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At this time during a normal year, 5,000 friends and family of Yeshiva University would be filling the Hulu Theater at Madison Square Garden in New York City for the 89th Annual Commencement Exercises celebrating the Class of 2020. However, 2020 has been anything but a normal year for universities…

On June 14, 2020, over 1,800 students from Yeshiva University’s undergraduate and graduate schools will receive their degrees at YU’s 89th Commencement Exercises, this year to be held virtually in light of the pandemic. Eight undergraduate students will be honored as valedictorians for their ...

CJ Glicksman ’20YC of Teaneck, New Jersey, the 2020 valedictorian of Yeshiva College, is graduating with a double major in philosophy and music. In the fall of 2019, he joined the MafTeach Chinuch Fellowship offered by the Azrieli Graduate School of Jewish Education and Administration and directed…

The Wurzweiler School of Social Work has announced a new joint program in which students will earn a Master of Social Work (MSW) while also becoming a Credentialed Alcoholism and Substance Abuse Counselor (CASAC). “A Wurzweiler education prepares students to meet the varying needs of vulnerable ...

Dr. Katie Aafjes-van Doorn, assistant professor, Clinical Psychology PsyD Program; Dr. Vera Békés, assistant professor, Clinical Psychology PsyD Program; Dr. Tracy A. Prout, associate professor, School-Clinical Child Psychology PsyD Program; and Dr. Jordan Bate, assistant professor, School-Clinical…

Last week’s tragic death of George Floyd has forced us all to confront the realities of hate, discrimination and racial violence as real and present dangers. Yeshiva University offers our deepest condolences to the family of George Floyd and our unwavering support to the African American community…

On April 24, 2020, Dr. Ari Berman, President of Yeshiva University, sent a message to the YU community declaring that, despite the obstacles thrown up by COVID-19, the University was “Always in Session.” As Dr. Berman said, “We are always in session because Yeshiva University does not just provide…

Dr. Vera Békés Dr. Vera Békés is assistant professor of clinical psychology at Ferkauf Graduate School of Psychology. She studied clinical psychology and philosophy at Eötvös Lóránt University in Budapest, and she received her clinical psychologist training as well as her PhD in the Psychoanalysis…

Dr. Norman Lamm with Dr. Ari Berman, President of Yeshiva University The Yeshiva University community mourns the loss of Rabbi Dr. Norman Lamm ZT"L, the former president, Rosh HaYeshiva and chancellor of Yeshiva University. He was an elegant and articulate spokesman for Jewish life in modern times…

By Gary L. Stein, JD, MSW, Professor, Wurzweiler School of Social Work Gary Stein, Wurzweiler School of Social Work A New York Times podcast on April 15, 2020, presents a heart-breaking portrayal of a son and elderly father who became seriously ill by COVID-19. The son, his father’s primary ...