More than 600 students from Yeshiva University’s undergraduate schools were presented with their degrees at YU’s 82nd commencement exercises, held at the IZOD Center in East Rutherford, NJ on May 30. “Your experience at Yeshiva has been exciting, varied, formative and informative in magnificent ways,” YU President Richard M. Joel told the new graduates. “But [...]

The Ethel and Ronald Gruen Endowed Fund for the Advancement of Secondary Jewish Education recently announced that itwill award grants of $20,000 each to eight schools across the country that are intended to provide need-based scholarships to students or to support the schools’ mechina or beginners programs. In addition to these eight schools, four other [...]

Michael Stoler, managing director at private-equity firm Madison Realty Capital and the president of New York Real Estate TV, LLC, heads the Foundation for Medical Evaluation & Detection. The Foundation recently committed a gift of $90,000 to Yeshiva University’s Program for Jewish Genetic Health, a joint effort between YU and its Albert Einstein College of [...]

Select undergraduate science majors from Yeshiva College and Stern College for Women just arrived in Israel on June 17 to participate in the second Summer Science Research Internship program, a joint initiative with Bar-Ilan University (BIU) that will enable nearly 30 students to gain hands-on experience in emerging scientific fields while being mentored by Israel’s [...]

The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has awarded researchers at Albert Einstein College of Medicine at Yeshiva University a five-year, $5.9 million grant to develop a new vaccine against tuberculosis (TB), including the toughest-to-treat forms of the disease known as multi drug-resistant and extensively drug-resistant. The grant will build on a new approach to TB [...]

“It’s in their genes” is a common refrain from scientists when asked about factors that allow centenarians to reach age 100 and beyond. Up until now, research has focused on genetic variations that offer a physiological advantage such as high levels of HDL (“good”) cholesterol. But researchers at Albert Einstein College of Medicine and Ferkauf Graduate School of [...]

Delighted exclamations and cries of recognition were heard throughout the elegant room at the Museum of Jewish Heritage as alumni of the 25th, 40th, and 50th classes of Yeshiva University ran into old friends and classmates at YU’s 2012 Reunion on Wednesday, May 23rd. The annual event, this year celebrating the classes of 1962, 1972, [...]

YU celebrated its 81st Annual Commencement Ceremony on Thursday, May 24th at the IZOD Center in East Rutherford, NJ. More than 750 undergraduate students received their degrees and heard a memorable keynote address from former Israeli diplomat Ambassador Yehuda Avner. “It’s exciting,” said Louis Karp of Teaneck, N.J, who with his wife, Dorothy, was on hand to [...]

Yeshiva University students and alumni continue to greatly impact the Jewish community. In its fifth annual “36 Under 36” section, The New York Jewish Week highlights nine young YU students and alumni for their significant contributions as educators, thinkers, social justice activists and artists reinventing Jewish life: Miriam Leah Droz, 35 Rabbi Dov Emerson, 35 Simon Goldberg, 22 Michael Greenberg, 23 [...]