YU News

Dec 2, 2008 -- Dr. Arturo Casadevall, chair and Forchheimer Professor of Microbiology and Immunology at YU's Albert Einstein College of Medicine, recently spoke about the infectious-disease crisis in delivering the Kass Lecture at the annual meeting of ICAAC/IDSA in Washington, D.C. in October. ...

Dec 2, 2008 -- According to figures announced by the New York State Board of Law Examiners on November 18, graduates of Yeshiva University's Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law achieved a 93.2 percent first-time passage rate on the July 2008 New York State Bar Exam. Of the 310 Cardozo graduates who…

Dec 2, 2008 -- Lata K. McGinn, director of the clinical program and associate professor of psychology at Yeshiva University’s Ferkauf Graduate School of Psychology, was appointed a Beck Scholar by the Beck Institute of Cognitive Therapy and Research. Founded in 1994 by Dr. Aaron T. Beck, the…

Dec 2, 2008 -- There exist moments in time that shock us to our core, that force us to stop and question the very essence of our humanity. Unfortunately, today is one of those times. We are diminished by the brutal killings of almost 200 men, women and children in Mumbai. Today we bury the six ...

Dec 1, 2008 -- It was a night full of jokes for a serious cause when over 300 students from several universities in New York City attended a comedy night fundraiser for Camp HASC, the summer program run by the Hebrew Academy for Special Children. The event in on YU’s Wilf Campus raised $4068…

Dec 1, 2008 -- When teaching children about the impact of bullying, Rona Novick has found that role playing using cartoon characters helps make the lessons less threatening. It’s a strategy that the associate professor at Azrieli Graduate School of Jewish Education and Administration employs with…

Nov 26, 2008 -- As part of an extensive adult education program at the Young Israel of Woodmere, Yeshiva University (YU) is offering a series of lectures on the timely issue of “Ethics in the Workplace” to the Five Towns community. The speakers are well known figures in their respective fields of…

Nov 25, 2008 -- The American Cancer Society, the nation’s largest non-governmental funder of cancer research, has given its highest award, the Medal of Honor, to four Americans who have made outstanding contributions to the fight against cancer. Among the honorees is Susan Band Horwitz, Ph.D ...

Nov 25, 2008 -- Over 350 students crammed into a packed-to-capacity Schottenstein Cultural Center to see eight bands compete at the YU Battle of the Bands competition. First place went to Ta Shma, which won 10 hours of premium recording time at Jantelis Studios, two gigs at the Roc-House café on ...

Nov 25, 2008 -- At the age of nine, Simon Deng, a member of the Shilluk tribe in southern Sudan, was abducted and given as a gift to an Arab family. His job was to draw water from the Nile River and carry it back to the household, work typically assisted by camels. Deng spoke about his experience…