YU News

Nov 18, 2005 -- The place to be at the 2005 UJC General Assembly global Jewish Marketplace in Toronto was Yeshiva University’s booth, where delegates played “Jewpardy.” The GA, the largest gathering of Jewish professional and lay leaders, took place Nov. 13-15. Photos from the GA can be found here…

Nov 17, 2005 -- More than 700 people attended the grand opening celebration for the Schultz Rosenberg Campus on Tuesday, Nov. 8, in Dallas, Texas, including Rabbi Kenneth Brander, dean of Yeshiva University’s Center for the Jewish Future; Rabbi Richard C. Bieler, senior executive director for ...

Nov 17, 2005 -- Cardozo’s Program in Jewish Law & Interdisciplinary Studies, will be holding several workshops to encourage a cross-disciplinary conversation on the study of Jewish law. Each session will feature the presentation of a paper from either a legal or Jewish studies expert, with a ...

Nov 15, 2005 -- More than 500 high school students and their parents visited Yeshiva University’s Wilf Campus on Sunday, Nov. 13 to learn about YU’s programs for men, including Yeshiva College and Sy Syms School of Business. Photos of the event are available here. Speakers at the event included YU…

Nov 10, 2005 -- Two students from Yeshiva University High School for Girls have been chosen as regional finalists in the 2005-06 Siemens Westinghouse Competition in Math, Science and Technology, the nation’s premier science research competition for high school students. Lauren Sipzner and Jaimie ...

Nov 10, 2005 -- Yeshiva University is highlighting its strong science program with a special Science Week beginning Monday, Nov. 14. The first event is a public reading by Yeshiva College Writer–in-Residence Dr. Neil deGrasse Tyson, Frederick P. Rose Director of the Hayden Planetarium in New York…

Nov 8, 2005 -- Prominent and influential members of the corporate restructuring field will participate at “Perspectives on Corporate Restructuring,” to be held at the Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law/Yeshiva University at 55 Fifth Avenue at 12th Street on Monday, Nov. 14 from 9 am to 5 pm ...

Nov 8, 2005 -- David J. Srolovitz, PhD, professor and chair of Princeton University’s Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, has been appointed the tenth dean of Yeshiva College, effective June 1, 2006. Dr. Srolovitz is president of the Society for Engineering Science, editor of a ...

Nov 1, 2005 -- Students and alumni of Yeshiva University and its affiliated Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary (RIETS) and the new Center for the Jewish Future enriched the holiday celebrations of Shemini Atseret and Simchat Torah in more than 80 Jewish communities around the world. As part…

Nov 1, 2005 -- Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton will deliver the principal convocation address and receive an honorary degree at Yeshiva University’s 81st Annual Hanukkah Dinner and Convocation on Sunday, Dec. 11, at The Waldorf=Astoria. YU President Richard M. Joel will confer honorary degrees on ...