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The “h” in Hofstra is for “home”. 💙🦁
Visit Hofstra and see yourself at home at this weekend’s Fall Open House:
🗓️ Sunday, September 27th
🕙 Starting at 10:00 a.m.
Register at: hofstra.edu/admission/visit
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Happy Founding Day! September 23rd, 1935 marked the beginning of our beloved Hofstra. 🦁💙💛
Share your favorite Hofstra photo or memory with us in the replies! ⬇️
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Hofstra University has earned two Top 100 National rankings in the 2027 U.S. News and World Report (@usnews) Best Colleges rankings, on the Private National Universities and Best Value National Universities lists. 👏🦁
Read the full report at: hofstra.edu/
ALT Aerial view of Hofstra University campus with text highlighting two top 100 national rankings in 2027 by U.S. News & World Report. The lists are Private National Universities and Best Value National Universities.
ALT Black vintage-style clock on Hofstra University campus with students walking nearby on a sunny day. Text on screen reads "Read more at: hofstra.edu".
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International Forensic Linguistics, led by Dr. Robert A. Leonard, director of Hofstra’s Graduate Program in Linguistics, is a state-of-the-art version of the FBI Behavioral Analysis Unit Forensic Linguistics week-long “boot camp” courses. 🦁
news.hofstra.edu/2026/09/17/…
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Philip Dalton, professor of rhetoric and public advocacy, examines why police reform efforts in Nassau and Suffolk counties have produced limited change in Deliberating Police Reform: Managing Agonism Through Dialogue on Long Island.
Read more here: news.hofstra.edu/2026/09/16/…
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Kristin Weingartner, PhD, has been appointed Hofstra University’s vice provost for undergraduate education and student success, where she will work with faculty and leaders across academic and student affairs to strengthen the undergraduate experience. 🦁
news.hofstra.edu/2026/09/15/…
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New York State Assemblymember Charles Lavine presented Hofstra University’s Department of Biology with a check for $500,000 to support laboratory upgrades in Gittleson Hall. 🙌
news.hofstra.edu/2026/09/14/…
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This grant will transform lab space, allowing for higher levels of research!
Read the full story here: news.hofstra.edu/2026/09/14/…
Thanks to @HofstraU President Dr. Susan Poser for giving me a tour of the lab, and to the students and professors for explaining how the grant will enable them to safely conduct higher levels of research involving biomedical agents.
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Last week, the Hofstra Career Center’s annual Fall All-Majors Career and Internship Fair drew more than 700 students and alumni seeking jobs, internships, and volunteer opportunities. 🤝🦁
news.hofstra.edu/2026/09/11/…
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A literary society founded at Hofstra University is marking a homecoming this week as scholars gather to celebrate 50 years of advancing the study of French writer George Sand.
Learn more about the conference here: news.hofstra.edu/2026/09/15/…
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Today marks 25 years since the September 11th attacks.
Among those lost were 27 members of the Hofstra community, whose names live on “Phoenix”, a memorial located in the Hofstra Labyrinth.
Today, and every day, we remember all the victims.
#NeverForget
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Hofstra University retweeted
Today marks 25 years since the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center in New York City, the Pentagon in Arlington, VA, and United Airlines Flight 93, which crashed near Shanksville, PA.
We ask you to remember all the victims of 9/11 today and always.
In Remembrance
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Hofstra University is pleased to share the appointment of Kristin Weingartner as vice provost for undergraduate education and student success, effective September 15, 2026.
Congratulations, Dr. Weingartner! 🎉👏
Read more here: news.hofstra.edu/2026/09/10/…
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And your Fall Fest 2026 headliner is...🥁🥁🥁
FLO MILLI 🎤
Tickets and info at: hofstra.edu/fallfest 🔗🎟️
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Join us in welcoming Anne Marie Schettini-Lynch as senior vice president for financial affairs and treasurer! 🎉
Get to know her here: news.hofstra.edu/2026/09/02/…
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Deconstructing Venus, a new exhibit at the Hofstra University Museum of Art opening on Sept 8 and running through December 11, 2026, challenges, reconsiders, and expands traditional ideas about femininity and women’s roles in society. 🎨
Learn more here: news.hofstra.edu/2026/08/25/…
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Hofstra University retweeted
Thrilled to be back with our #HofstraFamily! Happy FDOC 📚🦁💙
#PrideOfLI
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