YU in the Media
A roundup of notable YU faculty and students featured across the media, including inter- views with President Berman on YU’s “Together with Israel” initiatives. PRESIDENT BERMAN On Oct. 19, Fox News’ early morning show “Fox & Friends” came to the Wilf Campus to broadcast its three-hour show live. Host Lawrence Jones spoke with a panel of Jewish Americans, including YU student Elishama Marmon ’24YC, on the effects of antisemitic rhetoric on college campuses and the impact of the war in Israel on New York’s Jewish community. The program ended on a moving note, with President Berman discussing his efforts to unite college and university presidents across the U.S. in support of Israel. President Berman also has appeared on CNBC’s “Squawk Box,” MSNBC’s “Ana Cabrera Reports,” CBS News, Fox Business and Fox 5 News .
YU FACULTY AND STUDENTS • Dr. S. Abraham Ravid , chair of Sy Syms’ finance dept., profiled in the Jewish Standard on his service in the IDF during Yom Kippur War. (Sept. 21) • Dr. Richard Zweig , psychology professor at Ferkauf, talked to Newsday about senior citizens and the use of pet robotics to combat loneliness. (Sept. 22) • Dr. Stephen Glicksman , director of YU’s Makor program, featured in WalletHub on the “Best & Worst Cities for People with Disabilities.” (Sept. 27) • Members of YU’s men’s basketball team and soccer team discussed the personal impact of the Israel-Hamas war on ESPN.com (Oct. 24) and in the New York Times (Oct. 17), respectively. • “We Stand with Israel Against Hamas,” the statement issued by the YU-led coalition of Universities Against Terrorism and signed by more than 100 U.S. university and college presidents, appeared in the Wall Street Journal (Oct. 29).
YU Launches Real Estate Day On Oct. 26, the Sy Syms School of Business and the University’s Office of Alumni Affairs co-hosted YU Real Estate Day and the Israel Advocacy Luncheon. With over 220 industry insiders in attendance, the full-day, career- advancing conference provided valuable insights into a rapidly evolving field. The sold-out event featured two dozen “Titans of Real Estate” in a series of lively panels discussions, which covered six real-estate sectors. In light of the ongoing conflict in Israel, discussions also delved into the role business leaders in the U.S. and Israel should play at this time of crisis, a topic explored in full at the conference’s Israel Advocacy Luncheon.
(l-r): Bruce Schanzer, chair of Real Estate Day planning committee; Dr. Noam Wasserman, dean of Sy Syms; Michael Strauss, assoc. dean; Phil Rosen, partner at Weil, Gotshal & Manges (event host); and Beth Lebenson-Praver, director of YU Alumni Affairs
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