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Amanda Parker is a fourth-year doctoral candidate in the Clinical Psychology, Health Emphasis PhD program at the Ferkauf Graduate School of Psychology. She recently received a Foundation for Rehabilitation Psychology Dissertation Award, which assists doctoral students of psychology with any costs…

Campus News Professor Gabor Rona Analyzes International Law and the Iran Plane Crash in NBC News Op-ed Professor Gabor Rona wrote an op-ed for NBC News about international law violations in the Iran plane crash. “...endless cycles of revenge would make the world a considerably more dangerous place…

YU News had a chance to sit down with Simcha Halpert ’19SB to speak about the MS in Digital Marketing & Media at the Katz School of Science and Health and the Pathways Program. Where are you from and what brought you to YU? I am from the Beverlywood area in Los Angeles, California. I came to…

More than 400 guests attended the Annual Dinner of Tribute on Wednesday, Jan. 8, 2019, at Marina del Ray. Guests explored the strong Torah learning, top-tier education and powerful legacy for which the Marsha Stern Talmudical Academy/Yeshiva University High School for Boys (MTA) and the Samuel H ...

Michael Eisenberg Michael Eisenberg ’93YC is an equal partner at Aleph, an early stage venture capital fund focused on serving Israeli entrepreneurs who want to build scalable, global businesses. Since 2005, he has also served as the partner responsible for Benchmark Capital’s Israeli portfolio,…

Adira Hulkower Don’t just do something, stand there” is a favorite mantra of Adira Hulkower’s, and one that she reminds herself of daily. In her profession, it simply means that sometimes the real work is just being present and listening. Hulkower ’97S, ’00C is the chief of the Bioethics ...

Joe Weilgus It all started in Room 727 in the Morgenstern dorm at Yeshiva University. One morning in 1996, Joe Weilgus ’99SB, then an undergraduate at YU, went to visit a friend in the hospital. He happened to pass the pediatric wing and noticed many patients alone in their rooms with nothing to do…

Caroline Gold When Caroline (Katz) Gold ’92S came to Stern College for Women in 1988, she found a community as warm and friendly as the sunny climate of her native Atlanta, Georgia. Today, that same community continues to support efforts by Gold, and her husband, Randy, to educate others about ...

Campus News Professor Deborah Pearlstein Writes Two Articles in The Atlantic, Focusing on President Trump and the Military Professor Deborah Pearlstein published two pieces in consecutive editions of The Atlantic focusing on President Trump's perspective on the military's role in the constitutional…

Top Stories A Tribute to Yeshiva University Dr. Naomi Azrieli offered a powerful tribute to Yeshiva University at the 95th Annual Hanukkah Dinner and Convocation. $18 Million Donation The Azrieli Foundation donated $18 Million to Yeshiva University at the 95th Annual Hanukkah Dinner and Convocation…