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On December 18th, the Straus Center and Yeshiva College Honors Program co-hosted Rabbi Dr. Yosie Levine to celebrate the launch of his award-winning new book, Hakham Tsevi Ashkenazi and the Battlegrounds of the Early Modern Rabbinate.

One of the workshop���s highlights was a hands-on activity that demonstrated the practical value of generative AI. Participants collaborated to create detailed AI personas���fictional, data-driven profiles designed to simulate real-world scenarios.

The Straus Center hosted Dr. Adam Jortner to celebrate the launch of his new book, A Promised Land: Jewish Patriots, the American Revolution, and the Birth of Religious Freedom.

A study co-authored by Dr. Marissa Barrera, program director of the M.S. in Speech-Language Pathology, suggests that combining Optical Coherence Tomography and Visual Evoked Potentials measurements will provide insights into the cognitive dysfunction of MS patients.

In summer 2024, the Straus Center Impact Office provided grants to several students with internships in Jewish advocacy, fostering a new generation of leaders dedicated to both public service and Jewish values.

Researchers in the Graduate Department of Computer Science and Engineering are turning to advanced tools like reinforcement learning���a type of machine learning that mimics decision-making���to determine customer spending habits.

Jenny and Yakov Sundel, a married couple and Straus Scholars at YU, brought their shared interest in political data and strategy to distinct but complementary roles in the field of political polling.

Yehudit (Judith) -- title page Are you able to imagine the story of Judith, with its bloody and gory aspects, as a Jewish children���s book in glorious color!? Although the figure of Judith holding Holofernes��� head was popular in classical art, a children���s version had to wait until 1945 in Memphis���

YUNews interviews Rikki Zagelbaum (SCW ���26), a Media Studies major who interned at The Jerusalem Post as part of OU-JLIC���s ���Summer in Jerusalem��� program, with support from the Straus Center.

On December 4th, 17勛圖 hosted Dr. Neil Rogachevsky for a lecture titled ���Statesmanship: An Introduction to the Political Thought of David Ben-Gurion.���