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Rabbi Alter B. Metzger, professor of Jewish studies at Yeshiva University's Stern College for Women, received an award from the clinical psychology program at Columbia University's Teachers College. The award recognized "outstanding lifetime achievement and contribution in both scholarship and ...

Dr. David Carlson, professor of law at Yeshiva University's Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law, was interviewed for a recent article on CardHub.com. Titled "Bankruptcy: What It Is, When to File, FAQ & More," the article consulted bankruptcy experts – both professors and practitioners – from…

Dr. S. Abraham Ravid, professor and chair of finance at Yeshiva University's Sy Syms School of Business, will present a paper at the National Bureau of Economic Research's 2014 Corporate Finance Meeting at the University of Chicago. Titled "Intellectual Property Contracts: Theory and Evidence from…

Dr. Fabiola Barrios-Landeros, assistant professor of chemistry at Yeshiva University's Yeshiva College, is a recipient of the Single-Investigator Cottrell College Science Award. Funded by The Research Corporation for the Advancement of Science, the award includes a $35,000 grant to further her ...

Rabbi Dr. J. David Bleich, Herbert and Florence Tenzer Professor of Jewish Law and Ethics at Yeshiva University, delivered a presentation at the Conference on Arbitration in the Israeli Court System, organized by the Israeli Ministry of Justice and Jewish Legal Heritage Society in Kinor, Israel ...

Dr. Emil Prodan, associate professor of physics at Yeshiva University's Stern College for Women, presented an invited lecture a Tohoku University's Advanced Institute for Materials Research in Sendai, Japan on February 16, 2014. Titled "An Invitation to a Computational Non-Commutative Geometry ...

Rabbi Yona Reiss, rosh yeshiva at Yeshiva University's Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary, recently represented YU at the Halichot Am Yisroel Annual Conference for Dayanim, which took place in Jerusalem, Israel from January 29-31. He delivered a lecture before the group titled, "Determining…

Dr. S. Abraham Ravid, professor of finance and chair of the finance department at Yeshiva University's Sy Syms School of Business, was interviewed on Israel's Galei Zahal radio network on January 26. Ravid spoke about his experiences with this year's Nobel prize winners in economics - Eugene F.…

A book featuring essays by Yeshiva University faculty, including Dr. Rachel Mesch, associate professor of French and chair of the department of foreign languages and cultures at Yeshiva College, and Dr. Chaya Rosenfeld Gorsetman, clinical associate professor of education and co-chair of the ...

Dr. Sumanta Goswami, associate professor of biology at Yeshiva College, coauthored a patent that was recently approved and published by the United States Patent and Trademark Office. The patent, which expires on July 1, 2029, centers on a new diagnostic test that would significantly impact the way…