YU News

Nov 15, 2007 -- New York, NY, November 15, 2007 – Yedida Singer, of Edison, and Miriam Katzenstein, of Highland Park, both seniors at Yeshiva University’s Stern College for Women, have been inducted into Psi Chi, the national psychology honor society. Ms. Singer, the daughter of Alan and Shanie ...

Nov 15, 2007 -- New York, NY, November 15, 2007 – Rockville resident Michal Golan, a senior at Yeshiva University’s Stern College for Women, has been inducted into Psi Chi, the national psychology honor society. Ms. Golan, the daughter of David and Helen Golan, plans to pursue a Masters degree in…

Nov 14, 2007 -- Jeffrey Sachs, the poverty-fighting economist who twice landed in the “100 Most Influential Leaders in the World” issues of Time Magazine, was honored this fall by students of the Cardozo Journal of Conflict Resolution with the International Advocate for Peace Award. “We were blown…

Nov 13, 2007 -- Yeshiva University Department of Athletics and Physical Education 500 West 185th Street New York, NY 10033 (212) 960-5211 www.yu.edu/athletics Contact: Michael Spinner – Sports Information Director (212) 960-0042 – phone (212) 960-0088 – fax mspinner@yu.edu For Immediate Release ...

Nov 12, 2007 -- People with more years of education lose their memory faster than those with less education in the years prior to a diagnosis of dementia, according to a study by researchers at Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University, published in the October 23rd issue of the ...

Nov 9, 2007 -- When Dr. Joanne Jacobson – Professor of English at Yeshiva College – teaches her students how to write first-person creative non-fiction, she is sharing information she has gained first hand. Dr. Jacobson, author of the newly released “Hunger Artist: A Suburban Childhood” (Bottom Dog…

Nov 9, 2007 -- Inside Weisberg Commons 15 sealed crock pots of cholent slowly cooked while student chefs and cholent connoisseurs eagerly awaited the judging of Yeshiva University’s (YU) “First Annual Cholent Cook-off.” Fifteen teams of four students from Yeshiva College, Sy Syms School of Business…

Nov 9, 2007 -- More than three hundred Yeshiva College and Sy Syms School of Business undergraduates, along with dozens of students from Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary (RIETS), joined President Richard M. Joel and rabbis, faculty, trustees, and staff for the third annual YUnite Shabbaton…

Nov 9, 2007 -- Considered one of the most distinguished poskim (halakhic decisors) of our time, HaRav Gedalia Dov Schwartz, the Av Beth Din of the Chicago Rabbinical Council (CRC) and a graduate of Yeshiva College and the Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary (RIETS), was honored for his 20 ...

Nov 8, 2007 -- When the only “complaint” conference organizers receive is that a gathering is not long enough, program chairs know they’re doing something right. According to Tzelem director and program organizer Jennie Rosenfeld, the over 100 women who participated in the October 28 event were ...