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START Science Celebrates Graduation of 150 Elementary School Students From Year-Long Program On Friday, June 22 nd, Yeshiva University's START (Students, Teachers, and Researchers Teach) Science program celebrated the graduation of more than 150 elementary school student participants from its year…

Thirteenth Annual Service-Learning Initiative to Serve 200 Israeli Youth at Risk in Arad, Dimona and Kiryat Malachi For the 13th consecutive year, Yeshiva University will run the “ Counterpoint Israel Program,” an immersive service-learning initiative that aims to empower the next generation of ...

Tenth Cohort Awarded Grants to Pursue Research Ranging From Network Science to Cancer Treatments Yeshiva University’s focus on advanced undergraduate level research continues to intensify with the selection of five exceptional students for the Bertha Kressel Research Scholarship in 2018-2019. The…

Employees Celebrate at World Cup-Themed Annual Staff Appreciation Event On Monday, June 18, Yeshiva University’s Human Resources Department presented its Staff Appreciation Day Celebration on the Wilf Campus. Hundreds gathered in Weissberg Commons and Tenzer Gardens to take part in the annual event…

June 28 Wurzweiler Care Cafe Will Explore Mental Health Tools Through Creative Arts On June 28, Wurzweiler School of Social Work Care Cafe will host a special session designed to help participants free themselves from past anxieties and create a positive life outlook for the future. Called ...

June 26 Wurzweiler Care Cafe at Riverside Memorial Chapel Will Focus on Suicide Prevention Suicide, now at the highest recorded rate in 28 years, is becoming one of the biggest mental health issues facing all Americans. In partnership with the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention, Yeshiva ...

Dr. Ronnie Perelis Appointed Director of Rabbi Arthur Schneier Center for International Affairs Dr. Ronnie PerelisDr. Selma Botman, provost and vice president for academic affairs, has announced the appointment of Dr. Ronnie Perelis as director of The Rabbi Arthur Schneier Center for International…

Teens From Across the North America Enhance Their Learning Skills as Part of YU's Bronka Weintraub Bekiut Program Yeshiva University's Bronka Weintraub High School Bekiut Program is an extra-curricular opportunity for students to advance and continue their Talmud learning outside of the classroom…

Research Will Assess Quality of Hospice and Palliative Care Among LGBT Community, Provide Much-Needed Data Gary Stein, professor at Wurzweiler School of Social Work at Yeshiva University, and Dr. Cathy Berkman, associate professor of social work at Fordham University, are leading a research team ...

As part of its ongoing study of the role of Judaism and Jews in Early America, the Program on Early America and the Jews at the Zahava and Moshael Straus Center for Torah and Western Thought returned to historic Charleston on June 11, 2018, this time with rabbinical students, to explore Jewish Life…