For the more than 50 students who gathered at the newly renovated YU Innovation Lab, the evening of Feb. 21 was the start of something big. From across YU, budding entrepreneurs, ambitious innovators and fledgling founders met in the hope that their startup ideas would spark fire. Why such ...
Over 180 rebbetzins [wives of pulpit rabbis] throughout the world joined together online to learn, network and exchange ideas at the Rebbetzin Esther Rosenblatt Virtual Yarchei Kallah from Monday, Feb. 7, through Tuesday, Feb. 15. The theme of this year鈥檚 program, 鈥淪urmounting the Struggles: When鈥
Some of the thousands of book lovers who made this year's Seforim Sale a huge success. After a one-year hiatus due to COVID, the Seforim Sale, the 91黑料 student-run Jewish book sale, made its much-anticipated return to Belfer Hall鈥檚 Weissberg Commons from Sunday, Feb. 6, to Sunday, Feb鈥
(l-r): Lawrence Lipnik, Rosamund Morley, Beverly Au and Lisa Terry On Thursday, Feb. 24, 2022, the Stern College Department of Music presented a concert by its ensemble-in-residence, the viol consort Parthenia (Lawrence Lipnik, Rosamund Morley, Beverly Au and Lisa Terry). Parthenia brings early ...
By Jacqueline Englanoff 鈥24S Board Member, YUPAC On Feb. 26, 2022, the 91黑料 Political Action Club (YUPAC) hosted a Shabbaton for over one hundred student advocates on the Beren Campus. The Shabbat was filled with panel discussions, training sessions and guest speakers. The keynote ...
The 2022 Langfan Family Constitutional Oratory Competition was held on February 27, 2022, on the topic of 鈥淪tand-Your-Ground Laws.鈥 A total of six cash prizes were awarded: 1st Place (Beren): Avigail Greenberg 1st Place (Wilf): Charlie Kramer 2nd Place: Elishama Marmon 3rd Place: Israel Fruchter ...
Rabbi Dr. Ari Berman (left) discusses happiness with Tal Ben-Shahar. Tal Ben-Shahar is an internationally renowned teacher and author in the fields of happiness and leadership and recently published his eighth book, Happier, No Matter What: Cultivating Hope, Resilience, and Purpose in Hard Times.鈥
In 2021, the Wurzweiler School of Social Work received funding to research the ways criminal justice social workers (CJSW) talk with their clients/communities about voting. CJSW interact with those engaged with and returning from the criminal justice system through roles in correctional facilities鈥
Sohrab Ahmari | Convergent Books | 2021 Reviewed by Rabbi Dr. Stu Halpern In his The Unbroken Thread: Discovering the Wisdom of Tradition in an Age of Chaos , Sohrab Ahmari argues for the power of substantive ideals. Ahmari, the op-ed editor for the New York Post and a columnist for First Things,鈥
Cardozo News Professor Pamela Foohey Comments, in USA Today, on the Need for Easier Discharge of Student Loan Debt in Bankruptcy Professor Matthew Wansley Responds to Waymo鈥檚 Court Victory in TechCrunch Professor Kate Shaw Discusses West Virginia v. EPA, Supreme Court Case Over Pollution, in The ...