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Lieberman Appointed Joseph Lieberman Chair in Public Policy and Public Service at Yeshiva University Former United States Senator Joseph Lieberman has been appointed the Joseph Lieberman Chair in Public Policy and Public Service at Yeshiva University for the 2014-2015 academic year. During that…
Frenkel Receives $375,000 NSF Grant to Support Three Years of Joint Research with Hebrew University Dr. Anatoly Frenkel, professor of physics at Yeshiva University’s Stern College for Women, will serve as principal investigator on a three-year $675,000 grant by the National Science Foundation (NSF…
Rabbi Yaakov Glasser Appointed David Mitzner Dean of Center for the Jewish Future Rabbi Yaakov Glasser ’99YC, ’01R, has been appointed the David Mitzner Dean of Yeshiva University’s Center for the Jewish Future (CJF). He succeeds Rabbi Kenneth Brander, who served as inaugural dean of the CJF for…
Tenure Awarded to Faculty From Schools Across University Continuing to build an intellectually diverse and rich scholarly community on campus and bolstering its top-level academic offerings, Yeshiva University has granted tenure to eight faculty members from across its undergraduate and graduate ...
Learning to Understand Diverse Populations, Wurzweiler Students Visit NJ Penitentiary On July 9 a group of students from Yeshiva University’s Wurzweiler School of Social Work went to Northern State Prison in Newark, New Jersey—not because they committed any crime, but as part of their training to…
YU Undergraduates Participate in Cutting-Edge Summer Scientific Research Program at Einstein After a challenging year of academic study as a biology major concentrating in molecular and cellular biology at Yeshiva University’s Stern College for Women, Liat Weinstock, of Cedarhurst, New York, isn’t…
Yeshiva University and Orthodox Union Offer Joint Learning Programs for Three Weeks and Tisha B'Av Yeshiva University’s Center for the Jewish Future (CJF) and the Orthodox Union (OU) will once again combine efforts on programs for the Three Weeks and Nine Days leading to Tisha B’Av, to be followed…
Jacob "Jake" Harman Appointed Vice President of Business Affairs and Chief Financial Officer of Yeshiva University Yeshiva University President Richard M. Joel has announced the appointment of Jacob “Jake” Harman as the new Vice President of Business Affairs and Chief Financial Officer, effective…
Dr. Rona Novick: How Educators Can Arm Students With Hope in an Increasingly Dangerous World On my first day as Dean of the Azrieli Graduate School of Jewish Education, three innocent Israeli victims of terrorism – teenagers – were laid to rest. The unity of the past weeks and the pain and sheer ...
New Course Prepares Psychology Students to Evaluate and Work With Asylum Seekers The threat of persecution due to one’s religious or political beliefs may be unimaginable to most United States citizens, but for many people abroad, that threat is real and frightening, causing them to flee and seek…