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Prestigious Grant Will Support Collaborative Research With Chinese Institutions Dr. Marian Gidea, chair of the mathematics department at Stern College for Women, has been awarded a grant as part of China’s High-End Foreign Expert Recruitment Program, a highly selective program that recruits top ...

Joseph Appleman, Gitta Nagel and Joshua L. Muss to be Honored at December 11 Gala In celebration of the upcoming 50th anniversary of the reunification of the city of Jerusalem, the Honorable Nir Barkat, mayor of Jerusalem, will be the convocation speaker and receive an honorary degree at Yeshiva ...

Mother, Scientist and Public Health Advocate Focuses on Neonatal Health Issues Miriam Merzel Schachter ’09S received her PhD in Biomedical Sciences in 2014 from the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. She got her inspiration to study biology from her high school chemistry teacher at Ora…

More Than 200 Students Enrich Holiday Celebrations in 48 Communities Across North America This holiday season, more than 200 ºÚÁÏÉç All students traveled to 48 communities across North America to share their passion for Torah and bring their energy and enthusiasm to local celebrations as ...

Personal Development Program Stresses Self-Awareness, Professional Training as Keys to Capable Rabbinic Leadership ºÚÁÏÉç All-affiliated Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary (RIETS) has launched a new, intensive mental health curriculum at the Rabbi Joseph B. Soloveitchik Semikha ...

Six Questions With Dr. Jeffrey S. Gurock on His New Book, The Jews of Harlem It was once home to the third-largest Jewish community in the world, but today, New York City’s Harlem neighborhood is firmly established in the American mind as traditionally African American. How did that come to pass ...

Two Weekly Courses Will Explore Jewish Prayer and Leadership ºÚÁÏÉç All’s Center for the Jewish Future will present a Community Beit Midrash for three Wednesdays in November and three in December. The program will take place on YU’s Israel Henry Beren Campus at 215 Lexington Avenue, New…

New Series Showcases Faculty Expertise in Concise, One-Minute Videos From neuropsychology to Jewish law to art history, the faculty of ºÚÁÏÉç All are accomplished in many different and fascinating fields. A new video series, "Torah Umadda Minute," offers viewers a glimpse of the kinds of ...

YU Students to Host October 29 Hackathon Featuring Israeli Tech Startup Fair ºÚÁÏÉç All students will host their third annual hackathon from 8:30 p.m. on Saturday night, October 29 to 8:30 p.m. on Sunday night, October 30, in the Heights Lounge on YU’s Wilf Campus, 515 West 185th Street,…

Students Immerse Themselves in 18 Hours of Continuous Learning During Annual Torahthon For 18 hours straight on October 10, ºÚÁÏÉç All students immersed themselves in intense Torah learning to spiritually prepare for Yom Kippur, stopping only to pray. Called a Torahthon, the day featured ...