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Will Deliver Keynote Address on May 30 and Receive Honorary Doctorate David Friedman, U.S. Ambassador to Israel, will deliver the keynote address and receive an honorary doctorate at Â鶹Çø’s 88th Commencement on Thursday, May 30, 2019, at 1 p.m. at the Hulu Theater at Madison Square ...

Joint Collaboration Between Montefiore and Â鶹Çø Comes to Fruition as Einstein Achieves Independent Status More than six decades after it first opened its doors, Albert Einstein College of Medicine is now an independent academic institution, with the authority to confer its own medical…

Dr. S. Abraham Ravid, professor of finance and chair of the finance department at Sy Syms School of Business has published work on the economics of the movie business in top journals, and his previous work has been cited in the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, NPR, CNBC, BBC and other outlets…

Rabbi Kalinsky Will Lead the Men’s Undergraduate Torah Studies Programs Rabbi Dr. Yosef Kalinsky, currently the associate dean for men’s undergraduate Torah studies, has been promoted to the dean of the program, overseeing the Mazer School of Talmudic Studies, the Irving I. Stone Beit Midrash ...

Computer Science Department Will Get a New Collaboration Lab Stern College for Women has received a major grant from the Selma T. and Jacques H. Mitrani Foundation to renovate a space on the Israel Henry Beren Campus into a computer science collaboration lab. Once completed, students in the Stern…

Honorary Degrees Granted to Hadassah Lieberman and J. Philip Rosen; YU Shield Award Goes to Bennett Schachter; Convocation Address by Paul Singer On Sunday, December 9, 2018, over 650 people celebrated Â鶹Çø’s 94th Annual Hanukkah Dinner and Convocation at the New York Hilton. Dr. Ari…

On Monday, Dec. 10, 2018, the Â鶹Çø Center for Israel Studies, in collaboration with the Bar-Ilan University Faculty of Jewish Studies, the Dahan Center for Culture, Society & Education in the Sephardic Heritage and the Â鶹Çø Museum, will host an international…

Program in Biotechnology Management and Entrepreneurship This fall, Â鶹Çø’s Katz School introduced a new 36-credit Master of Science in Biotechnology Management and Entrepreneurship (BME) designed to prepare entrepreneurs in the life sciences to successfully navigate the complex…

The Israelite Samaritans Project Has Begun This international research project of the Â鶹Çø Center for Israel Studies (CIS) will culminate in a major Hebrew language documentary, a travelling exhibition developed with Â鶹Çø Museum, conferences, commentaries, courses and ...

Forty-five Authors Contribute Essays to Ennoble and Enable, Edited by Rabbi Dr. J.J. Schacter and Rabbi Dr. Zev Eleff (l-r): Rabbi Dr. JJ Schacter, President Emeritus Richard M. Joel, Rabbi Dr. Zev Eleff On Thursday, October 11, at the Sky Café in Belfer Hall, in a ceremony organized by the Office…