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Feb 6, 2004 -- As a youngster growing up in Nigeria, Timothy Amukele, an M.D.-Ph.D. student at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine, was not aware of the research findings of Dr. Norman Kretchmer. Dr. Kretchmer, who himself was an M.D.-Ph.D., studied the occurrence of lactase deficiency in the…

Feb 4, 2004 -- Dear Friends, As I pass my six-month mark as president, I want to reflect with you on my sense of excitement and potential (and exhaustion). I’ve just returned from spending time in Israel as part of a deans’ trip, meeting with most of the 700 students spending their first YU year ...

Feb 5, 2004 -- Rabbi Shlomo Riskin, chief rabbi of Efrat, Israel, addressed a packed crowd at Weissberg Commons on Wednesday, Feb. 4, on “Israel’s War Against Terrorism Seen from a Halakhic, Political, and Theological Perspective.” His message to hundreds of students was that “Our common humanity…

Feb 2, 2004 -- Students in Jewish day schools around the country will soon benefit from technology that will allow them to do their class work from home, the library, or any other location. The Distance Learning Project, developed by the Association of Modern Orthodox Day Schools and Yeshiva High…

Feb 19, 2004 -- One hundred Yeshiva University students will travel to The International Court of Justice at The Hague on Sunday, February 22 to participate in an international protest against the Court’s hearing on the legality of Israel’s security fence. The Hague Protest Photo Gallery This ...

Feb 1, 2004 -- Stephen Massimi, a first-year student at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine, has received the National Italian American Foundation’s Carmela Gagliardi Fellowship. The $5,000 scholarship is awarded annually to medical students who are of Italian heritage, and/or have a major or…

Feb 1, 2004 -- Hundreds of high school students from across North America will debate the world’s fate at the 14th Annual Yeshiva University National Model United Nations (YUNMUN) conference, Feb. 8-10, at Kutsher’s Country Club in Monticello, NY. About 460 students from 38 high schools will debate…

Jan 30, 2004 -- Albert Einstein College of Medicine will honor Richard M. Joel, the new president of Yeshiva University, and philanthropists and community leaders, Rita and Philip Rosen, at its annual Palm Beach Gala, Sunday, February 15, at The Kravis Center for the Performing Arts in West Palm ...

Jan 30, 2004 -- In the December 19, 2003, New York Law Journal, a story and chart of the bar pass rates for New York law schools indicated that Cardozo's 2003 bar pass rate for first time test takers was the third highest in New York City. New York University was first with a pass rate of 97% ...

Jan 28, 2004 -- Rabbi Benjamin Blech will share highlights from two of his best-selling books at a lecture kicking off YU’s annual Student Organization of Yeshiva (SOY) Seforim Sale. He will focus on selections from Taking Stock: A Spiritual Guide to Rising Above Life’s Financial Ups and Downs ...