YU News

Grunstein Family Dedicates Torah To Yeshiva University The family of Leonard Grunstein, a respected figure in the New York City real estate community, dedicated a Sefer Torah to Yeshiva University in memory of his father, Morris Grunstein a"h. The gift was celebrated in an all-day ceremony on ...

Yeshiva University Offers Online Child Abuse Prevention Course for Rabbis Early each Monday morning, from 1:30 to 3:30 a.m., Rabbi Alon Meltzer wakes up and logs on to his computer, joining 20 other rabbis from countries around the world who are participating in a new online Yeshiva University ...

New Design Will Create Updated Student-Focused Research and Study Center The Mendel Gottesman Library, research center and student hub at Yeshiva University’s Wilf campus, will soon undergo a major renovation. Thanks to a generous donation from David S. Gottesman, former chairman of the YU Board of…

YU High School for Girls Computer Science Club Gives Students Competitive Edge in Male-Dominated Field For today’s high school and college students, technological skills are more important than ever. Demand for computer science degrees has skyrocketed, with employers across industries seeking ...

YU and MTA Alumnus Joshua Jacoby Appointed Executive Director of Yeshiva University High Schools Yeshiva University has announced the appointment of Joshua Jacoby as executive director of Yeshiva University High Schools—the Marsha Stern Talmudical Academy / Yeshiva University High School for Boys…

Research from Sy Syms and Seton Hall Finds Alphabetical Bias When Picking Stocks There are probably many reasons why Apple and Amazon are among the most highly-traded stocks on the market, but one of them is surprisingly simple: they both start with the letter ‘A.’ Dr. Jesse Itzkowitz, assistant ...

Yeshiva College Hebrew Instructor Places First in 2014 U.S. National Bible Contest Yair Shahak, Hebrew instructor at Yeshiva College, was crowned the winner of the 2014 United States National Bible Contest for Adults on Sunday, November 30 in New York City. Yair Shahak will represent the U.S. at…

At YU Event, MK Ofir Akunis Discusses Israel's Political Environment, Media Bias and the Mideast Conflict On December 1, Deputy Minister of the Office of the Prime Minister and Knesset Member Ofir Akunis joined Yeshiva University students on the Wilf Campus for a discussion about the political ...

Yeshiva College Research Team Publishes Findings on Protein Structure in Leading Crystallography Journal A research team led by physics professors Dr. Neer Asherie and Dr. Sergey Buldyrev discovered a new way to control the crystallization of proteins so that researchers can more easily determine a…