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Robert Tufts, clinical assistant professor in management at Yeshiva University's Sy Syms School of Business and a multiple myeloma patient, was an invited attendee at the 2018 HealtheVoices Conference, which convened April 27 – 29 in Chicago, Illinois. Conference organizer Janssen Pharmaceuticals…

Rabbi Dr. Ephraim Kanarfogel, E. Billi Ivry University Professor of Jewish History, Literature and Law at Yeshiva University’s Bernard Revel Graduate School of Jewish Studies, has co-edited two new volumes, one focusing on the writing of Rabbi Dr. Joseph B. Soloveitchik and the other on the ...

Dr. Michelle Levine, associate professor of Bible at Stern College for Women, delivered a number of lectures this spring semester to various communities in New York. In her community of Kew Gardens Hills, she lectured for Purim on the topic, “Follow the Dot—דת: A Guiding Motif for Reading Megillat…

Syms School of Business adjunct professors Moshe Bellows ’90YC, and Bruce Taragin ’89YC made learning as real-world as possible for their Angel and Venture Capital Investing students this term. The two hosted a number of financial industry professionals guest speakers in class and offered students…

On April 19 – 20, 2018, Yeshiva University Director of International Student and Scholar Services J ennifer Golden presented at the Association of International Education Administrators (AIEA) forum, “Faith-Based Universities and Internationalization: Balancing Mission and Market Realities.” Golden…

Dr. Chaim Nissel, Yeshiva University’s dean of students and an adjunct assistant instructor at Wurzweiler School of Social Work, led a two-day training from May 2 – 3 in Temple, Texas for mental health workers and clinicians from several counties in the state. Dr. Nissel was invited by the American…

Daniel Pollack, professor of social work at Yeshiva University’s Wurzweiler School of Social Work, will serve on an independent Blue Ribbon Commission to examine the institutional responses to sexual abuse by former USA Gymnastics doctor Larry Nassar. Established by CHILD USA, a University of ...

Dr. David Glaser, professor of music at Stern College for Women, premiered a new piece on April 11, 2018, titled Proof Positive, for the annual Beatrice Diener Ensemble-in-Residence New Music Concert at the Yeshiva University Museum. The piece was composed specifically for CXX Proof, a newly formed…

Dr. David Berger, Ruth and I. Lewis Gordon Professor of Jewish History and dean of the Bernard Revel Graduate School of Jewish Studies, spoke on May 2 at a colloquium titled “Jesus and Judaism” hosted by the Department of Theology of the University of Notre Dame. Dr. Paula Fredriksen, Aurelio ...