YU News

Sep 8, 2008 -- Yeshiva University (YU) has established the Lamm Heritage in celebration of the 80th birthday of its chancellor, Dr. Norman Lamm. The Heritage will honor Chancellor Lamm’s almost 60 years of exceptional scholarly, spiritual, and leadership contributions to the university and world ...

Sep 4, 2008 -- The cast and writers of the off-Broadway play The Quarrel recently hosted a special performance and Q&A session for the 90 incoming students in the undergraduate honors programs at Yeshiva University. The Quarrel, co-written by Joseph Telushkin ’70Y, ’73R, ’74BR and the acclaimed…

Sep 3, 2008 -- The alumnae of Stern College for Women and Sy Syms School of Business (SCW) are carefully planting a seed that they will nurture as it grows into maturity over the next 10 - 25 years. A group of alumnae—Evelyn Havasi-Stavsky ’82S, Cali Orenbuch ’85S, Shira Yoshor ’89S, and Aviva ...

Aug 29, 2008 -- Yeshiva University’s (YU) Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary (RIETS) will honor Rabbi Zevulun Charlop for his extraordinary achievement in Torah learning and leadership at its Annual Dinner of Tribute on September 17 at The Grand Hyatt in New York City. Rabbi Charlop, who ...

Aug 28, 2008 -- In an effort to meet the growing demand for high-quality Torah content, Yeshiva University’s (YU) Center for the Jewish Future (CJF) has revamped its popular Web site, Marcos and Adina Katz YU Torah Online (www.yutorah.org), offering unprecedented access to Torah from YU and its ...

Aug 28, 2008 -- Miraculous advances in recent medical treatments have raised many ethical and Halakhic [Jewish law] dilemmas, particularly concerning the end of life. The Yeshiva University (YU) Student Medical Ethics Society will address these complex and sensitive issues at its third annual ...

Aug 27, 2008 -- Yeshiva University continues the steady expansion of its faculty this academic year with the appointment of 30 new faculty members this fall. Of these, ten are newly created positions, some of which replace adjunct professors. “We’re continuing the momentum forward to make sure we…

Aug 27, 2008 -- Summer may be over, but the excitement of a new experience has just begun for this year's incoming students during Yeshiva University’s undergraduate Orientation Week, August 24-30. “I never looked forward to going back to high school in September, but now I have found a school to…

Aug 27, 2008 -- As people age, their cells become less efficient at getting rid of damaged protein—resulting in a buildup of toxic material that is especially pronounced in Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s disease, and other neurodegenerative disorders. Now, for the first time, scientists at Albert…

Aug 26, 2008 -- The Yeshiva University Museum provides the only North American venue for an unusually significant exhibition of Medieval gold and silver jewelry, tableware, and rare coins discovered just a decade ago concealed within the foundation of a 12th-century house in Erfurt, Germany, a ...