The Fellowship in history at the Dropsie College will be named the Oscar S. Straus Fellowship in memory of the late American Jewish statesman, according to a decision taken at the annual meeting of ...

Here's another in a long line of geek confessions: I hadn't really read much of Will Eisner before now. I knew about Eisner, of course, called the "father of the graphic novel" both for popularizing ...

But despite his reputation as a visual genius and canny business-man, when Eisner decided to venture back into the comics medium in 1978 he had trouble selling his first property—a bleak, elliptical ...

David L. Ulin is book editor of The Times. ONE of the most interesting developments in contemporary literature is the emergence of comics as a confessional medium, a mirror for the examined life. It’s ...

Founder’s Day was celebrated at the Dropsie College for Hebrew and Cognate Learning on the evening of March 10th. The prayer was made by Rabbi Abram J. Levy and there was music as well as addresses by ...

An institute for the study of Israel and the Middle East has just been established at Dropsie College president, announced last week. The aim of the Institute is to train a limited number of qualified ...