YU News

Oct 18, 2007 -- Recent medical developments have given rise to revolutionary means of treatment for infertility, yet many of the methods are fraught with halakhic (Jewish legal) complexities. “Partners in Creation: Fertility, Modern Medicine, and Jewish Law,” the second annual conference organized…

Oct 17, 2007 -- More than 300 people gathered at the Yeshiva University Museum on October 16 for the opening of “Alfred Dreyfus: The Fight for Justice,” the first major exhibition in the United States to address the history and consequences of the Dreyfus Affair through the personal effects of ...

Oct 17, 2007 -- Ruth L. Gottesman, EdD, will be honored as the new chair of the board of overseers of Albert Einstein College of Medicine at a gala dinner at the American Museum of Natural History on Thursday, October 18. She is the first woman and first faculty member to be elected to the position…

Oct 15, 2007 -- Legendary singer, songwriter, and mental health advocate Judy Collins will be the special guest speaker when Yeshiva University’s Ferkauf Graduate School of Psychology celebrates its 50th Anniversary at a gala on Sunday, October 28. The dinner, beginning at 5 pm in the Delegates ...

Oct 15, 2007 -- Philanthropist and industrialist Michael Gamson and his wife, Barbara, residents of Aspen, CO and Houston, TX, and renowned New York immigration attorney Leon Wildes will be honored at the annual dinner of Yeshiva College on Sunday, October 21, 2007 at Pier Sixty Chelsea Piers in…

Oct 11, 2007 -- Daphna ’97S and Shai Secunda ’07BR, PhD, are a perfect fit for their position as Stern College for Women’s “campus couple.” Daphna, herself a Stern graduate, says their new role is a continuation of their experience in Israel over the past three years. Daphna taught Jewish…

Oct 11, 2007 -- The Office of Alumni Affairs, Career Development Center, and Sy Syms School of Business Student Council brought some of Yeshiva University’s most senior and successful alumni in the financial sector back to campus on Oct. 9 for a panel discussion and networking event, entitled “What…

Oct 9, 2007 -- Ten faculty members at Albert Einstein College of Medicine were honored at a special academic convocation Oct. 9, during which they were invested in newly endowed, named professorships made possible by major philanthropic contributions to the college of medicine. Richard M. Joel ...

Oct 5, 2006 -- This year marks the 50th anniversaries of two YU graduate schools: Wurzweiler School of Social Work and Ferkauf Graduate School of Psychology, which share a birthplace and date but have grown into distinct entities with unique contributions to their respective specializations. For ...

Oct 3, 2007 -- Over 100 students from three Long Island yeshivot (Jewish religious schools) prepared for the yamim noraim (days of awe) in a special way. They got a taste of Yeshiva University’s (YU) vibrant beit midrash (study hall) experience when they visited YU’s uptown Wilf Campus and midtown…