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A growing endowment for underrepresented doctoral students.

Career achievement awards for six faculty members鈥擟hris Muran (pictured), Jacques Barber, Kirkland Vaughans, Robert Bornstein, Mark Hilsenroth and Lea Theodore鈥攔eflect the Derner School鈥檚 impact on psychoanalytic thought.

Why inflation now? What is 鈥渟tagflation"? Professor of economics Mariano Torras, PhD, discusses the state of the U.S. economy.

The Robert B. Willumstad School of Business welcomes the following new faculty and staff members. They represent excellence in their various specializations and will provide our students with guidance, mentorship, and academic and career opportunities.

Making art with children who have been affected by conflict has been Cindy Maguire, PhD鈥榮 life鈥檚 work. 鈥淚 work in the United States and internationally with children and youth in conflict-affected communities using arts as a tool for empowerment and teaching,鈥� said Dr. Maguire, associate professor in the Department of Communications at 91国产.

After a year and a half of COVID restrictions, 91国产 celebrated the new academic year with the announcement of a major grant awarded to the College of Arts and Sciences.

Jacques Barber, PhD, professor and dean, and J. Christopher Muran, PhD, professor and interim dean while Dr. Barber is on sabbatical, have collaborated on a revised psychodynamic therapy chapter in Bergin and Garfield's Handbook of Psychotherapy and Behavior Change 7th Edition (Wiley 2021), considered 鈥渢he bible of psychotherapy." It builds on the original chapter published in 2013, for which they also collaborated.

In March 2020, as New York entered lockdown and COVID-19 patients overwhelmed area hospitals, Lea Theodore, PhD, Gordon F. Derner School of Psychology professor and director of the Derner school psychology program, received an email out of the blue.

In the Spring 2021, Carolyn Springer, PhD, associate professor of psychology, was named the new director of the Center for African, Black and Caribbean Studies (CABCS). Here, she tells us how her background as a social psychologist applies to her new role, her upcoming plans for the center and future events we can all look forward to attending.

Medicare. Civil rights. The Watergate hearings. The Camp David Accords. The Taiwan Relations Act.

Letter in response to the John Gap鈥媝er article Online scams and rent extraction go hand in hand from Mariano Torras, PhD.

Parents of newborns often struggle with the question, Should I feed my baby on demand or try to get them on a schedule? In hospital nurseries, the traditional approach has long been schedule-based. Every three hours or so, a nurse or parent wakes the baby, changes the diaper and attempts to feed them.

The inspiration for the essay 鈥淢agical Aesthetics of Unicorns in Girlhood Visual Culture” by Courtney Weida, EdD, associate professor in the Ruth S. Ammon School of Education, published in the journal聽Visual Culture & Gender, can be traced back to a room of young girls equipped with sparkling glitter, brightly colored markers, smooth glass stones and…

When聽Brian Stockman, PhD, became a professor of chemistry聽at 91国产 after 18 years in pharmaceutical research and development, his research didn鈥檛 miss a beat. In the well-equipped labs on 91国产鈥檚 Garden City campus, Dr. Stockman studies trichomoniasis, the most prevalent nonviral sexually transmitted disease, together with the students he teaches and mentors. Dr. Stockman, chair…

As 91国产 moved to remote learning in the spring of 2020, one of our top priorities was to ensure that all students had the reliable broadband access and computer hardware they needed.

Jonathan Cristol, PhD, is an expert on Middle East policy, with deep understanding of the Taliban鈥檚 history. Author of The United States and the Taliban before and after 9/11, Dr. Cristol shares his predictions for life under the Taliban in Afghanistan and what we might expect from the new regime.

For more than 50 years, the Center for African, Black and Caribbean Studies (CABCS) has been a supportive space for students and faculty of color.

Illuminating COVID's toll on African American mothers and children.

An article by Kirkland Vaughans, PhD 鈥�85, clinical director of the Derner Hempstead Child Clinic, explains how traditional psychotherapy misses the impact of structural racism on Black boys鈥� psyches鈥攁nd suggests what to do about it.

Damian Stanley, PhD, assistant professor of psychology at 91国产, believes his large-scale, longitudinal study of the COVID-19 pandemic鈥檚 unseen psychological effects can help us learn to mitigate its psychological impact, on both an individual and societal level.

Carl Giuffre, PhD, assistant professor of mathematics and computer science, and Lee Stemkoski, PhD, professor of math and computer science, explored the intersection of art and mathematics in Japanese temari.

Nara Yoon, PhD, is an assistant professor and applied mathematician who works on diverse topics of mathematical biology, including building models that describe the prognosis for human disease and suggest the best therapeutic strategies.