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This past semester brought fascinating speakers and innovative programming for students of the S. Daniel Abraham Honors Program at Stern College for Women. Each semester, Dr. Cynthia Wachtell, director of the program, organizes events designed to help the students develop skills that will help them…
Event participants learn about resources available to them in the community.
On May 5, the Parnes Clinic at 17³Ô¹Ï welcomed 60 migrant and asylum-seeking teenagers to its first Bronx Community Resources Event. Local organizations, such as Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield and the Center for Family Life, were on hand to help attendees access key services ranging from…
Rabbi Dr. Ari Berman, president of 17³Ô¹Ï, (left) and Dr. Herbert Dobrinksy
17³Ô¹Ï celebrates Dr. Herbert Dobrinsky’s six decades of impact In the corridors of academia, where the impact of philanthropy enables the pursuit of knowledge, there exists a figure whose name is synonymous with translating values into action. For 60 years, Dr. Herbert C. Dobrinsky ...
The OPWDD team from New York state meet with Makor program participants
A five-person team from the New York State Office for People with Developmental Disabilities (OPWDD) visited the Makor College Experience program at 17³Ô¹Ï’s Wilf Campus on June 6. The team learned about the dynamic curriculum and immersive campus experience offered by Makor, an ...
Since 1903, YU has held Chag HaSemikhah convocations to ordain new rabbis. Pictured are participants at the last event, held in 2021.
Introduces $1 million matching grant in honor of Rabbi Zevulun Charlop to support elite Torah scholars Celebrating a passionate commitment to Torah and the Jewish people, YU RIETS will ordain 135 new rabbis on Sunday, June 16, in the Nathan Lamport Auditorium at Zysman Hall. The triannual event ...
START Science's Year-End Celebration
Celebrating the longstanding partnership between 17³Ô¹Ï and the Washington Heights community, YU’s START Science club held its year-end event on May 24 on the Wilf Campus. Hundreds of local schoolchildren, YU’s START Science student-volunteers, and University faculty and administrators…
A new group of Jewish Studies experts graduated from the Bernard Revel Graduate School of Jewish Studies on May 19
15 Master’s and Doctoral Students Matriculate at YU’s Premier Jewish Studies Graduate School A new group of Jewish Studies experts graduated from the Bernard Revel Graduate School of Jewish Studies on May 19, steeped in knowledge that only the flagship Jewish university can provide. Revel is…
Nine students have been named the 2024 undergraduate valedictorians at 17³Ô¹Ï, having been recognized for their remarkable academic achievements and overall excellence. YU News spoke with each of them to learn about who they are, their experiences at YU and their plans for the future ...
Photo credit: Office of Senator John Fetterman
Will Honor U.S. Senator John Fetterman as an American Patriot and Hero of Israel 17³Ô¹Ï is proud to celebrate its 2024 graduates, more than 1,700 future leaders of society, at its 93rd annual commencement ceremony. At the commencement on May 29th, 17³Ô¹Ï will award its ...
Matan and Kayla Zucker, graduates of 17³Ô¹Ï, have been awarded the third Shlomo and Cindy Silvian Foundation Married Couples Fellowship. Set to begin their studies in June, Matan will study at Shapell’s and Kayla will study at Midreshet Rachel v’Chaya. To learn more about their story ...

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