the Rochelle and Irwin A. Lowenfeld Exhibition Hall, 10th Floor, Joan and Donald E. Axinn Library, South Campus.</description></item><item><date>May 08, 2008</date><title>The Bronx Opera Company Celebrates Its 40th Anniversary with Two Performances at Hofstra University</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/041608_bronxopera.html</link><description>Hofstra University Joins the 40th Anniversary Celebration of The Bronx Opera Company </description></item><item><date>May 07, 2008</date><title>Spend the Summer Dancing  - Take Modern Dance or Tap Over Summer Session I</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/050708_summerdance.html</link><description>Hofstra’s Department of Drama and Dance Offers Modern Dance and Tap Over Summer Session I (May 21 to June 24, 2008)</description></item><item><date>May 06, 2008</date><title>Hofstra University Announces Expansion of  Summer Research Fellowship</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/050608_OSI.html</link><description>Expansion of Summer Research Fellowship</description></item><item><date>May 06, 2008</date><title>The Bronx Opera Company Celebrates Its 40th Anniversary with Two Performances at Hofstra University</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/050608_bronxoperarevised.html</link><description>Hofstra University Joins the 40th Anniversary Celebration of The Bronx Opera Company </description></item><item><date>May 06, 2008</date><title>Zarb Students Win Local Division of National Advertising Contest </title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/050608_AdvertisingCompetition.html</link><description>Students from Hofstra University’s Zarb School of Business won the District 2A American Advertising Federation competition in New York City last weekend over 10 other colleges, including Penn State, Ithaca College and Georgetown University. </description></item><item><date>May 05, 2008</date><title>Hofstra Students Join with African Counterparts in "Green Future Project"</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/050508_Togo.html</link><description>Students from Hofstra University and the University of Lomé in the West African nation of Togo will learn about sustainable ecology projects and about each other in an exciting new project that will forge an ongoing cooperative relationship between the two universities.</description></item><item><date>May 05, 2008</date><title>Paul Begala and Frank Luntz to Speak at Hofstra</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/050508_BegalaLuntz.html</link><description>Political analyst and CNN commentator Paul Begala and Frank Luntz, the most-quoted pollster in America, will discuss the roll of political polls and the shaping of public opinion in the 2008 presidential election at a joint appearance at Hofstra University on Monday, May 5, 2008 at 3 p.m. in the Monroe Lecture Center Theater, California Avenue, South Campus.</description></item><item><date>May 02, 2008</date><title>Progressive Students Union Promotes Hofstra's Second Annual Day of Peace</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/050208_DayofPeace1.html</link><description>Second Annual Day of Peace</description></item><item><date>May 01, 2008</date><title>HOFSTRA HOSTS ITS 25TH ANNUAL DUTCH FESTIVAL. SUNDAY, MAY 4, 2008; 11 a.m. TO  5 p.m., RAIN OR SHINE</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/041108_dutchfestivalrevised.html</link><description>HOFSTRA HOSTS ITS 25TH ANNUAL DUTCH FESTIVAL. SUNDAY, MAY 4, 2008; 11 a.m. TO  5 p.m., RAIN OR SHINE</description></item><item><date>May 01, 2008</date><title>Sikh Music Chair Endowed at Hofstra</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/050108_SikhMusicology.html</link><description>President Stuart Rabinowitz today announced the creation of an endowed chair in the Department of Religion for the study and teaching of Sikh musical traditions.</description></item><item><date>Apr 30, 2008</date><title>Hofstra Team Returns to Lloyd Manor in June to Continue Slave Quarters Dig</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/043008_LloydHarbor2008.html</link><description>For the second summer, a team headed by Hofstra Anthropology Professors Chris Matthews, Ph.D. and Jenna Coplin, will excavate a Lloyd Harbor site believed to contain the remains of an 18th century slave quarter.</description></item><item><date>Apr 29, 2008</date><title>History Will Come Alive at Hofstra University </title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/101208_DemocracyinPerformance.html</link><description>Professional actors and Hofstra students will stage a series of historical re-enactments in-costume with relevance to the 2008 presidential election as part of a series of events leading up to Hofstra's hosting of the third and final presidential debate on October 15. </description></item><item><date>Apr 29, 2008</date><title>Hofstra Launches Suburban Ecology Initiative with Boston College Unit to Create Healthy, Sustainable Communities</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/042908_SuburbanEcology.html</link><description>Hofstra University’s National Center for Suburban Studies (NCSS) will receive $25,000 from the State of New York to create a Sustainable Suburban Neighborhoods Initiative, a joint project of the NCSS and Boston College’s renowned Urban Ecology Institute. It is believed to be the nation’s first such effort to focus entirely on suburban ecological and environmental issues. </description></item><item><date>Apr 29, 2008</date><title>Hofstra Students Select Teachers of the Year </title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/042908_TeachersoftheYear.html</link><description>Hofstra students have selected five outstanding faculty members as the 2008 Teachers of the Year. They are Doron Milstein, Hofstra College of Liberal Arts &amp; Science; Victoria Geyer, School of Communication; Jacqueline Grennon Brooks, School of Education and Allied Human Services; William L. James, Zarb School of Business; and Grant Hayden, Hofstra School of Law.</description></item><item><date>Apr 29, 2008</date><title>International Stock Market Competition and Consolidation Focus of Hofstra Conference</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/042908_StockExchangeCompetition.html</link><description>The Merrill Lynch Center for the Study of International Financial Services and Markets of the Frank G. Zarb School of Business presents its annual conference, "Stock Exchange Competition and International Listings" on Monday, May 5, 2008.</description></item><item><date>Apr 29, 2008</date><title>The Climate Institute's Chief Scientist, Michael MacCracken, Discusses Climate Change and Its Impacts</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/042908_MacCracken.html</link><description>Dr. Michael MacCracken, chief scientist at the Climate Institute, will present a lecture titled The Increasing Pace of Climate Change and Its Impacts on Thursday, May 1, 2008.</description></item><item><date>Apr 23, 2008</date><title>Hofstra University Museum Presents Exhibit of Mixed Media Works by Internationally Known 94-Year-Old Artist and Former Hofstra Professor</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/042308_YoniaFain.html</link><description>Yonia Fain, a 94-year old artist who witnessed many of 20th Century Europe’s great social and political upheavals, will be the subject of an exhibit at the Hofstra University Museum’s Rochelle and Irwin A. Lowenfeld Conference and Exhibition Hall, Joan and Donald E. Axinn Library, 10th Floor, South Campus, from May 5 – August 8, 2008.</description></item><item><date>Apr 23, 2008</date><title>Zarb School of Business Students Take Second Place in NYMEX Commodities Challenge</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/042308_NYMEX.html</link><description>A team of Hofstra graduate students from the Frank G. Zarb School of Business took second place in the national New York Mercantile Exchange (NYMEX) Commodities Challenge after competing against 25 teams from 20 colleges.</description></item><item><date>Apr 22, 2008</date><title>Mary Matalin and James Carville to Speak at Hofstra</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/042208_MatalinCarville.html</link><description>Presidential Adviser Mary Matalin and Media Personality James Carville will speak at Hofstra University on Wednesday, April 30, 2008 at 3 p.m. in the Monroe Lecture Center Theater location, California Avenue, South Campus.</description></item><item><date>Apr 21, 2008</date><title>Maureen Dowd and William Kristol to Speak at Hofstra</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/042108_DowdKristol.html</link><description>–New York Times columnists Maureen Dowd and William Kristol will speak at Hofstra University on Thursday, April 24, 2008 at 3 p.m. in the Monroe Lecture Center Theater location, California Avenue, South Campus.</description></item><item><date>Apr 18, 2008</date><title>Hofstra Biology Professor Russell Burke Awarded a Fulbright Grant to Research Italian Wall Lizards in Rome</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/041808_burkefulbright.html</link><description>Hofstra Biology Professor Russell Burke Awarded a Fulbright Grant to Research Italian Wall Lizards in Rome</description></item><item><date>Apr 18, 2008</date><title>Hofstra Entertainment Presents "Harry &amp; Eddie: The Birth of Israel"</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/041808_harryeddie.html</link><description>Hofstra Entertainment Presents "Harry &amp; Eddie: The Birth of Israel"</description></item><item><date>Apr 17, 2008</date><title>HOFSTRA'S MASQUERADE MUSICAL THEATER COMPANY PRESENTS "THE MUSICAL OF MUSICALS (THE MUSICAL!)"</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/041708_masquerade.html</link><description>HOFSTRA'S MASQUERADE MUSICAL THEATER COMPANY PRESENTS "THE MUSICAL OF MUSICALS (THE MUSICAL!)"</description></item><item><date>Apr 17, 2008</date><title>Hofstra Hosts Earth Day Celebration  </title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/041708_EarthDay.html</link><description>Hofstra University's Center for Civic Engagement along with co-hosts, School of Education and Allied Human Services and First-Year Connections, will sponsor a sequence of events in celebration of Earth Day on Wednesday, April 23, 2008 beginning at 11:15 a.m. on Adams Quad.</description></item><item><date>Apr 17, 2008</date><title>SUSAN FRELICH APPLETON TO DELIVER HOFSTRA LAW SCHOOL'S SIDNEY AND WALTER SIBEN DISTINGUISHED PROFESSORSHIP LECTURE APRIL 23, 2008</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/041708_sibenlecture.html</link><description>SUSAN FRELICH APPLETON TO DELIVER HOFSTRA LAW SCHOOL'S SIDNEY AND WALTER SIBEN DISTINGUISHED PROFESSORSHIP LECTURE APRIL 23, 2008</description></item><item><date>Apr 16, 2008</date><title>MIDEAST UPDATE WITH MICHAEL TUCHFELD, ISRAEL'S LEADING TV JOURNALIST</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/041608_tuchfeld.html</link><description>MIDEAST UPDATE WITH MICHAEL TUCHFELD, ISRAEL'S LEADING TV JOURNALIST</description></item><item><date>Apr 15, 2008</date><title>Hofstra Honors Genocide Awareness Week With Immaculée Ilibagiza, Rwandan Genocide Witness</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/041508_GenocideAwareness.html</link><description>Rwandan genocide witness Immaculée Ilibagiza, author of Left to Tell: Discovering God Amidst the Rwandan Holocaust, will speak on her experiences on Thursday May 15, 2008 at 9 p.m. in the Leo A. Guthart Cultural Center Theater, Joan and Donald E. Axinn Library, Fist Floor, South Campus.</description></item><item><date>Apr 14, 2008</date><title>2008 Student Art Show Presented by Hofstra University's Fine Arts Department</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/041408_fineartsshow.html</link><description>2008 Student Art Show Presented by Hofstra University's Fine Arts Department</description></item><item><date>Apr 14, 2008</date><title>General Barry McCaffrey to Speak at Hofstra </title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/041408_mccaffrey.html</link><description>General Barry McCaffrey (Ret.) will deliver the Donald J. Sutherland University Lecture in the Liberal Arts on Tuesday, April 22, 2008 at Hofstra University Monroe Lecture Center, South Campus at 3 p.m.</description></item><item><date>Apr 14, 2008</date><title>Hofstra's School of Communication Professors Win Fulbright Fellowships</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/041408_SOCFulbirght.html</link><description>Mario Murillo and Aashish Kumar, Associate Professors in Hofstra’s Department of Radio, Television and Film have both been awarded Fulbright Fellowships to travel to Colombia and India respectively, in order to work with local communities on specific projects in communication.  </description></item><item><date>Apr 14, 2008</date><title>HOFSTRA UNIVERSITY MOURNS THE LOSS OF BOB GREENE, PULITZER PRIZE-WINNING JOURNALIST AND JOURNALISM PROFESSOR</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/041408_bobgreene.html</link><description>Bob Greene, the two-time Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist whose work while at Hofstra contributed to the development of the both the Department of Journalism, Media Studies and Public Relations and the School of Communication, passed away on April 10, 2008.</description></item><item><date>Apr 10, 2008</date><title>"What Lessons Do Past Presidents Have for 2008?" A Biographers' Roundtable</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/041008_biographersroundtable.html</link><description>"What Lessons Do Past Presidents Have for 2008?" A Biographers' Roundtable</description></item><item><date>Apr 10, 2008</date><title>Honorable Elaine Jackson Stack, J.S.C. (Ret.) Named New Director of Hofstra's Family Law LL.M. Program</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/041008_familylaw.html</link><description>Honorable Elaine Jackson Stack, J.S.C. (Ret.) Named New Director of Hofstra's Family Law LL.M. Program</description></item><item><date>Apr 08, 2008</date><title>Hofstra Honors Asian American &amp; Pacific Islander Heritage Month</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/040808_AAPIMonth.html</link><description>Hofstra University honors Asian American &amp; Pacific Islander Heritage Month, a month devoted to celebrating the cultural traditions, ancestry, native languages, and unique experiences representing more than 47 ethnic groups from Asia and the Pacific Islands.</description></item><item><date>Apr 08, 2008</date><title>Hofstra Students to Record Original Song for Seriously Ill Long Island Child</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/040808_SongsofLove.html</link><description>Hundreds of Hofstra students are expected to gather tomorrow, Wednesday, April 9 to record the chorus of an original song written by Songs of Love for a seriously ill child from Long Island. The recording session will take place beginning at 8 p.m. in Hofstra USA, North Campus.</description></item><item><date>Apr 08, 2008</date><title>Hofstra Television Students Raise Money For Their Film Major Peer</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/032508_MaxKolbTelethon.html</link><description>The Hofstra University Museum presents a distinctive figurative autobiographical journey including 28 visually engrossing works with Stan Brodsky, The Figure: 1951-2006.</description></item><item><date>Apr 07, 2008</date><title>Tim Russert, Maureen Dowd, James Carville, Mary Matalin and David Gergen to speak at Hofstra for Educate '08</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/040708_Educate08Update.html</link><description>NBC Washington Bureau Chief and Meet the Press moderator Tim Russert; New York Times Pulitzer Prize winning columnist Maureen Dowd; David Gergen, author and advisor to four presidents; Mary Matalin, celebrated conservative voice and presidential adviser; and Democratic political strategist James Carville are among the nationally-known speakers coming to Hofstra University over the next several months as part of its Educate ’08 initiative.</description></item><item><date>Apr 03, 2008</date><title>Hofstra University Presents Paralegal Studies Certificate Program Information Session</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/040308_ParaLegalInfo.html</link><description>Hofstra University’s Center for Continuing Education and Professional Advancement (CCEPA) presents two free information sessions about its Paralegal Studies Certificate Program on Saturday, April 19 from 10-11 a.m. and Thursday, April 24 from 6:30-7:30 p.m.</description></item><item><date>Apr 03, 2008</date><title>Hofstra University Presents Personal Trainer Information Session</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/040308_PersonalTrainerInfo.html</link><description>The Hofstra University Museum presents a distinctive figurative autobiographical journey including 28 visually engrossing works with Stan Brodsky, The Figure: 1951-2006.</description></item><item><date>Mar 31, 2008</date><title>"Sex and the Soul" author Donna Freitas to speak at Hofstra </title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/033108_DonnaFreitas.html</link><description>Donna Freitas, whose upcoming book “Sex and the Soul: Juggling Sexuality, Spirituality, Romance, and Religion on America's College Campuses” (Oxford University Press) provides insight into today’s youth culture, will speak at Hofstra on Thursday, April 10 at 6:30 p.m. in Hofstra USA, North Campus.</description></item><item><date>Mar 31, 2008</date><title>Hempstead for Hofstra/Hofstra for Hempstead to Host 34th Annual Scholarship Ball</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/033108_HempsteadforHofstra.html</link><description>Hempstead for Hofstra/Hofstra for Hempstead to Host 34th Annual Scholarship Ball</description></item><item><date>Mar 28, 2008</date><title>Economist, New York Times Op-Ed Writer Paul Krugman to Speak at Hofstra </title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/032808_PaulKrugman.html</link><description>Paul Krugman, economist and Op-Ed writer for The New York Times, will speak at Hofstra on Tuesday, April 1 from 2:20 - 3:45 p.m. in the Monroe Lecture Center Theater, California Avenue, South Campus.</description></item><item><date>Mar 28, 2008</date><title>Hofstra Cultural Center Presents Unique Conference on Humor: From the History and Perspective of Seven Romance Languages</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/032808_romancelanguage.html</link><description>Hofstra Cultural Center Presents Unique Conference on Humor: From the History and Perspective of Seven Romance Languages</description></item><item><date>Mar 28, 2008</date><title>Hofstra Department of Fine Arts Presents "Lifelines" by Artist Claudia McNulty</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/032808_mcnulty.html</link><description>Hofstra Department of Fine Arts Presents "Lifelines" by Artist Claudia McNulty</description></item><item><date>Mar 28, 2008</date><title>Hofstra Departments of Music and Drama and Dance Present April 2008 Performances</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/032808_aprilperformances.html</link><description>Hofstra Departments of Music and Drama and Dance Present April 2008 Performances</description></item><item><date>Mar 28, 2008</date><title>PLAYWRIGHT LYNN NOTTAGE CLOSES THE FOURTH SEASON OF HOFSTRA'S "GREAT WRITERS, GREAT READINGS" SERIES</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/031208_lynnnottage.html</link><description>PLAYWRIGHT LYNN NOTTAGE CLOSES THE FOURTH SEASON OF HOFSTRA'S "GREAT WRITERS, GREAT READINGS" SERIES</description></item><item><date>Mar 26, 2008</date><title>Lawrence Smith, MD, Appointed First Dean of Hofstra University School of Medicine in partnership with North Shore-LIJ Health System</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/032608_schoolofmedicine.html</link><description>Lawrence Smith, MD, Appointed First Dean of Hofstra University School of Medicine in partnership with North Shore-LIJ Health System</description></item><item><date>Mar 24, 2008</date><title>Dalai Lama Named Recipient of Hofstra's Guru Nanak Interfaith Prize</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/032408_GuruNanak.html</link><description>His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama, Tenzin Gyatso, has been selected as the first recipient of Hofstra’s international Guru Nanak Interfaith Prize, Hofstra President Stuart Rabinowitz announced today. </description></item><item><date>Mar 20, 2008</date><title>Guru Nanak Interfaith Prize winner to be announced at Hofstra on March 24</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/032008_GuruNanakPrize.html</link><description>David Gergen, an advisor to Presidents Nixon, Ford, Reagan and Clinton and a commentator, editor, teacher and best-selling author, will deliver the annual Arnold A. Saltzman Lecture on the State of the Union on Tuesday, April 8, 2008 at 4 p.m. in the Monroe Lecture Center Theater, California Avenue, South Campus.</description></item><item><date>Mar 18, 2008</date><title>David Gergen, Advisor to Four Presidents, to Speak at Hofstra University</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/031908_DavidGergen.html</link><description>David Gergen, an advisor to Presidents Nixon, Ford, Reagan and Clinton and a commentator, editor, teacher and best-selling author, will deliver the annual Arnold A. Saltzman Lecture on the State of the Union on Tuesday, April 8, 2008 at 4 p.m. in the Monroe Lecture Center Theater, California Avenue, South Campus.</description></item><item><date>Mar 18, 2008</date><title>HOFSTRA CULTURAL CENTER PRESENTS SPRING 2008 ITALIAN-AMERICAN EXPERIENCE LECTURE SERIES</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/031808_bravopavarotti.html</link><description>HOFSTRA CULTURAL CENTER PRESENTS SPRING 2008 ITALIAN-AMERICAN EXPERIENCE LECTURE SERIES</description></item><item><date>Mar 18, 2008</date><title>Norman Podhoretz to Speak at Hofstra</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/031808_Norman Podhoretz.html</link><description>Former Commentary Magazine Editor-In-Chief Norman Podhoretz will speak at Hofstra University on Wednesday, March, 26, 2008 from 11:15 a.m. to 12:45 p.m. in the Monroe Lecture Center Theater location, California Avenue, south campus.</description></item><item><date>Mar 14, 2008</date><title>Hofstra's Dr. Phyllis Zagano Wins Fulbright Fellowship to Teach in Ireland</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/031408_zaganofulbright.html</link><description>Hofstra's Dr. Phyllis Zagano Wins Fulbright Fellowship to Teach in Ireland</description></item><item><date>Mar 14, 2008</date><title>This Spring Hofstra Entertainment Presents Tributes to Sinatra (April 5, 6), Moliere (April 11), and the 60th Anniversary of Israel (May 16 to 18) </title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/031408_sinatramoliereisrael.html</link><description>This Spring Hofstra Entertainment Presents Tributes to Sinatra, Moliere, and the 60th Anniversary of Israel</description></item><item><date>Mar 13, 2008</date><title>Cook Political Report Publisher Charlie Cook to Deliver Keynote Address at Hofstra Presidential Symposium </title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/031308_CharlieCook.html</link><description>Hofstra University, Hempstead, NY – Charlie Cook, publisher of the independent newsletter The Cook Political Report and one of the nation’s best-known political analysts will deliver the keynote address at a daylong presidential symposium at Hofstra University on Thursday, April 3, 2008 in the Joan and Donald E. Axinn Library, 10th Floor, South Campus.</description></item><item><date>Mar 13, 2008</date><title>Hofstra Celebrates Women's "Herstory" Month</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/031308_WomensHerstoryMonth.html</link><description>Hofstra University’s Women's “Herstory” Month, a month devoted to honoring women and their impact in the world, features a multicultural film series, drag shows, a town hall meeting and a feminist play.</description></item><item><date>Mar 13, 2008</date><title>Hofstra Students Use Art To Respond To Social Injustices</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/031308_ArtofHealing.html</link><description>Hofstra Students will respond to social injustices through art at the Art of Healing – Healing Through Art concert on Wednesday, April 9, 2008 at 8 p.m. at John Cranford Adams Playhouse.</description></item><item><date>Mar 12, 2008</date><title>19th Annual Art Expressions Show Honors Artists with Mental Disabilities </title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/031208_artexpressions.html</link><description>19th Annual Art Expressions Show Honors Artists with Mental Disabilities</description></item><item><date>Mar 12, 2008</date><title>HOFSTRA HOSTS ITS ANNUAL DUTCH FESTIVAL: A GREAT LONG ISLAND TRADITION CELEBRATES 25 YEARS</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/050408_dutchfestival.html</link><description>HOFSTRA HOSTS ITS ANNUAL DUTCH FESTIVAL: A GREAT LONG ISLAND TRADITION CELEBRATES 25 YEARS</description></item><item><date>Mar 10, 2008</date><title>Hofstra's Marriage and Family Therapy Clinic at the Joan and Arnold Saltzman Community Services Center Presents Spring 2008 Workshop Schedule</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/031008_mftworkshops.html</link><description>Hofstra's Marriage and Family Therapy Clinic at the Joan and Arnold Saltzman Community Services Center Presents Spring 2008 Workshop Schedule</description></item><item><date>Mar 10, 2008</date><title>Religion Scholar, Best-selling Author Stephen Prothero to Speak at Hofstra </title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/031008_StephenProthero.html</link><description>Hofstra University, Hempstead, NY – Best-selling author and religion scholar Stephen Prothero, Ph.D., will discuss “Religious Literacy and Higher Education" in a lecture at Hofstra on Tuesday, April 1, 2008 at 6:30 p.m. at the Rochelle and Irwin A. Lowenfeld  Conference and Exhibition Hall on the 10th Floor of the Joan and Donald Axinn Library, South Campus.</description></item><item><date>Mar 10, 2008</date><title>Women Respond to War: Two Productions by Award-Winning Actress Ellen McLaughlin</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/022908_ellenmclaughlin.html</link><description>Women Respond to War: Two Productions by Award-Winning Actress Ellen McLaughlin</description></item><item><date>Mar 07, 2008</date><title>Hofstra Students To Spend Their Spring Break Helping Others and Showing The Love</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/030708_AltSpringBreak.html</link><description>Hofstra students and administrators will spend their spring break, March 14 through March 20, 2008, volunteering in the inner city of Philadelphia, PA.</description></item><item><date>Mar 07, 2008</date><title>New York Times Chief Political Correspondent Adam Nagourney to Speak at Hofstra </title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/030708_AdamNagourney.html</link><description>Adam Nagourney, chief political correspondent for The New York Times, will offer his perspective on the 2008 presidential campaign during a talk at Hofstra on Monday, March 31, 2008.</description></item><item><date>Mar 06, 2008</date><title>Hofstra-Brookings Institution Conference to Examine Future of Nation's Suburbs and Cities </title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/030608_BrookingsConference.html</link><description>The future growth of the nation’s suburbs and cities will be the topic of a conference at Hofstra University on Thursday, March 27, 2008 from 8 a.m. to 2:10 p.m. at the Hofstra University Club, David S. Mack Hall, North Campus.</description></item><item><date>Mar 06, 2008</date><title>Scott Rechler to be honored at Hofstra Gala</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/030608_Gala.html</link><description>Scott Rechler, chief executive officer and chairman of RexCorp Realty LLC, a multi-billion dollar private real estate company, will be honored at the annual Hofstra University Gala on May 1, 2008 at 7 p.m. at the David S. Mack Sports and Exhibition Complex, North Campus.  </description></item><item><date>Mar 04, 2008</date><title>Hofstra Students Dance To Educate </title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/030408_TangoforAtanga.html</link><description>The Hofstra University Schools for Schools Chapter is holding a Tango for Atanga Dance-A-Thon on March 6, 2008 from 7 p.m. to 2 a.m. in Hofstra U.S.A. </description></item><item><date>Mar 03, 2008</date><title>Hofstra Library Offers Students $1,000 Prize for Best Researched Paper</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/030308_LibraryPrize.html</link><description>The Hofstra University Library is offering an award for the best researched academic paper by a senior scheduled to graduate in May 2008. The Undergraduate Library Research Award includes a $1,000 prize and a $250 Barnes &amp; Noble Gift Certificate.</description></item><item><date>Mar 03, 2008</date><title>Hofstra to Hold Political "Party" to View Returns on Crucial Primaries in Texas, Ohio </title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/030308_PoliticalPartyParty.html</link><description>Hofstra Students will gather in the David S. Mack Student Center, North Campus, tomorrow, Tuesday, March 4, 2008, from 6-8 p.m. to promote voter registration and student participation in the presidential election process. At 8 p.m., the “Political Party Party” moves to the Hofstra Honors College, lower level of the Joan and Donald E. Axinn Library, South Campus, to watch the returns of four presidential primaries considered crucial for the remaining candidates.</description></item><item><date>Feb 29, 2008</date><title> "Give Yourself a Break: Safe Spring 2008" Offers Hofstra Students Information on Health and Wellness </title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/022908_SpringBreak.html</link><description>Hofstra University is advising its students to give have a safe and healthy spring 2008 with a series of workshops on health, well-being, stress management and recreation. “Give Yourself a Break: Safe Spring 2008” runs from Wednesday,  March 5 to Wednesday, March 12 and offers the following workshops in the weeks leading up to the 2008 Spring Break, which is March 17-21:</description></item><item><date>Feb 29, 2008</date><title>HOFSTRA UNIVERSITY'S CALKINS HALL ROSENBERG GALLERY PRESENTS SCULPTURAL FURNITURE BY ALEX ROSKIN</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/022908_roskin.html</link><description>HOFSTRA UNIVERSITY'S CALKINS HALL ROSENBERG GALLERY PRESENTS SCULPTURAL FURNITURE BY ALEX ROSKIN</description></item><item><date>Feb 27, 2008</date><title>THE BARD'S "HAMLET" TO HIGHLIGHT HOFSTRA'S 59TH ANNUAL SHAKESPEARE FESTIVAL</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/022708_hamlet.html</link><description>THE BARD'S "HAMLET" TO HIGHLIGHT HOFSTRA'S 59TH ANNUAL SHAKESPEARE FESTIVAL</description></item><item><date>Feb 25, 2008</date><title>Hofstra Students to Study, Participate In Republican and Democratic Nominating Conventions</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/022508_ConventionInterns.html</link><description>Four Hofstra University students will study and work as interns at the two major political party nominating conventions this summer as part of Hofstra’s Educate ’08 initiative, giving them a unique look inside the 2008 presidential selection process.</description></item><item><date>Feb 13, 2008</date><title>Company Headed by Hofstra Alum Funds Music Business Scholarship</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/021308_MusicScholarship.html</link><description>Hofstra alumnus James A. D’Addario, ’72, head of the world’s largest manufacturer of strings for musical instruments, has created the D’Addario Music Business Endowed Scholarship at Hofstra University.</description></item><item><date>Feb 13, 2008</date><title>HOFSTRA UNIVERSITY HOSTS TENTH ANNUAL IRISH FESTIVAL</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/021308_irishfest.html</link><description>HOFSTRA UNIVERSITY HOSTS TENTH ANNUAL IRISH FESTIVAL</description></item><item><date>Feb 12, 2008</date><title>Queens Italian American Group Creates New Distinguished Professorship at Hofstra</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/021208_UnicoProfessorship.html</link><description>Queensboro Unico, an Italian American service organization, has established a new distinguished professorship in Italian and Italian American studies at Hofstra University. Pellegrino D’Acierno, Ph.D., a professor of Italian and Comparative Literature at Hofstra, will be invested as the first holder of the chair on February 27, 2008, from 3-5 p.m. at the Hofstra University Club, Mack Hall, north campus.</description></item><item><date>Feb 11, 2008</date><title>HOFSTRA DEPARTMENT OF FINE ARTS AND ART HISTORY OPENS STUDENT-RUN GALLERY</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/021208_joecap.html</link><description>HOFSTRA DEPARTMENT OF FINE ARTS AND ART HISTORY OPENS STUDENT-RUN GALLERY</description></item><item><date>Feb 08, 2008</date><title>Hofstra Film Students Premiere Film On Independent Film Channel</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/020808_GhettoFilm.html</link><description> Hofstra School of Communication film students Liliana Candelario, Luis Servera and James Calinda produced “Alma De Mi Padre” which will premiere on the Independent Film Channel Saturday, February 8, 2008 at 5 p.m. EST. </description></item><item><date>Feb 08, 2008</date><title>Legendary Coach Al McGuire Remembered in Dick Enberg's One-Man Play McGuire; February 9 and 10, 2008</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/011008_mcguire.html</link><description>Legendary Coach Al McGuire Remembered in Dick Enberg's One-Man Play McGuire; February 9 and 10, 2008</description></item><item><date>Feb 07, 2008</date><title>Hofstra's "ONE" Chapter Leader Attends National Summit in D.C.</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/020708_ONESummit.html</link><description>Hofstra University's ONE Chapter Co-President Katherine (Kaytee) Lozier was one of more than 120 of the nation’s top student activists to participate in the first-ever ONE student summit in Washington, D.C. </description></item><item><date>Feb 06, 2008</date><title>HOFSTRA UNIVERSITY CELEBRATES 50TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE JOHN CRANFORD ADAMS PLAYHOUSE</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/020108_jcaplayhouse.html</link><description>HOFSTRA UNIVERSITY CELEBRATES 50TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE JOHN CRANFORD ADAMS PLAYHOUSE</description></item><item><date>Feb 05, 2008</date><title>Hofstra University Museum Features Local Artist</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/020508_WendyCsoka.html</link><description>The Hofstra University Museum presents an original exhibit featuring Long Island artist Wendy Csoka.</description></item><item><date>Feb 01, 2008</date><title>HOFSTRA'S "GREAT WRITERS, GREAT READINGS" SERIES CONTINUES ITS FOURTH YEAR WITH JONATHAN LETHEM</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/020108_lethem.html</link><description>HOFSTRA'S "GREAT WRITERS, GREAT READINGS" SERIES CONTINUES ITS FOURTH YEAR WITH JONATHAN LETHEM</description></item><item><date>Feb 01, 2008</date><title>Super Bowl Stars at Hofstra</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/020108_SuperTuesday.html</link><description>Not all the stars on Super Bowl Sunday will be in Arizona on February 3. </description></item><item><date>Jan 31, 2008</date><title>Hofstra Students to Gather Feb. 5 for Super Tuesday Primary Returns</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/013108_SuperTuesday.html</link><description>Hofstra students will gather on Tuesday, Feb. 5, 2008 from 7-11 p.m. to cheer on their candidates and watch the returns of the 2008 Super Tuesday presidential primaries.  </description></item><item><date>Jan 31, 2008</date><title>Hofstra University Presents "Final Cut: Movie Editing in the Digital Age"</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/020108_CCEPAfinalcut.html</link><description>Hofstra University’s Center for Continuing Education and Professional Advancement (CCEPA) presents a free seminar, “Final Cut: Movie Editing in the Digital Age” on Wednesday, February 6 from 7-9 p.m. in the Mack Student Center Theater.</description></item><item><date>Jan 30, 2008</date><title>Hofstra Opera Theater Presents "Tartuffe"</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/011608_tartuffe.html</link><description>Hofstra Opera Theater Presents "Tartuffe"</description></item><item><date>Jan 30, 2008</date><title>Hofstra University, Host of Final 2008 Presidential Debate, Launches Educate '08</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/013008_educate08.html</link><description>Hofstra University, Host of Final 2008 Presidential Debate, Launches Educate '08</description></item><item><date>Jan 28, 2008</date><title>Hofstra's Center for Civic Engagement Celebrates Black History Month</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/012808_brewington.html</link><description>Hofstra University's Center for Civic Engagement will welcome Hempstead attorney Fred Brewington for a program entitled "The Role of the Civil Rights Movement in 21st-Century Politics."</description></item><item><date>Jan 24, 2008</date><title>"Sneaker Art!" Featured in Student-Run Gallery, Calkins Hall</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/012408_sneakerart.html</link><description>"Sneaker Art!" Featured in Student-Run Gallery, Calkins Hall</description></item><item><date>Jan 24, 2008</date><title>Hofstra Receives $90,000 in Gifts for Museum Programs and Community Outreach</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/012408_HofstraGifts.html</link><description>Two gifts to Hofstra University totaling $90,000 from JP Morgan Chase and the Bethpage Federal Credit Union will support the Hofstra University Museum’s special art education programs and the University’s family festivals, as well as the Hofstra for Hempstead/ Hempstead for Hofstra scholarship program.</description></item><item><date>Jan 24, 2008</date><title>Hofstra University Celebrates Black History Month </title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/012408_BlackHistoryMonth08.html</link><description>Hofstra University will celebrate Black History Month with a number of multi-cultural events that pay tribute to the contributions that African Americans have made to society.</description></item><item><date>Jan 24, 2008</date><title>Spring 2008 Semester Features Visiting Artist Peter Plagens </title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/012408_plagens.html</link><description>Spring 2008 Semester Features Visiting Artist Peter Plagens </description></item><item><date>Jan 23, 2008</date><title>Hofstra to Hold Climate Change Symposium</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/012308_CLimateChange.html</link><description>Hofstra students and local government leaders will participate in a four-day campus initiative on Climate Change next week as part of a nationwide “teach-in” designed to raise awareness of global warming solutions.</description></item><item><date>Jan 22, 2008</date><title>"The Vagina Monologues" Marks 10th Anniversary</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/012208_VaginaMonologues08.html</link><description>The Hofstra University VDay Production Club presents a 10th anniversary production of Eve Ensler’s The Vagina Monologues that will focus on the Women of New Orleans: Katrina Warriors.</description></item><item><date>Jan 22, 2008</date><title>Hofstra Broadcast Journalism Students Rank Nationally for Hearst Journalism Awards</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/012308_HearstJRNLWinners08.html</link><description>wo Hofstra University students have been honored with the distinction of outstanding performance in college level journalism by The Hearst Journalism Awards program. </description></item><item><date>Jan 22, 2008</date><title>Hofstra University Museum Explores "Stan Brodsky, The Figure: 1951-2006"</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/012108_StanBrodsky.html</link><description>The Hofstra University Museum presents a distinctive figurative autobiographical journey including 28 visually engrossing works with Stan Brodsky, The Figure: 1951-2006.</description></item><item><date>Jan 18, 2008</date><title>Hofstra SEGA and Kappa Delta Pi Raise $15,000 for "Walk Now For Autism"</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/011808_segaautism.html</link><description>Hofstra SEGA and Kappa Delta Pi Raise $15,000 for "Walk Now For Autism"</description></item><item><date>Jan 18, 2008</date><title>Hofstra Summer Science Research Program Participants are Intel Semifinalists </title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/011808_IntelSemifinalists.html</link><description>Three Long Island high school students who participated in Hofstra's 2007 Summer Science Research Program have been selected as 2008 Intel Science Talent Search semifinalists, according to Nanette Wachter, Ph.D., director of the program.</description></item><item><date>Jan 17, 2008</date><title>"SPRING, SING, SWING" WITH  HOFSTRA'S SPRING 2008 JOSEPH G. ASTMAN INTERNATIONAL CONCERT SERIES</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/011708_intlconcerts.html</link><description>"SPRING, SING, SWING" WITH  HOFSTRA'S SPRING 2008 JOSEPH G. ASTMAN INTERNATIONAL CONCERT SERIES</description></item><item><date>Jan 17, 2008</date><title>HOFSTRA UNIVERSITY'S DEPARTMENT OF DRAMA AND DANCE ANNOUNCES SPRING 2008 PERFORMANCE SCHEDULE</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/011708_spring08drama.html</link><description>HOFSTRA UNIVERSITY'S DEPARTMENT OF DRAMA AND DANCE ANNOUNCES SPRING 2008 PERFORMANCE SCHEDULE</description></item><item><date>Jan 17, 2008</date><title>HOFSTRA UNIVERSITY DEPARTMENT OF MUSIC ANNOUNCES SPRING 2008 CONCERT SCHEDULE</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/011708_spring08concerts.html</link><description>HOFSTRA UNIVERSITY DEPARTMENT OF MUSIC ANNOUNCES SPRING 2008 CONCERT SCHEDULE</description></item><item><date>Jan 17, 2008</date><title>School of Education and Allied Human Services Spring 2008 Calendar of Events</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/011708_spring08soeahsevent.html</link><description>School of Education and Allied Human Services Spring 2008 Calendar of Events</description></item><item><date>Jan 15, 2008</date><title>Hofstra Program to Honor the Work of the Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr.</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/011508_MLKProgram.html</link><description>A multi-faith panel will gather at Hofstra University for a program and vigil honoring the work of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. on Sunday, January 20, 2008 at 2 p.m. in the Leo A. Guthart Cultural Center, Joan and Donald E. Axinn Library, south campus. </description></item><item><date>Jan 11, 2008</date><title>Office of Undergraduate Admission Hosting Hofstra's Enrollment Day</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/011108_ED_Jan1808.html</link><description>The Hofstra University Office of Undergraduate Admission is hosting an Enrollment Day on Friday, January 18, 2008 from 9 a.m. until 3p.m. at the Office of Undergraduate Admission, Bernon Hall, South Campus.</description></item><item><date>Jan 10, 2008</date><title>Local High School Students Compete in Commodities Trading Competition at Hofstra </title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/011008_HofstraNYMEX.html</link><description>Students from 15 Long Island high schools will compete tomorrow in the second round of mock “open outcry” commodities trading at Hofstra University’s Martin B. Greenberg Trading Room as part of the Hofstra/NYMEX Commodities Challenge for High Schools.</description></item><item><date>Jan 10, 2008</date><title>Office of Undergraduate Admission Hosting Hofstra's Enrollment Day</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/011008_ED_Jan1608.html</link><description>The Hofstra University Office of Undergraduate Admission is hosting an Enrollment Day on Wednesday, January 16, 2008 from 11 a.m. until 7 p.m. at the Office of Undergraduate Admission, Bernon Hall, South Campus.</description></item><item><date>Jan 08, 2008</date><title>Office of Undergraduate Admission Hosting Hofstra's Enrollment Day</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/010708_ED_Jan1008.html</link><description>The Hofstra University Office of Undergraduate Admission is hosting an Enrollment Day on Thursday, January 10, 2008 from 9 a.m. until 3 p.m. at the Office of Undergraduate Admission, Bernon Hall, South Campus</description></item><item><date>Jan 08, 2008</date><title>Office of Undergraduate Admission Hosting Hofstra's Enrollment Day</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/112408_ED_Dec2008.html</link><description>The Hofstra University Office of Undergraduate Admission is hosting an Enrollment Day on Tuesday, December 9, 2008 from 9  a.m. until 3  p.m. at the Office of Undergraduate Admission, Bernon Hall, South Campus</description></item><item><date>Jan 04, 2008</date><title>Hofstra Students Trace Darwin's Footsteps </title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/010408_galapagos_january_session.html</link><description>A group of 14 students and two professors tomorrow will begin a journey to one of the most geologically exciting and biologically diverse places on Earth - the Galápagos Islands and Ecuador. </description></item><item><date>Dec 21, 2007</date><title>Hofstra University Museum Presents an Exhibition of Works By Six Prestigious American Masters of Photography</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/12217_WomenPhotographers.html</link><description>The Hofstra University Museum presents an exhibition of photography by six renowned women photographers that will take viewers on a fascinating journey across America and to other lands. </description></item><item><date>Dec 20, 2007</date><title>Hofstra Entertainment presents "Showtune"</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/122007_showtune.html</link><description>Hofstra Entertainment presents Showtune; January 11 to 27, 2008, Celebrating the Words and Music of Jerry Herman</description></item><item><date>Dec 20, 2007</date><title>Hofstra University Announces Continuing Education Courses for Spring 2008 </title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/122007_continuinged1.html</link><description>Hofstra University Announces Continuing Education Courses for Spring 2008 Including Unique Programs Like Web Design and Development and Gaming and Digital Film Production</description></item><item><date>Dec 20, 2007</date><title>Hofstra University Presents Personal Trainer Information Session</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/122007_continuinged3.html</link><description>Hofstra University Presents Personal Trainer Information Session</description></item><item><date>Dec 20, 2007</date><title>Office of Undergraduate Admission Hosting Hofstra's Enrollment Day</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/122007_ED_Jan808.html</link><description>The Hofstra University Office of Undergraduate Admission is hosting an Enrollment Day on Tuesday, January 8, 2008 from 11 a.m. until 7 p.m. at the Office of Undergraduate Admission, Bernon Hall, South Campus.</description></item><item><date>Dec 17, 2007</date><title>Hofstra University School of Law Names Nora Demleitner as Dean</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/121707_NoraDemleitner.html</link><description>Today Hofstra University President Stuart Rabinowitz announced that Nora Demleitner, a distinguished faculty member who has served as Interim Dean of the Hofstra University School of Law since March, has been named dean of the Hofstra University School of Law, effective January 1, 2008.  </description></item><item><date>Dec 13, 2007</date><title>HOFSTRA CELEBRATES MIDYEAR COMMENCEMENT 2007</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/121307_midyearcommencement07.html</link><description>HOFSTRA CELEBRATES MIDYEAR COMMENCEMENT 2007</description></item><item><date>Dec 12, 2007</date><title>Hofstra Students Develop Children's Volunteer Program for Ronald McDonald House of Long Island</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/12127_RonaldMcDonaldHouse.html</link><description>A children’s volunteer program created by six senior Public Relations majors at Hofstra will launch on Tuesday, December 18, 2007 at the Ronald McDonald House of Long Island.</description></item><item><date>Dec 10, 2007</date><title>High School Students Gain Insight Into the World of Journalism</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/121007_HSStudentPressDay.html</link><description>Metropolitan area high school students will learn the ins and outs of journalism from some of today’s top working news professionals, including Pulitzer Prize winner Walt Handelsman, at Student Press Day on Wednesday, December 12, 2007 beginning at 8:30 a.m. in the Sondra and David S. Mack Student Center Theater, north campus.</description></item><item><date>Dec 10, 2007</date><title>Jack Kent Cooke Foundation Graduate Scholarships Available for Fall 2008</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/121007_JackKentCooke.html</link><description>Hofstra seniors and alumni who graduated since 2003 are eligible to compete for the Jack Kent Cooke Foundation Graduate Scholarship Program, one of the largest and most competitive scholarship programs in the country.</description></item><item><date>Dec 10, 2007</date><title>Office of Admission Hosting Hofstra's Enrollment Day</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/121007_ED_Dec11.html</link><description>The Hofstra University office of Admission is hosting an Enrollment Day on Tuesday, December 11, 2007 from 9 a.m. until 3 p.m. at the Admissions Center, south campus.</description></item><item><date>Dec 06, 2007</date><title>Hofstra Student Groups Join Forces to Help Local Organization </title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/120507_DestinationRunway.html</link><description>Hofstra University’s student groups will join forces on Saturday, December 8, 2007 at 8 p.m. at Hofstra USA, North Campus with the common goal of raising funds for the Hempstead Boys and Girls Club with a fashion show</description></item><item><date>Dec 05, 2007</date><title>Hofstra Students to Study Presidential Politics Firsthand at New Hampshire Presidential Primary</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/120507_NewHampshire.html</link><description>Hofstra students will experience the excitement of the official launch of the 2008 U.S. presidential election process during the three days leading up to the New Hampshire presidential primary on Tuesday, January 8.</description></item><item><date>Nov 30, 2007</date><title>Hofstra Students to Mark Holiday Season </title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/113007_HolidayCelebrations.html</link><description>Hofstra University students will celebrate the holiday season next week with three annual observances.</description></item><item><date>Nov 30, 2007</date><title>UNDERSTANDING COLLEGE STUDENT MENTAL HEALTH: THE PSYCHOLOGICAL, INSTITUTIONAL AND LEGAL ISSUES</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/113007_mentalhealth2.html</link><description>UNDERSTANDING COLLEGE STUDENT MENTAL HEALTH: THE PSYCHOLOGICAL, INSTITUTIONAL AND LEGAL ISSUES</description></item><item><date>Nov 29, 2007</date><title>Hofstra's School of Communication Expands its Cutting Edge Facilities with NewsHub</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/112107_NewsHub.html</link><description>Hofstra's School of Communication will expand its state of the art facilities with the unveiling of NewsHub, a cutting edge converged newsroom and multimedia classroom on Monday December 3, 2007 at 7 p.m. in Dempster Hall. The ribbon cutting ceremony will feature guest speaker Carol Jenkins, Emmy award winning former television anchor/correspondent and currently the President of the Board of Directors of the Women’s Media Center.</description></item><item><date>Nov 27, 2007</date><title>"Vision and Persistence: How strategic projects can still be built" to feature Freedom Towers developer </title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/112707_StrategicProjects.html</link><description>Larry Silverstein, developer of the Freedom Towers on the site of the former World Trade Center, will deliver the keynote address at a conference at Hofstra University’s Wilbur F. Breslin Center for Real Estate Studies. </description></item><item><date>Nov 26, 2007</date><title>Hofstra to Launch Full-Time Day M.B.A.</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/112607_IntegratedMBA.html</link><description>Hofstra University’s Frank G. Zarb School of Business will launch a new full-time integrated day M.B.A. program next fall that will take full advantage of the school’s sophisticated technology, experienced faculty, growing alumni network and proximity to New York City.</description></item><item><date>Nov 21, 2007</date><title>Hofstra Grads YouTube Series Picked Up by Major Network</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/112107_WeNeed Girlfriends.html</link><description>A Web series created by three Hofstra School of Communication alumni after they were dumped by their girlfriends following graduation is being developed as a comedy by CBS.</description></item><item><date>Nov 19, 2007</date><title>Hofstra University to Host Third and Final Presidential Debate in 2008</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/111907_presidentialdebate.html</link><description>Hofstra University to Host Third and Final Presidential Debate in 2008</description></item><item><date>Nov 15, 2007</date><title>Office of Admission Hosting Hofstra's Enrollment Day</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/111507_EDNov19.html</link><description>The Hofstra University office of Admission is hosting an Enrollment Day on Monday, November 19, 2007 from 11 a.m. until 7 p.m. at the Admissions Center, south campus.</description></item><item><date>Nov 13, 2007</date><title>Hofstra Celebrates Community and Global Outreach Month</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/111307_Globaloutreachmonth.html</link><description>An Inter-Faith Food Drive, the California Fire Relief program, and a non-profit human services career fair mark the celebration of Community and Global Outreach Month, a month devoted to connecting the campus community with programs that reach out to others in service.  </description></item><item><date>Nov 13, 2007</date><title>Identity, Religion and Ideology among Muslim Prisoners in Britain </title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/111307_GabrieleMarranci.html</link><description>The crisis of identity among Muslim immigrants and their children and the circumstances that cause Muslims to speak of jihad will be the subject of a lecture at Hofstra by Gabriele Marranci, Ph.D., of the School of Divinity at the University of Aberdeen, Scotland.</description></item><item><date>Nov 12, 2007</date><title>Emergency Awareness Week</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/111207_EmergencyAwarenessWeek.html</link><description>In an attempt to educate the Hofstra community on Hofstra’s emergency notification systems, the University has scheduled Emergency Awareness Week, November 12 -16, 2007. Hofstra’s emergency team will showcase how the Campus Alert Notification Network (C.A.N.N) runs in case of an emergency; the proper procedure practiced for fire drills, and Personal Safety Workshops.  </description></item><item><date>Nov 12, 2007</date><title>HOFSTRA'S "GREAT WRITERS, GREAT READINGS" SERIES CONTINUES ITS FOURTH YEAR WITH EDMUND WHITE</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/111207_edmundwhite.html</link><description>HOFSTRA'S "GREAT WRITERS, GREAT READINGS" SERIES CONTINUES ITS FOURTH YEAR WITH EDMUND WHITE</description></item><item><date>Nov 12, 2007</date><title>HOFSTRA UNIVERSITY PROFESSOR AND PH.D. PROGRAM RECOGNIZED BY INTERNATIONAL AWARD</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/111207_mitchellschare.html</link><description>HOFSTRA UNIVERSITY PROFESSOR AND PH.D. PROGRAM RECOGNIZED BY INTERNATIONAL AWARD</description></item><item><date>Nov 08, 2007</date><title>Distinguished Professorship Established in Honor of Robert E. Brockway '46</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/110807_Brockway.html</link><description>The Robert E. Brockway '46 Endowed Distinguished Professorship in Marketing has been established at Hofstra in honor of the former Hofstra marketing professor and Board of Trustees member.</description></item><item><date>Nov 08, 2007</date><title>Hofstra Team Sets New School Record for Problem Solving in Annual Programming Competition</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/110807_Programming.html</link><description>A team of three students on Sunday set a new Hofstra record for the most problems solved in the 32nd Annual Association for Computing Machinery International Collegiate Programming contest for the greater New York region.</description></item><item><date>Nov 06, 2007</date><title>An Aston Martin Joins the Guest List of Hofstra's James Bond Symposium</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/110607_astonmartin.html</link><description>HOFSTRA CULTURAL CENTER HOSTS JAMES BOND SYMPOSIUM NOVEMBER 7 AND 8; LATEST ADDITION TO THE GUEST LIST - AN ASTON MARTIN COURTESY OF ASTON MARTIN, LONG ISLAND, IN ROSLYN</description></item><item><date>Nov 05, 2007</date><title>Hofstra launches LiveLink live TV feed</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/110507_LiveLink.html</link><description>Hofstra University has launched LiveLink, a new live TV feed that will allow Hofstra faculty and administrators to comment as experts on local and national TV news and talk shows when there is no time, or need, to travel into Manhattan to a network or cable TV studio. </description></item><item><date>Nov 01, 2007</date><title>EDUCATORS FROM SCHOOLS DEVASTATED BY HURRICANES KATRINA AND RITA DISCUSS THE HEALING ROLE OF TEACHERS AND SCHOOLS DURING CATASTROPHIC EVENTS</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/110107_katrina.html</link><description>EDUCATORS FROM SCHOOLS DEVASTATED BY HURRICANES KATRINA AND RITA DISCUSS THE HEALING ROLE OF TEACHERS AND SCHOOLS DURING CATASTROPHIC EVENTS</description></item><item><date>Nov 01, 2007</date><title>Hofstra President Stuart Rabinowitz to be Guest of Honor at Garden City Hotel Tree Lighting  </title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/110107_TreeLighting1.html</link><description>Hofstra University President Stuart Rabinowitz will be the guest of honor at The Garden City Hotel’s Annual Tree Lighting Ceremony on Monday, November 26 beginning at 5:30 p.m.</description></item><item><date>Oct 31, 2007</date><title>Hofstra Celebrates Diversity Awareness Month</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/103107_DiversityAwarenessMonth.html</link><description>True Life: I’m Gay, a Judaism lecture series, the Latin America Leftist Movement and the crisis in Darfur are just a few of the topics that will be explored as part of Hofstra’s celebration of Diversity Awareness Month, a month devoted to recognizing the beauty of human differences and the way it affects all relationships. </description></item><item><date>Oct 31, 2007</date><title>Legendary Broadcaster Dan Ingram to  Speak at Hofstra</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/103107_DanIngram.html</link><description>Hofstra University’s School of Communication and WRHU Radio Hofstra University welcome legendary broadcaster and Hofstra alum (’56) Dan Ingram to discuss, on a live broadcast with WRHU, Personality Radio Past and Present on November 14, 2007 at 7 p.m. in Dempster Hall, Studio A.</description></item><item><date>Oct 31, 2007</date><title>Metropolitan Area Teens Challenged to Document Diversity</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/103107_DocumentingDiversityPremiere.html</link><description>Metropolitan area high school students were challenged to document a culture other than their own as part of an innovative summer program at Hofstra called “Documenting Diversity”.  The world premiere of their documentary films will take place at a red- carpet public screening in a community forum on Friday, November 2, 2007 at 7:15 p.m. in the Sondra and David S. Mack Student Center Theater, located on the North Campus.</description></item><item><date>Oct 30, 2007</date><title>Hofstra Law School: The 2007-2008 Howard Lichtenstein Distinguished  Professorship Of Legal Ethics Lecture Series Presents Carol M. Langford, Attorney, San Francisco, California</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/103007_lichtensteinlecture.html</link><description>Hofstra Law School: The 2007-2008 Howard Lichtenstein Distinguished Professorship Of Legal Ethics Lecture Series Presents Carol M. Langford, Attorney, San Francisco, California</description></item><item><date>Oct 30, 2007</date><title>Hofstra Law School Hosts Local Dimensions of Immigration: Challenges and Opportunities in Our Changing Communities</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/103007_immigrationconf.html</link><description>Hofstra Law School Hosts Local Dimensions of Immigration: Challenges and Opportunities in Our Changing Communities</description></item><item><date>Oct 30, 2007</date><title>Licence to Learn About Bond: Bond, James Bond: The World of 007</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/091707_bond.html</link><description>The Hofstra Cultural Center is presenting a symposium on James Bond - Bond, James Bond: The World of 007 - to take place Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday, November 6, 7, and 8, 2007. </description></item><item><date>Oct 26, 2007</date><title>Hofstra Professor Publishes Book of Essays on His Love for the New York Mets</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/102607_MetsFan.html</link><description>Hofstra English Professor Dana Brand knows about hope, disappointment, and frustration. But he also knows about the joy of amazing comebacks and ultimate victory. He is, after all, a lifelong Mets fan. Now, he has taken his passion for the team and put it into a book of essays called “Mets Fan” (McFarland &amp; Company, Inc, 2007).</description></item><item><date>Oct 25, 2007</date><title>Hofstra's Suburban Studies Center Expands Mission with National Focus </title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/102507_SuburbanStudies.html</link><description>Hofstra University will mark the expanding focus of its National Center for Suburban Studies with a program welcoming its new directors and a day of events focused on America’s suburbs and the 60th anniversary of Levittown.</description></item><item><date>Oct 23, 2007</date><title>Hofstra's ONE Chapter Takes the Lead in Nationwide Campus Challenge</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/102307_ONECampusChallenge.html</link><description>Hofstra’s new student group ONE – Hofstra Chapter has taken the lead in the nationwide ONE Campus Challenge after the first Global Day of Action Challenge. The student group, in its first few weeks of existence, beat out 1,200 other campuses in the challenge to gain the top spot. </description></item><item><date>Oct 23, 2007</date><title>Hofstra University Presents Persuade, Change, Influence: Innovative Multimedia Design from Psyop</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/102307_CCEPA.html</link><description>Hofstra’s new student group ONE – Hofstra Chapter has taken the lead in the nationwide ONE Campus Challenge after the first Global Day of Action Challenge. The student group, in its first few weeks of existence, beat out 1,200 other campuses in the challenge to gain the top spot. </description></item><item><date>Oct 22, 2007</date><title>Hofstra's Day of Dialogue V: Our World, Our Future</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/102207_DayofDialogueV.html</link><description>Hofstra's Day of Dialogue V, a daylong event consisting of  panels, lectures, discussions and performances designed to inform students about and engage them in  the major issues of our time, will take place Wednesday, October 24, 2007 throughout the campus.</description></item><item><date>Oct 16, 2007</date><title>HOFSTRA HOSTS FIFTH ANNUAL MIDDLE SCHOOL HONORS BAND FESTIVAL</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/100507_middleschoolhonorsband.html</link><description>HOFSTRA HOSTS FIFTH ANNUAL MIDDLE SCHOOL HONORS BAND FESTIVAL</description></item><item><date>Oct 16, 2007</date><title>HOFSTRA UNIVERSITY'S CALKINS HALL ROSENBERG GALLERY PRESENTS TEMPORARY PLACES, PAINTINGS BY SHARKA BROD HYLAND</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/101607_hylandexhibit.html</link><description>HOFSTRA UNIVERSITY'S CALKINS HALL ROSENBERG GALLERY PRESENTS TEMPORARY PLACES, PAINTINGS BY SHARKA BROD HYLAND</description></item><item><date>Oct 16, 2007</date><title>Hofstra University Museum Presents Premiere Exhibit of Readers Digest Association Art Collection</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/101607_AfricanAmericanHighlights.html</link><description>The Hofstra University Museum presents an exclusive Long Island engagement of an inaugural exhibition, “African American Highlights from the Readers Digest Association Collection.” This is the first time a selection of the Readers Digest Association Art Collection has been offered for public viewing.  The collection will be on display in the Hofstra University Museum’s - Emily Lowe Gallery, south campus from January 29 through March 20, 2008.</description></item><item><date>Oct 16, 2007</date><title>Hofstra University to Establish New School of Medicine, Partnering with the North Shore-LIJ Health System</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/101607_medschool.html</link><description>Hofstra University President Stuart Rabinowitz and the North Shore-LIJ Health System President and Chief Executive Officer Michael J. Dowling joined today to announce a unique and historic agreement to plan the establishment of a new medical school on Hofstra's campus in Hempstead, New York.</description></item><item><date>Oct 16, 2007</date><title>UNDERSTANDING COLLEGE STUDENT MENTAL HEALTH: THE PSYCHOLOGICAL, INSTITUTIONAL AND LEGAL ISSUES</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/101607_mentalhealth.html</link><description>UNDERSTANDING COLLEGE STUDENT MENTAL HEALTH: THE PSYCHOLOGICAL, INSTITUTIONAL AND LEGAL ISSUES</description></item><item><date>Oct 15, 2007</date><title>Hofstra Marks Alcohol Awareness Week</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/101607_AlcoholAwarenessWeek.html</link><description>Hofstra University’s Alcohol Awareness Week, a week devoted to raising awareness of the misuse of alcohol, features a personal story of triumph, healthier lifestyle choices to have a good time, and an opportunity for the Hofstra community to join together through art and share their stories of how alcohol has impacted their lives.  </description></item><item><date>Oct 15, 2007</date><title>Scott Ritter to Speak at Hofstra</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/101507_ScottRitter.html</link><description>Former United Nations Chief Weapons Inspector Scott Ritter will speak at Hofstra University on Wednesday, October 17, 2007 from 11:15 a.m. to 12:45 p.m. in the Monroe Lecture Center Theater location, California Avenue, south campus. The lecture is sponsored by the Office of the Provost, Hofstra College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, the School of Communication and the Professional Organization in Speech Education (P.O.I.S.E.).</description></item><item><date>Oct 11, 2007</date><title>Gift of Norman E. Kent '71, '75 Creates Allard K. Lowenstein Memorial Civil Rights Scholarship</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/101107_LowensteinKent.html</link><description>Attorney Norman E. Kent '71, '75 has established an endowed scholarship named for his friend Allard K. Lowenstein, the late Long Island congressman and champion of civil rights in the 60s and 70s.</description></item><item><date>Oct 10, 2007</date><title>Hofstra Holds Alpha Site Launch of Video Game Halo 3</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/101007_HaloAlpaLaunch.html</link><description>Hofstra University will hold an Alpha Site Launch of the popular Microsoft game Halo 3 on October 13, 2007 from noon to 5 p.m. in the Greenhouse, located in the basement of the Sondra and David S. Mack Student Center, north campus.  </description></item><item><date>Oct 09, 2007</date><title>HOFSTRA'S "GREAT WRITERS, GREAT READINGS" SERIES CONTINUES ITS FOURTH YEAR WITH KIRAN DESAI</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/10907_desai.html</link><description>HOFSTRA'S "GREAT WRITERS, GREAT READINGS" SERIES CONTINUES ITS FOURTH YEAR WITH KIRAN DESAI</description></item><item><date>Oct 05, 2007</date><title>HOFSTRA'S MARRIAGE AND FAMILY THERAPY CLINIC AT THE JOAN AND ARNOLD SALTZMAN COMMUNITY SERVICES CENTER ANNOUNCES FALL 2007 WORKSHOPS</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/100507_mft.html</link><description>HOFSTRA'S MARRIAGE AND FAMILY THERAPY CLINIC AT THE JOAN AND ARNOLD SALTZMAN COMMUNITY SERVICES CENTER ANNOUNCES FALL 2007 WORKSHOPS</description></item><item><date>Oct 05, 2007</date><title>JOIN THE JETS FOR A BENEFIT DINNER FOR THE JOAN AND ARNOLD SALTZMAN COMMUNITY SERVICES CENTER AT HOFSTRA UNIVERSITY</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/100507_saltzmanbenefit.html</link><description>JOIN THE JETS FOR A BENEFIT DINNER FOR THE JOAN AND ARNOLD SALTZMAN COMMUNITY SERVICES CENTER AT HOFSTRA UNIVERSITY</description></item><item><date>Oct 03, 2007</date><title>Hofstra Marks Domestic Violence Awareness Month</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/100307_DomesticViolence.html</link><description>Hofstra University’s Domestic Violence Awareness Month, a month devoted to raising awareness of domestic violence, features an open mic night, a self defense seminar, a presentation on the impact of media and society on domestic violence and masculinity and an artistic expression workshop.   </description></item><item><date>Oct 03, 2007</date><title>Leading Urban Ecology Scholar to Visit Hofstra </title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/100307_strauss.html</link><description>Eric Strauss, Ph.D., director of Boston College's Environmental Studies Program and science director of its Urban Ecology Institute, will visit Hofstra from Oct. 17-19, 2007 as part of the University's Presidential Scholar program.</description></item><item><date>Oct 02, 2007</date><title>Highlighting Powerful Messages to Loved Ones on the Vietnam Memorial's Web Site, "The Remembered" Has Its World Premiere at Hofstra, October 13 and 14, 2007</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/080907_remembered.html</link><description>The Remembered, a performance compilation of messages from family and friends of soldiers killed during the Vietnam War, will have its world premiere at Hofstra University’s John Cranford Adams Playhouse, October 13 and 14, 2007. </description></item><item><date>Oct 02, 2007</date><title>TWENTY-TWO DANISH STUDENTS TO VISIT HOFSTRA UNIVERSITY TO SAMPLE LIFE AT A SUBURBAN COLLEGE CAMPUS</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/10207_denmark.html</link><description>Denmark Student Exchange</description></item><item><date>Sep 28, 2007</date><title>Visions for a Non-Violent Future: International exhibits at Hofstra highlight efforts for peace</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/092807_CCEExhibits.html</link><description>Two international exhibits that explore efforts to secure peace and end violence will be on display at Hofstra University from October 2-27, 2007 in the first-floor lobbies of C.V. Starr Hall, California Avenue, south campus.</description></item><item><date>Sep 27, 2007</date><title>Radio Hofstra University Celebrates 20 years with Hofstra's Polka Queen</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/092707_PolkaQueen.html</link><description>Radio Hofstra University Celebrates 20 years with Hofstra's Polka Queen</description></item><item><date>Sep 26, 2007</date><title>HOFSTRA CULTURAL CENTER ANNOUNCES LINEUP FOR FALL 2007 JOSEPH G. ASTMAN INTERNATIONAL CONCERT SERIES</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/092607_astmanconcerts.html</link><description>HOFSTRA CULTURAL CENTER ANNOUNCES LINEUP FOR FALL 2007 JOSEPH G. ASTMAN INTERNATIONAL CONCERT SERIES</description></item><item><date>Sep 26, 2007</date><title>HOFSTRA UNIVERSITY'S DEPARTMENT OF DRAMA AND DANCE ANNOUNCES FALL 2007 PERFORMANCE SCHEDULE</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/092607_dramadept.html</link><description>HOFSTRA UNIVERSITY'S DEPARTMENT OF DRAMA AND DANCE ANNOUNCES FALL 2007 PERFORMANCE SCHEDULE</description></item><item><date>Sep 26, 2007</date><title>HOFSTRA UNIVERSITY DEPARTMENT OF MUSIC ANNOUNCES FALL 2007 CONCERT SCHEDULE</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/092607_musicdept.html</link><description>Fall 2007 Music Department Schedule</description></item><item><date>Sep 22, 2007</date><title>SHINING A LIGHT ON BANNED BOOKS</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/092206_BannedBooks.html</link><description>Students, faculty and community residents will read from books that have been challenged or banned from libraries and schools as part of a nationwide celebration of intellectual freedom known as Banned Book Week.</description></item><item><date>Sep 20, 2007</date><title>Giving Voice to Intellectual Freedom</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/092007_BannedBooks.html</link><description>The Hofstra University Library will celebrate intellectual freedom during Banned Book Week with readings by students, faculty and community residents from books that have been challenged or banned from libraries and schools.</description></item><item><date>Sep 20, 2007</date><title>Hofstra Honors Hispanic Heritage Month</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/092007_HispanicHeritageMonth.html</link><description>Hofstra University honors Hispanic Heritage Month, a month devoted to recognizing Hispanic heritage and culture, with a number of multi-cultural events that pay tribute to the Hispanic heritage and showcase the contributions Hispanics have made to society.</description></item><item><date>Sep 20, 2007</date><title>Hofstra Museum Explores Suburbia with the 60th Anniversary of Levittown</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/092007_MuseumSuburbia.html</link><description>The Hofstra University Museum presents Photographing Suburbia: Crewdson, Owens and Weiner, a photographic exhibit in conjunction with the 60th anniversary of the establishment of Levittown, in the Hofstra University Museum's Rachel and Irwin A. Lowenfield Conference and Exhibition Hall on the 10th floor of the Joan and David E. Axinn Library, south campus from September 24 through December 9, 2007.</description></item><item><date>Sep 20, 2007</date><title>Hofstra to host first indoor/outdoor Arboretum Flower &amp; Garden Show</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/092007_FlowerandGardenShow.html</link><description>Hofstra to host first indoor/outdoor Arboretum Flower &amp; Garden Show</description></item><item><date>Sep 19, 2007</date><title>Hofstra establishes the Wilbur F. Breslin Center for Real Estate Studies</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/091907_BreslinCenter.html</link><description>President Stuart Rabinowitz today announced the establishment of the Wilbur F. Breslin Center for Real Estate Studies at Hofstra University.  This new, interdisciplinary center for the study of real estate brings together the expertise of Hofstra’s Frank G. Zarb School of Business and the School of Law, as well as the Institute of Real Estate at Hofstra University.  The Center will provide real estate professionals, municipal officials, developers and the public with information, education and scholarly analysis about the complex issues important in the real estate field.   </description></item><item><date>Sep 18, 2007</date><title>Hofstra to present program at Lloyd Manor on African American history on Long Island</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/091807_BlackHistory.html</link><description>African American history on Long Island is the theme of a Hofstra program to be presented at historic Joseph Lloyd Manor in Lloyd Harbor on Saturday, October 13, 2007 from 1 to 4 p.m.</description></item><item><date>Sep 17, 2007</date><title>"The Shameful Times of Torture and Terror": A Lecture by Temma Kaplan</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/091807_temmakaplan.html</link><description>“The Shameful Times of Torture and Terror” A Lecture by Temma Kaplan</description></item><item><date>Sep 17, 2007</date><title>Conference to Examine the Search for the "Queer Exotic"as a Means of Self-Discovery</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/091707_QueerExoticism.html</link><description>The search for the exotic as a means of finding ourselves is a central them in the conference “Queer Exoticism,” which will be held at Hofstra Thursday, October 11 and Friday, October 12, 2007 in the Lowenfeld Conference and Exhibition Hall, 10th Floor, Joan and Donald E. Axinn Library, south campus.</description></item><item><date>Sep 17, 2007</date><title>Hofstra's "Great Writers, Great Readings Series" Continues With Antonio Cisneros</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/091807_cisneros.html</link><description>HOFSTRA’S “GREAT WRITERS, GREAT READINGS” SERIES CONTINUES ITS FOURTH YEAR WITH ANTONIO CISNEROS</description></item><item><date>Sep 17, 2007</date><title>HOFSTRA CELEBRATES HOMECOMING "PASSPORT TO THE WORLD," SATURDAY, OCTOBER 6, 2007</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/091807_homecoming.html</link><description>HOFSTRA CELEBRATES HOMECOMING "PASSPORT TO THE WORLD," SATURDAY, OCTOBER 6, 2007</description></item><item><date>Sep 17, 2007</date><title>Hofstra Conference to Examine the Politics of Religion-Making</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/091707_ReligionMaking.html</link><description>An international gathering of religion scholars will take place at Hofstra next month to discuss the historical and contemporary politics of “religion-making,” the process by which religions are imagined, materialized, commodified and reified locally and internationally.</description></item><item><date>Sep 17, 2007</date><title>Hofstra Law School Hosts Sixth Biannual Legal Ethics Conference "Lawyering at the Edge: Unpopular Clients, Difficult Cases, Zealous Advocates"</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/091807_ethicsconference.html</link><description>Hofstra Law School Hosts Sixth Biannual Legal Ethics Conference "Lawyering at the Edge: Unpopular Clients, Difficult Cases, Zealous Advocates"</description></item><item><date>Sep 17, 2007</date><title>HOFSTRA UNIVERSITY'S IDEAS INSTITUTE LAUNCHES FALL 2007 LECTURE SERIES</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/091807_ideasextracurricular.html</link><description>HOFSTRA UNIVERSITYS IDEAS INSTITUTE LAUNCHES FALL 2007 LECTURE SERIES</description></item><item><date>Sep 14, 2007</date><title>HOFSTRA BREAKS GROUND FOR NEW 225-BED GRADUATE RESIDENCE</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/091406_GraduateResidence.html</link><description>Hofstra University this week broke ground on a $23 million residence for graduate and law students, reflecting a growing demand for on-campus housing. The 225-bed, five-story structure, scheduled to open in January 2008, will feature suites with small kitchens.</description></item><item><date>Sep 11, 2007</date><title>"Safer Homes, More Livable Communities: Design Strategies for Aging in Place"</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/091107_gerontologyconference.html</link><description>Safer Homes, More Livable Communities: Design Strategies for Aging in Place</description></item><item><date>Sep 10, 2007</date><title>Engineering Professor Wins Three-year National Science Foundation Grant to Modify Technical Studies Curricula to Attract More Women</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/091007_MargaretHunterNSF.html</link><description>Dr. Margaret Hunter of Hofstra’s Engineering Department has been awarded almost $725,000 over three years by the National Science Foundation to develop a transferable framework to adapt a broad range of existing curricula to attract more women to technical studies such as engineering, physics and mathematics. </description></item><item><date>Sep 10, 2007</date><title>HOFSTRA ITALIAN FESTIVAL CELEBRATES 15TH YEAR ON SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 2007</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/081407_italianfestival.html</link><description>Hofstra University hosts the 15th Annual Italian Experience on Sunday, September 16, 2007, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. outdoors on the South Campus. The Italian Experience has grown to be a popular Long Island tradition, as well as one of the largest festivals of its kind in the United States, celebrating Italy’s gifts of culture, education and commerce to America. As in the past, the Italian Experience will feature a full itinerary of crafts, live entertainment and food.</description></item><item><date>Sep 07, 2007</date><title>Charlie Kaye, Executive Producer for News at CBS Radio, to speak at Hofstra University</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/090707_HRAACharlieKaye.html</link><description>The Hofstra Arboretum will celebrate Arbor Day on Friday, April 27, 2007 by planting a new “Dove Tree” with the help of preschoolers from Hofstra’s Diane Lindner-Goldberg Child Care Institute at the Saltzman Community Services Center.</description></item><item><date>Sep 07, 2007</date><title>Hofstra Students to Run for Charity</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/090707_HUHCRace.html</link><description>Students from Hofstra's Honors College and the Health Services program will kick off the new semester by raising money for leukemia research while taking part in the Ocean-to-Sound Relay Race on Sunday, Sept. 9, 2007.</description></item><item><date>Sep 07, 2007</date><title>International Photojournalist to Visit Middle East Studies Class at Hofstra</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/090707_KarimBenKhelifa.html</link><description>International photographer Karim Ben Khelifa, who has shot for The New York Times, The Washington Post, Stern Magazine (Germany), LeMonde (France) and The Guardian (Great Britain) and other publications, will speak to Prof. Daniel Varisco’s Middle East Studies class on Tuesday, Sept. 11 from 9:35-11 a.m. in Breslin Hall 217.</description></item><item><date>Sep 06, 2007</date><title>Hofstra Researcher-in-Residence Piped Ashore in Naval Retirement Ceremony</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/090607_ZaganoNavalRetirement.html</link><description>Hofstra senior research associate-in-residence Phyllis Zagano was officially retired as a commander in the U. S. Navy recently in a tradition-rich ceremony at Point Lookout, Long Island. </description></item><item><date>Aug 30, 2007</date><title>Hofstra University Museum's Fall Schedule Features Talk, Tours and Truth</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/083007_MuseumFall07.html</link><description>The Hofstra University Museum will be offering Art and Dialogue, Lectures, Public and Education Programs along with a unique and dynamic exhibition schedule for eager art fans in the Fall 07 schedule. </description></item><item><date>Aug 30, 2007</date><title>Major New Study of Unionization in New York City and Long Island Finds Union Gains, But Sharp Differences in Trends</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/083007_UnionStudy.html</link><description>Union membership has increased in both New York City and Long Island since the late 1990s, but at different rates and more slowly than overall employment. That’s one surprising conclusion of  The State of New York Unions 2007, a new report by Hofstra’s Center for the Study of Labor &amp; Democracy (CLD), released on the 125th Labor Day anniversary.</description></item><item><date>Aug 29, 2007</date><title>Hofstra's Astronomy Outreach Program Wins NASA Grant to Bring Stars to Hospitalized Kids</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/082907_NASAGrant.html</link><description>NASA has awarded $50,000 to Hofstra’s Astronomy Outreach Program to bring star-gazing and hands-on astronomy activities to children receiving medical treatment at the Hagedorn Pediatric Inpatient Center at Winthrop University Hospital.</description></item><item><date>Aug 29, 2007</date><title>Hofstra Celebrates Welcome Week '07</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/082907_WelcomeWeek07.html</link><description>Hofstra first year and transfer students arriving on campus tomorrow will be greeted by upper classmen, advisers, administrators and a host of activities aimed at easing their transition to college life.</description></item><item><date>Aug 23, 2007</date><title>Dr. Balbinder Singh Bhogal named Sardarni Kuljit Kaur Bindra Chair in Sikh Studies</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/082307_SikhStudies.html</link><description>Balbinder Singh Bhogal, Ph.D., has been appointed the Sardarni Kuljit Kaur Bindra Chair in Sikh Studies at Hofstra University, President Stuart Rabinowitz announced today.</description></item><item><date>Aug 23, 2007</date><title>HOFSTRA UNIVERSITY MOURNS THE LOSS OF DR. FRANK BOWE, LONGTIME PROFESSOR AND RENOWNED CHAMPION OF PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/082307_frankbowe.html</link><description>HOFSTRA UNIVERSITY MOURNS THE LOSS OF DR. FRANK BOWE, LONGTIME PROFESSOR AND RENOWNED CHAMPION OF PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES</description></item><item><date>Aug 22, 2007</date><title>HOFSTRA'S "GREAT WRITERS, GREAT READINGS" SERIES LAUNCHES ITS FOURTH YEAR WITH RENOWNED IRISH POET EAVAN BOLAND</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/082207_evanboland.html</link><description>HOFSTRA’S “GREAT WRITERS, GREAT READINGS” SERIES LAUNCHES ITS FOURTH YEAR WITH RENOWNED IRISH POET EAVAN BOLAND</description></item><item><date>Aug 22, 2007</date><title>HOFSTRA STUDENT AND OCEANSIDE RESIDENT DANIELLE REED SELECTED TO REPRESENT THE NASSAU COUNTY SONS OF ITALY LODGES IN THE LI AND NYC COLUMBUS DAY PARADES</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/090707_italianqueen.html</link><description>HOFSTRA STUDENT AND OCEANSIDE RESIDENT DANIELLE REED SELECTED TO REPRESENT THE NASSAU COUNTY SONS OF ITALY LODGES IN THE LI AND NYC COLUMBUS DAY PARADES</description></item><item><date>Aug 20, 2007</date><title>Hofstra University Creates a Comprehensive Emergency Communications Structure</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/082007_EmergencyCommunications.html</link><description>Hofstra University President Stuart Rabinowitz today announced a five part comprehensive plan to enhance Hofstra’s emergency communications structure.</description></item><item><date>Aug 17, 2007</date><title>Irwin Kellner to Retire from Hofstra</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/081707_KellnerRetires.html</link><description>Dr. Irwin Kellner, Hofstra University’s Weller Professor of Economics, will retire from the University effective August 31. Dr. Kellner has been associated with Hofstra since 1997, where he has taught classes in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, the Honors College, as well as the Zarb School of Business and was the author of the widely-read Economic Report.</description></item><item><date>Aug 15, 2007</date><title>Office of Admission Hosting Enrollment Services Day</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/081507_ESDAug21.html</link><description>The Hofstra University Office of Admission is hosting an Enrollment Services day on Tuesday, August 21st from 11 a.m. until 7 p.m.</description></item><item><date>Aug 13, 2007</date><title>Newsday Editorial Writer Lawrence C. Levy to Head Hofstra's Center for Suburban Studies</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/081307_LarryLevy.html</link><description>Hofstra University President Stuart Rabinowitz today announced the appointment of Lawrence C. Levy as the new executive director of the Center for Suburban Studies, effective September 1, 2007.  Mr. Levy has most recently served as senior editorial writer, member of the Editorial Board and columnist for Newsday.  </description></item><item><date>Aug 09, 2007</date><title>Hofstra Gray Wig Presents Rodgers and Hammerstein's "Oklahoma!"</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/080907_oklahoma.html</link><description>The Hofstra Gray Wig theater group will present Rodgers and Hammerstein’s classic musical Oklahoma! weekends, September 1 to 16, 2007, at the John Cranford Adams Playhouse, South Campus. </description></item><item><date>Aug 07, 2007</date><title>Office of Admission Hosting Enrollment Services Day</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/080207_ESDAug14.html</link><description>The Hofstra University Office of Admission is hosting an Enrollment Services day on Tuesday, August 14th from 9 a.m. until 3 p.m.</description></item><item><date>Aug 02, 2007</date><title>Office of Admission Hosting Enrollment Services Day</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/080207_ESDAug07.html</link><description>The Hofstra University Office of Admission is hosting an Enrollment Services day on August 7, 2007, from 11 a.m. until 7 p.m.</description></item><item><date>Jul 30, 2007</date><title>Graduate Admissions To Host Open House</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/073007_GradOpenHouse081407.html</link><description>The Office of Graduate Admissions will be hosting an Open House on The Office of Graduate Admissions will host an Open House on Tuesday, August 14, 2007 from 6 p.m. until 8 p.m., in CV Starr Hall, off California Avenue, south campus.</description></item><item><date>Jul 26, 2007</date><title>HOFSTRA UNIVERSITY ANNOUNCES HAGEDORN TEACHER FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/072607_hagedornfellowship.html</link><description>HOFSTRA UNIVERSITY ANNOUNCES HAGEDORN TEACHER FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM</description></item><item><date>Jul 25, 2007</date><title>HOFSTRA SYMPOSIUM TO LOOK AT THE LEGACY OF SEPTEMBER 11, 2001</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/072506_Sept11Symposium1.html</link><description>On the eve of the fifth anniversary September 11, 2001, Hofstra University will host a half-day symposium on how the tragic events of that day forever changed us and how it will continue to be remembered.</description></item><item><date>Jul 25, 2007</date><title>Metropolitan Area Teens Challenged to Document Diversity</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/072507_DocumentingDiversity.html</link><description>Metropolitan area high school students will be introduced and challenged to document a culture other than their own as part of an innovative summer program at Hofstra called “Documenting Diversity”.  Phil Rosenthal, Hofstra alumnus and producer of “Everybody Loves Raymond,” helped fund the second year of the program with a grant from the Phil and Monica Rosenthal Foundation.</description></item><item><date>Jul 24, 2007</date><title>HOFSTRA ADJUNCT INSTRUCTOR MARY KENNEDY CARTER RECEIVES EDUCATOR OF THE YEAR AWARD AT THE FREEPORT/ROOSEVELT NAACP ANNUAL FREEDOM FUND DINNER DANCE</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/072407_marycarter.html</link><description>Mary Kennedy Carter received the Educator of the Year award from the Freeport/Roosevelt NAACP at their annual Freedom Fund Dinner Dance</description></item><item><date>Jul 24, 2007</date><title>Hofstra Entertainment Presents LI Premiere of "Cafe Coward"</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/072407_cafecoward.html</link><description>HOFSTRA ENTERTAINMENT PRESENTS THE LONG ISLAND PREMIERE OF CAFÉ COWARD</description></item><item><date>Jul 24, 2007</date><title>HOFSTRA EXPANDS STUDIES IN PERSIAN LANGUAGE</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/072407_persian.html</link><description>HOFSTRA EXPANDS STUDIES IN PERSIAN LANGUAGE</description></item><item><date>Jul 24, 2007</date><title>Office of Admission Hosting Enrollment Services Day</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/072407_ESDJuly31.html</link><description>The Hofstra University office of Admission is hosting an Enrollment Services day on Tuesday, July 31, 2007, from 9 a.m. until 3 p.m.</description></item><item><date>Jul 23, 2007</date><title>Giving Thanks, Gaining a Positive Outlook</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/072307_Gratitude.html</link><description>Students who counted their blessings and acknowledged the things they were grateful for reported higher levels of well-being than those who did not, a study by a Hofstra psychologist found.</description></item><item><date>Jul 23, 2007</date><title>Hofstra Professor Serving as Consultant for Movie Inspired by Her Book</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/072307_MightyMacs.html</link><description>“Our Lady of Victory” is the story of the Immaculata College Mighty Macs championship women’s basketball team</description></item><item><date>Jul 18, 2007</date><title>Office of Admission Hosting Enrollment Services Day</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/071807_ESDJuly24.html</link><description>The Hofstra University office of Admission is hosting an Enrollment Services day on Tuesday, July 24, 2007, from 11 a.m. until 7 p.m. </description></item><item><date>Jul 11, 2007</date><title>DISTINGUISHED FACULTY MEMBER NAMED NEW DEAN OF HOFSTRA HONORS COLLEGE</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/071107_warrenfrisina.html</link><description>DISTINGUISHED FACULTY MEMBER NAMED NEW DEAN OF HOFSTRA HONORS COLLEGE</description></item><item><date>Jul 11, 2007</date><title>Hofstra Professors Weigh in on Michael Moore's "Sicko"</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/071107_sicko.html</link><description>DISTINGUISHED FACULTY MEMBER NAMED NEW DEAN OF HOFSTRA HONORS COLLEGE</description></item><item><date>Jul 03, 2007</date><title>Hofstra Museum Debuts An Art Historical Sweep</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/070307_AmericanPerspectives.html</link><description>The Hofstra University Museum presents American Perspectives: 1907-1992, an art historical sweep that encompasses the predominant art movements of the 20th century, in the Emily Lowe Gallery from September 4 – December 14, 2007.</description></item><item><date>Jul 02, 2007</date><title>Sex and Love in Jewish Literature</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/070207_JewishLiterature.html</link><description>Phillip Roth’s “Portnoy’s Complaint” will kick off a reading and discussion series at Hofstra University this fall that looks at love and desire in modern Jewish fiction.</description></item><item><date>Jun 28, 2007</date><title>School of Education and Allied Human Services Celebrates FLPS Saturday Program</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/061507_flpscelebration.html</link><description>School of Education and Allied Human Services Celebrates FLPS Saturday Program</description></item><item><date>Jun 26, 2007</date><title>Graduate Admissions To Host Open House</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/062607_GradOpenHouse71907.html</link><description>The Office of Graduate Admissions will be hosting an Open House on Thursday, July 19, 2007 from 6-8 p.m. in CV Starr Hall, off California Avenue, south campus.</description></item><item><date>Jun 26, 2007</date><title>Hofstra Journalism Student Earns Top Honors at Competition</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/062607_KimSaltmarshHearst.html</link><description>School of Communication journalism student Kim Saltmarsh, junior, took second place honors at The Hearst National Radio Broadcast News Awards for the 2006-2007 competition. Kim is one of the youngest participants ever to place so high in the competition. </description></item><item><date>Jun 26, 2007</date><title>Hofstra University's Zarb School of Business and Commerce Bank's "Camp Business" Gives High School Students A Real Life Glimpse into the Business World</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/061507_CampBusiness.html</link><description>New York's future business leaders will have the opportunity to uncover the world of business at "Camp Business – A Competitive and Fun Introduction to Business," a free, two-week, hands-on summer business camp.  The unique camp offers top high school students a realistic glimpse at business and helps them develop their entrepreneurial skills. The program is sponsored by Commerce Bank and Hofstra University’s Zarb School of Business. </description></item><item><date>Jun 26, 2007</date><title>Office of Admission Hosting Enrollment Services Day</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/062607_ESDJuly10.html</link><description>The Hofstra University Office of Admission is hosting an Enrollment Services day on Tuesday, July 10, 2007, from 11 a.m. until 7 p.m.</description></item><item><date>Jun 25, 2007</date><title>Hofstra Marriage and Family Therapy Clinic Presents Caring for Caregivers</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/062507_caringforcargivers.html</link><description>Saltzman Community Services Center Offers "Caring for Caregivers" workshop series</description></item><item><date>Jun 25, 2007</date><title>HOFSTRA PROFESSOR ROBERT LEONARD HEADS UNIVERSITY'S FORENSIC LINGUISTICS PROJECT</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/062507_robertleonard.html</link><description>Dr. Robert Leonard to appear on Court TV</description></item><item><date>Jun 23, 2007</date><title>DR. JULIE BYRNE NAMED TO MSGR. THOMAS J. HARTMAN CHAIR FOR CATHOLIC STUDIES</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/prelease_page.html</link><description>Julie Byrne, Ph.D., an assistant professor of religion at Duke University, has been named to the new Msgr. Thomas J. Hartman Chair for Catholic Studies, President Stuart Rabinowitz announced today.</description></item><item><date>Jun 22, 2007</date><title>Hofstra Hillel named Student Group of the Year</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/062207_Hillel.html</link><description>Hofstra University Hillel was recently named Student Group of the Year, 2006-2007, by Hofstra’s Student Government Association.  This is the third time in four years Hofstra Hillel has won this award.</description></item><item><date>Jun 22, 2007</date><title>Office of Admission Hosting Enrollment Services Day</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/062207_ESDJune26.html</link><description>The Hofstra University Office of Admission is hosting an Enrollment Services day on Tuesday, June 26, 2007, from 9 a.m. until 3 p.m.</description></item><item><date>Jun 21, 2007</date><title>PETER S. KALIKOW ENDOWS PRESIDENTIAL STUDIES CENTER AND FACULTY CHAIR WITH $3.5 MILLION GIFT</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/062106_PresidentialStudies.html</link><description>Hofstra University's national reputation for presidential studies has been greatly enhanced through the establishment of a center to study the American presidency and the creation of an endowed chair in presidential studies, both funded by a $3.5 million gift from trustee and alumnus Peter S. Kalikow, President Stuart Rabinowitz announced today.</description></item><item><date>Jun 20, 2007</date><title>Graduate Admissions To Host Open House</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/062007_GradOpenHouse621.html</link><description>The Office of Graduate Admissions will be hosting an Open House on Thursday, June 21, 2007 from 6-8 p.m. in CV Starr Hall, off California Avenue, south campus.</description></item><item><date>Jun 19, 2007</date><title>Lainie Kazan Teaches Students the Art of Acting for Television and Film</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/061907_LaineKazanvisitingscholar.html</link><description>Lainie Kazan, a Hofstra alum, is teaching an Acting for Television and Film course as a Visiting Scholar until Thursday June 21, 2007.</description></item><item><date>Jun 18, 2007</date><title>Is That Your Final Answer?</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/061407_GradOnMillionaire.html</link><description>Andrea Tipton-Rudolph, a Hofstra graduate student in the School of Education and Allied Human Services, will be a hot seat contestant on the popular game show, "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire"</description></item><item><date>Jun 15, 2007</date><title>HOFSTRA ENTERTAINMENT PRESENTS SEUSSICAL, THE MUSICAL</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/061507_seussical.html</link><description>HOFSTRA ENTERTAINMENT PRESENTS SEUSSICAL, THE MUSICAL</description></item><item><date>Jun 11, 2007</date><title>GIRLS FROM ROOSEVELT JUNIOR/SENIOR SCHOOLS CELEBRATED THE POWER OF THE PEN AT YOUNG WOMEN'S WRITING PROJECT AT HOFSTRA, JUNE 15</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/061107_rooseveltwritingproject.html</link><description>Young Women's Writing Project Celebrates Its 2007 Graduation</description></item><item><date>Jun 11, 2007</date><title>HOFSTRA UNIVERSITY'S ENGLISH DEPARTMENT, CREATIVE WRITING PROGRAM AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE FOR CONTINUING EDUCATION PRESENT THE 33RD ANNUAL SUMMER WRITING WORKSHOPS, JULY 9 TO 20</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/061207_summerwriting.html</link><description>33rd Annual Summer Writing Workshops, July 9 to 20, 2007</description></item><item><date>Jun 11, 2007</date><title>The Rockefeller Drug Laws: Where to From Here? How Do We Continue to Push for Real Reform?</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/061107_rockefellerlaws.html</link><description>Lecture on the Rockefeller Drug Laws</description></item><item><date>Jun 07, 2007</date><title>Office of Admission Hosting Enrollment Services Day</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/060707_ESDJune16.html</link><description>The Hofstra University office of Admission is hosting an Enrollment Services day on Tuesday, June 19, 2007, from 11 a.m. until 7 p.m.</description></item><item><date>Jun 06, 2007</date><title>Outlet Developer Steven Tanger to Address Hofstra Institute of Real Estate Luncheon</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/060607_StevenTanger.html</link><description>Steven Tanger, president and chief operating officer of Tanger Factory Outlet Centers, Inc., will be the keynote speaker at an Institute of Real Estate at Hofstra luncheon on Thursday, June 14, 2007 from 11:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m. in the Rochelle and Irwin A. Lowenfeld Conference and Exhibition Hall, 10th floor, Joan and Donald E. Axinn Library, south campus.</description></item><item><date>Jun 05, 2007</date><title>HOFSTRA ENTERTAINMENT PRESENTS LAINIE KAZAN IN CONCERT</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/051107_lainiekazan.html</link><description>Hofstra alumna Lainie Kazan to perform at Hofstra June 9 and 10, 2007</description></item><item><date>Jun 05, 2007</date><title>HUNDREDS OF MIDDLE SCHOOL AND HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS PARTICIPATE IN SECOND ANNUAL LOWER MANHATTAN SLAVERY WALKING TOUR</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/052507_SlaveryWalkingTour.html</link><description>The high school students and the teachers will tour sites in lower Manhattan known to have played a role in America’s slave trade centuries ago. </description></item><item><date>May 31, 2007</date><title>Hofstra Names New Dean of Students.</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/053107_PeterLibman.html</link><description>Peter Libman has been appointed Hofstra University’s dean of students, effective May 21, 2007, University President Stuart Rabinowitz announced</description></item><item><date>May 31, 2007</date><title>Tree Lovers Unite!</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/053107_NYArboristsTreeClimbers.html</link><description>Hofstra’s arboretum transformed into a playground for tree lovers of all ages on Saturday, June 2, 2007 as the campus hosts the New York State Arborists 13th Annual Tree Climbing Competition.</description></item><item><date>May 30, 2007</date><title>Hofstra Journalism Students Earn Top Honors at Competition</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/053007_NewsdayJRNLAwards.html</link><description>Hofstra’s School of Communication journalism students Chris Vaccaro, Natasha Clark, Jesse Webster, Amanda DeCamp, Margaret Harvlyruk, Holly Nikeodem, Ashley Gray, Jacqueline Hlavenka and Mike Sisak took first and second place honors at The Newsday School of Journalism Awards for the 2005-2006 competition, more than any other Long Island college in the competition.</description></item><item><date>May 29, 2007</date><title>Hofstra University's Department of Engineering Announces its 2007 Engineering High School Student of the Month Award Winners</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/052907_esom_2007.html</link><description>Hofstra University’s Department of Engineering, which has been offering ABET-accredited degree programs since 1971, has recognized 14 outstanding high school juniors this year with its annual Hofstra Engineering High School Student of the Month Award. </description></item><item><date>May 22, 2007</date><title>Frank G. Zarb School of Business to hold M.B.A. Information Session</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/052207_ZSOBMBAInfo.html</link><description>The Frank G. Zarb School of Business will hold an M.B.A. Information session on Thursday, May 24, 2007 from 6 to 8 p.m.</description></item><item><date>May 17, 2007</date><title>HOFSTRA'S GRAY WIG THEATER PRESENTS THE WORLD PREMIERE OF "TESS"</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/051707_tess.html</link><description>Gray Wig premieres Tess, a new musical</description></item><item><date>May 16, 2007</date><title>HOFSTRA DANCE STUDENT FETED FOR ORIGINAL DANCE COMPOSITION AT THE AMERICAN DANCE COLLEGE FESTIVAL</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/051607_dancefestival.html</link><description>Hofstra dance major wins acclaim at Northeast Dance Festival</description></item><item><date>May 16, 2007</date><title>Hofstra Students Compete in Film Festival for $6,000 in Industry Awards</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/051607_StudentFilmFestival.html</link><description>Hofstra film students will compete this week in the annual Hofstra Student Film Festival for $6,000 in industry awards from Kodak, Avid, Fuji, Final Draft, The Lab-Moving Image, Du-All Camera, Gotham Sound, Nice Shoes, TCI, and Tiffen Filters.  All 29 films were produced in conjunction with film classes at the University’s School of Communication. </description></item><item><date>May 16, 2007</date><title>HOFSTRA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF EDUCATION AND ALLIED HUMAN SERVICES TO LAUNCH A NEW DOCTORATE IN LEARNING AND TEACHING</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/051607_teachingandlearningdoctorate.html</link><description>School of Education launches new doctoral program</description></item><item><date>May 14, 2007</date><title>Hofstra's Speech and Debate Team Earns Top Honors At Competition</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/051407_SpeechDebateTeam.html</link><description>Hofstra University’s Speech and Debate Team placed third overall in the Great Eastern Seaboard Forensics Tournament on April 27-28, 2007. In addition to their third place overall finish, senior Sid Nathan placed fourth overall, junior Allison Bishop placed third in Prose Interpretation and senior Megan Kirkpatrick placed first in Persuasive Speaking.</description></item><item><date>May 14, 2007</date><title>Hofstra team to excavate slave quarter at historic Joseph Lloyd Manor</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/051407_LloydManor.html</link><description>A team headed by Hofstra anthropology Prof. Chris Matthews, Ph.D., and including students from Hofstra and other colleges, this summer will begin excavating a Lloyd Harbor site believed to be an 18th century slave quarter.</description></item><item><date>May 09, 2007</date><title>11th Annual Gala Ball Honors Frank and Patricia Zarb</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/051007_galasuccess.html</link><description>11th Annual Gala a Great Success</description></item><item><date>May 09, 2007</date><title>HOFSTRA GEARS UP FOR SPRING COMMENCEMENT 2007</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/052007_commencement.html</link><description>HOFSTRA GEARS UP FOR SPRING COMMENCEMENT 2007</description></item><item><date>May 09, 2007</date><title>Hofstra student wins Fulbright Fellowship</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/050907_Fulbright.html</link><description>Hofstra student Mary Ellen Van Wie, a graduating senior and German major, has received a prestigious Fulbright grant to spend next year in Bonn, Germany doing research in the field of German literature and language. </description></item><item><date>May 09, 2007</date><title>MAKING COLLEGE A POSSIBILITY AND A PRIORITY</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/050907_centralislp.html</link><description>School of Ed partners with Reed Middle School in Central Islip</description></item><item><date>May 09, 2007</date><title>Surprising Findings about the Lives of Baby Boomers and Their Parents</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/050907_BabyBoomers.html</link><description>Hofstra student Mary Ellen Van Wie, a graduating senior and German major, has received a prestigious Fulbright grant to spend next year in Bonn, Germany doing research in the field of German literature and language. </description></item><item><date>May 08, 2007</date><title>SPEND THE EARLY SUMMER DANCING</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/050807_summerdance.html</link><description>Department of Drama and Dance Offers Summer Session I Programs in Tap and Modern Dance 2007</description></item><item><date>May 05, 2007</date><title>Hofstra Celebrates A Day of Peace</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/050407_DayofPeace.html</link><description>Hofstra University students unite to celebrate and raise awareness of global peace with a day of activities and events. On Wednesday, May 9, 2007 Hofstra University’s Progressive Student Union in collaboration with the Office of Student Activities and numerous student groups, will kick off the day’s activities with a Drum Circle featuring Hofstra musicians and professors playing a variety of world instruments, starting at 11:15 a.m.</description></item><item><date>May 03, 2007</date><title>Hofstra Trading Room to be dedicated in honor of Martin B. Greenberg</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/050307_TradingRoom.html</link><description>The Trading Room at Hofstra, a state-of-the-art facility that gives faculty and students access to the same market data, analysis and news available to professional traders in financial institutions, will be dedicated Monday, May 7 in honor of Hofstra trustee and alumnus Martin B. Greenberg.</description></item><item><date>May 01, 2007</date><title>Hofstra MBA students sweep NYMEX Commodity Challenge Competition</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/050107_NYMEXFinal.html</link><description>Hofstra MBA students took the top four places and six of the top 10 spots in the New York Mercantile Exchange (NYMEX) simulated trading competition on Friday, April 27, 2007, Frank G. Zarb School of Business Dean Salvatore F.  Sodano announced today. </description></item><item><date>Apr 27, 2007</date><title>Business Prof. Harold Lazarus to be honored with endowed chair in his name</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/042707_LazarusChair.html</link><description>Harold “Hal” Lazarus, one of Hofstra University’s longest tenured professors and a former dean of the Frank G. Zarb School of Business, will be honored Monday with an endowed chair in his name, Hofstra President Stuart Rabinowitz announced.</description></item><item><date>Apr 27, 2007</date><title>Commission on Presidential Debates makes site visit to Hofstra University</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/042707_PresidentialDebate.html</link><description>The Commission on Presidential Debates met with Hofstra officials and local political leaders yesterday as part of Hofstra’s bid to host a 2008 presidential or vice presidential debate. Hofstra is the only site being considered in New York State.</description></item><item><date>Apr 26, 2007</date><title>Hofstra Film Student Remembered Through Annual Telethon</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/042607_MaxKolb.html</link><description>Hofstra’s School of Communication will air “The 6th Annual Friends of Max Kolb Telethon” on April 29, 2007 from 10 p.m. to 12 a.m. on Hofstra’s closed circuit television Channel 35 and at www.friendsofmaxkolb.com.  </description></item><item><date>Apr 25, 2007</date><title>Hofstra Arboretum Celebrates Arbor Day with tree planting by preschoolers</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/042507_ArborDay.html</link><description>The Hofstra Arboretum will celebrate Arbor Day on Friday, April 27, 2007 by planting a new “Dove Tree” with the help of preschoolers from Hofstra’s Diane Lindner-Goldberg Child Care Institute at the Saltzman Community Services Center.</description></item><item><date>Apr 24, 2007</date><title>Hofstra University Goes Green</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/042407_Green.html</link><description>Hofstra University celebrates Earth Day with a day of “green” activities and events. On Wednesday, April 25, 2007 Hofstra University’s Environmental Priorities Committee (EPC) will kick off the day’s activities with a cleanup of Hofstra’s bird sanctuary, located on the north side of campus behind the University Club, starting at 11:15 a.m.</description></item><item><date>Apr 24, 2007</date><title>HOFSTRA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF EDUCATION AND ALLIED HUMAN SERVICES TO INAUGURATE A "TEACHING" VEGETABLE GARDEN</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/042407_hagedorngarden.html</link><description>Hagedorn Inaugurates New Vegetable Garden</description></item><item><date>Apr 23, 2007</date><title>Muslim Schools in America: Ghetto or Gateway?</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/042307_MuslimSchools.html</link><description>Misconceptions about Muslim schools in America is the subject of a lecture by Louis Cristillo, Ph. D., at Hofstra on Thursday, May 3, 2007 from 4:30-6 p.m. in the Middle Plaza Room of the Sondra and David S. Mack Student Center, north campus. The lecture is sponsored by Hofstra’s Department of Religion. </description></item><item><date>Apr 20, 2007</date><title>Leo A. Guthart, Chairman &amp; CEO, Topspin Partners, to address Merrill Lynch Center Executive Breakfast</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/042007_PrivateEquity.html</link><description>Private equity as a new force for value creation will be the subject of the next Executive Breakfast and Conference at Hofstra on Wednesday, May 2, 2007 from 8-9:30 a.m. in the Lowenfeld Conference and Exhibition Hall, 10th Floor, Joan and Donald E. Axinn Library, south campus.</description></item><item><date>Apr 19, 2007</date><title>China and the Global Economy</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/041907_China.html</link><description>“China’s Impact on the Global Economy” is the subject of the fifth annual Roundtable on the State of Economic Globalization at Hofstra University on Wednesday, April 25, 2007, from 6:30 - 8:30 p.m. in the Lowenfeld Exhibition Hall, 10th Floor, Joan and Donald E. Axinn Library, south campus. The program is free and open to the public.</description></item><item><date>Apr 18, 2007</date><title>Hofstra team takes third place in NYMEX Commodity Challenge</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/041807_nymex.html</link><description>Using the knowledge and experience they learned in the Frank G. Zarb School of Business Trading Room, a team of Hofstra graduate students took third place in the Fourth Annual New York Mercantile Exchange (NYMEX) Commodity Challenge, Zarb Dean Salvatore F.  Sodano announced today.</description></item><item><date>Apr 13, 2007</date><title>Author Mary Gordon to speak at Hofstra as part of Catholic Lecture Series</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/041307_MaryGordon.html</link><description>Popular Catholic author Mary Gordon will speak at Hofstra on Wednesday, April 18 as part of the Department of Religion’s Lecture Series in Catholic Studies: Catholicism and Literature. The lecture begins at 6:30 p.m. in the Rochelle and Irwin A. Lowenfeld Conference and Exhibition Hall, 10th Floor, Joan and Donald E. Axinn Library, South Campus</description></item><item><date>Apr 13, 2007</date><title>Former Maryland Gov. Parris N. Glendening, President of Smart Growth Leadership Institute, to Give Distinguished Speaker Lecture</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/041307_Glendenning.html</link><description>“Sustainable Growth on Long Island” will be the topic of a Distinguished Speaker Lecture delivered by Parris N. Glendening, president of Smart Growth Leadership Institute, on Wednesday, April 18 from 8-9:30 a.m. The lecture will take place in the Rochelle and Irwin A. Lowenfeld Conference and Exhibition Hall, located on the 10th floor of the Joan &amp; Donald E. Axinn Library, south campus.</description></item><item><date>Apr 09, 2007</date><title>HOFSTRA CULTURAL CENTER HOSTS A FASHION MARKETPLACE AS PART OF ITS CONFERENCE DEFINING CULTURE THROUGH DRESS</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/041907_fashion_marketplace.html</link><description>As part of its April 19 to 21 conference, Defining Culture Through Dress: Individual and Collective Identities, the Hofstra Cultural Center will present a fashion marketplace, featuring participation of several vintage clothing and accessory vendors.</description></item><item><date>Apr 09, 2007</date><title>INTERNATIONALLY ACCLAIMED GUEST DANCE ARTISTS JOIN HOFSTRA FACULTY  AND STUDENTS IN THE 2007 ANNUAL SPRING DANCE CONCERT, APRIL 19 TO 22</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/041907_dance_concert.html</link><description>2007 spring dance concert, John Cranford Adams Playhouse</description></item><item><date>Apr 04, 2007</date><title>Hofstra Students Mark 70th Anniversary of Massacre with Unique Memorial to Victims</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/040407_Guernika.html</link><description>Two Hofstra University Honors College students have created a multimedia exhibit on the memory of the massacre at Gernika during the Spanish Civil War, an incident that inspired the famous Picasso painting “Guernica.”</description></item><item><date>Apr 02, 2007</date><title>Hofstra launches Master of Fine Arts degree in Documentary Studies and Production</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/040207_MFA.html</link><description>Hofstra will offer its first Master of Fine Arts degree in Documentary Studies and Production beginning fall 2007.  The program is the first of its kind in New York and, only the second in the country offered through a university.</description></item><item><date>Apr 02, 2007</date><title>Hofstra University Submits Application to Host 2008 Presidential Debate</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/040207_debate.html</link><description>Hofstra University President Stuart Rabinowitz announced that Hofstra University has submitted a formal application to the Commission on Presidential Debates to host a 2008 presidential debate.</description></item><item><date>Apr 02, 2007</date><title>The Hofstra Cultural Center Presents "Carmen," Performed by The Bronx Opera Company</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/050307_carmen.html</link><description>The Bronx Opera Company Performs Carmen at the John Cranford Adams Playhouse</description></item><item><date>Mar 30, 2007</date><title>Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory President to Deliver 14th Annual Axinn Lecture</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/033007_coldspringharbor.html</link><description>Bruce Stillman, Ph.D., president and chief executive officer of Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, will speak on the impact of genetics research on the diagnosis and treatment of cancers at the 14th annual Axinn Lecture at Hofstra University.</description></item><item><date>Mar 29, 2007</date><title>ANSWERING AUSCHWITZ: PRIMO LEVI'S SCIENCE AND HUMANISM AFTER THE FALL</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/032907_primo_levi.html</link><description>The Hofstra Cultural Center is proud to sponsor its second international conference on the legacy of Primo Levi, titled Answering Auschwitz: Primo Levi's Science and Humanism After the Fall, to be held April 26 and 27, 2007.</description></item><item><date>Mar 29, 2007</date><title>BRIAN H. BIX DELIVERS THE HOFSTRA UNIVERSITY LAW SCHOOL'S 2007 SIDNEY AND WALTER SIBEN DISTINGUISHED PROFESSORSHIP LECTURE</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/032907_siben_law_lecture.html</link><description>The Hofstra University School of Law presents the 2006-2007 Visiting Scholar-in-Residence Lecture, "Sovereignty, Mercy, and the Limits of the Law: The Case of Clemency in the Killing State," delivered by Amherst College’s Austin Sarat. </description></item><item><date>Mar 29, 2007</date><title>HOFSTRA CELEBRATES 24TH ANNUAL DUTCH FESTIVAL...</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/032907_dutch_festival.html</link><description>Hofstra University will celebrate its Dutch heritage at the Dutch Festival on Sunday, May 6, 2007, from 10 a.m. - 5 p.m. (rain or shine). </description></item><item><date>Mar 29, 2007</date><title>Hofstra Cultural Center Presents Defining Culture Through Dress: Individual and Collective Identities</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/041907_fashion_conference.html</link><description>April 19 to 21 conference, Defining Culture Through Dress: Individual and Collective Identities</description></item><item><date>Mar 29, 2007</date><title>Hofstra Entertainment Presents Two Original Theatrical Events</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/040407_fashion_statements.html</link><description>Hofstra Entertainment Presents Two Original Theatrical Events</description></item><item><date>Mar 29, 2007</date><title>HOFSTRA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW PRESENTS THE 2006-2007 VISITING SCHOLAR- IN-RESIDENCE LECTURE</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/032907_visiting_law_lecture.html</link><description>The Hofstra University School of Law presents the 2006-2007 Visiting Scholar-in-Residence Lecture, "Sovereignty, Mercy, and the Limits of the Law: The Case of Clemency in the Killing State," delivered by Amherst College’s Austin Sarat. </description></item><item><date>Mar 28, 2007</date><title>HOFSTRA'S SUMMER SCIENCE RESEARCH PROGRAM GIVES HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS HANDS-ON RESEARCH EXPERIENCE</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/032807_SummerScience.html</link><description>Hofstra University's Summer Science Research Program offers high school students the chance to spend their summer vacation doing science research under the guidance of professionals in a laboratory setting or in the field.</description></item><item><date>Mar 28, 2007</date><title>HOFSTRA ASTRONOMY OUTREACH BRINGS STAR- GAZING TO HOSPITALIZED KIDS AND THEIR FAMILIES</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/032807_astronomykids.html</link><description>Hofstra University's astronomy outreach program will bring the stars and Saturn's rings down to earth for hospitalized children and their families at the Ronald McDonald House of Long Island on Thursday, March 29 at 7:30 p.m.</description></item><item><date>Mar 23, 2007</date><title>Spring Open House</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/032307_springopenhouse.html</link><description>Hofstra University Spring Open House</description></item><item><date>Mar 22, 2007</date><title>HOFSTRA CELEBRATES ANNUAL WELLNESS WEEK</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/032207_Wellness_Week.html</link><description>Hofstra University's 7th Annual Wellness Week, a week devoted to showing students how to be happy in their own skin, features seminars focused on dating, exercise, stress management, body image, breaking-up, the lesbian and gay community, and drug prevention.</description></item><item><date>Mar 22, 2007</date><title>Visiting Fulbright Scholar to Speak at Hofstra</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/032907_SoyiniMadison.html</link><description>Hofstra’s Speech Communication, Rhetoric and Performance Studies department is pleased to welcome visiting professor Dr. Soyini Madison. Dr. Madison will discuss “Acts of Activism: Human Rights and Radical Performance”, on Thursday, April 12, 2007 from 6:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. in 103 Dempster Hall, the home of Hofstra’s School of Communication. </description></item><item><date>Mar 20, 2007</date><title>CLASSICAL SITAR PLAYER ALOKE DASGUPTA TO BRING HIS UNIQUE STYLE TO HOFSTRA UNIVERSITY</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/032007_AlokeDasgupta.html</link><description>Internationally known musician and teacher Aloke Dasgupta will perform at Hofstra on Monday, March 26, 2007 as part of a Department of Religion course on eastern religions.</description></item><item><date>Mar 20, 2007</date><title>NEW YORK TIMES MANAGING EDITOR TO DISCUSS FUTURE OF THE NEWS BUSINESS</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/032007_JohnGeddes.html</link><description>John M. Geddes, managing editor of The New York Times, will speak on the future of the news industry, including the impact of new technologies and media consolidation, on Monday, March 26, 2007.</description></item><item><date>Mar 20, 2007</date><title>The War in Iraq: Hard Times and Hard Choices: Where do we go from here?</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/032007_iraqwarforum.html</link><description>A forum on the War in Iraq featuring peace activists, conservative policy analysts, academics, students, and Iraq war veterans will be held at Hofstra University on Wednesday, March 21, 2007.</description></item><item><date>Mar 15, 2007</date><title>ISLAMIC SCIENCE AND THE EUROPEAN RENAISSANCE</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/031507_IslamicScience.html</link><description>Was Polish astronomer and mathematician Nicolaus Copernicus influenced by earlier Islamic scientists?   Did Arab scientists borrow scientific ideas from the Greeks as commonly thought or were their scientific principles laid out far earlier?</description></item><item><date>Mar 15, 2007</date><title>Operation Downtown Seminar teaches how to Cut to the Chase at work</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/031507_OperationDowntown2.html</link><description>Cut to the Chase will be the topic of the next seminar in Hofstra’s “Operation Downtown” series on March 8, 2007 from 8-10 a.m. in room 246 of the Scott Skodnek Business Development Center, Joan &amp; Donald E. Axinn Library, south campus.</description></item><item><date>Mar 13, 2007</date><title>HOFSTRA'S DAY OF DIALOGUE IV ADDRESSES AMERICA'S PLACE IN THE WORLD, PRESENT AND FUTURE</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/031407_DayofDialogueIV.html</link><description>Hofstra University's fourth Day of Dialogue, a day devoted to a campus-wide discussion of the issues that face our world, features student workshops on everything from sweatshops to global warming, gay marriage to birth control, citizen activism to the war in Iraq.</description></item><item><date>Mar 13, 2007</date><title>HOFSTRA STUDENTS SPEND THEIR SPRING BREAK HELPING OTHERS</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/031307_UtahSpringBreak.html</link><description>Hofstra students and administrators will spend their spring break, March 30 through April 5, 2007, doing volunteer work with St. Christopher's Mission of the Navajo,a Navajo Indian Reservation in Bluff, Utah.</description></item><item><date>Mar 13, 2007</date><title>HOFSTRA TO OFFER M.A. IN APPLIED SOCIAL RESEARCH AND POLICY ANALYSIS IN FALL 2007</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/031307_QuantitativeFinance.html</link><description>Hofstra will offer a Master of Arts degree in Applied Social Research and Policy Analysis starting next fall for recent college graduates and professionals who want to improve their social research skills and become more proficient at data collection and analysis.</description></item><item><date>Mar 12, 2007</date><title>HOFSTRA OFFERS NEW MS IN QUANTITATIVE FINANCE</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/031207_QuantitativeFinance.html</link><description>Hofstra University is now accepting applications for the Guru Nanak Interfaith Prize for individuals or groups who promote interfaith dialogue.</description></item><item><date>Mar 09, 2007</date><title>HOFSTRA ACCEPTING NOMINATIONS FOR GURU NANAK INTERFAITH PRIZE</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/030907_GuruNanak.html</link><description>Hofstra University is now accepting applications for the Guru Nanak Interfaith Prize for individuals or groups who promote interfaith dialogue.</description></item><item><date>Mar 09, 2007</date><title>HOFSTRA UNIVERSITY ANNOUNCES NEW INITIATIVE TO PROVIDE COMPREHENSIVE STUDENT SERVICES</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/030907_StudentFocus.html</link><description>Vice President of Student Affairs Sandra Johnson today announced a series of initiatives designed to assist students with their entire college experience, complementing and supporting students' experience in their academic pursuits.   These initiatives begin a comprehensive, University-wide campaign to support student success and enhance the programs and services under the umbrella of the division of student affairs.</description></item><item><date>Mar 05, 2007</date><title>HOFSTRA'S BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT CENTER OFFERS CERTIFICATES IN ENTREPRENEURSHIP, QUICKBOOKS</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/030607_CertificatePrograms.html</link><description>Hofstra's Scott Skodnek Business Development Center is offering certificate programs in the basics of Entrepreneurship and the Quickbooks accounting software program.</description></item><item><date>Mar 05, 2007</date><title>HOFSTRA TO PRESENT BANK OF NEW YORK WHITE PAPER ON INSTITUTIONAL HEDGE FUNDS</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/030807_WhitePaper.html</link><description>The Merrill Lynch Center for the study of International Financial Services and Markets of the Frank G. Zarb School of Business will present a Bank of New York white paper, "Institution Demand for Hedge Funds will Triple to $1 Trillion by 2010" on Wednesday, March 14, 2007. The event will take place from 6:15- 8:30 p.m., room 246, Scott Skodnek Business Development Center, Joan and Donald E. Axinn Library, south campus.</description></item><item><date>Mar 05, 2007</date><title>MUSIC OF NON-VIOLENT SOCIAL CHANGE REFLECTS SPIRIT OF SOCIAL MOVEMENTS AROUND THE WORLD</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/030507_MusicofNonviolence.html</link><description>Hofstra's Center for Civic Engagement will present a concert of music from social movements in Columbia, the anti-apartheid movement in South Africa, and the civil rights struggle in the United States on Friday, March 9, 2007.</description></item><item><date>Mar 02, 2007</date><title>NORA V. DEMLEITNER NAMED INTERIM DEAN OF HOFSTRA SCHOOL OF LAW</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/030207_NoraDemleitner.html</link><description>Nora V. Demleitner has been named interim dean of Hofstra School of Law effective immediately, Hofstra President Stuart Rabinowitz announced today. Dean Demleitner has been a member of the law school faculty since 2001 and has served as the vice dean for academic affairs for the past year.</description></item><item><date>Mar 01, 2007</date><title>CEO OF KETCHUM PUBLIC RELATIONS TO SPEAK AT HOFSTRA</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/030107_Kotcher.html</link><description>Raymond Kotcher, CEO and senior partner of Ketchum Public Relations, will speak at Hofstra University on Monday, March 5, 2007 at 7 p.m. about his experiences in the global public relations and business communication world.</description></item><item><date>Mar 01, 2007</date><title>DR. COLIN GODDARD, CEO OF OSI PHARMACEUTICALS, TO GIVE DISTINGUISHED SPEAKER LECTURE</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/030107_ColinGoddard.html</link><description>Colin Goddard, Ph.D., chief executive officer of OSI Pharmaceuticals, Inc. of Melville, will be the keynote speaker at the next Distinguished Lecture Series at Hofstra on Thursday, March 1, 2007 from 8-9:30 a.m. in the Rochelle and Irwin A. Lowenfeld Conference and Exhibition Hall, located on the 10th floor of the Joan &amp; Donald E. Axinn Library, south campus (new location).</description></item><item><date>Mar 01, 2007</date><title>HEMPSTEAD FOR HOFSTRA/HOFSTRA FOR HEMPSTEAD TO HOST 33RD ANNUAL SCHOLARSHIP BALL</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/030107_HempsteadHofstra.html</link><description>The 33rd Annual Hempstead for Hofstra/Hofstra for Hempstead Scholarship Ball, which raises money to help Village of Hempstead students attend Hofstra University, will be held on Thursday, April 12, 2007 from 6-8 p.m. in the Main Dining Room of the Sondra and David S. Mack Student Center, North Campus.</description></item><item><date>Feb 28, 2007</date><title>Peter Manseau, author of “Vows,” speaks at Hofstra tonight</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/022807_Manseau.html</link><description>Peter Manseau, author of the critically acclaimed memoir Vows: The Story of a Priest, a Nun, and Their Son, (New York: Free Press, 2005) will speak tonight, Wednesday, Feb. 28 at 6:30 p.m. in the Leo A. Guthart Cultural Center Theater, located on the first floor of the Joan and Donald E. Axinn Library, South Campus.</description></item><item><date>Feb 27, 2007</date><title>Salman Rushdie to Speak at Hofstra</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/022707_Rushdie.html</link><description>Salman Rushdie will speak at Hofstra University on Wednesday, March 21, 2007 from 11:15 a.m. to 12:45 p.m. in the Monroe Lecture Center Theater location on California Avenue on the South Campus.</description></item><item><date>Feb 26, 2007</date><title>Author Kristal Brent Zook to address Women in the Media at Hofstra</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/022607_Zook.html</link><description>Hofstra University’s School of Communication and the Division of Student Affairs are pleased to welcome Dr. Kristal Brent Zook to campus on Wednesday, March 7th at 6 PM in Room 246 of the Business Development Center.</description></item><item><date>Feb 26, 2007</date><title>Former Attorney General John to AAshcroft ddress the Hofstra Community</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/022607_Ashcroft.html</link><description>Hofstra University and Hofstra University’s College Republicans will proudly host former United States Attorney General John Ashcroft on March 20, 2007 at 7:30 p.m. at the John Cranford Adams Playhouse.    </description></item><item><date>Feb 23, 2007</date><title>Hofstra Offers New Specialization within Masters in Journalism Program</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/022307_SportsJRNL.html</link><description>Hofstra University is enhancing its Masters in Journalism program by offering a new specialization focusing on Sports Journalism. </description></item><item><date>Feb 23, 2007</date><title>Israeli-Palestinian Conflict to be discussed by Zachary Lockman, NYU Professor of Middle East Studies</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/020307_Lockman.html</link><description>The ongoing Israeli-Palestinian conflict will be the topic of a lecture by Zachary Lockman, professor of Middle Eastern Studies at New York University, on Wednesday, Feb. 28 from 12:50-1:45 p.m. in the Leo A. Guthart Cultural Center Theater, Joan and Donald E. Axinn Library, South Campus.</description></item><item><date>Feb 23, 2007</date><title>Tejinder Pal Singh Bindra, Martin B. Greenberg Join Hofstra Board of Trustees</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/022307_FallTrustees1.html</link><description>Tejinder (T.J.) Pal Singh Bindra, senior vice president of Jeetish Group of Companies, and Martin B. Greenberg, '60, founder and chairman of the board of Sterling Commodities Corporation, have been named to the Hofstra University Board of Trustees, Hofstra President Stuart Rabinowitz announced today.</description></item><item><date>Feb 21, 2007</date><title>Internationally known sculptor to be artist-in-residence at Hofstra</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/022107_Ongesa.html</link><description>Kenyan stone carver and sculptor Elkana Ong’esa will be an artist in residence in the Fine Arts Department at Hofstra University for the first two weeks of March.  </description></item><item><date>Feb 14, 2007</date><title>THE HOFSTRA CULTURAL CENTER PRESENTS DEFINING CULTURE THROUGH DRESS: INDIVIDUAL AND COLLECTIVE IDENTITIES</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/021407_culture.html</link><description>April 19-21, 2007; Featuring Some of the Country’s Leading Fashion Experts, Analysts and Trendsetters; Fashion Shows</description></item><item><date>Feb 09, 2007</date><title>First African American Speechwriter in the White House to speak at Hofstra</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/020907_Edmonds.html</link><description>Hofstra University’s School of Communication and the Department of Speech Communication, Rhetoric &amp; Performance Studies welcome Terry Edmonds, the first African American speechwriter to work in the White House.</description></item><item><date>Feb 06, 2007</date><title>HOFSTRA COMPUTER SCIENCE PROFESSOR WINS LIFETIME SERVICE AWARD</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/020607_Impagliazzo.html</link><description>John Impagliazzo, professor of computer science at Hofstra, will receive a Lifetime Service Award from the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), Special Interest Group on Computer Science Education (SIGCSE).</description></item><item><date>Feb 01, 2007</date><title>ACADEMY AWARD WINNER TEACHES AT HOFSTRA</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/020107_ross.html</link><description>Scott Ross Ph.D., CEO of Academy Award winning special effects company Digital Domain Inc. and Hofstra Alum class of 1974 is teaching a special three week course titled, "In Pursuit of the Green Light: Creativity and the Art of the Pitch."</description></item><item><date>Feb 01, 2007</date><title>Student Shadow Day 2007</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/020107_Shadowday.html</link><description>Uniondale High School students will spend the day on February 2, 2007 shadowing Hofstra faculty as part of a national effort to expose students to</description></item><item><date>Jan 24, 2007</date><title>CENTER FOR CIVIC ENGAGEMENT DEBUTS AT HOFSTRA</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/012407_civic.html</link><description>Believing that informed and involved students are more likely to participate in the democratic process, Hofstra University has formed The Center for Civic Engagement to encourage students to become active citizens.</description></item><item><date>Jan 18, 2007</date><title>TWO INTEL SEMIFINALISTS TOOK PART IN HOFSTRA'S 2006 SUMMER SCIENCE RESEARCH PROGRAM</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/011807_intel.html</link><description>Two Long Island high school students who participated in Hofstra University's Summer Science Research Program in 2006 have been selected as 2007 Intel Science Talent Search semifinalists.</description></item><item><date>Jan 17, 2007</date><title>HOFSTRA UNIVERSITY CELEBRATES BLACK HISTORY MONTH</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/011707_blackhist.html</link><description>Hofstra University will celebrate Black History Month in February with short readings, a lecture on slavery in early New York and an exhibit of works by Black artists.</description></item><item><date>Jan 16, 2007</date><title>BENEFITS FOR LI'S NATIONAL GUARD, RESERVISTS LAG BEHIND ACTIVE MILITARY, U.S. SEN. CHARLES SCHUMER ANNOUNCES AT HOFSTRA</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/011607_natlguard.html</link><description>Contending that benefits for Long Island members of the National Guard and Reserves who are called into military service lag far behind those for active military, U.S. Senator Charles E. Schumer Monday announced new sweeping legislation to close the benefits gap.</description></item><item><date>Jan 16, 2007</date><title>HOFSTRA CHEERLEADERS PLACE FIRST AT UCA NATIONAL COMPETITION</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/011607_cheerleaders.html</link><description>Hofstra University's Small Co-Ed Cheerleading Team has taken top honors at the UCA National Cheerleading Competition at Disney World, Orlando, FL for the second year in a row.</description></item><item><date>Jan 16, 2007</date><title>PROMINENT RELIGION SCHOLARS TO SPEAK AT HOFSTRA</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/011607_religscholars.html</link><description>Best-selling New Testament scholar Bart Ehrman and popular Catholic authors Mary Gordon and Peter Manseau will be lecturing at Hofstra University this spring as part of the expanded offerings from Hofstra's Department of Religion.</description></item><item><date>Jan 11, 2007</date><title>HOFSTRA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW PRESENTS THE 2006-2007 HOWARD LICHTENSTEIN DISTINGUISHED PROFESSORSHIP OF LEGAL ETHICS LECTURE SERIES</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/011107_daly.html</link><description>Hofstra University School of Law presents the 2006-2007 Howard Lichtenstein Distinguished Professorship of Legal Ethics Lecture Series</description></item><item><date>Jan 10, 2007</date><title>ANDREA DONLEY NAMED MUSEUM EDUCATION AND INFORMATION SERVICES COORDINATOR FOR HOFSTRA UNIVERSITY MUSEUM</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/011007_donley.html</link><description>After an extensive search that included international candidates Hofstra University has named Andrea Donley to the newly created position of Hofstra Museum Education and Information Services Coordinator for Hofstra University Museum.</description></item><item><date>Jan 09, 2007</date><title>HOFSTRA STUDENTS RANK NATIONALLY FOR HEARST JOURNALISM AWARDS</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/020207_HearstAwards.html</link><description>Two Hofstra University students have been honored with the distinction of outstanding performance in college level journalism by The Hearst Journalism Awards program. </description></item><item><date>Jan 08, 2007</date><title>INTERNATIONAL PEACE EXHIBIT AT HOFSTRA HIGHLIGHTS THE WORK OF GANDHI, KING AND IKEDA</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/010807_peace.html</link><description>Hofstra University's new Center for Civic Engagement will host an international peace exhibit at Hofstra that focuses on three individuals who promoted peace and social change through non-violent action.</description></item><item><date>Jan 05, 2007</date><title>THINK "SUMMER" AT HOFSTRA'S 2007 SUMMER CAMPS OPEN HOUSE</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/010507_pecoracamp.html</link><description>It may be the middle of winter, but parents and kids ages 4-17 will be thinking of summer fun at Hofstra University College of Continuing Education's Summer Camps Open House on Saturday, January 20, from 1:30-4:30 p.m. in the Physical Fitness Center on Hofstra's North Campus.</description></item><item><date>Jan 03, 2007</date><title>"THE VAGINA MONOLOGUES"</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/012907_Vagina.html</link><description>The Hofstra University Association for Women in Communications presents Eve Ensler's The Vagina Monologues. Ticket sales will benefit V-Day, a global movement to end violence against women and girls.</description></item><item><date>Jan 03, 2007</date><title>"TWARDOWICZ &amp; DODSON: ARTISTS IN PARALLEL"</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/010307_twardowicz.html</link><description>Stanley Twardowicz, close friend of author Jack Kerouac, and his wife Lillian Dodson, a member of the Fine Arts Department at Hofstra, will debut an evolution of their eye pleasing artistry beginning with works from the 1940s and tracing their artistic journeys into the 21st century. </description></item><item><date>Jan 03, 2007</date><title>HOFSTRA UNIVERSITY'S IDEAS INSTITUTE PRESENTS "INTERNET SAFETY AWARENESS FOR PARENTS - WHAT ARE YOUR KIDS DOING ONLINE?"</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/010307_internetsaf.html</link><description>HOFSTRA UNIVERSITY'S IDEAS INSTITUTE PRESENTS "INTERNET SAFETY AWARENESS FOR PARENTS - WHAT ARE YOUR KIDS DOING ONLINE?"</description></item><item><date>Jan 02, 2007</date><title>2006 HOLIDAY PARTY</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/010207_holidayparty.html</link><description>The Hofstra Holiday Party took place in the Main Dining Room of the Sondra and David S. Mack Student Center on December 14, 2006.</description></item><item><date>Jan 02, 2007</date><title>STUDENT RECEIVES GEICO ACHIEVEMENT AWARD</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/010207_geico.html</link><description>STUDENT RECEIVES GEICO ACHIEVEMENT AWARD</description></item><item><date>Dec 20, 2006</date><title>DEAN AARON TWERSKI NAMED SPECIAL MASTER</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/122006_twerski.html</link><description>Hofstra Law School Dean Aaron Twerski was appointed by Federal Judge Alvin Hellerstein as one of two Special Masters to handle cases filed by workers who suffered respiratory illnesses as a result of cleaning up the World Trade Center site after the September 11, 2001 terror attacks.</description></item><item><date>Dec 20, 2006</date><title>HOFSTRA'S UNIVERSITY CLUB TO UNDERGO COMPLETE RENOVATION</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/122006_huclub.html</link><description>The Hofstra University Club will undergo a complete renovation and redesign that will result in larger meeting spaces, improved dining facilities and a updated look, the club's management has announced.</description></item><item><date>Dec 13, 2006</date><title>HOFSTRA CELEBRATES MIDYEAR COMMENCEMENT 2006</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/121306_midyearcommenc.html</link><description>New York State Lieutenant Governor-Elect David A. Paterson, a graduate of Hofstra Law School, will address Hofstra's midyear commencement</description></item><item><date>Dec 07, 2006</date><title>HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS GAIN INSIGHT INTO THE WORLD OF JOURNALISM</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/120706_journalism.html</link><description>Metropolitan area high school students will learn the ins and outs and the pros and cons of the journalism world from some of today's top working journalists at Student Press Day sponsored by Hofstra University's School of Communication and the Press Club of Long Island Society of Professional Journalists on December 13, 2006.</description></item><item><date>Dec 06, 2006</date><title>HOFSTRA STAGES STAY WARM WITH TWO EXCITING PRODUCTIONS THIS JANUARY 2007</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/120606_theaterprod.html</link><description>Hofstra University's stages will be busy starting early 2007 with two impressive theatrical productions.</description></item><item><date>Dec 05, 2006</date><title>ENGINEERING STUDENTS DESIGN AND BUILD A CAR</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/120506_eggcar.html</link><description>Two Hofstra mechanical engineering seniors have built their dream car, merging their personal passion with their final engineering design project.</description></item><item><date>Dec 05, 2006</date><title>HOFSTRA STUDENTS UNFURL THANKSGIVING SCROLL</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/120506_thanksgiving.html</link><description>Hofstra students will unfurl a 40-foot scroll in the Sondra and David S. Mack Student Center, north campus, tomorrow, Wed., Dec. 6, 2006, at 11:15 a.m., as part of the Thanks &amp; Giving Project in which they thanked those in the University community for their contributions to campus life.</description></item><item><date>Dec 05, 2006</date><title>NORTH FORK BANK CHIEFEXECUTIVE ADDRESSES BUSINESS BREAKFAST AT HOFSTRA UNIVERSITY</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/120506_kanas.html</link><description>John Adam Kanas, chairman, CEO and president of North Fork bank, told a business breakfast gathering at Hofstra University today that he sees further consolidation within the banking industry in the years ahead but that there will always be room for small, hometown banks.</description></item><item><date>Nov 30, 2006</date><title>DR. MEENA BOSE INSTALLED AS PETER S. KALIKOW CHAIR IN PRESIDENTIAL STUDIES</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/111606_MeenaBose.html</link><description>Meena Bose, Ph.D., was installed as Hofstra University's first Peter S. Kalikow Chair in Presidential Studies on November 15, 2006 at the Hofstra University Club/David S. Mack Hall on the north campus.</description></item><item><date>Nov 30, 2006</date><title>Hofstra and Claflin Universities Agree to Exchange Faculty This Spring</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/113006_Clafin.html</link><description>Hofstra and Claflin Universities have agreed to exchange faculty for the coming spring semester as part of an ongoing program to establish closer ties between the two institutions, Hofstra Provost Herman Berliner announced today. </description></item><item><date>Nov 08, 2006</date><title>Redeveloping Long Island in the 21st Century</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/110806_RealEstate.html</link><description>Building affordable housing, revitalizing downtowns and preserving open space are among the issues that real estate professionals and those in related fields will tackle at Redeveloping Long Island in the 21st Century at Hofstra University.</description></item><item><date>Nov 07, 2006</date><title>Election Night at Hofstra University</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/110706_ElectionNight2006.html</link><description>Hofstra University students will be reporting on-site from local Democratic and Republican headquarters as they cover this year’s mid-term elections for WRHU, Radio Hofstra University.</description></item><item><date>Nov 06, 2006</date><title>AXINN LIBRARY REOPENS RENOVATED MAIN FLOOR</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/110606_AxinnLibrary.html</link><description>The newly renovated main floor of the Joan and Donald E. Axinn Library will be officially reopened on Monday, Nov. 13 at 4:30 p.m. with a ribbon-cutting by Hofstra President Stuart Rabinowitz and Donald Everett  Axinn.</description></item><item><date>Oct 31, 2006</date><title>NYU LAW PROFESSOR NOAH FELDMAN TO DELIVER FOURTH HONORS COLLEGE STATE OF THE UNION LECTURE</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/103106_NoahFeldman.html</link><description>New York University School of Law Professor Noah Feldman, whose books address issues of religion and government, Islamic democracy, and war and nation building in Iraq, will deliver the fourth Arnold A. Saltzman Lecture on the State of the Union, presented by Hofstra University Honors College.</description></item><item><date>Oct 24, 2006</date><title>Hofstra Alum and Creator of Everybody Loves Raymond Returns to Hofstra</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/102406_PhilRosenthal.html</link><description>Hofstra alum and Executive Producer of Everybody Loves Raymond, Phil Rosenthal, is back at Hofstra to talk about his new book: “You’re Lucky You’re Funny: How Life Becomes a Sitcom.”  He will be joined by Everybody Loves Raymond co-star, actor, Tom McGowan. </description></item><item><date>Oct 24, 2006</date><title>Hofstra University Student Joins Riverdance</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/12012006_RyanMcCarthyRiverdance.html</link><description>Majoring in Liberal Arts and studying to be a certified Irish Dance teacher, Hofstra University Junior Ryan McCarthy is headed on tour with the famous Irish Step Dancers of Riverdance.</description></item><item><date>Oct 19, 2006</date><title>BALTIMORE CONSORT TO PERFORM MUSIC OF MEDIEVAL SPAIN</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/101906_BaltimoreConsort.html</link><description>The Baltimore Consort, an internationally renowned early music ensemble, will present a concert at Hofstra next month of music from the Sephardic tradition, dances from Renaissance Spain, and music by Juan del Encina.</description></item><item><date>Oct 19, 2006</date><title>DR. JULIE BYRNE INSTALLED AS MSGR. THOMAS J. HARTMAN CHAIR FOR CATHOLIC STUDIES</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/101906_JulieByrne.html</link><description>Julie Byrne, Ph.D., was installed as the Msgr. Thomas J. Hartman Chair for Catholic Studies on October 18 at the Hofstra University Club/David S. Mack Hall. Following the installation, Dr. Byrne addressed the relatively new field of Catholic studies as it has developed in the United States over the last 25 years.</description></item><item><date>Oct 19, 2006</date><title>HOFSTRA PRESIDENT STUART RABINOWITZ WINS SPIRIT OF LONG ISLAND AWARD</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/101906_RabinowitzAward.html</link><description>Hofstra President Stuart Rabinowitz today was presented with a Spirit of Long Island Award for outstanding Long Islanders by Promote Long Island, NY, Inc.</description></item><item><date>Oct 16, 2006</date><title>HOFSTRA DEDICATES NEW BUILDING DEVOTED TO DRAMA, MUSIC</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/101606_NAB.html</link><description>Hofstra University's newest academic building, which features state-of-the-art performance and rehearsal space, was formally dedicated on Wed., Oct. 18. The dedication included musical performances by Hofstra music faculty.</description></item><item><date>Oct 16, 2006</date><title>HOFSTRA OBSERVATORY OFFERS CELESTIAL TREATS FOR HALLOWEEN</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/101606_Halloween.html</link><description>Come trick-or-treat at Hofstra's observatory on Halloween and be treated to the sights of Uranus, Neptune, the moon and various star clusters in the Autumn sky.</description></item><item><date>Oct 05, 2006</date><title>WHAT DOES GAY MEAN TODAY?</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/100506_LGBT.html</link><description>Definitions of the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender communities both from within those diverse communities and from society at large will be examined at a daylong Hofstra symposium, "What Does Gay Mean Today?" The program also kicks off Hofstra's new LGBT Studies program, which will offer its first courses in the spring 2007 semester.</description></item><item><date>Sep 04, 2006</date><title>SURVEY FINDS SPOUSES, CHILDREN OF VICTIMS STILL STRUGGLING WITH 9/11 FIVE YEARS LATER</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/090406_Sept11Study.html</link><description>Adults and children who lost relatives in the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks continue to struggle with grief, anxiety and concerns over their safety five years later, according to a new survey by the World Trade Center Family Center of South Nassau Communities Hospital.</description></item><item><date>Aug 30, 2006</date><title>COLLEGE STUDENTS DISCUSS 9/11</title><link>http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/083006_Sept11Students.html</link><description>MTV News Anchor Gideon Yago will lead a student forum on the campus of Hofstra University next week that explores the impact of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks on today's youth.</description></item>
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