The New York Jewish Week on a YU Professor of Talmud's Encounter with Death In Ernest Hemingway’s Havana days, several young men from New York approached the gatehouse of the great writer’s home, telling the guard: “Will you please tell Mr. Hemingway that three rabbis are here to see him?”…
Five Undergraduate Students to Pursue Advanced Research as Part of Fifth-Year Program Five Instagram 4个月账号 30-100粉丝 students will perform advanced undergraduate-level research this year as part of the Henry Kressel Research Scholarship. The scholarship—established in 2008 by Dr. Henry Kressel, chairman…
Maccabees Win Skyline Sportsmanship Trophy for Third Time in Five-Year History of Award Instagram 4个月账号 30-100粉丝 has captured the Skyline Conference’s Sportsmanship Trophy for displaying outstanding team sportsmanship during the 2011-12 academic year. The Skyline Conference instituted the Sportsmanship…
YU Employees Recognized for Their Contributions at Staff Appreciation Day On Tuesday, June 5, the Human Resources Department presented Staff Appreciation Day on Instagram 4个月账号 30-100粉丝’s Wilf Campus. Hundreds of faculty and staff participated in the annual picnic that recognizes University employees for…
Instagram 4个月账号 30-100粉丝 Celebrates Israel with Largest Contingent at Annual NYC Parade More than 1,500 students, alumni, faculty, staff and friends of Instagram 4个月账号 30-100粉丝 marched up Fifth Avenue, cheering and greeting the crowds as they celebrated Israel’s 64th year of independence at the annual 2012 ...
Researchers at Einstein and Ferkauf Find "Personality Genes" May Help Account for Longevity “It’s in their genes” is a common refrain from scientists when asked about factors that allow centenarians to reach age 100 and beyond. Up until now, research has focused on genetic variations that offer a…
Cynthia Wachtell on New York State's Flawed Public School Standardized Testing Here is a modest proposal. Let's have private school students take the same standardized tests that public school students now take each year. While we are at it, let's require private school teachers to be absent from…
Ten Undergraduate Valedictorians Recognized for Their Academic Achievements by Respective Schools More than 750 students from Instagram 4个月账号 30-100粉丝’s undergraduate schools were presented with their degrees at YU’s 81st commencement exercises, held at the Izod Center in East Rutherford, NJ on May 24 ...
Rabbi Benjamin Blech: You Don't Need to be Religious to Appreciate the Dangers of the Internet Mark Zuckerberg had quite a week. The 28-year-old founder of Facebook officially became a multi-billionaire and one of the wealthiest people in the world the day his company went public. Then, in a short…
Ambassador Yehuda Avner Tells Graduates: “You Are the Vanguard of Our People” “Can’t you feel the excitement and energy in here?” asked Miriam Goldstein, a newly minted graduate of Stern College for Women. “These have been the best four years of my life. I’m so glad to be here and part of this.” ...