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NAME: Sara Verschleisser ’21S MAJOR: History (also following a track in pre-med) HOMETOWN: Silver Spring, Maryland This summer found Sara at a place where she had done work many times before, at the National Institutes of Health (NIH). “I’ve had previous positions at the NIH since high school, due…

NAME: Etta Rapp ’21S MAJOR: Double major in Computer Science and Mathematics HOMETOWN: Washington Heights, New York Etta was one of eight students accepted to this year’s eight-week Data Science Summer School, a program at Microsoft Research NYC. “The main goal of the program is to increase ...

NAME: Kayla Garb ’20S MAJOR: Marketing (with an art minor) HOMETOWN: Teaneck, New Jersey Kayla Garb has been a two-time winner of the YMA Fashion Scholarship Fund, so it made eminent sense for her to pursue an internship in the world of fashion. This summer, she worked as a buyer for Burlington in…

Steven Fine, professor of Jewish History, with ancient Biblical tombstone from Zoar. The stone is from 430 C.E.—some 360 years after the destruction of the Second Temple. Dr. Steven Fine, Dean Pinkhos Churgin Professor of Jewish History and director of the Center for Israel Studies, will deliver a…

News and Events History Made by First Graduating Class Twenty-six students earn the Katz School of Science and Health’s Associate Degree in Management. A Vigil for El Paso and Dayton Public officials, members of Yeshiva University and residents met to honor the victims of the two shootings. Aliza…

Dr. Emil Prodan, professor of physics, has been awarded a three-year grant of $387,000 from the Condensed Matter and Materials Theory Program of the Division of Materials Research at the National Science Foundation (NSF) to support his project in materials science titled “Aperiodic Topological ...

On Monday, August 5, 2019, members of Yeshiva University joined elected officials and local residents for a candle-lit vigil at Bennett Park in New York’s Washington Heights neighborhood to stand in solidarity with the victims of the mass shootings in El Paso, Texas, and Dayton, Ohio. Rabbi Yosef…

On Wednesday, June 19, 2019, Mayor Aliza Bloch of Beit Shemesh, Israel, visited Yeshiva University to meet with faculty and staff and learn about the University. While she was at the Wilf campus, Ms. Bloch toured the new Innovation Lab, accompanied by Dr. Maria Blekher, director of the Lab as well…

Twenty-two YU Students Work on Multiple Projects at Bar-Ilan University Since 2011, selected Yeshiva University students have participated in the Bar-Ilan University Yeshiva University Summer Science Research Internship program, where they have the opportunity to do seven weeks of research in their…

Sy Syms School of Business EMBA Students Head to Israel Long known as the Startup Nation, Israel has the largest number of startups per capita in the world, around 1 for every 1,400 people, according to Forbes. Some of them have made it into the big leagues. Waze, a GPS navigation software app, was…