• Dr. Anthony Bahri, professor of mathematics, gave the talk, "On the stable splitting of complex coordinate subspace arrangements," at the International Toric Topology meeting in Osaka, Japan, in June. He also spoke at a conference in Manchester, England, sponsored by the London Mathematical Society, on August 15. The title of this talk was "The stable splitting of generalized moment angle complexes."
• Dr. Jonathan Mendilow, professor of political science, gave a keynote speech on the “Internet and the Frontiers of Europe,” to the conference on The Frontiers of Europe , conducted in Cluj, May 15-18. He has also led the section on Theoretical Dimensions in the Analysis of Public Party Funding, at the International Political Science Association (IPSA) conference in Fukuoka , Japan June 9-13. Mendilow received a Rider University Summer Fellowship for the summer of 2006 and conducted research on foreign policy alternative and party elections—the Case of Israel, 2006.
• Dr. Stéphane Natan, assistant professor of French, published the paper, “Les Pensées de Pascal: Au royaume des nécessités,” in the journal, “Symposium,” Volume 60, Number 6, Summer 2006, pages 93-108. "Symposium"is a quarterly journal in “Modern Foreign Languages and Literatures.”
• Dr. Obeua S. Persons, associate professor of accounting, has two recently published articles: "The Effect of Fraud and Lawsuit Revelation on U.S. Executive Turnover and Compensation" in “Journal of Business Ethics” (2006), 64, p.405-419, and "Corporate Governance and Non-Financial Reporting Fraud" in “Journal of Business and Economic Studies” (2006), 12, p.27-39.
• Dr. Jack Sullivan, professor of English and director of the American studies program at Rider, has published an article on the American Studies' New Orleans jazz trip in the September 8th “Chronicle of Higher Education” in the "Chronicle Review" section. Entitled "In New Orleans, Did the Music Die?," this article describes the Rider trip from its 1990 inception to its current post-Katrina state, including the annual performances on major New Orleans jazz stages by Westminster Choir College students and culminating with an assessment of the music scene after the hurricane. The Chronicle’s table of contents blurb reads: "Katrina didn't stop this American Studies class from its annual musical pilgrimage to New Orleans."

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