YU News

Feb 24, 2005 -- Dr. Alvin Schiff of Boca Raton, FL, and Oceanside, NY, was awarded one of Israel’s highest honors for his major contributions to the field Jewish education. A highlight of his 58-year career, Dr. Schiff was presented with the President’s Prize in Jewish Education in Jerusalem Feb.…

Feb 24, 2005 -- Amy Gordon Guterson will present “An Improvisational Journey: From Stern College to Off-Broadway to Hasidut, Creating Theater and Making Film” as the 2005 Morris Epstein Forum on the Arts lecturer Monday, March 7, at Yeshiva University. The public lecture will take place at 7:30 pm…

Feb 23, 2005 -- Sy Syms School of Business student Lauren Stricker is a finalist in a business competition sponsored by St. John's University. Lauren submitted an essay that finished in the top three of all submissions. A panel will decide by next week if Lauren is ultimately chosen for 1st, 2nd,…

Feb 22, 2005 -- The College of Nanoscale Science and Engineering (CNSE) of the University at Albany-State University of New York and the Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University today announced a new partnership to advance education and research in the cross-disciplinary fields of…

Feb 21, 2005 -- Students from Stern College for Women and Yeshiva College are heading to Washington, DC, March 6 to lobby congressmen to support Israel. Sponsored by the College Democrats, the Israel Club, the Republican Club, the Joseph Dunner Political Science Society, and the Stern College for…

Feb 16, 2005 -- From a supercomputing cluster center and a semester-long series of seminars, to a new course in robotics, the physics department is kicking-off 2005 with a host of initiatives and offerings. The fastest and most powerful computer, the supercomputer is composed of 24 networked ...

Feb 9, 2005 -- Students and staff had the chance to meet and mingle Feb. 8 at a gathering at YU's new office space on the Beren Campus. The eight offices, on the fourth floor of the Geraldine Schottenstein Cultural Center on East 34th St., house the Office of Student Aid and Student Accounts ...

Feb 8, 2005 -- With turnout far exceeding expectations, some 170 participants from around the tri-state area helped kick off Midreshet Yom Rishon, Yeshiva University’s Sunday morning learning initiative for women, at YU’s Wilf Campus Feb. 6. The program, under the auspices of YU’s Max Stern…

Feb 7, 2005 -- On February 2, Yeshiva University (YU) launched Quality Education Skills Training (QUEST), a six-week lecture series that prepares YU undergraduate and graduate students to develop and implement programming at local yeshiva high schools that addresses issues of concern to today’s ...

Feb 7, 2005 -- Students from yeshiva high schools around the United States will gather in Cleveland, TX, approximately 60 miles north of Houston, March 13 - 15 to explore American Jewish identity. Following student-led presentations and panel discussions on the challenges, conflicts and…