Hofstra University President Stuart Rabinowitz announced the appointment of Dr. Benjamin Rifkin, professor of modern languages and literature at Ithaca College, as the new Dean of the Hofstra College of Liberal Arts & Sciences. Dr. Rifkin will start his term on June 15, 2017. He succeeds Dr. Bernard Firestone, professor of political science and the dean of the College since 1997 who is retiring from the position and returning to the College’s faculty.

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