YU News

Monthly Newsletter from the Yeshiva University Office of Alumni Affairs

On December 5, Dr. Ruth Gotian spoke to Syms honors students in an engaging fireside chat about her new book, The Success Factor, with Dr. Sharon Poczter, chair of the strategy and entrepreneurship department and associate professor at the Sy Syms School of Business, as well as the founder of…

In Fall 2023, the Straus Center offered a new course on health policy taught by Senior Scholar Dr. Tevi Troy, former Deputy Secretary of Health and Human Services.

On December 20th, the Straus Center welcomed Naomi Schaefer Riley, Resident Fellow at the American Enterprise Institute, for a wide-ranging conversation about her career in journalism, her ongoing policy work, and her love of public writing.

Twenty-two students in the inaugural class of the Katz School’s Physician Assistant Studies master’s program were honored at the first Graduate Awards Ceremony for their hard work, sacrifice and pursuit of clinical excellence.

Assistant Professor Youshan Zhang and AI master's candidate Lakshmikar Polamreddy received the Emerging Research Award at the Future Technologies Conference for their work on a machine learning algorithm.

The survival of the menorah in the Temple in the Hanukkah story is generally taken for granted, while the miracle of the lone cruse of pure, undefiled oil, is well known. The oil was only sufficient to light the menorah for one day, yet it kept the menorah alight for eight days, enough time for the…

In the wake of Hamas' massacre on October 7th, Straus Scholar Adina Feldman (SCW '26) traveled to Israel to provide direct support to people in need.

Professor Seth Jaffe presented a lecture to undergraduate students in a Straus Center political science course.

As our thoughts and attention remain focused on our brethren in Israel, Yeshiva University Archives shares this historic photograph we received as a gift of a group of Zionist leaders in pre--state Israel, including some of its future Prime Ministers and Presidents. We have been able to identify ...