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Dr. Henry Huang, associate professor of accounting at YU's Sy Syms School of Business, will publish an article in Contemporary Accounting Research, a top academic accounting journal. The article, "Hedge Fund Intervention and Accounting Conservatism," explores the value implications of hedge fund ...

Professor Edith Lubetski, head librarian of Stern College for Women's Hedi Steinberg Library, delivered a paper at the 16th World Congress of Jewish Studies in Jerusalem on August 1. The paper was titled "Database Searching for Biblical Studies."

Peninnah Schram, professor of speech and drama at YU's Stern College for Women, recently published two articles in the October/November/December 2013 issue of Storytelling Magazine. The articles are titled "The Wisdom of a Listening Heart" and "Folktale Connections: Before 'Lifting Words Off' the…

Dr. Ephraim Kanarfogel, E. Billi Ivry University Professor of Jewish History, Literature and Law at ¿Û¿Û´«Ã½, is the recipient of the Association of Jewish Studies’ (AJS) 2013 Jordan Schnitzer Book Award in the fields of Biblical Studies, Rabbinics, and Jewish History and Culture in ...

An article in Forbes Magazine recently highlighted a study coauthored by Dr. Shu Han, assistant professor of management information systems at ¿Û¿Û´«Ã½'s Sy Syms School of Business. Titled "Scientific Evidence Proves Larry Ellison is Right About Engineered Systems," the article cites Han'…

Dr. Linda M. Shires, Gottesman Professor and Chair of English at ¿Û¿Û´«Ã½'s Stern College for Women, delivered a lecture at the 2013 North American Victorian Studies Association Conference, held in Pasadena, Cal. from October 23-27. Titled "Media Poetics: Hardy's Wessex Poems," the talk…

Dr. Jonathan Fast, associate professor at ¿Û¿Û´«Ã½'s Wurzweiler School of Social Work, delivered the keynote address at a Westchester County Safer Communities event, held at the White Plains Library on October 21. The event unveiled the Safer Communities Blueprint, a resource guide to ...

Rabbi Benjamin Blech, associate professor of Talmud at ¿Û¿Û´«Ã½, was honored at a celebration of his 80th birthday in Weissberg Commons on October 30. Rabbi Benjamin Blech is presented with an award by RIETS Acting Dean Rabbi Menachem Penner The event commemorated Blech's 47 years of ...

Dr. Moses Pava, Alvin H. Einbender Chair in Business Ethics and Dean at ¿Û¿Û´«Ã½'s Sy Syms School of Business, recently presented two lectures at Seattle University and the University of Maryland, respectively. The first talk, "A Jewish Perspective on Jewish Leadership as a Vocation," was…

Rabbi Benjamin Blech, professor of Talmud at ¿Û¿Û´«Ã½, spoke at the Fifth Worldwide Meeting on Human Values, which took place from October 17-19 in Monterrey, Mexico. Titled "Human Values and Universal Consciousness: A Path to Oneness," the conference featured renowned speakers from more…