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Yeshiva University’s Sy Syms School of Business is launching a new kind of MBA designed for a world where decisions are increasingly shaped by data, technology and ethical responsibility.

A research paper, to be published in Smart Health in March by researchers in the Katz School’s Department of Graduate Computer Science and Engineering and School of Health Professions at Rutgers University, explores how a child grows and how a parent supports that growth.

There was no getting around it. It was an “escapade” through book stacks and computer terminals; in the end, the students “broke out” in smiles. On Wednesday, January 21st, Hedi Steinberg Library hosted an “escape room.” This activity, which took place during Club Hour, was the second of its kind…

Over Yeshiva University’s 2026 winter break, the Zahava and Moshael J. Straus Center for Torah and Western Thought led a trip for its Straus Scholars to Amsterdam, the Netherlands, where they examined the city’s historical and current Jewish community through the prism of Torah and Western thought…

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Zahava and Moshael J. Straus Center for Torah and Western Thought faculty, staff and students were published in several leading publications over the month of December 2025, writing articles that contributed to the discourse and debates that continue to shape American society and the Jewish people…

Douglas Murray, Yeshiva University's inaugural President’s Professor of Practice, will offer several guest lectures in the Straus Center course “The Values of Verse: Sacred and Secular Perspectives.”

Matthew Minsk (YC ’27), a Straus Scholar and co-president of Yeshiva University’s chapters of the Tikvah Collegiate Forum and the Alexander Hamilton Society, was named a finalist in the inaugural Middle East History Competition (MEHC). Organized by Tikvah and the Alexander Hamilton Society, and ...

Straus Scholar Tamara Yeshurun (SCW ’26) spent Summer 2025 assisting acclaimed Israeli journalist Amit Segal with his English-language newsletter and social media outreach.

When Avi Adlerstein began exploring MBA programs in mid-2023 while working full time in the SaaS sector, he prioritized curriculum quality, faculty engagement, flexibility and return on investment, especially as someone early in his business career.