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Online Database Features Publications, Research and Creative Works by Faculty, Students and Staff The Yeshiva University Libraries recently launched YAIR: the Yeshiva Academic Institutional Repository. Inspired by the open-access movement, institutional repositories showcase all manner of scholarly…

Five Questions With Revel Doctoral Candidate Jeong Mun Heo Jeong Mun Heo began his academic journey as a computer science and mathematics student in his native South Korea, but he felt something was missing. He found himself drawn to the study of religion, earning master's degrees at Korea ...

Center for the Jewish Future 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…

Beginning July 9, Second Session Includes Online and On Campus Courses Summer may be a slower time for some, but at Yeshiva University, over 400 current and visiting students are accelerating their studies and exploring ideas by taking summer courses offered by the Katz School in topics that range…

New Wurzweiler Online Certificate Program Offers Expanded Counseling Skills with Older Adults The Wurzweiler School of Social Work at Yeshiva University will be offering a unique 18-credit certificate program in gerontology and palliative care for rabbis, cantors, and rabbinic and cantorial…

2018 Rosabeth Moss Kanter Award for Excellence Recognizes Outstanding Research in the Field Dr. Silke Aisenbrey, professor and chair of the sociology department at Yeshiva University, has won the 2018 Rosabeth Moss Kanter Award for Excellence in Work-Family Research. Dr. Silke Aisenbrey Sponsored…

Yeshiva University Museum Restores and Explores History of Mysterious 19th-Century Model of Jerusalem In 2016, the Yeshiva University Museum (YUM) acquired a model of the Old City of Jerusalem, created in the 1880s by a man named Moses Kernoosh of Ann Arbor, Michigan. Very little is known about…

Stern College Honors Course Takes Students to Paris to Meet the Masterpieces Paris, France, has been called the City of Lights, but for Dr. Marnin Young, associate professor of art history at Stern College for Women, it is especially intriguing as the “Capital of the Arts,” the title of a study ...

START Science Celebrates Graduation of 150 Elementary School Students From Year-Long Program On Friday, June 22 nd, Yeshiva University's START (Students, Teachers, and Researchers Teach) Science program celebrated the graduation of more than 150 elementary school student participants from its year…

Thirteenth Annual Service-Learning Initiative to Serve 200 Israeli Youth at Risk in Arad, Dimona and Kiryat Malachi For the 13th consecutive year, Yeshiva University will run the “ Counterpoint Israel Program,” an immersive service-learning initiative that aims to empower the next generation of ...