YU News

Apr 17, 2006 -- Yeshiva University High School for Girls seniors Lauren Sipzner and Jaimie Stettin, both of Queens, were finalists in the New York City Science and Engineering Fair (NYCSEF) for their research into the whitener titanium dioxide and its use in nanotechnology. The seniors are now ...

Aug 14, 2006 -- The 2005-2006 Yeshiva University varsity athletic teams distinguished themselves on the court as well as in the classroom. Individual student-athletes and entire teams received awards and nominations to both all-star and all-academic teams. Three students on the Lady Maccabees ...

Apr 10, 2006 -- The Yeshiva University Public Action Committee (YUPAC), the Yeshiva University Israel Club (YUIC) and the Joseph Dunner Political Science Society organized a lobbying trip to Washington D.C. from March 18 through 20. Eighteen Yeshiva University undergraduate students met with…

Apr 5, 2006 -- The questions flew fast and furious. Students were given just 10 seconds to prove they knew their stuff. In the end, North Shore Hebrew Academy of Great Neck, NY, knew their stuff better than the rest and captured first place in the second annual Sy Syms School of Business Stock ...

Apr 4, 2006 -- For the first time in the 15-year history of Yeshiva University's Red Sarachek Basketball Tournament, the champions emerged from outside the United States. Community Hebrew Academy of Toronto (CHAT) defeated Frisch School of Paramus, NJ, 52-42 April 3 to claim the coveted high school…

Apr 4, 2006 -- Orthodox women today are pushing their way into business and succeeding –– despite the challenges –– said five women who came to a Sy Syms School of Business presentation at the Beren Campus in March. The women, representing fashion, accounting, human resources, pharmaceuticals, and…

Apr 3, 2006 -- Yeshiva University will offer a Yeshiva Honors Program through its undergraduate Mazer Yeshiva Program and the Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary beginning in the 2006-2007 academic year that administrators hope will continue to invigorate Torah learning at YU. “The addition…

Mar 31, 2006 -- More then 300 students from both Yeshiva University undergraduate campuses spent Shabbat on the Beren campus with adults from the Rayim division of YACHAD, a group for developmentally disabled Jews. The Shabbaton, from March 31 to April 1, was the second this academic year that will…

Mar 30, 2006 -- Stern College hosted a women only Showcase conceived and organized by students at the school who are interested in the arts. This year’s Showcase, held Sunday, April 2 and Monday, April 3 had a royal theme. Each act played the role of a different country, bringing its gift of song…

Mar 29, 2006 -- Ten years ago, Yeshiva College Dean Norman Adler inaugurated an Arts Festival as “the expression of the Jewish creative impulse.” Dr. Adler is no longer the dean of Yeshiva College, he is now a university professor and special assistant for curriculum development and research ...