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YU High School for Girls Computer Science Club Gives Students Competitive Edge in Male-Dominated Field For today’s high school and college students, technological skills are more important than ever. Demand for computer science degrees has skyrocketed, with employers across industries seeking ...

YU and MTA Alumnus Joshua Jacoby Appointed Executive Director of Yeshiva University High Schools Yeshiva University has announced the appointment of Joshua Jacoby as executive director of Yeshiva University High Schools—the Marsha Stern Talmudical Academy / Yeshiva University High School for Boys…

Research from Sy Syms and Seton Hall Finds Alphabetical Bias When Picking Stocks There are probably many reasons why Apple and Amazon are among the most highly-traded stocks on the market, but one of them is surprisingly simple: they both start with the letter ‘A.’ Dr. Jesse Itzkowitz, assistant ...

Yeshiva College Hebrew Instructor Places First in 2014 U.S. National Bible Contest Yair Shahak, Hebrew instructor at Yeshiva College, was crowned the winner of the 2014 United States National Bible Contest for Adults on Sunday, November 30 in New York City. Yair Shahak will represent the U.S. at…

At YU Event, MK Ofir Akunis Discusses Israel's Political Environment, Media Bias and the Mideast Conflict On December 1, Deputy Minister of the Office of the Prime Minister and Knesset Member Ofir Akunis joined Yeshiva University students on the Wilf Campus for a discussion about the political ...

Yeshiva College Research Team Publishes Findings on Protein Structure in Leading Crystallography Journal A research team led by physics professors Dr. Neer Asherie and Dr. Sergey Buldyrev discovered a new way to control the crystallization of proteins so that researchers can more easily determine a…

Straus Center Presents December 17 Conversation with Columnist George Will and NYU President John Sexton Yeshiva University’s Zahava and Moshael Straus Center for Torah and Western Thought presents a conversation with Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist George Will and New York University President ...

Journalist and Author Claire Shipman Discusses Women in the Workplace and Self-Image at Annual Robbins-Wilf Lecture Why do men apply to jobs when they meet only 60 percent of the qualifications, while women only apply when they meet all of them, according to a recent study cited in Harvard Business…

Fine and Holz Appointed Endowed Chairs; Shatz Named University Professor In recognition of their outstanding achievements, Yeshiva University recently honored two faculty members at Stern College for Women and one at Yeshiva College. At Stern College, Dr. Marina Holz has been named the Doris and…