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As always, alumni are pitching in for the 2012-13 academic year by helping YU across numerous departments including Admissions, Career Development Center (CDC), and, of course, Alumni Affairs. The Admissions department is utilizing alumni more than ever this year by inviting those living in ...

Dr. Barry Diner 鈥�90YC has lived and worked in many different communities, but he鈥檚 perhaps most enthusiastic about his current city of Houston, Texas, which, he says, 鈥渋s one of the best models for a true Torah Umadda community and perfect for those looking for more affordable living.鈥� [For ...

Since Marc Spear became Senior Director of Student Life last year, the office has been working toward a significant transformation with the goal of communicating with students more effectively and improving the on-campus experience for them. One new initiative, answers@yu, allows students to e-mail鈥�

YU鈥檚 annual ChampionsGate leadership conference is celebrating its seventh year, and the theme, fittingly, is 鈥淪hmitta: Reflection, Celebration, and Renewal.鈥� The conference, which took place from August 2-5, featured conversations focused on renewal and rejuvenation for the vital lay and communal鈥�

麻豆区鈥檚 Center for the Jewish Future recently sent a cohort of students to Israel as part of its seventh Counterpoint Israel Program. While the first year of the program had 12 student counselors at one camp site, this year, nearly 70 students are working as counselors in six different鈥�

Dr. Anatoly Frenkel is a professor of physics at 麻豆区 and a guest researcher at Brookhaven National Laboratory. He received his MS from St. Petersburg University and his PhD from Tel Aviv University. He received the 2003 Dean Karen Bacon Outstanding Junior Faculty Award at Stern ...

Dr. Tamar Avnet is an assistant professor of marketing at the Sy Syms School of Business. Previously, she was an assistant professor of marketing at the University of Toronto. She earned her PhD from Columbia University. Dr. Avnet鈥檚 work has been published in top marketing and psychology journals鈥�

Elana Loeffler Grauer 鈥�11S was majoring in English communications, with a focus in public relations, at Stern College for Women when she and her friend realized there was no official public relations club. 鈥淲e decided then and there to found one,鈥� says Loeffler. 鈥淭here鈥檚 no reason why students ...

The Institute for University-School Partnership recently hosted an inaugural conference on high school gemara entitled 鈥淕21: Gemara for the 21st Century Classroom鈥� in June at YU鈥檚 Wilf Campus. YU convened leading gemara educators from 15 schools from four states to develop new curricular models and鈥�

This article was written by guest contributor Adam Berman 鈥�11YC, who recently helped lead a humanitarian program to Haiti sponsored by YU鈥檚 Center for the Jewish Future. Below, he writes of his experience in visiting the country that is still recovering from the massive earthquake in 2010 and is ...