Yeshiva University hosted a special screening of the Oscar-nominated Israeli film “Footnote” on February 16th, followed by a behind-the-scenes conversation with the film’s director, Joseph Cedar, and Dr. Eric Goldman, an adjunct associate professor of cinema at YU.  The event took place on February 16th at the Schottenstein Cultural Center on the Beren Campus. The [...]

Yeshiva University’s Wurzweiler Graduate School of Social Work is teaming up with the Peace Corps to offer scholarships to returning volunteers from the Corps service. Wurzweiler recently joined the ranks of the Corps’s Paul D. Coverdell Fellows Program, which has participating graduate schools across the U.S. offer financial assistance to Peace Corps volunteers who commit [...]

More than 600 high school students from around the world – 45 schools, 3 continents, 4 countries, and 12 states – gathered in Stamford, CT in early February for the 22nd Annual Yeshiva University Model UN competition (YUNMUN). Preparation for the competition starts months in advance and requires a collaboration between YU students who chair [...]