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By Dave DeFusco

Manish Kumar Thota, a student in the Katz School’s M.S. in Artificial Intelligence, is the recipient of Yeshiva University’s $25,000 Sacks Impact Graduate Fellowship in Ethics and Entrepreneurship for his proposed work on developing a machine-learning chatbot that can assist with students’ academic work.

The chatbot, utilizing a newly developed Generative […]

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By David DeFusco

Exoskeletons have been the stuff of science fiction as far back as the War of the Worlds, enabling fictional robots to outgun and outwit their nemeses. Real-world exoskeletons, like the one being developed by Natania Birnbaum, a student in the M.S. in Biotechnology Management and Entrepreneurship, tend to be simpler devices […]

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Rebecca Russo-Schlossberg, a recent graduate of the M.S. in Biotechnology Management and Entrepreneurship, was enticed to the Katz School by its emphasis on the business of biotechnology. At this year’s Symposium on Science, Technology and Health, she showcased her ideas on a go-to-market strategy for a startup that is banking its future on […]

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By Dave DeFusco

When Eliana Zachter, a student in the Katz School’s M.S. in Physician Assistant Studies, was prepping for a cesarean section with her surgical team at Bellevue Hospital, she was warned by the resident physician that there’d be a lot of blood. But Zachter, who in high school had volunteered on her […]

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By David DeFusco

Noah Newlon, a student in the Katz School’s M.S. in Physician Assistant Studies, remembers accompanying his younger brother to doctors’ appointments and hospital visits when they were growing up in Cleveland. Noah’s brother Rowen, born with aortic valve stenosis, a condition that obstructs the flow of blood throughout the body, spent […]

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The Katz School of Science and Health will graduate 117 students in nine programs at its seventh commencement exercises on Monday, May 15, at 11 a.m. at the Weissberg Commons on the Wilf Campus.

Following commencement, a reception for all Katz School graduates will take place from 12:30 to 1:30 p.m. A Health Sciences Celebration […]

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By Dave DeFusco

For years, Henry Hecker was a supervisor at Your Choice at Home, a Brooklyn-based home health care agency, and a physical therapist with his own practice in Washington Heights. Beloved in the community, he offered his services pro bono, sometimes buying food and presents for his patients and their children and grandchildren […]

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Students from the Katz School claimed first- and third-place finishes, as well as the Ethical Impact Award, in YU’s Innovation Lab Challenge Pitch Night, which focused on refining the startup skills of aspiring entrepreneurs.

“It was an exciting, dynamic and transformative journey that challenged participants to think big, act boldly and push their limits,” said […]

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The Katz School of Science and Health has launched an advanced Security Operations Center (SOC) that is providing graduate students in cybersecurity, artificial intelligence, computer science and data analytics with hands-on experience defending against cyberattacks in a hyper-realistic simulated environment.

“This Security Operations Center—this really incredible space—is going to be important not just for our […]

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By Dave DeFusco

Three years ago, the Fried sisters—Miriam and Naomi—moved to the United States from Israel to pursue an education that would affirm their Jewish heritage and allow them to take advantage of opportunities afforded by a liberal arts and sciences education. Miriam aspired to a career in clinical medicine, leading her to

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