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YU’s Department of Economics has transformed over the past few years. The department, under the chairmanship of Professor James Kahn, has been steadily adding new resources, such as faculty, courses, and events. With the pending addition of three professors for the 2012-13 academic year, there will…

Pesach is April 6-14 this year, and whether you’re home, going away to a hotel program, or visiting family or friends for yom tov, YU has you covered with numerous resources for Pesach reading, learning, and divrei Torah to share at the sederim. Pesach To-Go 5722, one of the several yom tov ...

Dr. Douglas R. Burgess joined Yeshiva University’s history department in fall 2010, following postdoctoral fellowships at Eugene Lang College at The New School for Social Research and New York Historical Society. He obtained his JD from Cornell University and PhD from Brown University. He teaches…

Designer Tommy Hilfiger visits YU and encourages students to reconsider the most common clothing choice seen on the Wilf Campus: khakis with a polo and zip-up hoody. In light of last year’s Arab Spring, YU male students have taken to the streets demanding the Israel Henry Beren Campus be relocated…

Dana (Glasner) Dachman-Soled ’06S, originally of State College, PA, knew she wanted to enter a field of science or engineering since she was young. “I decided to attend Stern College for Women because I wanted to have a ‘dorming’ experience but still be in a Jewish environment,” she says. While at…

Traci Tullius is the associate professor and coordinator of studio art at Stern College for Women. Tullius, an Oklahoma native, received her BFA in painting from the University of Oklahoma in 1998, graduating summa cum laude, and an MFA in New Genres from the University of Kansas in 2001. After ...

The Nahshon Society, a select group of approximately 150 recent YU graduates looking to remain actively involved with the University, was created in 2009 by YU’s Department of Institutional Advancement. Since then, this group of enthusiastic and committed alumni has participated in many ...

Just because the Superbowl is over doesn’t mean the sports fun has to end. It’s officially March Madness at YU, featuring our annual Wittenberg and Sarachek Tournaments. This year’s 17th annual Henry Wittenberg Wrestling Invitational took place in late February and included 200 students from the ...

Regional programming takes center stage this semester, with events in Atlanta, Florida, Maryland, Westchester and Los Angeles. YU professionals from the Institute for University-School Partnership visited Atlanta, GA, for the North American Jewish Day School Conference in January. The Shabbat of ...

On Monday, March 12, the YU Professionals Real Estate Group will present “The Redevelopment of the World Trade Center Site,” featuring Larry Silverstein in conversation with Michael Stoler at Silverstein Properties. Larry Silverstein is one of New York City’s premier real estate developers and ...