Professor of Engineering Ashaf Ghaly has had several pieces published in recent issues of “Concrete Today.” “The State of the Union’s Infrastructure: Challenges and Opportunities,” was published in the January 2009 issue. “Canada’s Confederation Bridge Surpasses Concrete Records” was the cover story in the magazine’s December 2008 issue. And “Vote for American Infrastructure” appeared in the October 2008 issue. In addition, Ghaly recently spoke on “A Hybrid Course to Introduce American Students to Engineering and Humanistic Aspects of Ancient and Modern Egypt,” at the 35th Annual International Conference of the Association of Egyptian Scholars. The conference theme was "Cooperation Among Scholars in Egypt and Abroad: Strategies and a Vision for Modern Education.
Tarik Wareh, assistant professor of classics, has received two awards to support work on his book, “The Lost Years: Literary Competition, Philosophy and Politics in the Generation after Plato and Isocrates,” a study of the interconnected ideas and careers of intellectuals connected to Athenian philosophical and rhetorical schools of the fourth century B.C. A stipend from the National Endowment for the Humanities will support research this summer. In addition, from September 2009 through May 2010, Wareh and his family will take up residence at Harvard University’s Center for Hellenic Studies in Washington, D.C., a premier research library where he will work in the company of other fellows elected for the year. Wareh also was named an alternate for the American Academy in Rome’s prestigious Rome Prize for 2009-2010.
Stephen Berk, the Henry and Sally Schaffer Professor of Holocaust & Jewish Studies, will speak on the history of modern Israel as the Scholar-in-Residence at Temple Etz Chaim in Thousand Oaks, Calif., March 20-22. He will focus on “Three Who Made It Happen: Herzl, Ben Gurion and Begin and the Creation of Israel” and also discuss "Israel at a Crossroads."