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May 14, 2009 -- Students at YU’s 78th Commencement Ceremony at Madison Square Garden’s WaMu Theater on May 14 received a send-off from someone they know well: Dr. David Shatz ’65YH, ’69Y, ‘72R, ‘72BR, the highly popular professor of philosophy at Stern College for Women. The esteemed scholar of ...

May 13, 2009 -- Yeshiva University’s three undergraduate schools--Yeshiva College, Stern College for Women and Sy Syms School of Business--will hold their first combined Undergraduate Dinner on June 17 at Pier Sixty, Chelsea Piers in New York City. The dinner will honor distinguished members of the…

May 11, 2009 -- Dr. Gabriel A. Cwilich, associate professor of physics at Yeshiva College, has been appointed director of the college’s Jay and Jeanie Schottenstein Honors Program. Cwilich, an expert on wave propagation in disordered materials and the physics of disordered systems, has taught ...

May 8, 2009 -- It was as if their New York Times blog “The Conversation” came to life on stage at the Schottenstein Cultural Center when columnists David Brooks and Gail Collins met to talk about President Barack Obama’s first 100 days in office on April 27. The incisive and wide-ranging discussion…

May 6, 2009 -- Scientists at Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University have combined their revolutionary new drug-delivery system with a powerful antimicrobial agent to treat potentially deadly drug-resistant staph infections in mice. The study is published this month in the online…

May 6, 2009 -- Inappropriate use of camphor-containing products may be a common and underappreciated cause of seizures in young children, according to a new study by researchers at Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University. The study, published in this month’s issue of Pediatrics ...

May 5, 2009 -- Yeshiva University’s Institute for University-School Partnership convened a meeting for yeshivot and day schools in the Five Towns and Far Rockaway to discuss practical ways to save money by cutting energy and utility spending. The meeting, which took place at Yeshiva Ketana of Long…

May 4, 2009 -- With the economic crisis exacerbating an already serious predicament in keeping Jewish day school education affordable, Yeshiva University’s Institute for University-School Partnership, a division of the Azrieli Graduate School of Jewish Education and Administration, is taking a…

Apr 30, 2009 -- There is a light at the end of the tunnel. However, that light is further away than most people realize. That was the general message delivered by Dr. Nouriel Roubini, the renowned economist who accurately predicted the current recession in 2006. Speaking to a capacity crowd at ...

Apr 30, 2009 -- Prof. David Shatz, professor of philosophy at Yeshiva University’s (YU) Stern College for Women, will deliver the keynote address at YU’s 78th commencement ceremony at Madison Square Garden’s WaMu Theater in New York City on Thursday, May 14 at 11 am. Prof. Shatz, editor of The…