YU News

Jun 2, 2009 -- Yeshiva University (YU) will hold its first-ever Undergraduate Dinner on Wednesday, June 17, 2009 at Pier Sixty, Chelsea Piers in New York City. The dinner will celebrate the achievements of YU’s three undergraduate schools, Yeshiva College, Stern College for Women and Sy Syms School…

Jun 2, 2009 -- Entrepreneurship runs in the family for Michael Levy, who graduated from Sy Syms School of Business this May with a major in finance. While a student, the Lawrence, NY, native helped develop TriSpecs, his father’s consumer electronics company whose flagship product, TriSpecs Eyewear…

Jun 1, 2009 -- Eating red or white meat, including meat cooked at high temperatures, does not increase the risk of breast cancer in postmenopausal women, according to a large study conducted by researchers at Albert Einstein College of Medicine at Yeshiva University. The study was published this ...

Jun 1, 2009 -- The Grand Chamber of the European Court of Human Rights will hear a case on June 3 brought by Jakob Finci, a Jewish citizen of Bosnia and Herzegovina, who is denied the right to stand for election to the three-member presidency and the House of Peoples in the Bosnian Parliament ...

May 28, 2009 -- Sichuan native Emily Zeng was always curious about life and education beyond mainland China. When she learned about Ferkauf Graduate School of Psychology’s excellent training programs online, her interest was piqued. Now a doctoral graduate of Ferkauf, she did not realize then how…

May 28, 2009 -- Third-generation graduate Shlomo Eisenberg grew up hearing stories about studying at Yeshiva University from his siblings, parents and grandparents. But family history was not the main reason Eisenberg decided to attend Yeshiva College; he came for the intensive Torah study and the…

May 27, 2009 -- This Shavuot, a group of young Jewish women, all advanced scholars in Talmud, will serve as scholars-in-residence at synagogues in Houston, Washington, D.C. and Silver Spring, MD, as part of the Women’s Leadership Initiative at Yeshiva University’s Center for the Jewish Future. The…

May 27, 2009 -- The usual academic demands of graduate study were compounded for Younghee “Frida” Seo, a South Korean native who recently graduated with a master’s degree from Ferkauf Graduate School of Psychology’s Mental Health Counseling Program. She struggled with her English and with adjusting…

May 27, 2009 -- Two Yeshiva University graduation ceremonies at Madison Square Garden, a performance at the 92nd Street Y and numerous singing engagements on and off campus: that’s Yeshiva University a cappella group the Maccabeats' brief résumé since forming two years ago. Sensing the need to…

May 27, 2009 -- Fresh from his year-long world tour performing to sell-out audiences, renowned mentalist Dr. Marc Salem beguiled the crowd of over 100 undergraduate students with his ‘mind-reading’ techniques at a student council-sponsored event on May 12. A Yeshiva College graduate, Salem’s…