From the monthly archives: August 2022
By Dave DeFusco
With the help of an NSF grant, Katz School mathematics Ph.D. candidate Samuel Akingbade is researching the mathematical possibility of continuously capturing energy derived from small amounts of vibration in human and natural activity.
Energy harvesting devices, which consist of systems of oscillating beams in, […]
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By Dave DeFusco
Dr. Youshan Zhang, an expert in artificial intelligence including deep neural networks and computer vision, has joined the Katz School of Science and Health faculty in the master’s program in artificial intelligence.
“I am very excited to become involved in interdisciplinary research and collaborations with researchers […]
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By Dave DeFusco
As the COVID-19 pandemic and poverty-related stress increase the need for social-emotional support for children and families, a team of specialists led by Katz School professor Amiya Waldman-Levi has created a strength-based intervention program that aims to improve children’s development through playful interactions with their parents.
By Dave DeFusco
A Yeshiva University researcher and several Katz School graduate students will investigate how inhibiting the function of a cluster of small proteins in testicular cells affects spermatogenesis, or the production and regulation of sperm. The research is being supported in part by a grant from YU’s Provost Faculty […]
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