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Students and Recent Graduates Kick Off Summer Break with Sandy Aid Mission It’s been more than seven months since Hurricane Sandy struck the greater New York region and some areas continue to suffer the storm’s ravaging effects. When Elana Polster, a Presidential Fellow at Yeshiva University’s ...
YU High School for Girls Team Takes Fourth in Urban Barcode Project Finals A team of four students from the Samuel H. Wang Yeshiva University High School for Girls (Central) triumphed over 40 other groups to compete in the final round of the Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory’s NYC Urban Barcode Project…
RIETS to Mark 20th Yahrtzeit of Former Rosh Yeshiva with June 16 Tribute Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Rabbinical Theological Seminary (RIETS) and RIETS Rabbinic Alumni will present a tribute ceremony for all audiences to mark the 20th yahrtzeit [anniversary of death] of YU Rosh Yeshiva Rabbi Dovid Lifshitz…
Yeshiva University Students, Alumni and Faculty Among Jewish Week’s "36 Under 36" Yeshiva University students, alumni and faculty continue to fulfill their mandate to matter and are playing a major role in shaping the Jewish community. In The New York Jewish Week's sixth annual “36 Under 36”…
YU High School for Girls Students Learn Design and Construction as part of ACE Mentor Program Mock trial, debate, basketball and drama are all standard extracurricular activities found in many day schools, but less common is the ACE (Architecture, Construction and Engineering) Mentor Program of ...
Students, Alumni and Friends of Yeshiva University Turnout to Support Israel at Annual Parade Led by President Richard M. Joel, more than 1,300 students, alumni, faculty, staff and friends of Yeshiva University marched up Fifth Avenue, cheering and greeting the crowds as they celebrated Israel’s ...
Nine Undergraduates, Recognized for Academic Achievements, Reflect on their Yeshiva University Experience Hundreds of students from Yeshiva University’s undergraduate schools were presented with their degrees at YU’s 82nd commencement exercises, held at the Izod Center in East Rutherford, NJ on May…
Class of 2013 Celebrates at Yeshiva University's 82nd Commencement More than 600 students from Yeshiva University’s undergraduate schools were presented with their degrees at YU’s 82nd commencement exercises, held at the IZOD Center in East Rutherford, NJ on May 30. Excitement for the future was in…
YU Students Bring Music to Veterans' Ears on Memorial Day Weekend Mark Weingarten started playing the violin at age three, thanks to some inspiration from a “Rechov Sumsum” video featuring Itzhak Perlman. Fast forward 18 years and that early love of music has propelled Weingarten, now a junior at…
Five Yeshiva College Students to Participate in Advanced Undergraduate Research Program Five Yeshiva College students have been selected to perform advanced undergraduate level research as part of the Henry Kressel Research Scholarship. Now in its sixth year, the scholarship program—established by…