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Carmelle Danneman '16S Emmy-nominated news producer and filmmaker Carmelle Danneman ’16S shares stories on both the big and little screen On March 11, 2018, a sightseeing helicopter crashed into New York’s East River, killing five passengers. Carmelle Danneman ’16S had been a news producer at ...

Tamar Beer During the last few weeks of summer, many students go on vacation or to relax at home, but in 2018, Tamar Beer ’21S had a different plan. A Judaic studies major at Stern College for Women, Beer is the founder and director of a two-week collegiate women’s summer Beit Midrash program…

Presenting the YU Experience to Prospective Students YU News interviewed Rabbi Jonathan Cohen, admissions coordinator for Yeshiva University's S. Daniel Abraham Program, about the Admissions Department’s efforts to recruit students for YU. Below is Cohen’s account of visiting summer youth camps to…

Students Present Sterling Research About Evaluating Students’ Reading Skills The June 2019 conference of the Network in Research in Jewish Education, held in Chicago, featured a very special session. Dr. Scott J. Goldberg, associate professor of education and psychology at the Azrieli Graduate ...

This summer for the 14th consecutive year, Yeshiva University conducted the Counterpoint Israel Program (CPI), an immersive service-learning initiative that looks to enhance the English-language skills of at-risk Israeli youth. By so doing, it empowers Israeli teenagers with a sense of self-worth…

A Beit Midrash for Archaeology At the end of June, six YU students, along with Dr. Jill Katz, clinical assistant professor of archaeology at Stern College for Women, headed to Israel to participate in the archaeological excavations at Tell es-Safi/Gath. For many, this would be a first: a chance to…

Wurzweiler’s 42nd Block Program Commencement Honors New Members of the Profession Weissberg Commons rang with wise words and celebratory laughter as the Wurzweiler School of Social Work welcomed 42 new graduates into their community. After the processional, led by Dr. Selma Botman, provost and vice…

Dr. Catherine DeLazzero, clinical associate professor of writing at the Katz School of Science and Health, recently received a Fulbright Specialist Award to deliver lectures on writing at Suranaree University of Technology (SUT) in Thailand. The award is given by The Fulbright Program, which offers…

Dr. Elizabeth Seng, associate professor at Ferkauf Graduate School of Psychology and research associate professor in the Department of Neurology at Albert Einstein College of Medicine, gave the inaugural Early Career Award Lecture at the American Headache Society conference, held from July 11-14 ...

Twenty-six Students Earn the Katz School’s Associate Degree Even though the skies were overcast, the Sky Café radiated warmth and pride as friends, family and staff gathered on July 18, 2019, to honor the first graduating class of the Associate of Science in Management at the Katz School of Science…