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Howard Jonas, founder and chairman of IDT Corporation, Genie Energy and IDW Media, to Receive Honorary Doctorate; Azrieli family to receive the University’s inaugural Legacy Award; and the Yeshiva University Women’s Organization to be Recognized for Decades of Philanthropy at December 8, 2019,…

Dr. Kate Walsh is assistant professor of psychology (tenure-track) in the Clinical Psychology Program of the Ferkauf Graduate School of Psychology, with a BA from Boston University and a PhD from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. She completed her internship at the National Crime Victims Center…

Alisa Neugroschl ’20S, who is pursuing a degree in Studio Art at Stern College for Women, has had the good fortune to work with the Yeshiva University Museum to design this year’s holiday cards for the well-respected institution. It could also be said that the Museum has had the good fortune to…

YU News had a chance to sit down with Julian Ruggiero, a student at the Katz School of Science and Health in the Data Analytics and Visualization program to learn why he came to United States to study and what he's learned from his program. Where are you from originally? I was born in Corral de ...

Dr. Rana Khan On Nov. 14, 2019, Dr. Rana Khan, director of the MS in Biotechnology Management and Entrepreneurship at the Katz School of Science and Health, hosted “Working in Biotech: The Exciting and Challenging Parts,” a forum brought to New York City by Academia to Industry (A2I), which is part…

This past week the Straus center launched a new bi-weekly seminar for the Beren Campus Straus Scholars given by the director of the Straus Center, Rabbi Dr. Meir Soloveichik. The first work being addressed in the seminar is Rabbi Joseph B. Soloveitchik zt”l’s famous speech Kol Dodi Dofek. Rabbi ...

Dr. Jess Olson, an associate professor of Jewish history at Yeshiva College, has published a book for Ediciones Tibidabo / Tibidabo Publications titled Jewish Culture: A Quick Immersion, one of a series of “ quick immersions” that “uses accurate and straightforward language to offer a good ...

Campus News Professor Kate Shaw Talks Impeachment on ABC; Cited in New Yorker piece on Justice Kagan Professor Kate Shaw analyzed the impeachment hearings as they unfolded on ABC News, saying, “The no quid quo pro case has been falling apart for some days. Today you see...everyone involved really…

Top Stories Alumni AI Event “Artificial Intelligence in Health Care” was the premier event of the Technology Group, the newest professional networking group organized by the Office of Alumni Affairs. Marcia Robbins-Wilf Scholar-in-Residence Program Tal Ben-Shahar, best-selling author, doled out a…

Over the weekend of Nov. 9 and 10, 2019, Dr. Ari Berman, President of Yeshiva University, and Rabbi Dr. Josh Joseph, senior vice president, gave several talks to the friends of the University on the west coast. Dr. Berman spoke at Young Israel of Century City on “Education in the World of Tomorrow…