The Center for Faculty Development and Information Technology Services are offering this workshop to help faculty become acquainted with CourseInfo. Registration is limited to 20 participants. For more information, contact Joyce Crockett at x4-3364. Scientific biomedical and behavioral research proposals are sought from people associated with all campuses of the University of Nebraska and Creighton University in Omaha. The proposal deadline is Monday, Jan. 15, 2001.
All hosts donate the dinners and sometimes give an additional monetary donation.
The guest speaker is Dr. Marc Saperstein, the Charles E. Smith Professor of Jewish History and director of the Program in Judaic Studies at George Washington University. Dr. Saperstein is the author of four books and more than 30 articles and reviews on various aspects of Jewish history, literature and thought. He received his B.A. and Ph.D. from Harvard University, his M.A. at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and his rabbinical ordination at the New York School of Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion. In 1994, Dr. Saperstein was elected a fellow of the American Academy for Jewish Research. He currently serves as treasurer of that academy and is the book review editor for the Association of Jewish Studies Review.