YU News

Apr 13, 2009 -- Scientists at Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University have developed a simple, accurate and highly sensitive test to detect and quantify ricin, an extremely potent toxin with potential use as a bioterrorism agent. The report appears as a featured article in the ...

Apr 8, 2009 -- On Thursday, April 23 at 7:30 pm, New York Times columnists Gail Collins and David Brooks will discuss the policies and politics of the Obama administration’s first 100 days in office in a program presented as part of the annual Dr. Marcia Robbins-Wilf Scholar-in-Residence lecture ...

Apr 8, 2009 -- The numerous commonalities between India, the world’s largest democracy, and Israel, the smallest, were the subject of a conference, “Israel and India: A Relationship Comes of Age,” sponsored by Yeshiva University’s Center for Israel Studies and Institute for Public Health Sciences…

Apr 8, 2009 -- While heated debates continued over the proposed bailout plan, Moses Pava, the Alvin Einbender Professor of Business Ethics at Sy Syms School of Business, said at a recent lecture that a change in consciousness at how our culture approaches wealth is more necessary than a change in…

Apr 7, 2009 -- Nouriel Roubini, professor of economics and international business at New York University (NYU) Stern School of Business, will deliver the annual Alexander Brody Distinguished Lecture in Economics at Yeshiva University (YU) on Monday, April 27 at 7:30 pm. The event, entitled “Outlook…

Apr 3, 2009 -- In keeping with the national trend, Yeshiva University continues to increase its efforts to become more environmentally friendly. At the forefront of these initiatives is the Department of Food Services, which has begun recycling food waste oil on both the Beren and Wilf campuses ...

Apr 3, 2009 -- Scientists at Yeshiva University's Albert Einstein College of Medicine have proposed a sweeping new theory of autism that suggests that the brains of people with autism are structurally normal but dysregulated, meaning symptoms of the disorder might be reversible. The central tenet…

Apr 2, 2009 -- Marc Gopin has made a career out of making peace. A musmakh [rabbinical graduate] of Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary, Gopin is the James H. Laue Professor of Religion, Diplomacy and Conflict Resolution and director of the Center on Religion, Diplomacy and Conflict…

Apr 2, 2009 -- Poised to begin their undergraduate studies back in the U.S. in the coming year, students in Yeshiva’s S. Daniel Abraham Israel Program got some advice about working in Israel straight from the source: YU alumni who have made aliyah [immigrated] to Israel. Over 300 students filled…

Apr 2, 2009 -- In a world where instant access to entertainment through iPods, Youtube and Facebook encourages a superficial connectivity among younger generations, Zev Eleff probes the deeper questions of religion and values. A student in the Jay and Jeanie Schottenstein Honors Program at Yeshiva…