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Adina Feldman (SCW '26) is a Straus Scholar majoring in Psychology. Over the course of the 2023-2024 school year, Feldman was active on and off campus, pursuing a variety of unique extracurriculars and professional enrichment opportunities.

Daniel Ganopolsky (YC ’24) is a Straus Scholar majoring in political science. In the spring of 2024, he interned at the New York City Family Court, and was supported by a grant from the Straus Center’s Impact Office.

Collaborations, like the one between Weill Cornell Medicine and the Katz School’s M.S. in Biotechnology Management and Entrepreneurship, have emerged as catalysts for the development of the next generation of drugs, devices and services.

One of the enduring spring rituals is graduation season—processional marches, festooned mortarboards, Bach preludes and earnest speeches dolloped with thanks and optimism. At the Katz School, health sciences graduates participated in two rites of passage.

Tziporah Pinczower (SCW ’26) is a Straus Scholar majoring in political science. In the spring of 2024, she interned at Agudath Israel of America, and was supported by a grant from the Straus Center’s Impact Office.

Over 350 guests attended the 37th annual Sy Syms Awards Dinner last month at the Museum of Jewish Heritage in Battery Park. Guests from the entire Sy Syms community, including students, faculty, staff, alumni, board members and families heard remarks from Dean Noam Wasserman, Associate Dean Michael…

During the ceremony in Lamport Auditorium, Dean Paul Russo lauded the graduates as values-driven leaders who stand for truth reflected in their scholarship and practice, champions of a life built on humane values and compassionate practitioners.

On May 7th, the Straus Center hosted its annual Rabbi Allan Mirvis Lecture, which took place at the Fifth Avenue Synagogue in Manhattan.

Congratulations to our 2024 YU Student Library Research Award Winner Uriel Sussman! Uriel, in his second year, has not yet declared his major, but is leaning towards philosophy. His paper, “ The Fruit of the Fourth Year: A Case Study in Legal Interpretation” was written for Early Jewish Biblical ...

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