YU News

Nov 1, 2004 -- As three buses full of students departed the Wilf Campus on Oct. 28, the kickoff event of the First Year Experience (FYE) Program was in full-swing for an evening of fine dining and first-class entertainment at Abigael's. Sponsored by the Office of Student Affairs, the FYE program…

Nov 1, 2004 -- President Richard M. Joel announced today the appointment of Howard M. Weisband as Senior Advisor on Israel Affairs, Yeshiva University, effective immediately. President Joel remarked that Mr. Weisband, in this new university position, “will aid YU leadership in envisioning and ...

Nov 1, 2004 -- A glimpse of Yeshiva University's future could be seen Sunday on the Israel Henry Beren Campus. The annual ritual of Open House activities began with hundreds of enthusiastic and fresh faces familiarizing themselves with what life might be like at Stern College for Women and Sy Syms…

Oct 28, 2004 -- Fred Sugarman, PhD, of Riverdale was appointed assistant dean of Yeshiva University’s Yeshiva College (YC) at the beginning of the fall 2004 semester. “I am delighted to have Dr. Sugarman as a colleague, where he will work closely with faculty, students, and administration in ...

Oct 28, 2004 -- The crisis in Darfur, Sudan, was the focus of a panel discussion at Yeshiva University’s Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law on Oct. 26, 2004. Panelists at “Death and Destruction in Darfur, Sudan: The Human Dimension and the Moral Imperative,” addressed the humanitarian and political…

Oct 28, 2004 -- Yeshiva College students had the chance Thursday afternoon to hear their professors discuss the 2004 Nobel Prize laureates at the first annual Nobel Prize Nanosecond Party, sponsored by the YC Office of the Dean. Professors had six minutes to discuss prize winners in their…

Oct 27, 2004 -- The Leonard and Bea Diener Institute of Jewish Law at Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law and the Rebecca Ivry Department of Jewish Studies at Stern College for Women will host an international conference, “Between Rashi and Maimonides: Themes in Medieval Jewish Law, Thought, and ...

Oct 27, 2004 -- Students packed the Commons at 215 Lexington Ave. on the Beren Campus Tuesday evening to hear campaign representatives for President George W. Bush and Sen. John Kerry discuss the candidates’ foreign policy views. The debate, hosted by the Israel Club and the Political Science Club…

Oct 26, 2004 -- Yeshiva University will welcome hundreds of high school students from across North America at its annual Open House program on the Israel Henry Beren Campus, Sunday, October 31. Young women and their parents will spend the day exploring the midtown buildings of Stern College for ...

Oct 25, 2004 -- An unprecedented initiative by Yeshiva University offers men of all ages, Jewish backgrounds, and educational levels the opportunity to participate in traditional yeshiva learning with YU’s most celebrated roshei yeshiva on Sunday mornings. “Yeshiva University is striving to serve…