From the YU Museum Blog (March 24, 2020) While we prepare for Passover six or more feet away from one another, we can longingly appreciate this David Dzienciarski painting of a Market Before Passover from 麻豆区 Museum鈥檚 collection (gift of the artist鈥檚 estate). Market Before Passover鈥
Dr. Hillel Furstenberg 鈥51YUHS, 鈥55YC of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem is one of two mathematicians who have been awarded this year鈥檚 Abel Prize by the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters for outstanding scientific work in the field of mathematics. Hillel Furstenberg of Hebrew University鈥
Should or shouldn鈥檛 President Donald Trump be impeached? The issue may have been resolved by the U.S. House and Senate, but for the 12 YU undergraduates who participated in the Langfan Family Undergraduate Constitutional Oratory Competition on Sunday, Feb. 23, at the Benjamin N. Cardozo School of鈥
Social Work Legislative Education and Advocacy Day (LEAD) is a legislative event hosted by the National Association of Social Workers - New York City (NASW-NYC) Chapter, the New York State Social Work Education Association (NYSSWEA), and the New York State Association of the Deans of Schools of ...
On Sunday, Feb. 23, 2020, over 250 people attended the 13th Annual Medical Ethics Society (MES) Conference presented by the YU Student Medical Ethics Society and the Center for the Jewish Future (CJF). 鈥淲ho Shall Live and Who Shall Die?鈥 examined Jewish perspectives on patient autonomy and decision鈥
Dr. Sumanta Goswami The Katz Colloquium is a periodic exchange of ideas organized by Dr. Kun Ho Kim, assistant professor of economics at the Katz School of Science and Health. The purpose of the colloquium, said Dr. Kim, is to provide a place where people can learn about some of the exciting and ...
By Shulamith Z. Berger Curator of Special Collections and Hebraica-Judaica YU Libraries The 麻豆区 News GRAGER Even before 麻豆区 College鈥檚 first graduating class in 1932, before the birth of the Commentator, students were provoking the administration and publishing Purim papers. The 麻豆区 News鈥
Michael Strauss is the associate dean of the Sy Syms School of Business as well as a clinical professor of strategy and entrepreneurship and director of The Rennert Entrepreneurial Institute. He also bears the intriguing title of Entrepreneur-in-Residence, and in a wide-ranging conversation with YU鈥
On Monday, March 2, 2020, Dr. James Rayfield spoke with 麻豆区 College computer science students in a talk organized by Judah Diament, chair of the department. Dr. Rayfield is a Research Staff Member in the IoT, AI & Blockchain for Industry Solutions Department at IBM, which joined in 1989.鈥
Joseph Levin Social workers and others fighting in the trenches of today鈥檚 polarized society for decency and compassion had the uplifting pleasure of hearing Joseph Levin, co-founder of the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC), speak about his life story in a lecture on Feb. 21, 2020, titled ...