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The partnership between alumni and current students provides an essential professional network that benefits everyone. Hundreds of alumni participate in programs of the ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æCareer Center, including student mentorship, participation on career panels, and opportunities to hire students as interns at ...

A Wurzweiler student who is close to completing the requirements for his MSW degree was called to duty in Israel shortly after the completion of the Block program in July. With the student's (now colleague) permission, we are posting this recent letter that he wrote to Dean Carmen Ortiz Hendricks…

Commentator - September 22, 1954 We extend a warm welcome to all of our new and returning students. The library is here to help, so please don’t forget to Ask-the-Library. http://www.yu.edu/Libraries/Ask-the-Library/ In September 1954, sixty years ago, Stern College greeted its first freshman class…

This summer marked the ninth year that ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ’s Center for the Jewish Future (CJF) operated Counterpoint Israel, which is tailored for Israeli teens from low socio-economic development towns in Southern Israel. This program is operated in collaboration with local municipalities and the…

Recently published in the spring 2014 edition of the Real Estate Finance Journal, Leonard Grunstein’s plan to resolve New York’s affordable housing crisis proposes a new mixed-income, mixed-use model of affordable housing that enables the free-market to fund the development. Mr. Grunstein is also…

This woodcut is from a Yiddish Minhagim book (book of customs) published in Amsterdam in 1723 by Herts Levi Rofe. It depicts prayers in the synagogue on the fast of Tish’ah be-Av (9 th day of Av), the day of mourning for the destruction of the First and Second Temples in Jerusalem. Note the flames…

For Eve Stieglitz ’07SB, talk is cheap. Doing, however, is much more valuable, and as a testament to her strongly-held beliefs, Stieglitz does things—a lot. The accomplished corporate recruiter currently holds a full-time position at MediaVest, a leading full-service media specialist company, and a…

As ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ reaffirms its commitment to offer an outstanding education in both Jewish and secular studies, we extend a warm welcome to new leaders who will be spearheading the future and strengthening academic affairs. Below, we highlight their plans for moving the University forward. For…

Student speaker Sheldon Howard addresses the graduating class at the Wurzweiler School of Social Work 37th Annual Block Education Plan Commencement Exercises On July 21st, 2014 Wurzweiler held its thirty seventh Commencement Exercises for the Summer Block Education Plan, in which fifty five…

Dean Carmen Ortiz Hendricks presents Dr. Joyce Brenner with the first ever Wurzweiler Distinguished Alumni Award On July 23rd, 2014 Dr. Joyce Brenner's twenty seven years with Wurzweiler School of Social Work were recognized as she steps down and embraces retirement. The first ever Wurzweiler…