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Admin decides on new chaplain search

After last semester's search for a part-time Jewish chaplain didn't produce a desirable candidate, the University hopes to hire a new fulltime rabbi this semester.Director of Student Activities Stephanie Grimes announced Dec.


Shalev elaborates on newest book

Best-selling Israeli author Meir Shalev talked about the meaning of his newest book, A Pigeon and a Boy, as well as his personal inspiration behind the book's two loves stories, at last Wednesday's Meet the Author event in the Shapiro Campus Center Multipurpose room.Professor Ilan Troen (NEJS), director of the new Schusterman Center for Israel Studies, which co-sponsored the event along with the Hebrew and Arabic Languages program, opened by congratulating Shalev on winning the title of most popular author in Israel in a recent poll conducted by Ynet, a popular Israeli news search engine, in which 10,000 people participated.The first love story in Shalev's book is about Yair Mendelson, a tour guide who is an expert on migrating birds.


IMES dept to expand

A new full-time professor for the Islamic and Middle Eastern Studies program will be hired for the 2009 to 2010 academic year, and an adjunct professor was added to the program for next semester, Dean of Arts and Sciences Adam Jaffe said.Since the retirement of Prof.


Wangh creates DNA detection method

Prof. Larry Wangh (BIOL) and his laboratory have developed a new technique of DNA amplification, called LATE-PCR, which can detect DNA and RNA for disease diagnosis and is now being used by veterinarians in order to detect diseases quickly.LATE-PCR, Linear-After-the-Exponential Polymerase Chain reaction, is a portable device that "mimics what nature does when cells divide," says J.


IMES short on faculty, contemporary courses

Students majoring in Islamic and Middle Eastern Studies have expressed frustration with the department's shortage of full-time professors and lack of courses focusing on contemporary issues in the Middle East.Since the retirement of Prof.


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