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May 10, 2007 -- More than 300 attendees came from all over the world when Wurzweiler School of Social Work celebrated its 50th anniversary with a three-day conference, "Celebrating a Tradition of Caring: Social Work Practice Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow," at the New York Sheraton Hotel in…

May 10, 2007 -- A group of 85 top international entrepreneurs who attended an industry conference in April heard from sales and marketing gurus, management consultants, the founder of a major Internet company, work-balance coaches—and one rabbi. For the first time ever, a member of the clergy—Rabbi…

May 10, 2007 -- Yeshiva University’s Wurzweiler School of Social Work celebrated its 50th anniversary at a gala dinner for over 300 people at the New York Sheraton Hotel on Sunday, May 6. The event celebrated the vision of Wurzweiler’s founders, the accomplishments of its graduates, faculty ...

May 10, 2007 -- Yeshiva University recently paid tribute to the people who turned some of the University’s hi-tech dreams into reality. The Digital Communications Laboratory in Belfer Hall on the Wilf Campus was dedicated by President Richard M. Joel in honor of Doar Litigation Consulting and its…

May 7, 2007 -- Hundreds of Yeshiva University students, alumni, faculty, administrators, and friends marched up Fifth Avenue in Manhattan on a glorious day to celebrate Israel's 59th anniversary of statehood in the annual Salute to Israel Parade. President Richard M. Joel and his wife, Dr. Esther…

May 2, 2007 -- Vern L. Schramm, PhD, and Ruth Merns Professor of Biochemistry at Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University, has been elected to the National Academy of Sciences, the nation’s most prestigious honorary society for scientists. His election was announced today at the ...

May 2, 2007 -- U. S. Representative Charles Rangel, an 18-term member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Harlem, was honored for his decades of support for seniors, underprivileged youth, and other under-represented communities when Yeshiva University’s Wurzweiler School of Social Work ...

May 1, 2007 -- Yeshiva University Museum’s award-winning exhibit, “A Perfect Fit: The Garment Industry and American Jewry,” recently garnered another accolade. The exhibit, which drew praise from The New York Times and Vogue, recently won the 2007 Richard Martin Award for Excellence in the ...

May 1, 2007 -- Yeshiva University High Schools will hold its Annual Dinner of Tribute by honoring Miriam and Alan Goldberg and two outstanding faculty members, Ms. Deborah Geller and Dr. Geoff Cahn, on Tuesday evening, May 15, 2007. The event, at the American Museum of Natural History, located on…

Apr 27, 2007 -- More than six decades after the Holocaust, and after thousands of books and countless hours of research and testimony, one is tempted to believe that this dreadful period in Jewish history doesn't have any more secrets to reveal. But even a broad, thoroughly researched period such…