YU News

Aug 4, 2004 -- We look forward to seeing you at Yeshiva University’s Wilf and Beren Campuses, home of Yeshiva College, Stern College for Women, and Sy Syms School of Business. Our Orientation 2004 program will introduce you to many members of the Yeshiva University family. We are all interested in…

Jul 29, 2004 -- Enrollment of French Jewish students at Yeshiva University (YU) for the fall semester will more than double, said John Fisher, PhD, director of enrollment management, to nearly 40 French men and women when classes resume in August. “YU offers something that colleges in France cannot…

Jul 29, 2004 -- ENROLLMENT OF FRENCH STUDENTS DOUBLES Yeshiva University made headlines in Paris when Ethel Orlian, associate dean of Stern College for Women, and Daniel Morris, associate director of admissions at Yeshiva University, traveled to France on a fact-finding visit. They met with ...

Jul 29, 2004 -- A softball dynasty has taken root in Queens. And that dynasty belongs to YU's Samuel H. Wang high school softball team. For the third consecutive year, the team captured the championship of the Yeshiva High School Girls Softball League, which is made up of 15 yeshivas in the metro…

Jul 28, 2004 -- For most students, summer internships mean long hours pecking away at a computer. For Yonatan Goetz, however, it’s a chance to hone his nautical know-how. A Baltimore native and senior at Sy Syms School of Business, Mr. Goetz is no stranger to the city’s Inner Harbor. This is his ...

Jul 27, 2004 -- In his year-end address to the YU community July 30, President Richard M. Joel outlined the extraordinary advances of this past year and the opportunities for growth and excellence ahead. "A university-wide strategic planning process is well underway. With our boards, who are ...

Jul 26, 2004 -- Eleven students who graduated from Yeshiva University (YU) in May 2004 are returning to their alma mater this month to work as graduate fellows in a program created under a presidential initiative. The inaugural awardees of the Graduate Fellowship in University and Community ...

Jul 21, 2004 -- Sy Syms School of Business senior Reuben Kerben received an honorable mention and $100 for his business plan at the Palo Alto Software 2004 Business Plan Competition. Mr. Kerben, a finance major from Great Neck, NY, presented his plan for his venture company Bionex Corp., which…

Jul 21, 2004 -- The leadership of the Yeshiva University Women’s Organization (YUWO) is sponsoring singles buffet suppers to assist alumni and their friends to get to know each other and perhaps for some to meet the man or woman of their dreams. “We were looking for a special project to celebrate…

Jul 13, 2004 -- On June 16, 1904, Dublin’s most famous fictional Jew wandered the city streets for some 30 hours before returning home. A century later, hundreds of thousands have retraced Leopold Bloom’s steps in tribute to his creator, author James Joyce, who immortalized Bloom in his seminal…