YU News

Opening Ceremony at Jacob and Dreizel Glueck Center for Jewish Study Sets the Tone for Year of Spiritual Growth Ahead This week, as YU undergraduates kicked off another promising semester, hundreds of students filled the Jacob and Dreizel Glueck Center for Jewish Study to hear words of Torah and ...

New Students From Around the World Begin Unique Journey at Undergraduate Orientation Each year, Yeshiva University welcomes hundreds of young men and women from around the country and across the globe who are drawn to its New York campuses by a shared dream: to lead bold, meaningful lives that…

Danielle Wozniak Brings 20 Years of Higher Ed Expertise to Role Danielle Wozniak has been appointed the new dean of Wurzweiler School of Social Work. “Danielle is a talented and imaginative administrator who has an inspired vision for the future of social work education,” said Dr. Selma Botman ...

YU Real Estate Executive Circle Established to Create High-Level Connections In its ongoing campaign to create rewarding networking opportunities for Yeshiva University alumni, the Office of Alumni Affairs has established the YU Real Estate Executive Circle. The group is an outgrowth of the YU Real…

RIETS - Ferkauf Joint Program in Pastoral Counseling Imbues Future Rabbis With Skills to Care for Constituents’ Mental Wellbeing Yeshiva University-affiliated Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary (RIETS) and the Ferkauf Graduate School of Psychology have announced a joint pilot program in ...

James Vasquez Named as Chief Information Officer On August 1, James (Jim) Vasquez was appointed as Chief Information Officer (CIO) at Yeshiva University; he had been serving on an interim basis. Vasquez joins YU from Ellucian, a leading provider of software and services to higher ed institutions ...

Holocaust Survivor Left Lasting Legacy at Yeshiva University Yeshiva University mourns the death of Joseph Wilf z”l, who passed away on August 3, 2016. Wilf was a generous benefactor, a beloved trustee and a supporter of numerous Jewish causes. Joseph Wilf Wilf’s early life was surrounded with the…

Murray Laulicht ’61YC Will Helm Stern College Board of Overseers This Fall Yeshiva University has announced that Murray Laulicht of Bal Harbour, Florida, and West Orange, New Jersey, has been elected the incoming chair of the Board of Overseers of Stern College for Women. Laulicht graduated from ...

At ChampionsGate Leadership Conference, Jewish Communal Leaders Embrace Challenges and Opportunities From the prevalence of technology and social media in daily life to the difficulties of economic stress and changing social norms, many forces in modern society threaten to tear the traditional ...

This September marks the centennial of the founding of The Marsha Stern Talmudical Society/Yeshiva University High School for Boys (YUHSB). YUHSB opened its doors on Sunday, September 3, 1916, thanks to efforts of two men: Dr. Solomon Hurwitz, the editor of The Jewish Forum, and Dr. Bernard Revel…