YU Opens Advanced Cyber Center to Train Students On March 8, YU’s Katz School of Science and Health opened the Security Operations Center to provide hands-on cybersecurity training to students. The first of its kind in New York City, the center provides advanced simulations so students can gain Center—and recently gained New York State approval for an advanced certificate program to train U.S. teachers in educating about the Holocaust. These initiatives are essential given the increase in Holocaust denial and antisemitic incidents. YU Signs MOU with Yad Vashem, Laying Ground- work for Collaborative Educational Initiatives YU’s Emil A. and Jenny Fish Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies signed an MOU with Yad Vashem—the World Holocaust Remembrance Yeshiva University Raises $100 Million in 2022 Rabbi Dr. Ari Berman, President of YU, announced record success in the first year of Rise Up: The Campaign for 613. In 2021, the Rise Up campaign, which has a goal of raising $613 million over five years, was launched with private-stage funding at $250 million. With an additional $100 million raised in 2022, the campaign now stands at $350 million.
Yeshiva University to Open First Specialty Clinic in the U.S. to Focus on Addressing Non-Verbal Learning Disorder
Isaac and Laura Perlmut- ter Donate $15 Million to YU’s Cardozo Law School Rabbi Dr. Ari Berman, together with Melanie Leslie, Dean of Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law, announced the creation of The Perlmutter Center for Legal Justice at Cardozo Law, supported by a $15 million donation from Isaac and Laura Perlmutter and the Perlmutter
Non-Verbal Learning Disorder (NVLD) is a neurological condition that causes cognitive challenges, motor-skill deficits and difficulty comprehending non-verbal information such as body language and facial expressions. Recognizing that millions of people worldwide are struggling with NVLD with little specialized care available, Yeshiva University’s Ferkauf Graduate School of Psychology is leading the way in opening the first clinic of its kind in the U.S. for assessment and treat- ment of individuals with NVLD.
Zucker Gift Launches Program for Jewish Early Childhood Educators YU received a $5 million gift from philanthropist Anita Zucker of Charleston, South Carolina, to establish the Anita Zucker Program for Jewish Early Childhood Educators. The program will provide education scholarships to undergraduates, establish a peer-reviewed annual journal and promote research.
YU Launches New Mental Health Therapy Center in Israel Filling a critical need for affordable, English-language mental health services in Israel, YU’s Wurzweiler School of Social Work, together with Amudim Israel, opened the Jerusalem Therapy Center.
YU’s Ground-Breaking Clinical Trial Shows Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy Reduces Migraine-Related Disability Mindfulness-based meditation can provide relief from migraines, according to a clinical trial conducted by Dr. Elizabeth Seng, associate professor of psychology at YU’s Ferkauf Graduate School of Psycholo- gy. For her work, Dr. Seng received a 2022 Poster Award from the American Neurological Association.
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YU Hosts Conference Focusing on the Bible’s Importance in America
Foundation—the largest donation in the law school’s history. The Center will train lawyers to prevent the use of junk science in court cases, fight wrongful convictions and obtain clemency for the unjustly incarcerated.
Afghan Scholar Finds Refuge at YU
The Hebrew Bible helped shape America’s moral language of liberty and articulate its highest national ideals. On March 19, Yeshiva University convened a conference called “Restoring the American Story” for high school educators. Participants discussed key themes, including how the books of Psalms inspired the USA’s founding and how the Bible can be a source of reconciliation in America during times of division.
After an arduous departure from her home country of Afghani- stan, Dr. Mariam Ahmady, former chair of the counseling psychology department at Kabul University, has found refuge at
YU as a visiting professor at Stern College for Women.
Yeshiva University Students Travel to Morocco on Global Citizenship Trip In January, 31 YU undergradu- ates traveled throughout Morocco on a trip organized by YU’s Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks-Herenstein Center for Values and Leadership, visiting Jewish heritage sites, building cultural bridges with Muslim university students and volunteering in social welfare projects.
real-world experience in countering multiple attack
vectors, managing a virtual enter- prise network and working with commercial-grade security tools.
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