YU News

Jun 16, 2008 -- The Yeshiva University community mourns the passing of journalist Tim Russert, moderator of the influential Sunday morning talk show “Meet the Press,” who passed away on Friday, June 13. Russert was an honorary alumnus of Yeshiva University, who received an honorary degree when he…

Jun 13, 2008 -- Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University officially opens its 223,000-square-foot Michael F. Price Center for Genetic and Translational Medicine/Harold and Muriel Block Research Pavilion on June 12. The five-story, $220-million facility is the largest and most ...

Jun 11, 2008 -- Although Yeshiva University (YU) students are more likely to be known for their Talmudic sparring, YU also has a rich history in the graceful art of fencing. In fact, one of the most successful teams in Yeshiva College sports history is the fencing team. This remarkable athletic ...

Jun 11, 2008 -- Yeshiva University High Schools (YUHS), comprised of The Marsha Stern Talmudical Academy / Yeshiva University High School for Boys (YUHSB) and the Samuel H. Wang Yeshiva University High School for Girls (YUHSG), will bestow Dr. Edward Berliner with the Faculty Member of the Year ...

Jun 5, 2008 -- Dr. Victor Schwartz, Yeshiva University Dean of Students and a national authority on mental health, depression, and suicide prevention on college campuses, shared his expertise on the syndicated Radio Health Journal program Screening College Students for Mental Health Red Flags,…

Jun 4, 2008 -- Lay leaders of Jewish prayer services anywhere in the world can learn the precise melodies and traditional format of the Shabbat prayers from a new MP3 CD, Be a Ba'al Tefillah, produced by Cantor Sherwood Goffin ‘63Y, ‘66 BZ, a faculty member of Yeshiva University’s Belz School of ...

Jun 2, 2008 -- Hundreds of Yeshiva University students, alumni, faculty, administrators, and friends marched up Fifth Avenue cheering and greeting the crowds as they celebrated Israel’s 60th anniversary of statehood in the annual Salute to Israel Parade. View a photo gallery of YU at the Salute to…

May 30, 2008 -- Dr. Emil Prodan, assistant professor in the Physics Department at Stern College for Women, has been awarded a two-year, $45,000 grant by the Research Corporation, a Tucson, Arizona-based foundation for the advancement of science. The grant will enable Dr. Prodan to start a Molecular…

May 29, 2008 -- The National Institutes of Health has awarded Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University and Montefiore Medical Center one of its coveted Clinical and Translational Science Awards totaling $22 million over five years. The grant will support the new Einstein-Montefiore…

May 29, 2008 -- Joanne Jacobson, associate dean for academic affairs at Yeshiva College, and Gabriel Goldstein, associate director for exhibitions and programs at the Yeshiva University Museum, have been awarded a $40,000 grant by the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) to create a museum…