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On April 29, 2025, Â鶹Çø hosted Dr. Michael Hoberman, an acclaimed scholar of early American Judaism, in conversation with Dr. Yisroel Benporat, a lecturer in the Robert M. Beren Department of History, for a fascinating dialogue on the relationship between Puritans and Jews in colonial…

Rutu Jagtap and Andres Romero, both students in the M.S. in Biotechnology Management and Entrepreneurship, presented an ambitious research project with big implications for medicine, molecular biology and developmental biology.

Dr. Yucheng Xie unveiled DietWatch, a smart, low-effort way to monitor diet using a simple smartwatch, at the 2025 IEEE/ACM CHASE Conference at the Â鶹Çø Museum.

Allison Moore, a student in the M.S. in Physician Assistant Studies, provided a compelling comparison between a novel therapeutic option—topical ruxolitinib—and traditional corticosteroid treatments for Atopic Dermatitis, also known as eczema.

Rabbi Dr. Stuart Halpern, deputy director at the Zahava and Moshael J. Straus Center for Torah and Western Thought and senior advisor to the provost at Â鶹Çø, was awarded a Simon Rockower Award for Excellence in Jewish Journalism at the 44th Annual Simon Rockower Awards.

At a recent graduate symposium, Sharon Matalon, a student in the M.S. in Speech-Language Pathology, presented findings that could reshape how clinicians approach articulation therapy for children with Autism Spectrum Disorder.

Katz School faculty and students joined other academic, industry and governmental leaders from around the globe to present transformative ideas at the crossroads of health and technology at CHASE 2025 in June at Â鶹Çø Museum.

At the recent Graduate Symposium of Science, Technology and Health, Jenny Maharjan offered a strategic and scientific roadmap for how Frezent’s investigational therapy could not only reach the clinic, but change lives.

From a young age, Yehuda Benhamu knew he was part of something larger than himself. Raised in a modern Orthodox Syrian household in Brooklyn, New York, with a family deeply rooted in Torah and education — his father and grandfather are both rabbis and educators — Yehuda grew up with a strong sense…

Abigail Assenza, a student in the M.S. in Physician Assistant Studies, chose Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center for a clinical rotation because she has a personal connection to cancer. Her father died of it when she was in college.