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    Announcing This Year’s Borsch-Rast Prize Winner, Dr. Laurie Zoloth

    The Graduate Theological Union (GTU) is pleased to announce that Dr. Laurie Zoloth (PhD ‘93 and Alum of the Year ‘05) has been awarded the seventh annual Borsch-Rast Book Prize and Lectureship for her 2022 publication, Second Texts & Second Opinions: Essays Toward a Jewish Bioethics (Oxford University Press). 

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    Center for Theology and the Natural Sciences is Awarded a $15,000 Grant by the American Association for the Advancement of Science

    The Graduate Theological Union (GTU) is pleased to announce that the Center for Theology and the Natural Sciences (CTNS) has been selected to participate in the Climate Science in Theological Education (CSTE) Grant Initiative of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), the world’s largest general scientific society and publisher of the Science family of journals. The grant, in the amount of $15,000, supports CTNS in their project titled, “Science, Technology, and the Environment: Exploring Implications for Science and Religion in the Bay Area and Beyond.” 

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    Rev. Dr. Carmen Lansdowne (PhD, ’16) Named 2023 Alum of the Year

    The Graduate Theological Union (GTU) is pleased to announce the Right Rev. Dr. Carmen Lansdowne as the 2023 Alum of the Year. In 2016, Rev. Dr. Lansdowne earned her PhD from the GTU in Interdisciplinary Studies.  

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    Geografías Paralelas: Arceo • Coronado • Fernández

    GTU's Center for the Arts and Religion (CARe) presents the must-see Geografías Paralelas ("Parallel Geographies"), a thought-provoking and visually stunning exploration of the multicultural and bilingual experiences of three artists who migrated to the United States as young adults from Latin America and the Caribbean.

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    Summer 2024 Interreligious Research Grants | Madrasa-Midrasha Program

    The GTU's Madrasa-Midrasha Program is pleased to announce summer research grants ranging from $250 to $1000 to support GTU students working on interreligious projects related to Judaism and/or Islam. These grants are made possible through the generosity of the Walter and Elise Haas Fund, which has supported the Madrasa-Midrasha Program since its inception in 2008.  

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    Faith Actors and Effective Multilateralism

    Dr. Iyad Abumoghli and a panel of experts discuss the role of faith actors in contributing to multilateralism, particularly in regards to the triple planetary crisis (climate change, pollution, and biodiversity loss).

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CANCELLED: Toward a Holy Ecology: A New Book Conversation with Author Rabbi Ellen Bernstein

Please join us for a special CJS event featuring a conversation with author Rabbi Ellen Bernstein on her new book Toward a Holy Ecology: Reading the Song of Songs in the Age of Climate Crisis (Monkfish 2024).

Collaborative Learning Space, Taube Conference Center, Flora Lamson Hewlett Library
5:30pm