The Honors Program had a packed fall semester full of luncheons and cultural activities!

Here are some recaps from our luncheons in November and December:

On November 9th, the day after the election, Yair Rosenberg, a senior writer at Tablet who covers the intersection of politics, culture, and religion, visited the Honors Program […]

On Sunday, September 2nd, the Honors Program had our first cultural event of the semester, a trip to see an off-Broadway production of Informed Consent, a play written by Deborah Zoe Laufer based on a true story, which deals with the ethical issues and dilemmas faced by researchers while pursuing their work and ambition, and […]

On November 19th, we had another installment of our Honors Roundtable events, this time with Professor Sumanta Goswami. His presentation, “From the Himalayan Heights to Washington Heights: A Personal Odyssey in Science, Philosophy, and Religion,” focused on his beginnings in India, and his education, travels, and professional career, both before and after joining the Yeshiva […]

Our very own Assistant Director, Dr. Sam Gellens, led a talk focusing on some of the Great War’s most iconic images as part of our series of conversations on World War I. He discussed how these works of art were used for a variety of purposes: in the service of propaganda, as expressions of grief, […]

On the evening of November 5th, the Honors Lounge saw another edition of the Humanities in Dialogue series, in this case co-hosted by our Program. The occasion was the launching of the book  Neo-Babylonian Trial Records, compiled by Professor Shalom Holtz, chair of the Department of Jewish Studies in Yeshiva College.   Professor Elizabeth Stewart […]

Honors students spent a lovely evening unwinding from midterms at Lincoln Center’s New York Philharmonic on Thursday, October 30th. Our first cultural event of the semester was a success, as students enjoyed a program of Copland, Rouse, and Ravel, directed by Leonard Slatkin. Slatkin’s liveliness on stage, especially his ability to speak informally to the […]

Spending a summer with the Honors Program abroad is generally an unforgettable experience. England, Spain, the Czech Republic and Russia are just a few of the countries students have been able to travel to in recent years.

On Wednesday, October 29, students gathered in the Honors Lounge to learn more about the Honors Program’s summer […]

On Wednesday, October 22nd, the Honors Program welcomed Dr. Selma Botman, the new Provost of Yeshiva University, to our Honors Lounge. Dr. Botman launched our series of conversations on World War I with a presentation on the collapse of the Ottoman Empire and the war’s influence in shaping the recent history of the Middle East, […]