YU News

Feb 7, 2005 -- On February 2, Yeshiva University (YU) launched Quality Education Skills Training (QUEST), a six-week lecture series that prepares YU undergraduate and graduate students to develop and implement programming at local yeshiva high schools that addresses issues of concern to today’s ...

Feb 7, 2005 -- Students from yeshiva high schools around the United States will gather in Cleveland, TX, approximately 60 miles north of Houston, March 13 - 15 to explore American Jewish identity. Following student-led presentations and panel discussions on the challenges, conflicts and…

Feb 4, 2005 -- Dr. Jacob J. Schacter has been appointed University Professor of Jewish History and Jewish Thought and also Senior Scholar at Yeshiva University’s (YU) Center for the Jewish Future by President Richard M. Joel, effective this fall. University Professor is a special faculty position…

Feb 4, 2005 -- Yeshiva University is celebrating 10 years of the Doris & Dr. Ira Kukin Entrepreneurial Lecture Series at the Sy Syms School of Business, which began Feb. 4 with a talk by Marco Zarikian, CEO of Hotel Eurobuilding Internacional (Venezuela). All lectures but one take place Fridays…

Feb 1, 2005 -- Yeshiva University (YU) will offer women of all ages, Jewish backgrounds, and educational levels the opportunity to participate in Torah learning on Sunday mornings with YU’s most renowned roshei yeshiva (professors of Talmud) and other prominent Jewish scholars. The Midreshet Yom ...

Jan 31, 2005 -- Hundreds of high school students from across North America will debate topics ranging from improving women’s healthcare to illicit weapons trade in the Balkan states at the 15th Annual Yeshiva University National Model United Nations (YUNMUN) conference, Feb. 6-8. This simulated ...

Jan 11, 2005 -- Yeshiva University President Richard M. Joel today announced the appointment of Richard C. Bieler to the post of Senior Executive Director for Community Affairs, effective immediately. “Richard Bieler is a skilled and caring professional. He is an important addition to the talented…

Jan 8, 2005 -- BRONX, NY -- In their latest finding on the brain’s role in controlling appetite and weight, researchers at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine have shown that reducing levels of fatty acids in the hypothalamus causes rats to overeat and become obese. Their results suggest that…

Jan 7, 2005 -- Yeshiva University (YU) students have launched a campaign to raise awareness of widespread poverty in Israel. The grassroots, student-run campaign called L’man Achai (for the sake of our brothers) will educate and strive to enable the American community to alleviate poverty in Israel…

Jan 5, 2005 -- New York, NY, Jan. 5, 2005 – Yeshiva University’s Men’s and Women’s Basketball teams travel to Florida later this month to compete against teams from the Miami metropolitan area. The women’s team faces Florida Memorial College in Miami Gardens on Jan. 20, 7 pm. The Men tip off…