YU News

Jul 21, 2004 -- Sy Syms School of Business senior Reuben Kerben received an honorable mention and $100 for his business plan at the Palo Alto Software 2004 Business Plan Competition. Mr. Kerben, a finance major from Great Neck, NY, presented his plan for his venture company Bionex Corp., which…

Jul 21, 2004 -- The leadership of the Yeshiva University Women’s Organization (YUWO) is sponsoring singles buffet suppers to assist alumni and their friends to get to know each other and perhaps for some to meet the man or woman of their dreams. “We were looking for a special project to celebrate…

Jul 13, 2004 -- On June 16, 1904, Dublin’s most famous fictional Jew wandered the city streets for some 30 hours before returning home. A century later, hundreds of thousands have retraced Leopold Bloom’s steps in tribute to his creator, author James Joyce, who immortalized Bloom in his seminal…

Jul 8, 2004 -- Volume 26 of the Journal of Jewish Music and Liturgy has been published and is available for purchase, announced Cantor Bernard Beer, director of the Philip and Sarah Belz School of Jewish Music. Both religious and secular scholars and musicologists worldwide consider the publication…

Jul 7, 2004 -- If a journey begins with the first step, for Rachel Milner the path to world peace begins in Boston. In two simultaneous master's degree programs-at the Harvard Divinity School and the Fletcher School at Tufts-the 1998 Stern College for Women alumna is studying religion's impact on…

Jul 7, 2004 -- Henry Kressel, a managing director of the venture capital management firm Warburg Pincus LLC, was elected to the Board of Directors of the Sy Syms School of Business. He joins a prestigious group of business, civic, and philanthropic leaders on the board of the undergraduate college…

Jul 6, 2004 -- How do today’s busy Jewish professionals—raising families and keeping up with daily activities—face the challenges of incorporating learning Torah into their lives? How does one keep one’s faith vibrant in our not-a-moment-to-spare society? This summer, more than 200 young scholars…

Jul 6, 2004 -- Yeshiva University librarians and faculty made a strong showing at the 2004 Association of Jewish Libraries convention June 20-23 at the New York Marriott at the Brooklyn Bridge. The 39th annual convention, “The Jewish American Experience: 350 Years,” paid tribute to the anniversary…

Jul 13, 2004 -- Eleven fellows will assume positions in departments around campus, under a presidential initiative to train YU graduates for leadership roles in Jewish communal life. The inaugural awardees of the Graduate Fellowship in University and Community Leadership at Yeshiva University are…

Jun 30, 2004 -- We are assembled to pay tribute to a deeply cherished relative, friend, co-worker and brother who has been called to his eternal reward after 82 years which means he attained and surpassed the age of Gevura – of strength and heroic achievements. That could be offered as a simple ...