YU News

Aug 31, 2009 -- Dr. Jonathan Feldman, assistant professor at Ferkauf Graduate School of Psychology, is the co-recipient of a $2.5 million grant from the National Institute of Health’s National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine to study ethnic disparities in childhood asthma. The ...

Aug 27, 2009 -- Sy Syms School of Business further expands the scope of its education beyond undergraduate programming this fall when it launches the Center for Executive and Professional Education. The center will offer post-graduate education and professional development to meet the needs of ...

Aug 26, 2009 -- Every summer, undergraduate students fan out across the U.S. and further afield to pursue diverse opportunities as interns, fellows and researchers in their area of professional interest. We profile a sample of this year's summer interns. Hadassa Klerman, a biochemistry major at ...

Aug 26, 2009 --Four Yeshiva University graduate students, all advanced Torah scholars, traveled to Senegal this summer on a social justice mission sponsored by the American Jewish World Service (AJWS). Sion Setton and Noah Greenfield of Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary (RIETS) and Gilah ...

Aug 26, 2009 -- The Board of the Dormitory Authority of the State of New York (DASNY) approved Yeshiva University’s negotiated sale of 30-year fixed-rate bonds in the amount of approximately $140 million in June. The Dormitory Authority assists in the financing and building of facilities for higher…

Aug 25, 2009 -- Throughout North America, schools in smaller Jewish communities often struggle to find qualified teachers that will develop the next generation. A new grant from Legacy Heritage Fund Limited will address this problem by providing support to attract, train and retain more high-…

Aug 18, 2009 -- The Toronto Jewish community will be home to the Yeshiva University (YU) Torah Mitzion Beit Midrash (intensive Torah and Talmud study program) of Toronto beginning September, 2009. The Beit Midrash is an affiliate of YU’s Center for the Jewish Future (CJF) and Kollel Torah Mitzion…

Aug 17, 2009 -- The Toronto Jewish community will be home to the Yeshiva University (YU) Torah Mitzion Beit Midrash (intensive Torah and Talmud study program) of Toronto beginning September, 2009. The Beit Midrash is an affiliate of YU’s Center for the Jewish Future (CJF) and Kollel Torah Mitzion…

Aug 17, 2009 --Avi Amsalem, a native of Boca Raton, FL, met Jack, an electrician from Alberta, Canada at a special celebration hosted by the New York Mets at Citi Field. Jack (last name withheld to protect his privacy) survived leukemia because of Amsalem’s stem cell donation to the Gift of Life ...

Aug 17, 2009 -- Yeshiva University appointed 19 new undergraduate and graduate faculty members this fall. Dr. James A. Kahn (left), a foremost expert in economics, was appointed the Bertha and Henry Kressel Professor of Economics and chair of the combined economics departments of Yeshiva College…