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University Business
Touro President Dr. Alan Kadish shares exciting developments and his vision for Touro’s future



University Business
We’ve expanded in dramatic ways in health science education, both in the disciplines and in the geographic locations. We’re always going to be primarily a teaching institution, but we’ve developed significant areas of expertise and research, particularly in the last couple of years. Although we’re not faith-based institution, we continue to develop one of our core missions, which is to serve the Jewish community. One of the most intriguing institutions in the world, ouro is almost indefinable. It is New York-based but truly global, with campuses in the U.S. including Nevada and California, at ways to create single-visit procedures. We will continue the process of integrating teaching and research collaboration among the different units of Touro, something we started two years ago to try to create synergies.
Dr. Marian Stoltz-Loike, Dean and VP for Online Education shares strategy behind the comprehensive program created to educate educators during the COVID pandemic
0. We hope to get final approval to open in July of 0 3. That’s an astoundingly short period of time to get something like that up and running. But w ’re able to do because it something we know how to do and because people are used to coming together, providing the right input. We have great people devoted to the mission.
EdTech Magazine
Touro GST Professor Holly Owens highlights three vital questions to ask when choosing technology for the college classroom ow was the es S uare site identified and how is it positionin ouro for the future

We own a lot of our facilities. Unfortunately, the one place we don’t own facilities is Midtown Manhattan. We’ve been looking to find place where we can have more of campus feel, have students be able to work together and talk to each other, have the operational efficiencies of being in one place, to be able to share classrooms.
Serendipitously, COVID changed the atmosphere, and Cushman and Wakefield found an opportunity. The ability to get over 300,000 feet in a single location, with separate entrance to accommodate students and reasonably si ed ceilings, wasn’t easy to find. During COVID when there was less demand on space, we were able to do that and plan to open our new ouro Cross River Campus in December ou entioned your nu erous locations ow have develop ents een oin road especially the tense cli ate in ussia
As you loo ahead toward what are the ost critical issues facin hi her education As societies become fractious and politici ed, we have to make sure higher ed does the right thing within that environment. It’s a huge challenge.
Encouraging dialogue and free expression, as long as it doesn’t impinge on hate speech and allows for different points of view, should be where higher ed is. Obviously, we don’t dictate what our faculty and staff do, but as an institution that’s where we try to go. A second big challenge is regulation and the lack of reali ation that regulation carries costs with it, even it’s good and well intentioned. A lot of the increased regulation that higher ed has faced has been for good reasons to encourage diversity and make sure that everyone is treated fairly, which
Health
Science Daily
Touro President Dr. Alan Kadish discusses a new AI-based approach that predicts outcomes of cardiac arrest
The DO
U.S. News & World Report highlights TouroCOM as one of 2023’s best medical schools
The Scientist
Touro President Dr. Alan Kadish and Touro Professor and Bioethicist John Loike call attention to the importance of ethics in medical research
Pharmacy Practice News
Touro College of Pharmacy Professor Zvi Loewy discusses pharmacogenomics
News-Medical.Net


Touro Professor Dr. Barbara Rumain’s study shows that adolescents are more likely than older adults to get COVID
Prevention
TouroCOM Professor Dr. Niket Sonpal discusses colorectal cancer in young adults


Jewish Standard
Touro President Dr. Alan Kadish discusses Touro’s new university status
Jewish Link
Touro College of Pharmacy student wins the Touro Research Grant to study treatments for COPD
Jewish Standard
Touro President Dr. Alan Kadish opines on the Middle East Studies Association’s support of BDS
The Times of Israel
Lander College for Women Professor Karen Sutton discusses dangers of universalizing the Holocaust
Jewish Link
Touro deans share tips with undergrads interested in medical and health science careers
Mishpacha
A profile of Dr. Henry Abramson, Dean of Touro’s Lander College of Arts and Sciences
Forward
A new study from Touro GSSW Professor Steven Pirutinsky disproves stereotypes on Orthodox Jews and mental health treatment
5Towns Jewish Times
Cross River Bank donates $5 million to dedicate the new Touro campus at 3 Times Square