YU News

May 25, 2005 -- Yeshiva University students have raised more than $70,000 since February as part of a campaign to help soup kitchens and philanthropic organizations alleviate hunger and poverty in Israel. The campaign, “Feed Israel’s Hungry,” is an initiative of Lman Achai (for the sake of our ...

May 24, 2005 -- New York State Attorney General Eliot Spitzer will be the featured speaker at the 27th commencement of the Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law of Yeshiva University at 2 pm on Tuesday, June 7. At the ceremony, which will be held at Avery Fisher Hall of Lincoln Center for the…

May 24, 2005 -- The YU Purchasing Department held its 17th Annual Vendor Show on the Jack and Pearl Resnick Campus of Albert Einstein College of Medicine. The show is one of the largest in the tri-state area, attracting more than 70 vendors and 1,000 visitors to view the latest in office and ...

May 23, 2005 -- Joey Bohm, a native of Philadelphia, won first place and $5,000 in a business plan competition at Sy Syms School of Business, Yeshiva University’s undergraduate business college in New York City. School officials presented Mr. Bohm with the prize at an awards ceremony May 16. The ...

May 20, 2005 -- Three faculty members of the Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law of Yeshiva University – Professors Barton Beebe, Daniel Crane, and Myriam Gilles – were recently chosen to present their work at the sixth annual Stanford/Yale Junior Faculty Forum, to be held at Stanford Law School on…

May 19, 2005 -- The Yeshiva University Women’s Organization (YUWO) will honor Bina Blumenfrucht and her children, Talia Vegh, Reina Malki Roth, and Marc Blumenfrucht, at its 77th Annual Spring Luncheon and Ballet Benefit on Wednesday, June 8, in the Metropolitan Opera House at Lincoln Center in New…

May 18, 2005 -- Yeshiva College 2005 graduate David Kastner of Teaneck, NJ, has been accepted to the prestigious MD/PhD program at Stanford University for the 2005-2006 school year. Mr. Kastner entered Yeshiva College as an English major considering a minor in chemistry, with plans to become a ...

Mar 17, 2005 -- Whiter teeth ruled the day at the Second annual Dr. William Schwartz Business Plan Competition at the Sy Syms School of Business March 16. Joey Bohm won first place in the competition for his business plan for a company called Hollywood Smiles, an intended as a lower-cost competitor…

May 17, 2005 -- As part of Stern College's Women in Public and International Affairs speaker series, Rep. Carolyn B. Maloney (NY-14th District) spoke to students May 9 about her life in politics. Rep. Maloney represents most of Manhattan's Upper East Side as well as Astoria and Long Island City in…

May 17, 2005 -- At an age when most students are declaring their majors, Benjamin Courchia, a YC junior, is giving new hope to stroke victims through a device of his own invention. The mechanical tool, which Mr. Courchia calls Finger's Smile, may help stroke rehab patients recover the full range of…