YU News

Aug 9, 2004 -- More than 250 women, members of the Stern College for Women classes of 1958 through 2004, honored their alma mater July 2 at a brunch held at Jerusalem's Renaissance Hotel. Stern Celebration in Israel was part of a year-long series of events in the US and Israel marking the school's…

Aug 6, 2004 -- The Wilf Campus will soon unveil a state-of-the-art fitness center at its Max Stern Athletic Center. The center is scheduled to open August 29--the first day of Orientation 2004. A gift from Sy Syms, namesake of YU's undergraduate business school and founder of the Syms clothing ...

Aug 5, 2004 -- I write to you from a ship in the Caribbean. Esther and I find it a wonderful luxury that allows us to reflect and savor the recent past, and be refreshed and inspired to look to tomorrow. Here, I am able to see, with clearer vision, the year that has passed and to share it with you…

Aug 4, 2004 -- We look forward to seeing you at Yeshiva University’s Wilf and Beren Campuses, home of Yeshiva College, Stern College for Women, and Sy Syms School of Business. Our Orientation 2004 program will introduce you to many members of the Yeshiva University family. We are all interested in…

Jul 29, 2004 -- Enrollment of French Jewish students at Yeshiva University (YU) for the fall semester will more than double, said John Fisher, PhD, director of enrollment management, to nearly 40 French men and women when classes resume in August. “YU offers something that colleges in France cannot…

Jul 29, 2004 -- ENROLLMENT OF FRENCH STUDENTS DOUBLES Yeshiva University made headlines in Paris when Ethel Orlian, associate dean of Stern College for Women, and Daniel Morris, associate director of admissions at Yeshiva University, traveled to France on a fact-finding visit. They met with ...

Jul 29, 2004 -- A softball dynasty has taken root in Queens. And that dynasty belongs to YU's Samuel H. Wang high school softball team. For the third consecutive year, the team captured the championship of the Yeshiva High School Girls Softball League, which is made up of 15 yeshivas in the metro…

Jul 28, 2004 -- For most students, summer internships mean long hours pecking away at a computer. For Yonatan Goetz, however, it’s a chance to hone his nautical know-how. A Baltimore native and senior at Sy Syms School of Business, Mr. Goetz is no stranger to the city’s Inner Harbor. This is his ...

Jul 27, 2004 -- In his year-end address to the YU community July 30, President Richard M. Joel outlined the extraordinary advances of this past year and the opportunities for growth and excellence ahead. "A university-wide strategic planning process is well underway. With our boards, who are ...

Jul 26, 2004 -- Eleven students who graduated from Yeshiva University (YU) in May 2004 are returning to their alma mater this month to work as graduate fellows in a program created under a presidential initiative. The inaugural awardees of the Graduate Fellowship in University and Community ...