Dr. Peninnah Schram, professor of speech and drama at Stern College for Women, was a keynote speaker at the annual Bikur Cholim Conference sponsored by the UJA-Federation of New York and held on November 13, at the UJA’s midtown location. Her presentation, titled, “God, Give Me Good Listeners!”, focused on the art of listening and [...]
Archive for December, 2011
Schram Keynote Speaker at UJA Bikur Cholim Conference
Wednesday, December 14th, 2011Pava Publishes Book on Jewish Ethics
Wednesday, December 14th, 2011Dr. Moses Pava, the Alvin Einbender Professor of Business Ethics at SYMS, recently released a book titled, “Jewish Ethics in a Post-Madoff World: A Case for Optimism.” Published by Palgrave MacMillan, the book explores new and alternative ways of relating to Jewish texts and concepts. According to a synopsis on Amazon, Pava, the director of [...]
Shatz Addresses European Science Foundation International Workshop
Wednesday, December 14th, 2011Dr. David Shatz, professor of philosophy at Stern College for Women, was one of two scholars from North America to address the European Science Foundation International Workshop on Peer Review, in Brussels, Belgium. His presentation was titled, “Challenges to Quality Assurance: The problem of Bias in Peer Review.” The participants in the workshop represented nearly [...]
Leading Managerial Journal Lists Laufer’s Crisis Management Article as One of Most Cited
Tuesday, December 13th, 2011A 2006 article co-written by Dr. Daniel Laufer, associate professor of marking at Yeshiva University’s SYMS School of Business, and Dr. W. Timothy Coombs made the list of most highly cited articles in a leading managerial journal, Business Horizons. The article, titled “How Should a Company Respond to a Product Harm Crisis?”, provides guidance to [...]
Cohen Nominated as NAPH Conference Coordinator
Tuesday, December 13th, 2011Dr. Zafrira Lidovsky Cohen, coordinator of Hebrew language and literature at Stern College for Women, was nominated to become the National Association of Professors of Hebrew (NAPH) National Conference Coordinator. Her primary responsibilities will include chairing the conference executive committee, coordinating the work of the conference’s professional committees and constructing the program of the annual [...]
David Berger to be Honored at AJS Reception
Tuesday, December 13th, 2011On Monday evening, December 19, YU’s Bernard Revel Graduate School of Jewish Studies will sponsor a reception in appreciation of David Berger, Ruth & I. Lewis Gordon Professor of Jewish History and Dean of Revel, at the 43rd annual conference of the Association for Jewish Studies. At the celebration, to be held in Washington, D.C., [...]