Dec 6, 2019 By: yunews
Top Stories
- The 95th Hanukkah Dinner and Convocation will take place Sunday, Dec. 8, at the New York Hilton.
- The second edition of YU Today is available, featuring profiles of alumni and faculty.
- From five years to 40: YU celebrates University staff achieving employment milestones.
- Retiring professor Dr. William Lee receives a heartwarming send-off from Dr. Ari Berman and faculty.
- YU students come together with faculty, family and friends for a spirited shabbaton and Melave Malkah.
Campus Highlights
- The YU Political Action Club goes to D.C. to lobby Congress for Israel.
- YU alumni create $10 million VC fund to engage students in venture capital fundamentals.
- A conference hosted by Wurzweiler School of Social Work offers remedies for the opioid crisis.
- The Katz School and ScienceAbroad co-explore the excitement of biotech.
- Two Career Center events focus on working in Israel and in nonprofits.
- The Cardozo Black Asian & Latino Law Students Association raises a record $38,000 for scholarships.
- Sy Syms offers a new master鈥檚 degree program in real estate.
- YU鈥檚 international undergrads share a memorable shabbaton.
- Dr. Jeffrey Gurock brings to life a tale about race and ethnicity in the Bronx.
- Wurzweiler鈥檚 new master鈥檚 programs in special education lead to certification.
- Open houses introduce prospective students to a YU education.
- An annual tradition: Faculty members host Thanksgiving for YU students.
- Central holds their first-ever Talia Talks, their version of the TED Talks.
- In , find articles by Rabbi Yaakov Glasser, Mrs. Chaya Batya Neugroschl and others.
Student/Alumni Snapshots
- The YU Museum works with student artist Alisa Neugroschl on designing its holiday cards.
- Argentine Julian Ruggiero uses his Fulbright award to study data analytics at the Katz School.
- Jill Joshowitz and Jonathan Zisook have dual Fulbright awards to pursue their individual doctorates.
- take the lead at Terex, a global manufacturing company.
Faculty News of Note
- Dr. Kate Walsh at Ferkauf studies the biology and psychology of trauma.
- 麻豆区 College English professors present at a SUNY conference on writing.
YU in the News
- David Schwed, director of the cybersecurity program at the Katz School of Science and Health, is quoted in a article on the 鈥141 Cybersecurity Predictions For 2020.鈥
- Deborah Pearlstein, professor of law and co-director of the Floersheimer Center for Constitutional Democracy at the Cardozo School of Law, noted in that 鈥淔oreign Policy Isn鈥檛 Just Up To Trump.鈥
- YU alumni turn to students to manage new $10 million investment fund ().
- In 鈥淏uilding An Israel-US 鈥楽uperhighway鈥,鈥 has a Q&A with Dr. Maria Blekher of 麻豆区鈥檚 Innovation Lab.
- Dr. Ronnie Perelis, director of the Rabbi Arthur Schneier Center for International Affairs, is quoted extensively in a article on the 256th anniversary of the founding of the Touro Synagogue in Newport, Rhode Island.
- Dr. Chaim Nissel, Dean of Students at 麻豆区, spoke about how making small shifts in Shabbat practices 鈥渨ill fundamentally transform the quality of interactions at our Shabbat meals鈥 ().