Issue 2 November, 2006
 

To the Faculty, Staff and Administration of Touro College:
We are excited to bring you the second issue of CURRENTS - Touro’s new faculty and staff online publication designed to bring you news from our colleges and schools around the country and the world.  We hope CURRENTS, as it continues to develop, will provide an interesting mix of news and features that will bring the Touro universe closer together.  Should you have news or ideas for stories to share for the next issue, to be published early next year, please contact your Dean about submissions before the next deadline (December 15th) or feel free to get in touch with Barbara Franklin, director of communications, for further information Barbara.Franklin@touro.edu

 
Events:
 

- Touro Law Center Debuts “Hitler’s Courts”
- Cross-Cultural Live Internet Exchange from New York School of Career and Applied   Sciences (NYSCAS)
- Jewish Studies Conference Attracts over 300
- Conference on Political and Social Situation in Israel – from a Torah Perspective
- Touro Law Center Holds Back-To-School Cookout, Golf Tourney for Fallen Alum...

 
News Briefs:
 
- School of Education & Psychology, Graduate Division’s Health Corps Wins Funds for   Childhood Obesity
- Touro Awarded $100,000 from National Science Foundation for Computer Labs
- OT Students Publish “Food for the Soul” Cookbook for AOTPAC
- Law School Launches New Logo...
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
   
Books:    
     
- NYSCAS Professor Timothy D. Bellavia Publishes Children’s Book “Sage Goes to   Kindergarten”
- Dean of School of Health Sciences Authors “3 Minutes to a Pain-Free Life”...
   
     
Honors:    
     
- NYSCAS Professors Achieve Recognition
- Touro University California Pharmacy Faculty Among Chosen Few...
   
     
Appointments:    
     

- New Deans, New Schools...

- Touro Appoints 20 New Undergraduate Faculty for 2006-2007...

- Touro College Israel Gets New Dean; Touro Gets New SVP College Affairs...

   
     
"First Person"    
     
“Hear and Learn” - Holocaust Studies at Touro College...    
     
Features:    
     

- Two OT Students Run to Raise Money for Families of Terror Victims in Israel...

- New Entrepreneurial Institute Launched by Graduate School of Business...

- Touro Opens New Midtown Library...

- Faculty Technology Workshops Enjoy Increasing Popularity...

- Law Center Readies for Move to Modern Court Complex in Central Islip...

   
     
Around Our Campuses:    
     

- Lander College for Men...

- Lander College for Women...

- Graduate School of Jewish Studies...

- Touro College Los Angeles...

- Touro College South...

- Touro University California...

- Touro University Nevada...

- School of Health Sciences...

- Jacob D. Fuchsberg Law Center...

- School of Education & Psychology, Graduate Division...

- New York School of Career and Applied Studies...

- Touro College Berlin...

   
     
Touro in the News:    
     

- Touro Establishes New School of Technology
The Jewish Press
October 20, 2006
*This news also appeared in 5 Towns Jewish Times.

- University of Tulsa College of Law to Sponsor Jewish Law Lecture
U.S. States News
October 9, 2006

- Former U.S. Surgeon General Speaks at Touro College Commencement
COMMUNITY Magazine
October 2006
* This news also appeared in The Jewish Press, 5 Towns Jewish Times, and The           Blueprint.

- A Shakeup That’s Good for Vallejo
Vallejo Times-Herald
September 30, 2006

- Women in Touro College Awarded Internships
The Jewish Press
September 29, 2006
* This news also appeared in 5 Towns Jewish Times.

- Shortage of Pharmacists Looms
Gazette.net (MD)
September 28, 2006

- University Generates Millions for Vallejo Economy
Vallejo Times Herald
September 26, 2006

- Touro Boosts Revival Effort at Shipyard
Business Reporter.com
September 26, 2006

- Public Help Needed to End Inequities
Vallejo Times-Herald
September 24, 2006

- New Dean for Touro Israel
Long Island Jewish World
September 21, 2006
* This news also appeared in The Jewish Press.

- CUNY Readies Brooklyn Project in Partnership with Ratner
The New York Sun
September 21, 2006

- New Berlin Holocaust Institute Also Looks at Tolerance
Deutsche Welle
September 16, 2006

- Touro College South Launches in Miami Beach
5 Towns Jewish Times
September 15, 2006
* This news also appeared in The Jewish Press. In March, plans to launch College           received coverage in The Jewish Press, Miami-Dade Jewish Journal, Florida Jewish           News, South Florida Sun-Sentinel, The Jewish Voice & Opinion and 5 Towns Jewish           Times.

- Touro in Israel?
The Jewish Week
August 25, 2006

- From Midtown to Moscow – Touro Poised for More Growth
The Jewish Week
August 25, 2006

- Touro College Reaches out to Beverly Hills Graduates
Beverly Hills Courier
August 25, 2006

- Two Legal Scholars to Teach at Touro College
5 Towns Jewish Times
August 25, 2006
*This news also appeared in The Jewish Voice & Opinion and The Jewish Press.

- Touro College Reaches Beyond the Jewish World
Forward
August 11, 2006

- Healthcare Hero – Dr. Mitchell Forman
Nevada Business Journal
August 2006

- Rabbi Moshe Krupka, Seasoned Administrator and Educator, Appointed
Jewish Voice
August 2006
* This news also appeared in 5 Towns Jewish Times, The Jewish Sentinel, The           Intermountain Jewish News (Denver, Colo.), The Jewish Press, Long Island Jewish           World, and The Jewish Star.

- Rebuilding the Jewish Community in Leipzig
The Jewish Voice & Opinion
August 2006

- New Touro Provost Has Eyes Set on Expanding
Vallejo Times Herald
July 26, 2006

Touro Conference on Israel
Jewish Sentinel
July 21-27, 2006
 * Coverage of this conference also appeared in Jewish World, 5 Towns Jewish           Times and The Jewish Voice & Opinion

- Would You Eat Lab Grown Meat?
Chicago Sun-Times
July 16, 2006

- Touro Graduate Attains First of Many Educational Goals
Haiti Observateur
July 12, 2006

- Las Vegas Hospital Begins Osteopathic Residency Program
Channel 3 News (online)
July 6, 2006

- Soldier Earns Master’s Degree While Serving in Iraq
Muscatine Journal
July 3, 2006

- Celebrate and Seize Exceptional Opportunities
Jewish Press
June 30, 2006
* Coverage about 2006 Commencement also appeared in 5 Towns Jewish Times,           The Jewish Voice & Opinion, The Jewish Week, and Washington Jewish Week.

- Lander College Valedictorian Scores 180 on LSAT
5 Towns Jewish Times
June 30, 2006

- Russian Pride Dances In
New York Daily News
June 25, 2006

- Growing Shortage of Pharmacists
Statesman Journal
June 18, 2006

- Six Local Nursing Programs Make Education More Convenient
In Business Las Vegas
June 15, 2006

- New Focus on Wellness for Students
New York Daily News
June 11, 2006

- Touro College South Appoints Dr. Avidan Milevsky Chair of Psychology Department
June 9, 2006
Florida Jewish News

- A Viable Alternative? Lander College
June 8, 2006
5 Towns Jewish Times

- Medical School on 125th Street – Touro Makes the Grade
April 2006
Harlem Today

- New Facility and New Leadership for Lander College for Women
March 3, 2006
The Jewish Press
*This news also appeared in 5 Towns Jewish Times and The Jewish Voice &           Opinion

- First Jewish University to Open in Italy
February 2006
Notizie Italiana
* This news also appeared in New Jersey Jewish Standard, Jewish Sentinel, Jewish           Tribune, Intermountain Jewish News (Denver, Colo.), Jewish Press and Jewish           Telegraph Agency (JTA)

   
     
 

Department of Institutional Advancement
David A. Moss, Vice President, dmoss@touro.edu
Barbara Franklin, Director of Communications & External Relations and Editor of CURRENTS, Barbara.Franklin@touro.edu
Inna Smirnova and Providencia Cortez, Layout Editors