YU News

Jul 6, 2005 -- The US Department of Energy awarded an $900,000 grant to Dr. Anatoly Frenkel, associate professor of physics at Stern College for Women. The grant is for $300,000 per year for three years. Dr. Frenkel’s application was for the creation of a Synchrotron Catalysis Consortium. The funds…

Jun 29, 2005 -- Classes may have just ended for most Yeshiva University students, but not for seven Stern College students who traveled to London May 29 to June 9 for an intensive S. Daniel Abraham Honors Program course on British literature. Taught by English professor Nora Nachumi, “Literary ...

Jun 27, 2005 -- SCW Class of 1980 alumnae living in Israel held a reunion at the home of Bat-Sheva (Vegh) Pava of Hashmonaim to parallel the one held for members of the class at Abigail’s restaurant in Manhattan on May 25. The alumnae in Israel were joined by Dean Ethel Orlian and her husband,…

Jun 16, 2005 -- Richard M. Joel, president of Yeshiva University (YU), has been elected to the Board of Trustees of the Commission on Independent Colleges and Universities (cIcu). The Commission represents the chief executives of New York's more than 100 private and not-for-profit colleges and ...

Jun 10, 2005 -- This year for Shavuot Yeshiva University students are taking the Torah to such diverse places as Manchester, England, and Melbourne, Australia, as part of the Blanche Schreiber Torah Tours program. Torah Tours, a project of the Max Stern Division of Communal Services at YU, sends ...

Jun 9, 2005 -- More than 2,000 students in the fields of law, medicine, social work, education, Jewish studies, psychology, and a host of undergraduate subjects were awarded degrees at Yeshiva University’s 74th Annual Commencement Exercises on Thursday, May 26 at The Theater at Madison Square…

Jun 9, 2005 -- Tzelem, a nonprofit organization addressing issues of sexuality in the Orthodox community, is the inaugural undertaking of the Incubator Project, created by Yeshiva University’s (YU) 2004-2005 Presidential Fellows. Tzelem –– which means “image” in Hebrew –– was created by YU alumni…

Jun 6, 2005 -- Hundreds of Yeshiva University students, alumni, faculty, and friends turned out on Sunday, June 5, to show their love for Israel at New York City’s annual Salute to Israel Parade. The theme for this year’s parade "Saluting Israel, Celebrating America ... Two Golden Lands" marked 350…

May 31, 2005 -- Azrieli Graduate School of Jewish Education and Administration of Yeshiva University (YU) will present a one-day seminar for high school teachers affiliated with the Association of Modern Orthodox Day Schools (AMODS), a YU-sponsored network of Jewish day schools and yeshivas. The ...

May 27, 2005 -- Jeffrey Swartz, CEO of The Timberland Company, charged 600 Yeshiva University undergraduates to apply the lessons of Torah in all aspects of their lives during his keynote speech at the university’s 74th commencement exercises May 26 at The Theater at Madison Square Garden. Mr ...