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Arielle Zellis ’17S Calls For Greater Inclusion of People With Disabilities Through one speaking engagement after another, the message Arielle Zellis '17S wants to get out there is simple: think “person” first. “Instead of seeing someone as a disabled or ill person, it’s about thinking of them…

April 25 Event Part of YUHSB Centennial Lecture Series, Will Feature Alan Dershowitz and Rabbi Dr. Meir Soloveichik Rabbi Dr. Meir Soloveichik and Alan Dershowitz ’55YUHS will discuss "Anti-Zionism in the Academy: Israel and the Future of American Education," on Tuesday, April 25 at 7:00 p.m. in ...

As Co-Founder of JScreen, Caroline Gold '92S Promotes Healthy Jewish Families Caroline (Katz) Gold ’92S came to Stern College for Women in 1988, where she found a community as warm and friendly as the sunny climate of her native Atlanta, Georgia. “Coming from Atlanta without relatives nearby,” she…

Fully Online Program Prepares Graduates to Tackle Strategic and Operational Risks to Future Employers Yeshiva University announced today that it will offer a master’s degree in enterprise risk management through its Mordecai D. and Monique C. Katz School of Graduate and Professional Studies. The 30…

Mentoring Program Promotes Post-Secondary Education for Underrepresented High School Students On March 31, College EDge held its seventh annual Seminar and Fair Day for approximately 200 New York public high school students in Furst Hall 501. A nonprofit founded in 2011 at Yeshiva University ...

At Center for Israel Studies Lecture, Dr. Rivka Weill Offers Strategy for Negotiating With Terrorists On March 30, the Joseph and Faye Glatt Program on Israel and the Rule of Law at YU’s Center for Israel Studies hosted Dr. Rivka Weill, who delivered a lecture titled “Bargaining With the Devil ...

Yeshiva University May 8 Event Will Celebrate Iconic Coaches and Athletes Yeshiva University will present its inaugural Athletics Hall of Fame induction ceremony on May 8, 2017. With iconic YU coaches and all-time leading scorers for both men and women’s basketball among the inaugural class of ...

Yeshiva University Hosts Lecture by Renowned Mathematician Dr. Hillel Furstenberg Hillel Furstenberg On March 30, the Department of Mathematical Sciences hosted Dr. Hillel Furstenberg ’51YUHS ’55YC of Hebrew University for a discussion titled, “The Role of Dynamics in Number Theory.” Furstenberg, a…

New Partnership With Women's League Community Residences Makes YU Accessible to Students with Intellectual Disabilities Beginning this fall, a new partnership between Women’s League Community Residences (WLCR), a lifespan social services organization, and Yeshiva University will make a Jewish ...

At Roundtable Event, Successful Yeshiva University Graduates Offer Advice to Students and Recent Alumni On Thursday, March 23, Yeshiva University's Office of Alumni Affairs and Sy Syms School of Business convened a young alumni roundtable. At the event, five alumni shared their insights about how…