the year in review
2008
March 24: Hofstra President Stuart Rabinowitz announced the selection of His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama, Tenzin Gyatso, as the recipient of the University’s fi rst international Guru Nanak Interfaith Prize. The $50,000 prize was established through an endowment from the family of Ishar Singh Bindra to be given to individuals or organizations that have worked to facilitate dialogue that is indispensable to reducing religious conflict. March 25 to April 8: The Office of Multicultural & International Student Programs sponsored a number of different events as part of Women’s “Herstory” Month, to honor women and their impact in the world.
The Brookings Institution and the National Center for Suburban Studies at Hofstra UniversitySM sponsored an event examining the future of the suburbs. (L to r) Executive Director of the National Center for Suburban Studies Lawrence Levy, Vice President and Founding Director of the Metropolitan Policy Program at the Brookings Institution Bruce Katz, Nassau County Executive Tom Suozzi, Hofstra President Stuart Rabinowitz, and U.S. Congressman Steve Israel.
play based on Homer’s Odyssey. On March 12 Ms. McLaughlin directed a staged reading of Aristophanes’ classic anti-war play, Lysistrata, featuring Hofstra students and faculty. In the fall, the Women’s Studies Program presented two other events: “Will Sarah Palin Kill ‘Choice,’ and Should We Try to Save It?” by Rosalind Pollack Petchesky, distinguished professor of political science, Hunter College and the Graduate Center, City University of New York, on October 21; and a reading by Susan Steinberg, author of the story collections Hydroplane and The End of Free Love on October 30.
March 11: Hofstra Law School hosted Supreme Court Justice Samuel A. Alito, Jr. for a highly attended and fascinating discussion on judicial clerkships, in which Professor Norman Silber, Judge Leonard Garth of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit and Dean Nora V. Demleitner participated. Judge Garth, for whom Justice Alito and Professor Silber clerked, joined the program via video link from the University of Arizona. Following the clerkship event, Justice Alito met with
25 Hofstra Law students for a round-table discussion.
March 14 to 20: A group of Hofstra students and administrators spent spring break volunteering in the inner city of Philadelphia for the third annual “Spring Break Alternative Trip.” In the first year of this program, students helped rebuild homes in hurricane-ravaged New Orleans, and in 2007 they volunteered at a Navajo reservation in Bluff, Utah. This annual program is sponsored by the Office of Student Leadership and Activities.
March 16: The 10th Annual Irish Festival was presented at the Physical Fitness Center. The Irish Festival celebrates the Irish gifts of music, food and culture to America and features music and dance performances throughout the day, as well as a variety of crafts and food vendors. March 17 to 21: Hofstra presented “Give Yourself a Break: Safe Spring 2008,” a series of programs for students that focused on health, well-being, stress management and recreation. Hofstra
March 26: Hofstra President Stuart Rabinowitz and North Shore-LIJ Health System President and Chief Executive Officer Michael Dowling announced the appointment of Lawrence G. Smith, M.D., North Shore-LIJ’s chief medical officer, as the fi rst dean of the Hofstra University School of Medicine in partnership with North Shore-LIJ Health System. The new medical school plans to offer an M.D. degree program beginning in fall 2011, subject to receiving preliminary accreditation from the Liaison Committee on Medical Education and New York state approval. March 26: Former Commentary Magazine editor-in-chief Norman Podhoretz spoke at Monroe Lecture Center Theater. His lecture was sponsored by the Professional Organization in Speech Education (P.O.I.S.E.), the Office of the Provost and Senior Vice President of Academic Affairs, and the School of Communication.
March 27: The future growth of the nation’s suburbs and cities was the subject of a conference at the Hofstra University Club. The opening address, “MetroNation: Blueprint for American Prosperity,” was presented by Bruce Katz, vice president and director of the Metropolitan Policy Program at the Brookings Institution in
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