YU News

Jun 12, 2009 -- Jewish communities throughout North America often struggle to find qualified teachers for Jewish schools that will develop the next generation. A new grant from Legacy Heritage Fund Limited will address this problem by providing support to attract, train and retain more high-quality…

Jun 9, 2009 -- As President Barack Obama prepares to take on health care reform, a group of human service and legal professionals gathered at a conference sponsored by Wurzweiler School of Social Work to exchange ideas about and advocate for much-needed changes in the delivery of health care to the…

Jun 9, 2009 -- A consortium of research centers in the tri-state region, including Yeshiva University's Albert Einstein College of Medicine, has received a $46 million grant to conduct research on emerging infectious diseases. The grant, from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious…

Jun 4, 2009 -- When Sam Blass began studying protein crystallization with Dr. Neer Asherie, assistant professor of physics and biology at Yeshiva University (YU), he became so enamored with nanotechnology that he decided to major in chemistry instead of his previous pre-med track. The move paid off…

Jun 4, 2009 -- Vikram Padmanabhan realized he was drawn to medicine as a way to practice science and physiology “with a human touch” when his students at Lehman High School in the Bronx came to him with health problems. After three years as a teacher, Padmanabhan decided to combine his love of ...

Jun 3, 2009 -- Chavi Schwartz, who graduated as co-valedictorian from Sy Syms School of Business, always had a head for numbers. “I always enjoyed having to work through problems and come to conclusions based on a given set of rules,” said the accounting major from Highland Park, NJ. But while Syms…

Jun 2, 2009 -- Yeshiva University (YU) will hold its first-ever Undergraduate Dinner on Wednesday, June 17, 2009 at Pier Sixty, Chelsea Piers in New York City. The dinner will celebrate the achievements of YU’s three undergraduate schools, Yeshiva College, Stern College for Women and Sy Syms School…

Jun 2, 2009 -- Entrepreneurship runs in the family for Michael Levy, who graduated from Sy Syms School of Business this May with a major in finance. While a student, the Lawrence, NY, native helped develop TriSpecs, his father’s consumer electronics company whose flagship product, TriSpecs Eyewear…

Jun 1, 2009 -- Eating red or white meat, including meat cooked at high temperatures, does not increase the risk of breast cancer in postmenopausal women, according to a large study conducted by researchers at Albert Einstein College of Medicine at Yeshiva University. The study was published this ...

Jun 1, 2009 -- The Grand Chamber of the European Court of Human Rights will hear a case on June 3 brought by Jakob Finci, a Jewish citizen of Bosnia and Herzegovina, who is denied the right to stand for election to the three-member presidency and the House of Peoples in the Bosnian Parliament ...