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CJF Offers Array of Inspirational Shiurim and Programming for Tisha B'Av and Three Weeks As the Jewish calendar passes through the summer months, the period colloquially known as “The Three Weeks” is being observed through various stages of mourning over the destruction of the two Temples and other…

As Part of Fellowship, Dr. Gary Stein Will Contribute to the Development and Implementation of Health Policies That Affect Older Americans Dr. Gary Stein, professor at the Wurzweiler School of Social Work, has been selected as a Health and Aging Policy Fellow for the 2016-17 academic year. The ...

Yael Landman Wermuth Receives Association for Jewish Studies Dissertation Completion Fellowship Yael Landman Wermuth, a doctoral candidate at YU’s Bernard Revel Graduate School of Jewish Studies, has been awarded a prestigious Dissertation Completion Fellowship for the 2016-17 academic year from…

Yeshiva University High School for Boys Receives $191,000 STEM Grant from Caroline and Joseph Gruss The Marsha Stern Talmudical Academy/Yeshiva University High School for Boys (YUHSB) has received a $191,000 grant from a fund set up by Caroline and Joseph Gruss to upgrade and extend its STEM ...

YU Museum Ceremony Honors Legacy of Former "First Lady of Yeshiva University" On Thursday, July 21, one more spectacular work of art was added to the 7th annual Stern College for Women Senior Art Show at the Yeshiva University Museum. In a touching and inspiring ceremony, Jacob Wisse, director of…

Yeshiva University Students Participate in Advanced Research Program at Bar-Ilan University Twenty three Yeshiva University undergraduate science majors are currently in Israel participating in the sixth annual Summer Science Research Internship program, a joint initiative with Bar-Ilan University…

Dr. Emil Prodan to Serve as Co-PI on Pioneering Biophysics Research A joint Yeshiva University-New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) team recently received a $1 million, three-year science and engineering research grant from the W. M. Keck Foundation for work on “Topological Phonons”—…

Yeshiva University Grants Tenure to Twenty Faculty Members The Yeshiva University Board of Trustees recently awarded tenure to 20 faculty members across the University’s undergraduate and graduate schools. The newly-tenured professors are Ronnie Perelis, Chief Rabbi Dr. Isaac Abraham and Jelena ...

Yeshiva University and Young Israel of Fort Lee Present Summer Learning Series with Dr. Jeffrey Gurock Yeshiva University’s Center for the Jewish Future (CJF) in collaboration with Young Israel of Fort Lee (YIFL) will present two lectures by Dr. Jeffrey Gurock, Libby M. Klaperman Professor of…