YU News

Mar 20, 2008 -- The growing adoption of strict privacy laws in Europe that could impact US media law will be explored at “Enjoining the Kiss: the Emerging International Right of Privacy versus News & Art Photography,” a panel discussion presented by the Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law at…

Mar 20, 2008 -- Separating conjoined twins presents frighteningly complex moral challenges. Advances in surgical procedures have given doctors newfound ability to separate conjoined twins and improve their chances for survival. However, often one child will live only at the expense of his twin. Who…

Mar 18, 2008 -- WITH SUPER TUESDAY LOOMING, LEADING SCHOLARS TO EXAMINE ETHICS AND CHARACTER IN THE U.S. PRESIDENCY AT JANUARY 30 EVENT SPONSORED BY THE CENTER FOR ETHICS AT YESHIVA UNIVERSITY Prominent American Historian Robert Dallek Is Featured Speaker at Center for Jewish History With the race…

Mar 14, 2008 -- “I was there [in Israel] when it happened. I heard the sirens all night,” said Alyse Neumark, a sophomore at Stern College for Women. She was talking about the shooting of eight young men at Yeshivat Mercaz Harav in Jerusalem on March 7. “It was important to come back to America and…

Mar 14, 2008 -- In an interview with Time magazine, Rabbi Israel Miller, senior vice president of Yeshiva University who devoted his life to the Jewish people and the State of Israel, was asked about the dual loyalty of the Jewish community in America. “Is Judaism a noun or an adjective? Are you ...

Mar 13, 2008 -- Yeshiva University cemented its ties with the people and state of Israel when the Second Yeshiva University Colloquium in Israel opened with an academic convocation at the Renaissance Jerusalem Hotel on Wednesday, March 12. The event, which coincides with Israel’s 60th anniversary…

Mar 12, 2008 -- Yeshiva University deeply mourns the loss of Erica Jesselson, a benefactor of Yeshiva University and a woman of rare, indomitable spirit who devoted her long life to philanthropy, the arts, and Jewish education. Mrs. Jesselson was 86 and died of natural causes on March 12, 2008 at…

Mar 11, 2008 -- Mutations in genes governing an important cell-signaling pathway influence human longevity, scientists at Albert Einstein College of Medicine have found. Their research is described in the March 4 issue of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. The report is the latest…

Mar 6, 2008 -- Yeshiva University women’s basketball junior Tova Laufer was named to the Hudson Valley Women’s Athletic Conference (HVWAC) All-Conference team for an outstanding effort during the 2007-08 season, during which she led Yeshiva to the conference’s semifinals. Laufer finished the season…

Mar 4, 2008 -- Yeshiva University has appointed Andrew (known to many as Avi). J. Lauer as vice president for legal affairs and general counsel. “Avi Lauer combines the skills of a top flight attorney with a profound commitment to advancing our ideals and values,” Yeshiva University President ...