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Najib Awad Arrives, Starts Teaching in the Fall

August 21, 2012

Dr. Najib Awad, the newly-appointed Associate Professor of Christian Theology, has opened his office at Hartford Seminary and is preparing to teach Introduction to Christian Theology in the fall semester.

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Shanell Smith On Campus, Ready to Start Teaching

August 17, 2012

Dr. Shanell T. Smith, the newly-appointed Assistant Professor of New Testament and Christian Origins, has arrived to start work at the Seminary and is preparing to teach New Testament Survey in the fall semester.

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Brazilian Scholar Studying at Hartford Seminary

August 17, 2012

Hartford Seminary's expertise in American Protestant theology and ethics and its diversity have brought a Brazilian research scholar to study at the Seminary.

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Egyptian Scholar Visits Hartford Seminary

August 9, 2012

On Thursday, August 9, Professor Muhammad R. Abu-Layla, Professor Emeritus of Comparative Religion and Islamic Studies in English at Al-Azhar University, Cairo, Egypt, engaged in a conversation with Hartford Seminary trustees, faculty and senior staff to discuss areas of mutual cooperation.

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Hartford Seminary Community Mourns the Tragic Loss at the Sikh Temple in Wisconsin

August 6, 2012

President Heidi Hadsell, and the entire Hartford Seminary community, mourns the loss of life on Sunday at the Sikh temple in Oak Creek, Wisconsin, along with our Sikh brothers and sisters, and will keep the families and friends of those killed and wounded in our prayers.

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Mahmoud Ayoub Receives Distinguished Scholar Award

July 19, 2012

Professor Mahmoud Ayoub, Faculty Associate in Islam and Christian-Muslim Relations at Hartford Seminary, has received the 2012 Distinguished Scholar Award from the International Institute of Islamic Thought (IIIT) for his leadership in the Institute's Summer Institute for Scholars.

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Rabbinical Students Studying at Hartford Seminary

June 27, 2012

Fran Snyder, one of the students from the Jewish Theological Seminary in the class, offered these comments after the class ended

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Comprehensive Study of U.S. Mosques

June 25, 2012

The second report from the US Mosque Survey 2011, which is a comprehensive study of mosques in America, was released on Saturday, June 23.The first report focused on the basic demographics of mosques and attitudes of mosque leaders to America and involvement in American society. This second report focuses on mosque activities, administration and vitality.

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Islamic Art Exhibit at the Metropolitan Museum of Art

June 21, 2012

Hartford Seminary hosted an evening gathering at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City on Saturday, May 12--partly to enjoy the Museum's new "Galleries for the Art of the Arab Lands, Turkey, Iran, Central Asia, and Later South Asia", and partly to enjoy a reception in the company of Seminary supporters, program partners, students, graduates, trustees, faculty, staff, and old and new friends.

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Protecting Planet Earth

June 19, 2012

On June 6, 2012, Hartford Seminary, the Hartford Public Library, Charter Oak Cultural Center and the Conference of Churches presented the third in a series of panel discussions on Poverty, Peace and Planet Earth.