YU Presents New Semester of Community Beit Midrash Program

Two Weekly Courses Explore Jewish Holidays and Evolving Relationship of Medicine and Jewish Law Yeshiva University’s Center for the Jewish Future (CJF) will present a new semester of its Community Beit Midrash Program beginning February 10 with a six-week series of talks by two faculty members, Rabbi Kenneth Brander, vice president for university and community life at YU, and […]

Studying Super Agers

Einstein’s Longevity Gene Project Launches Web Site to Spotlight Aging Research YU’s Albert Einstein College of Medicine has launched SuperAgers.com, a new Web site that features the latest information on more than a decade of aging research at Einstein. The website highlights the work of Nir Barzilai, M.D., director of the Institute for Aging Research […]

Einstein Graduate Vikram Padmanabhan Reflects on the Art of Medicine in Writing

Vikram Padmanabhan realized he was drawn to medicine as a way to practice science and physiology “with a human touch” when his students at Lehman High School in the Bronx came to him with health problems. After three years as a teacher, Padmanabhan decided to combine his love of science with a desire to keep “one foot in the real world” by pursuing an MD at Albert Einstein College of Medicine.

Five Esteemed Professors at Einstein College of Medicine Receive Tenure

Five faculty members at Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University have received tenure, a permanent teaching status that is granted to the most esteemed members of the institution’s teaching staff. The honor was announced by Allen M. Spiegel, MD, The Marilyn and Stanley M. Katz Dean of Einstein. President Richard M. Joel conferred tenure upon the five faculty members.