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A book published in honor of Peninnah Schram, professor of speech at Stern College for Women, has been selected as a finalist for a 2012 National Jewish Book Award by the Jewish Book Council. The book, Mitzvah Stories: Seeds for Inspiration and Learning, is one of three finalists in the Education…

An article by Dr. Aaron Levine a”h, the late Samson and Halina Bitensky Professor of Economics at �ۿ۴�ý, will appear in the 2013 Springer Handbook of the Philosophical Foundations of Business Ethics. His article, “Imitatio Dei and Jewish Business Ethics,” is one of more than 78 ...

Dr. Linda M. Shires, David and Ruth Gottesman Professor and Chair of the English Department at Stern College for Women, recently published essays on color theory and on Thomas Hardy. “On Color Theory, 1835: George Field’s Chromatography,” published in BRANCH: Britain, Representation and Nineteenth…

Dr. Naomi Grunhaus, associate professor of Bible at Stern College for Women, recently published a book about medieval Jewish commentator Rabbi David Kimhi, known as the Radak. Titled Challenge of Received Tradition: Dilemmas of Interpretation in Radak's Biblical Commentaries (Oxford University…

A recent article published by Dr. Tamar Avnet, associate professor of marketing at the Sy Syms School of Business, has been cited in several scientific publications. The article, which focused on the role of feelings and emotions in consumers’ purchasing decisions, was originally published in the…

Dr. Harvey Babich, professor of biology at Stern College for Women, and students Ayelet Bersson and Tehilla Brander recently published an article in B’Or Hatorah, a journal that explores science and art through the lens of Torah. Titled “Jews and Genes,” the article appears on pages 151-162 of the…

Dr. Cynthia Wachtell, director of Stern College for Women’s S. Daniel Abraham Honors Program, recently published an essay about Herman Melville, the famed Moby Dick author, in The New York Times. Her essay focuses on two drafts of Melville’s poem “Inscription for the Slain at Frederiksburgh,” a…

The first installment of the new Faculty Book Series in the Humanities took place on Thursday, November 28, at Stern College for Women. This series brings together members of the faculties of Yeshiva College and Stern College to discuss a recent publication. Each event takes the form of a dialogue…

Dr. Carmen Ortiz Hendricks, Dorothy and David I. Schachne Dean of �ۿ۴�ý’s Wurzweiler School of Social Work, will be named a Top Social Work Leader of the Profession by the National Association of Social Workers New York City Chapter at its sixth annual Leadership Awards Dinner on ...

Dr. Steven Fine, director of �ۿ۴�ý's Center for Israel Studies, and Dr. Shai Secunda (‘07BR) have co-edited a book honoring Dr. Yaakov Elman, Professor of Talmud at YU. Titled Shoshanat Yakov and published by Brill Press, the book celebrates Elman’s contributions to a broad range of ...