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Dr. Ariel Malka, associate professor of Psychology at Yeshiva College, was recently granted tenure. He graduated with a BA from the University of Rochester, with an MA and PhD from the University of California, Berkeley. He is a social/personality psychologist who studies political psychology and…

YU recently d eveloped the Blue & White Club, the official booster club of the Yeshiva University Maccabees, and it has now added the Young Alumni Board (YAB) to ramp up athletic alumni involvement. “Alumni involvement in college athletics is part and parcel of college athletics,” said Josh…

In 2004, a group of Central High School and Stern College for Women alumni banded together to form ACHI (“my brother”), an acronym for American Communities Helping Israel. The organization, which was founded during a time when Israel was suffering from a lack of tourists, seeks to create ...

Diana (Benmergui) Chadi '05S, '10W has been the university registrar for Yeshiva University since 2011. Previously, she served as the associate registrar at the Beren Campus for five years and as a presidential fellow in 2005-2006. She received her BA from Stern College for Women in 2005, her MSW…

As the newest CEO of Genie Retail Energy, Inc.—which includes IDT Energy, one of the largest independent suppliers of electricity and natural gas to those who live in the Eastern United States—Michael Stein ’07YC has no small job before him. But, he said, he’s up for the task, and partially because…

Before he became the Associate Director of Operations in the Office of Admissions at Yeshiva University—his current position— Matthew Schwartz ’04YUHS, ’11YC, spent a year (2011-2012) working in Admissions as a Presidential Fellow, where he gained valuable insight into the nature of both admissions…

Akiva Covitz is the Executive Director for Strategy of YU Global. He holds advanced degrees in political science from the University of Pennsylvania and law from Yale Law School. Covitz served as a tenure-track professor of political science, prior to being appointed associate dean at Harvard Law…

There are several parent/child delegations set to arrive at this year’s Reunion on Sunday, May 17, at the Grand Hyatt in New York, lending the annual event a special family feel. Included in these child/parent pairing are Estelle Glass ’65S and Rina Fuchs ’90S, both of Teaneck, NJ. Estelle was born…

No longer bound by the classroom walls, Yeshiva University is going global. In an aptly-named initiative called YU Global, a new program brings YU faculty and courses to those around the globe who are not geographically suited to attend a class at YU in person. Overseen by Dr. Selma Botman, YU Vice…