YU News

Jun 30, 2009 -- On the heels of a successful conference on energy conservation on April 30, Yeshiva University’s Institute for University-School Partnership convened a conference attended by 14 day schools from the Five Towns, the Rockaways and Queens to guide them in advanced fundraising…

Jun 29, 2009 -- By Dr. Jeffrey S. Gurock While there has been abundant chest-bumping on Tel Aviv streets among Israeli basketball fans over the selection of Omri Casspi by the Sacramento Kings in the first round of the NBA draft, the odds are against this late first-round pick securing a roster…

Jun 26, 2009 -- Dr. Neer Asherie, assistant professor of physics and biology at Yeshiva University (YU), was recently awarded a $300,000 grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to study protein phase behavior. The title of the grant, which will begin on September 1, 2009 and continue over…

Jun 25, 2009 -- Yeshiva University brought the public health systems of India and the United States closer together in September 2007 when President Richard M. Joel signed a memo of understanding with his counterpart from the Public Health Foundation of India. Now the two have joined forces with ...

Jun 25, 2009 -- Dr. Neer Asherie, assistant professor of physics and biology at Yeshiva University, was recently awarded a $300,000 grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to study protein phase behavior. The title of the grant, which will begin on September 1, 2009 and continue over three…

Jun 24, 2009 -- Dr. Anatoly Frenkel, professor of physics at Stern College for Women, is one of four principal investigators awarded a grant of $1.92 million over three years from the U.S. Department of Energy to study the fundamental properties of nanoparticles that are essential for catalysis (…

Jun 22, 2009 -- Yeshiva University’s (YU) focus on advanced undergraduate level research continues to intensify with the selection of five exceptional students for the Henry Kressel Research Scholarship in 2009. The scholarship—established last year by Dr. Henry Kressel, managing director of…

Jun 20, 2009 -- As a foster child, Satarra Davis was often told she wasn’t “college material.” With determination and support, she not only graduated from Brandeis University with a bachelor’s degree in sociology, but this summer she will receive her master’s in social work from Wurzweiler School…

Jun 19, 2009 -- Dr. Marina Holz, assistant professor of biology at Yeshiva University’s Stern College for Women, was recently awarded a one-year $30,000 grant from the Wendy Will Case Cancer Fund to research the role of the mTOR (mammalian target of rapamycin) /S6 Kinase 1 (S6K1) genetic pathway in…

Jun 18, 2009 -- Yeshiva University’s three undergraduate schools—Yeshiva College, Stern College for Women and Sy Syms School of Business—held their first combined Undergraduate Dinner on June 17 at Pier Sixty, Chelsea Piers in New York City. In the words of Marjorie Diener Blenden, chairman…