YU News

May 18, 2006 -- Stern College for Women was recently awarded the 2006 Good Neighbor Award by the Murray Hill Neighborhood Association (MHNA). The Good Neighbor Award is given to people who have given generously of their time or other resources to the Association. For many years, Stern College for…

May 18, 2006 -- Many teachers in Jewish day schools across the United States juggle teaching duties in addition to administrative responsibilities. An innovative program for Jewish educators who aspire to securing administrative positions, the Support for Educational Leadership Advancement (SELA…

May 15, 2006 -- Yeshiva University President Richard M. Joel joined many of the world’s most respected university presidents and Jewish communal leaders who participated in the Hillel conference, “Inspiring Values, Creating Leaders,” the first international summit of academia and Jewish communal ...

May 12, 2006 -- Tzelem, an incubator project of Yeshiva University’s Center for the Jewish Future, hosted its first large-scale program in April with a national conference for kallah teachers. Titled “The Multifaceted Role of the Kallah Teacher,” the conference, organized by Jennie Rosenfeld and ...

May 12, 2006 -- Four Yeshiva University students have been awarded Wexner Graduate Fellowships for Fall 2006. The prestigious fellowship provides $20,000 a year for up to three years of graduate training. Yeshiva College graduating senior Efrayim Unterman of Bergenfield, N.J., will pursue rabbinic…

May 10, 2006 -- Albert Einstein College of Medicine's 48th annual commencement will take place at Lincoln Center’s Avery Fisher Hall on Wednesday, May 31st, at 2:00 p.m. Dr. Irwin Merkatz, professor and chair of obstetrics & gynecology and women’s health at Einstein, will deliver the…

May 9, 2006 -- A unique and far-reaching program aimed at addressing the myriad opportunities and challenges facing Modern Orthodox rabbis in 21st century America is being established at Yeshiva University. Establishment of the Legacy Heritage Rabbinic Enrichment Initiative, which is being funded…

Apr 28, 2006 -- Dr. Robert Aumann, 2005 Nobel Prize Winner in Economics and a professor at Hebrew University in Jerusalem, spoke to students at the Sy Syms School of Business on the Wilf and Beren campuses April 25 about his research in Game Theory, his life as an Orthodox Jew and an economist and…

Apr 27, 2006 -- Dean Harold Nierenberg Memorial Valedictorian Awards: Janna Almo, Jacqueline “Rivka” Kukuy, and Rafi Zlotnick Dr. Joseph Kerzner Award for Outstanding Accounting Seniors: Jonathan Burstein and Mindi Guttmann New York State Society of Certified Public Accountants Award for Superior…

Apr 25, 2006 -- The Association of Modern Orthodox Day Schools and Yeshiva High Schools (AMODS), together with the Western Wall Heritage Foundation, are sponsoring a special interactive Yom Yerushalayim program for AMODS’ Global Learning Initiative (GLI) schools. The GLI –– an interactive ...