Dr. Louis Primavera, dean of the School of Health Sciences, discusses the findings of a study on aging, which show that people's perception of decisions made during their youth can affect the quality of their lives as they grow older.

Students at Touro University Nevada's  School of Occupational Therapy unveiled products to help people with disabilities perform everyday tasks during the school’s Assistive Technology Fair. According to the Review-Journal, each student-designed device "rivals in ingenuity anything you’ll ever see being pitched on a TV infomercial."

A determined Ellen Sautner wouldn't let anything come between her and a college degree. Not the responsibility of being the sole provider for her four children, not Hurricane Sandy driving her from her home and not even melanoma. 

By earning a master's in social work, 58-year-old Antoinette Miller is overcoming remarkable odds and numerous obstacles, including homelessness, violence and an addiction to drugs and alcohol. At graduation she will receive Touro's Tikkun Olam Award.

Dr. Alan Kadish, president and CEO of Touro College, writes that when colleges and universities bow to pressure over commencement speakers and honorees, it undercuts the notion that institutions of higher learning should be bastions of autonomous discourse and the free exchange of ideas.

James Van Thach could have gone into law after graduating from the Touro Law Center. Instead, he went to Iraq.

Just days before Yom Ha'Shoah (Holocaust Memorial Day), Jews in the Ukrainian city of Donetsk received leaflets ordering them to "register" or face deporation and other consequences. Whether real or just a hoax, Touro president and CEO Dr. Alan Kadish calls these actions "repulsive."

Dr. Alan Kadish, president and CEO of Touro College, asks whether athletics have overtaken academics as the focal point of many institutions of higher learning in the U.S.

As part of World Autism Awareness Day, Dr. Nicole Cavenagh, the director of Touro University Nevada's (TUN) Autism Center appeared on television to discuss a new report stating that one out of 68 children is on the Autism spectrum, as well as warning signs of autism and early intervention. Students and faculty at TUN are wearing blue today, and this evening the Center will host a "Blue Party" to increase Autism awareness.

Michael Erickson, a third-year student at the Touro College of Osteopathic Medicine (TouroCOM), is profiled for being "prolifically involved in activities and volunteer work," and for "his commitment to community service." After his first year of school, Erickson, who was recently named National Student DO of the Year by the Council of Osteopathic Student Government Presidents, and Student of the Year by TouroCOM, spent three weeks on a medical mission in a health clinic in Nairobi, Kenya.

There's been much discussion about a new medical school opening in Las Vegas. Mitchell Forman, DO, dean of Touro University Nevada's College of Osteopathic Medicine, says that all of the talk makes people overlook a very good option already available. 

Robert Goldschmidt, dean of the Lander College of Arts and Sciences – Flatbush (LAS) and Touro’s vice president for planning and assessment, spoke with Talkline Communication radio's Zev Brenner about the unique, career-focused educational opportunities offered at LAS.  

Donne Kampel, Touro's associate dean of faculties, was featured on the cover of the Women Shaping History issue and interviewed about her accomplishments and why she formed the Women’s Leadership Council at Touro.

Martina Rodriguez and other students from the Touro College Graduate School of Social Work traveled to Albany to ask legislators to approve the Dream Act bill, which would give undocumented immigrant students access to financial aid programs. 

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Dr. Steven Huberman, dean of Touro's Graduate School of Social Work, discusses a service called Naturally Occurring Retirement Communities (NORCs), which offers programs to reduce the prohibitive costs retirees face and helps them maintain good health and stay in their homes. 

Professor Benjamin Rajotte, the director of Touro Law's Disaster Relief Clinic, says that FEMA is undercutting victims of Superstorm Sandy on flood insurance.

Dr. Alan Kadish writes that the recent vote by members of the MLA to criticize Israel for restricting the travel of American scholars failed to consider why Israel was compelled to institute such restrictions in the first place.

New York Medical College (NYMC) received approval to renovate a former commercial building in Mount Pleasant, N.Y. to create space for faculty offices and classrooms. NYMC had purchased the five-story, 248,000 square foot structure in April.

Hadassah Buchwald-Pawlak, a graduate of Lander College for Women, is featured in a story in The Jewish Week about the work she is doing through the Lauder-Morasha Primary and Middle Schools in Warsaw and the Ronald S. Lauder Foundation’s Summer Educational Camps for Jewish Families helping to restore Jewish life in Poland.