YU News

Jul 27, 2009 -- Ten Yeshiva University (YU) students are spending their summer conducting innovative scientific research as Roth Scholars and University Summer Research Scholars. The undergraduate students are working alongside top scientific researchers at YU’s Albert Einstein College of Medicine…

Jul 23, 2009 -- Over 600 attendees ensured the historic success of YU’s Montreal Special Convocation and Dinner, held on Monday, June 15, 2009, at the Shaar Hashomayim Congregation in Westmount. The event raised $1,100,000 for scholarships for Canadian students attending Yeshiva University’s ...

Jul 22, 2009 -- A graduate of Yeshiva University’s (YU) Stern College for Women (SCW), Lea Aizenman (née New) has been selected to receive the prestigious Wexner Foundation Graduate Study Fellowship this year. The fellowship program is open to aspiring Jewish leaders pursuing careers in Jewish ...

Jul 22, 2009 -- A graduate of Yeshiva University’s (YU) Yeshiva College, Zev Eleff has been selected to receive the prestigious Wexner Foundation Graduate Study Fellowship this year. The fellowship program is open to aspiring Jewish leaders pursuing careers in Jewish education, the rabbinate ...

Jul 22, 2009 -- Yeshiva University (YU) graduates, Marc Herman and Rafi Cashman of Toronto, Ontario have been selected to receive the prestigious Wexner Foundation Graduate Study Fellowship this year. The fellowship program is open to aspiring Jewish leaders pursuing careers in Jewish education,…

Jul 17, 2009 -- The Yeshiva University Center for the Jewish Future (www.yu.edu/cjf) announced today that 21 outstanding students from select U.S. universities will be arriving in Israel next week to serve as counselors on the fourth annual “Counterpoint Israel Program.” The month-long service ...

Jun 30, 2009 -- Affirming its status as a pioneer in advanced Talmud and Judaic study for women and its four decade long commitment to developing Orthodox Jewish women as scholars, teachers, and community leaders, Yeshiva University, through its Center for the Jewish Future (CJF), will sponsor the…

Jun 30, 2009 -- On the heels of a successful conference on energy conservation on April 30, Yeshiva University’s Institute for University-School Partnership convened a conference attended by 14 day schools from the Five Towns, the Rockaways and Queens to guide them in advanced fundraising…

Jun 26, 2009 -- Dr. Neer Asherie, assistant professor of physics and biology at Yeshiva University (YU), was recently awarded a $300,000 grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to study protein phase behavior. The title of the grant, which will begin on September 1, 2009 and continue over…

Jun 22, 2009 -- Yeshiva University’s (YU) focus on advanced undergraduate level research continues to intensify with the selection of five exceptional students for the Henry Kressel Research Scholarship in 2009. The scholarship—established last year by Dr. Henry Kressel, managing director of…