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David Frum, senior editor for The Atlantic and former speechwriter for President George W. Bush, used his latest book “Trumpocracy” as a springboard for a presentation about American identity on Thursday, April 5.
Auditi Guha, a race and justice journalist for Rewire.News, shared insight on feminism, journalistic integrity and racial justice with students during an intimate talk held in the Sondra and David S. Mack Student Center on Tuesday, March 27.
Following an extensive national search, Mark Lukasiewicz, an Emmy-Award winning former NBC news executive and broadcast journalist, has been appointed to be the new dean of Hofstra’s Lawrence Herbert School of Communication.
Hofstra students protested both for and against the relocation of the Thomas Jefferson statue that stands outside the Sondra and David S. Mack Student Center on Friday, March 30.
NASA Chief Scientist Dr. Ellen Stofan spoke at the Helene Fortunoff Theater in the Monroe Lecture Center about how the study of space can help us better understand Earth in order to improve our own atmosphere. The event took place on Thursday, March 8 as a part of Hofstra University’s Science Night Live series.
Until this semester, Room 029 of Hauser Hall was simply a conference room used for psychology department meetings. But after a brief transformation, it has been officially converted into a dedicated study and hangout space as an “Undergraduate Student Workroom” for psychology majors.
After concerns over cross-contamination, mislabeling and misunderstandings of the Halal dietary restrictions earlier this semester, Compass Dining developed a corrective action plan on Monday, Feb. 26, that relocated Halal offerings from the Yo!Bowl self-serve line to the G8 hot entrée station in the Sondra and David S. Mack Student Center.
Boxing Hall of Fame inductee and analyst Steve Farhood visited Hofstra on Wednesday, Feb. 28, to present a timeline of racial developments throughout the history of the sport.
Concerns over insufficient suicide prevention training, uncertain active shooter protocol, inefficient medical assistance and limited LGBTQ+ friendly procedures were some of the many issues raised by students to Public Safety (PS) staff members during the event hosted by the Student Government Association (SGA) titled “Public Safety Hears You.”