YU News

Nov 10, 2005 -- Two students from Yeshiva University High School for Girls have been chosen as regional finalists in the 2005-06 Siemens Westinghouse Competition in Math, Science and Technology, the nation’s premier science research competition for high school students. Lauren Sipzner and Jaimie ...

Nov 10, 2005 -- Yeshiva University is highlighting its strong science program with a special Science Week beginning Monday, Nov. 14. The first event is a public reading by Yeshiva College Writer–in-Residence Dr. Neil deGrasse Tyson, Frederick P. Rose Director of the Hayden Planetarium in New York…

Nov 8, 2005 -- Prominent and influential members of the corporate restructuring field will participate at “Perspectives on Corporate Restructuring,” to be held at the Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law/Yeshiva University at 55 Fifth Avenue at 12th Street on Monday, Nov. 14 from 9 am to 5 pm ...

Nov 8, 2005 -- David J. Srolovitz, PhD, professor and chair of Princeton University’s Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, has been appointed the tenth dean of Yeshiva College, effective June 1, 2006. Dr. Srolovitz is president of the Society for Engineering Science, editor of a ...

Nov 1, 2005 -- Students and alumni of Yeshiva University and its affiliated Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary (RIETS) and the new Center for the Jewish Future enriched the holiday celebrations of Shemini Atseret and Simchat Torah in more than 80 Jewish communities around the world. As part…

Nov 1, 2005 -- Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton will deliver the principal convocation address and receive an honorary degree at Yeshiva University’s 81st Annual Hanukkah Dinner and Convocation on Sunday, Dec. 11, at The Waldorf=Astoria. YU President Richard M. Joel will confer honorary degrees on ...

Nov 1, 2005 -- Independent film director Mira Nair spoke to YU students about the importance of movies that break down cultural barriers at a talk sponsored by the Arthur Schneier Center for International Affairs and the Yeshiva College Book Project Nov. 6. A native of India, Ms. Nair began her ...

Nov 1, 2005 -- As Israel filled up with visitors for the holiday of Succot, Yeshiva University’s Israel campus prepared an exciting program of events for its students, alumni and friends under the banner V’Samachta B’Chagecha. Four aspects of YU’s engagement with Israel were explored through four…

Oct 31, 2005 -- Bhikhu Parekh, a member of the British House of Lords, will speak on “Is There a Case for Limiting Hate Speech?” at 1:15 p.m. on Monday, November 7, at the Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law. The talk is the keynote address of a conference on the comparative law of hate speech ...

Oct 27, 2005 -- Dr. Vern Schramm, Professor and Ruth Merns Chair of Biochemistry at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University, has been selected to receive the Repligen Award for 2006 from the Biological Chemistry Division of the American Chemical Society. The award, presented…