YU News

Jun 25, 2009 -- Dr. Neer Asherie, assistant professor of physics and biology at Yeshiva University, was recently awarded a $300,000 grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to study protein phase behavior. The title of the grant, which will begin on September 1, 2009 and continue over three…

Jun 24, 2009 -- Dr. Anatoly Frenkel, professor of physics at Stern College for Women, is one of four principal investigators awarded a grant of $1.92 million over three years from the U.S. Department of Energy to study the fundamental properties of nanoparticles that are essential for catalysis (…

Jun 22, 2009 -- Yeshiva University’s (YU) focus on advanced undergraduate level research continues to intensify with the selection of five exceptional students for the Henry Kressel Research Scholarship in 2009. The scholarship—established last year by Dr. Henry Kressel, managing director of…

Jun 20, 2009 -- As a foster child, Satarra Davis was often told she wasn’t “college material.” With determination and support, she not only graduated from Brandeis University with a bachelor’s degree in sociology, but this summer she will receive her master’s in social work from Wurzweiler School…

Jun 19, 2009 -- Dr. Marina Holz, assistant professor of biology at Yeshiva University’s Stern College for Women, was recently awarded a one-year $30,000 grant from the Wendy Will Case Cancer Fund to research the role of the mTOR (mammalian target of rapamycin) /S6 Kinase 1 (S6K1) genetic pathway in…

Jun 18, 2009 -- Yeshiva University’s three undergraduate schools—Yeshiva College, Stern College for Women and Sy Syms School of Business—held their first combined Undergraduate Dinner on June 17 at Pier Sixty, Chelsea Piers in New York City. In the words of Marjorie Diener Blenden, chairman…

Jun 18, 2009 -- The YU in Canada convocation and dinner held in Montreal on June 15 proved just how strong the bond is between Yeshiva University and its extended Canadian family. With almost 600 in attendance, including YU staff and noted members of Canada’s rabbinate and Jewish and broader ...

Jun 17, 2009 -- Dr. Marina Holz, assistant professor of biology at Yeshiva University’s Stern College for Women, is leading the charge in the fight against breast cancer. After receiving a $75,000 grant from the Elias Genevieve and Georgiana Atol Charitable Trust to research the molecular…

Jun 16, 2009 -- In a study published in The Journal of Infectious Diseases, researchers from Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University have identified cells in blood that predict which HIV-positive individuals are most likely to develop deadly fungal meningitis, a major cause of HIV…

Jun 15, 2009 -- The National Institute on Drug Abuse of the National Institutes of Health has awarded a three-year, $3-million grant to Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University to establish a research center to study the neurological complications that afflict people infected with…