YU News

Aug 25, 2004 -- Yedidya Saiman hopes his research in intercellular communication will help scientists better understand how we function. He and 10 other Yeshiva University (YU) undergraduates spent nine weeks this summer investigating causes and treatments of ailments including Alzheimer’s disease…

Aug 9, 2004 -- David Pelcovitz, author and nationally recognized authority on parenting, adolescent development, and other child-related issues, has joined the faculty of Yeshiva University’s Azrieli Graduate School of Jewish Education. In announcing the appointment, Yeshiva University President ...

Jul 29, 2004 -- Enrollment of French Jewish students at Yeshiva University (YU) for the fall semester will more than double, said John Fisher, PhD, director of enrollment management, to nearly 40 French men and women when classes resume in August. “YU offers something that colleges in France cannot…

Jul 26, 2004 -- Eleven students who graduated from Yeshiva University (YU) in May 2004 are returning to their alma mater this month to work as graduate fellows in a program created under a presidential initiative. The inaugural awardees of the Graduate Fellowship in University and Community ...

Jul 21, 2004 -- The leadership of the Yeshiva University Women’s Organization (YUWO) is sponsoring singles buffet suppers to assist alumni and their friends to get to know each other and perhaps for some to meet the man or woman of their dreams. “We were looking for a special project to celebrate…

Jul 8, 2004 -- Volume 26 of the Journal of Jewish Music and Liturgy has been published and is available for purchase, announced Cantor Bernard Beer, director of the Philip and Sarah Belz School of Jewish Music. Both religious and secular scholars and musicologists worldwide consider the publication…

Jul 7, 2004 -- Henry Kressel, a managing director of the venture capital management firm Warburg Pincus LLC, was elected to the Board of Directors of the Sy Syms School of Business. He joins a prestigious group of business, civic, and philanthropic leaders on the board of the undergraduate college…

New York, NY, May 20, 2004 -- More than 2,000 students in the fields of law, medicine, social work, education, Jewish studies, undergraduate studies, and psychology will receive degrees at Yeshiva University’s 73rd Annual Commencement Exercises on May 20 at The Theater at Madison Square Garden at 5…

May 24, 2004 -- The 2004 Yeshiva College Scholarship Dinner on Tuesday, June 15, pays tribute to four of the college’s distinguished alumni and launches the celebration of Yeshiva College’s 75th anniversary. The event, at the Marriott New York at the Brooklyn Bridge, also includes a 10-year reunion…

May 18, 2004 -- The Cantorial Council of America will honor the 50th anniversary of the Philip and Sarah Belz School of Jewish Music at its 44th Annual Convention June 1-3 at the Rye Town Hilton in Rye, NY. The convention will honor graduates of the Belz School of Yeshiva University’s affiliate ...