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Students Connect to Torah and Homeland on July in Jerusalem Program For decades, a post-high school year of Torah study in Israel has played a crucial role in shaping young observant Jews’ future spiritual identities and connection to Judaism. But not all have the opportunity to enroll in a…

Major Grant From National Science Foundation Funds Dos Santos' Study of Interacting Quantum Systems How can transitions between different states of matter—for instance, liquids, gasses and solids—be harnessed to create new kinds of matter for novel technologies? This is the focus of new research by…

The Layers Project Blends Photographs and Words to Create Touching Portraits In 2015, Shira (Lankin) Sheps ’09S began a blog, “Emuna Balaylot” [Faith in the Evenings], as a way to come to terms with a five-year chronic illness. She began by writing, “I am starting this blog because after years of…

From Environmental Advocacy to Pediatric Healthcare, Stern College Students Show Passion for Public Service on Summer Internships Summer internships provide valuable career opportunities—but for many Stern College for Women students who are passionate about public service, they’re also avenues to…

Awards Recognize Aspiring Social Workers Demonstrating Promise and Commitment to Latino Community Two students at Yeshiva University’s Wurzweiler School of Social Work have been awarded scholarships by the Latino Social Work Coalition and Scholarship Fund (LSWC), which supports social workers with…

Donation in Memory of Leon H. Charney Will Support Center for Israel Studies Honorary degree recipient Tzili Charney speaking at YU's 2017 Commencement Yeshiva University has received a gift of $1 million from Tzili Charney, in honor of her husband, Leon H. Charney, to support the Center for Israel…

Yeshiva University Students Excavate Biblical Hometown of Goliath on Israel Summer Course Spending the hottest days of Israeli summer digging through gravel and topsoil isn’t easy—but Meredith Shapiro is loving every minute of it. Students Moses Dyckman, Meredith Shapiro, Rebecca Zami and Professor…

Wurzweiler Professor Gary Stein: What We Can Learn From Canadian Policymaking Unlike many of my fellow Americans, who don’t usually give much thought to our neighbor to the north, I have always been interested in Canadian culture, politics, and geography. This began in my childhood, as I longed to…

Yeshiva University Grants Tenure to 17 Faculty; Two Appointed Full Professors The Yeshiva University Board of Trustees recently awarded tenure to 17 faculty members across the University’s undergraduate and graduate schools. At Yeshiva College, Dr. David Lavinsky, associate professor of English; Dr…