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News from the College

Dance

Hofstra Dance Presents a Celebratory Dance Concert in Honor of Its 25th Anniversary: Featuring Performances and Choreography by Some of the Program's Most Successful Alumni

Hofstra’s Dance Program is celebrating its silver anniversary with a fall dance concert reuniting some of its most successful alumni – now professional dancers – who will perform... | more |

Music

Sid Bernstein, Renowned Music Exec and Concert Promoter, Shares Anecdotes About Judy Garland, James Brown, The Beatles And The Rolling Stones With Students in Hofstra Music Merchandising Class

Renowned music executive and concert promoter Sid Bernstein, who is credited with bringing The Beatles to America, orchestrating their legendary concert at Shea Stadium and inciting the “British Invasion”... | more |

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Welcome Back Message to the HCLAS Faculty

A message from Dr. Barnard Firestone, the dean of the Hofstra College of Liberal Arts and Sciences... |more|




In Focus

HCLAS In Focus

Get to know some of the students, faculty and alumni of the Hofstra College of Liberal Arts and Sciences... | more |

John Bryant photo by Frank Fournier

Press Release: Hofstra University Receives $175,000 Grant from the NEH For Innovative Electronic Library Dedicated to the Study of Herman Melville

Dr. John Bryant, a Hofstra University professor of English since 1986, has received a grant for $175,000 from the National Endowment for the Humanities ... | more |

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Press Release: Lyme Disease Research

The National Science Foundation has recently funded Hofstra University and a consortium of five other universities to study why the risk of Lyme disease ... | more |

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Press Release: Kalikow Center for the Study of the American Presidency Announces the Appointment of Two Senior Presidential Fellows: Political and Campaign Strategist Ed Rollins and former DNC Chair Howard Dean

Hofstra University President Stuart Rabinowitz today announced the appointment of two Senior Presidential Fellows at the Peter S. Kalikow Center for the Study of the American Presidency... | more |

English

Great Writers, Great Readers Series Continues with Novelist Patricia Hampl, Poet Frank Bidart and Playwright Craig Lucas

Members of the Hofstra Writers Club recently participated in a sold-out staged poetry performance on Wednesday, July 22, 2009, at the Gene Frankel Theatre in downtown Manhattan... | more |

English

Student and Alumni Members of Hofstra's Writers Club Perform Their Poetry at the Gene Frankel Theatre in Manhattan

Student and Alumni Members of Hofstra's Writers Club Perform Their Poetry at the Gene Frankel Theatre in... | more |

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Professor of Fine Arts Laurie Fendrich Awarded a Brown Foundation Fellowship for Drawing

Hofstra University Professor of Fine Arts Laurie Fendrich spent five weeks in April and May 2009 as a Brown Foundation Fellow, which allowed her to travel to France to live and work in the historic Dora Maar House in Ménerbes... | more |