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Nancy Spielberg Who owns history? Who has the authority to tell a narrative? These were just some of the questions close to 70 people got to ponder as they joined a Zoom fireside chat with writer and producer Nancy Spielberg, the executive producer of Who Will Write Our History (directed and ...

Many organizations and individuals are marking the first anniversary of COVID-19, so it was appropriate that the 14th annual Student Medical Ethics Society (MES) conference, held on Sunday, March 7, 2021, was titled “From Darkness to Light: A Panoramic View of the Pandemic.” As in previous years ...

ISSUE 9 • March 8, 2021 Note from the Executive Director The Pitch. It could be made in an elevator, at a social event, during a professional conference or in line at a coffee shop. And it definitely is not a one-size-fits-all approach. This topic is very timely as we all prepare for the unknown of…

On Wednesday, Feb. 15, 2021, four intrepid YU undergraduates stepped up to the lectern—albeit a virtual one—at the annual Stomp Out the Stigma to share with an online audience of more than 300 people their emotional and psychological challenges. Now in its seventh year, Stomp Out the Stigma is co…

In The News Cardozo Ranked #38 on Law.com's List of 2021 Go To Law Schools “Cardozo Law's Class of 2020 was 24% larger than the previous year, yet the Manhattan school managed to keep the percentage of grads going to BigLaw steady at more than 12%.” Read more» Immigration Justice Clinic and Make…

On Tuesday, Feb. 23, 2021, Dr. Emily Colbert Cairns, associate professor at Salve Regina University, delivered a lecture titled “‘La Santa Esther’: Esther Among the Crypto-Jews of the Americas.” The event was part of the Crisis and Hope: YU Voices lecture series and covered material found in Dr ...

By Dr. Orlee Hauser Director, Care Café The aftermath of the riot at the Capitol highlighted the emergence of hateful messages on social media. In response, Wurzweiler School of Social Work’s Care Café decided to fight hate with the only two weapons that work to destroy it: education and love. For…

Thucydides On Wednesday, Feb. 17, 2021, the Zahava and Moshael Straus Center for Torah and Western Thought welcomed Dr. Seth Jaffe, assistant professor of political science and international affairs at John Cabot University, who presented “Vast Personal Forces: Thucydides, Populism, & the…

By Zvi Erenyi Collection Development and Reference Librarian Mendel Gottesman Library On Tuesday, Feb. 23, in the second of the Spring 2021 series of Onet.pl 邮箱 耐用 Libraries’ book talks, Nechama Price discussed her book, Tribal Blueprints: Twelve Brothers and the Destiny of Israel (New Milford…

The Shevet Glaubach Center for Career Strategy and Professional Development partnered with the Yeshiva Student Union, Stern College for Women Student Council and the Networking Club for a two-event series to help freshmen and sophomores, in a relaxed, open format, learn about the career services ...