College of Arts and Sciences Professors Honored for 20 Years of Service

Two faculty members from the College of LiberalArts and Sciences--Dr. Arvind Borde and Dr. Muhammad Muslih--were honored November 14, 2007 for 20 years of service to the C.W. Post Campus of Long Island University.

Professor of Mathematics Arvind Borde is an internationally recognized scholar in the mathematic theory of general relativity. In 2005, Dr. Borde transferred to C.W. Post from Southampton College, where he served as a professor for 18 years. Over the past decade, Dr. Borde’s work with Alex Vilenkin, director of the Institute of Comology at Tufts University, and Alan Guth, the Victor F. Weisskopf Professor of Physics at MIT, has been widely hailed.

In addition to his publications on the theory of relativity, Dr. Borde has written well-received books on digital typography. He has held visiting faculty appointments at Brookhaven National Laboratory, Tufts University, MIT and the University of Southern California. He has been profiled in The New York Times and his own writing has appeared in Nature, Scientific American, New Scientist, the Boston Globe and Newsday.

Political Science Professor Mohammad Muslih is a widely consulted expert on Arab society and politics. His field research is focused on the Arab-Israeli conflict and contemporary Islamic movements. He also monitors the Syrian and Lebanese political scenes, staying in touch with officials, academics and political leaders in those countries.

Professor Muslih has worked with the Council on Foreign Relations and is the author of numerous books and publications. He is near completion of a groundbreaking book, supported largely by his research on major concepts in modern Islamic thought and how these concepts move between different ideological camps and political networks. Dr. Muslih is regularly interviewed by international media outlets, including CNN and The New York Times, regarding unfolding developments in the Middle East.

Drs. Muslih and Borde were two of six professors honored for 20 years of service to the C.W. Post Campus.

Posted: November 14, 2007