YU News

Jun 18, 2009 -- The YU in Canada convocation and dinner held in Montreal on June 15 proved just how strong the bond is between Yeshiva University and its extended Canadian family. With almost 600 in attendance, including YU staff and noted members of Canada’s rabbinate and Jewish and broader ...

Jun 17, 2009 -- Dr. Marina Holz, assistant professor of biology at Yeshiva University’s Stern College for Women, is leading the charge in the fight against breast cancer. After receiving a $75,000 grant from the Elias Genevieve and Georgiana Atol Charitable Trust to research the molecular…

Jun 16, 2009 -- In a study published in The Journal of Infectious Diseases, researchers from Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University have identified cells in blood that predict which HIV-positive individuals are most likely to develop deadly fungal meningitis, a major cause of HIV…

Jun 15, 2009 -- The National Institute on Drug Abuse of the National Institutes of Health has awarded a three-year, $3-million grant to Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University to establish a research center to study the neurological complications that afflict people infected with…

Jun 12, 2009 -- Jewish communities throughout North America often struggle to find qualified teachers for Jewish schools 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-quality…

Jun 9, 2009 -- As President Barack Obama prepares to take on health care reform, a group of human service and legal professionals gathered at a conference sponsored by Wurzweiler School of Social Work to exchange ideas about and advocate for much-needed changes in the delivery of health care to the…

Jun 9, 2009 -- A consortium of research centers in the tri-state region, including Yeshiva University's Albert Einstein College of Medicine, has received a $46 million grant to conduct research on emerging infectious diseases. The grant, from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious…

Jun 4, 2009 -- When Sam Blass began studying protein crystallization with Dr. Neer Asherie, assistant professor of physics and biology at Yeshiva University (YU), he became so enamored with nanotechnology that he decided to major in chemistry instead of his previous pre-med track. The move paid off…

Jun 4, 2009 -- Vikram Padmanabhan realized he was drawn to medicine as a way to practice science and physiology “with a human touch” when his students at Lehman High School in the Bronx came to him with health problems. After three years as a teacher, Padmanabhan decided to combine his love of ...

Jun 3, 2009 -- Chavi Schwartz, who graduated as co-valedictorian from Sy Syms School of Business, always had a head for numbers. “I always enjoyed having to work through problems and come to conclusions based on a given set of rules,” said the accounting major from Highland Park, NJ. But while Syms…