YU News

Nov 19, 2007 -- When the only “complaint” conference organizers receive is that a gathering is not long enough, program chairs know they’re doing something right. More than 100 women attended a recent conference that sought to provide a wide range of resources to the women who teach premarital ...

Nov 15, 2007 -- CONVOCATION IS CULMINATION OF YESHIVA UNIVERSITY IN MANHATTAN WEEK-END PROGRAM New York, NY, November 15, 2007 – Philanthropist Elizabeth (Suzie) Wilf will receive the honorary Doctor of Humane Letters degree from Yeshiva University President Richard M. Joel at YU’s 83rd Annual ...

Nov 16, 2007 -- Six rock acts of unique style and skill performed in front of a packed house at this year’s loud and raucous Battle of the Bands. The competition, held at the Geraldine Schottenstein Cultural Center on November 15, brought out the best of Yeshiva University’s musical talent and drew…

Nov 16, 2007 -- A diet rich in leafy vegetables may minimize the tissue damage caused by heart attacks, according to researchers at Albert Einstein College of Medicine. Their findings, published in the November 12 Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, suggest that the chemical nitrite ...

Nov 16, 2007 -- A successful first season of Skyline Conference competition for the Yeshiva University Women’s Tennis team has resulted in significant post-season recognition as sophomore Stephanie Kimmel, from Allentown, PA, was voted First Team All-Conference, and YU was awarded the Skyline ...

Nov 15, 2007 -- As part of an exciting new initiative for Yeshiva University undergraduates, the Sy Syms School of Business Student Council, in conjunction with the YU Office of Alumni Affairs and the Career Development Center, recently hosted “Wall Street Connections,” a two-part series of panel…

Nov 15, 2007 -- New York, NY, November 15, 2007 – Yedida Singer, of Edison, and Miriam Katzenstein, of Highland Park, both seniors at Yeshiva University’s Stern College for Women, have been inducted into Psi Chi, the national psychology honor society. Ms. Singer, the daughter of Alan and Shanie ...

Nov 15, 2007 -- New York, NY, November 15, 2007 – Rockville resident Michal Golan, a senior at Yeshiva University’s Stern College for Women, has been inducted into Psi Chi, the national psychology honor society. Ms. Golan, the daughter of David and Helen Golan, plans to pursue a Masters degree in…

Nov 14, 2007 -- Jeffrey Sachs, the poverty-fighting economist who twice landed in the “100 Most Influential Leaders in the World” issues of Time Magazine, was honored this fall by students of the Cardozo Journal of Conflict Resolution with the International Advocate for Peace Award. “We were blown…

Nov 13, 2007 -- Yeshiva University Department of Athletics and Physical Education 500 West 185th Street New York, NY 10033 (212) 960-5211 www.yu.edu/athletics Contact: Michael Spinner – Sports Information Director (212) 960-0042 – phone (212) 960-0088 – fax mspinner@yu.edu For Immediate Release ...