Torat Chesed / Act with Compassion
Innovation Lab Supports Local Businesses YU Innovation Lab launched “B”usiness HIVE in the Heights on April 27 at the Sky Café to aid small businesses in upper Manhattan. The initiative’s first event offered pro bono consulting, attracting over 20 businesses, four of which will become partner clients of the Lab’s acceleration consultancy. Univision aired a story on this new initiative. READ MORE
Stomp Out the Stigma Active Minds and the YU Counseling Center organized the annual Stomp Out the Stigma event on April 19 at Lamport Auditorium. The program aims to destigmatize mental illness and featured three YU undergrads who have bravely overcome mental health challenges. With over 400 attendees, the program remains one of the most inspiring and powerful events on campus, emphasizing compassion and unity. READ MORE
President Berman (front row center) with “B”usiness HIVE organizers and participants
Torat Emet / Seek Truth
Maimonides Comes to the YU Museum Yeshiva University Museum’s exhibition, “The Golden Path: Maimonides Across Eight Centuries,” opened on May 9 and showcases the life and influence of the great Jewish scholar. The exhibition includes an unprecedented array of Maimonides’ manuscripts and documents, some written in his own hand and some never before seen by the public. The most impressive collection of Maimonides
artifacts ever to be displayed together, “The Golden Path” runs through December 31 at the YU Museum, located at the Center for Jewish History at 15 West 16th Street, and is free and open to the public Sundays through Thursdays. READ MORE
YU IN THE NEWS During the month of April, the University made head- lines across media: n CBS News and more than 200 of its affiliated TV and radio stations covered the migraine prevention research of Dr. Elizabeth Seng, an associate professor of psychology at Ferkauf Graduate School of Psychology. READ MORE
n NBC interviewed Dr. Shay Pilnik, director of the Emil A. and Jenny Fish Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies, on the importance of Holocaust education. n Tablet published a glowing review of President Berman’s new book, The Final Exam: Letters to Our Students . READ MORE
n Univision covered the YU Innovation Lab’s “B”usiness HIVE in the Heights event, part of a new initiative to support business owners in upper Manhattan. READ MORE n The Times of Israel , UAE Times , Religion News Service and other outlets, including i24 News and JNS, covered the YU conference, “Interacting Philosophies, Shared Friend- ships,” in Dubai. READ MORE
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