On Monday, December 5, 2011 over a reception in Belfer Hall’s Sky Café, the Yeshiva University community celebrated the publication of A Common Cultural Heritage: Studies on Mesopotamia and the Biblical World in Honor of Barry L. Eichler (Bethesda, Md.: CDL Press), edited by Grant Frame, Erle Leichty, Karen Sonik, Jeffrey Tigay and Steve Tinney. The […]

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 […]

A 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 […]

Dr. 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 […]