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Creating a vibrant andembracing environ-ment is one of Presi-dent Richard M.

Joel’s principal plans for revi-talizing campus life. Studentsare benefiting from a numberof new upgrades and renova-tions.

New Fitness CenterThanks to a gift from Sy Syms,namesake of YU’s under-graduate business school, theMax Stern Athletic Center onthe Wilf Campus has opened astate-of-the-art fitness center.Approximately three timesthe size of the previous weightroom, the new space featuresthe latest in commercial-gradeequipment, including fourtreadmills that became avail-able on the market only a fewmonths ago.

In addition tothe treadmills,there are four el-liptical trainers,four stationarybikes, and morethan a dozenpieces of special-ized apparatusdesigned to tar-get specific areassuch as arm, leg,and chest mus-cles. A double-padded free-weight area fea-tures rubber-coated dumb-bells.

Le Bistro at 215Even with its two sushi chefsfrom Eden Wok and an exten-sive salad and soup bar, LeBistro at 215 had its hands fullat its recent grand opening.Students just couldn’t eat

enough sushi at the popularnew food court and lounge,located on the lower level of215 Lexington Avenue on theBeren Campus.

The new eatery, which alsoserves fresh wraps, frozenyogurt, ice cream, and shakes,features a lounge with bistro-style seating and tables in red,

If education is the life-blood of today’s Jewishcommunities, Yeshiva Uni-versity’s Max Stern Divi-

sion of Communal Services istheir vital, beating heart.

From this department, theuniversity’s rich store of Torahresources flows out to com-munities in the United Statesand around the world via theGlobal Kollel Initiative, a net-work of learning and commu-nity-building projects.

The Community Kollel atthe Hebrew Academy of theFive Towns and Rockaway(HAFTR) is the latest projectlaunched by the Global KollelInitiative.

Based at the academy’shigh school, the HAFTR Com-munity Kollel provides a two-year fellowship to rabbis and

graduating students at RabbiIsaac Elchanan TheologicalSeminary as well as YU gradu-ates pursuing careers in Jewisheducation. The kollel fellowsdo intensive teaching intern-ships at HAFTR and offeradvanced Torah study ses-sions to members of the com-munity.

“The value of the HAFTRCommunity Kollel and simi-lar programs is that they givecommunity members local ac-cess to YU’s exceptional grad-uates and other resources,”said President Richard M. Joel,who spoke at the kollel’s inau-guration in early September.

The HAFTR kollel and itsglobal parent program arebuilding blocks in the presi-dent’s broad vision for thefuture, which embraces the

strengthening of Jewish lifeand learning in our commu-nities.

“The Global Kollel Initia-tive provides an influx ofcharismatic individuals whoare role models for youth in

the community,” said RabbiAri Rockoff, director of theDepartment of CommunityInitiatives at MSDCS. “It in-vigorates the community bymaintaining a year-round pre-sence of Modern Orthodoxy.”

The HAFTR program isunique in that it includes aBeit Midrash L’Nashim thatoffers Talmud and othersophisticated Torah study forwomen.

When outgoing chairman of YU’s board of trustees RonaldP. Stanton passed the ceremonial gavel to Morry J. WeissSept. 7, the university’s next phase of renewed growth andopportunity gained a new champion.

Mr. Weiss is chairman of the board of AmericanGreetings Corp. and a major supporter of the universityand its mission. He joined the board in 1983 and became

Community Kollel Initiative Strengthens Jewish Life

A class at HAFTR High School, where YU has established a kollel.

INS

IDE TAKING HEART

Alex KushnirPublishes HeartDisease Research

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SHOW ANDTELLSCW Unveils Jubilee Museum Exhibit

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SLAM DUNK

Coach HalpertGets TopAthletics Post

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GROUNDBREAKINGAECOM BeginsWork on GeneticResearch Center

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Students Welcome Sushi,Weights, and Wi-FiThe New Face of Leadershipn Morry J. Weiss Leads YU Board into New Era

n YU Fellows Bring Year-Round Presence of Modern Orthodoxy to HAFTR

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Morry J. Weiss, Ronald P. Stanton, and Richard M. Joel.

Joan Beder, DSW, WSSW associ-ate professor, was quoted in anAugust article in the Wall StreetJournal about patients coping withthe death of their therapists.

Ruth Bigman, MSW, WSSW direc-tor of admissions, was elected fora second term as member-at-largeof the board of directors of theGirl Scouts of Nassau County.

Rabbi Yosef Blau YH,’59Y,BGSS,R,MS, spiritual counselor, participat-ed in a panel discussion on thefuture of Judaism in America atYale University School of Law inOctober. He was one of four lead-ers from institutions representingvarious Jewish denominations atthe event, which marked 350years of Jewish life in the UnitedStates.

J. David Bleich, PhD, Herbert andFlorence Tenzer Professor of Jew-ish Law and Ethics, spoke on “A19th-Century Solution to a 21st-Century Agunah Problem” at the13th Biennial Conference of theJewish Law Association, BostonUniversity.

Richard K. Caputo, PhD, WSSWprofessor, gave a number of con-ference presentations: “Equaliza-tion of Meeting Needs vs. Equali-zation of Income Distribution,” atthe 10th Basic Income EuropeanNetwork Congress, Barcelona;“Parent Religiosity, Family Pro-cesses, and Adolescent Behavior,”at the 2004 American SociologicalAssociation Meeting, and “PovertyReduction vs. Reducing IncomeInequality,” at the Annual Meetingof Society for the Study of SocialProblems, both in San Francisco;and “Reconsidering DistributiveJustice in Light of Van Parijs andZucker,” at the 10th InternationalSociety for Justice Research Con-ference 2004, in Regina, Saskat-chewan, Canada.

Shalom Carmy, MS, ’70Y,B,R,assistant professor of Bible,authored “Something New in BeitHamidrash” in Jewish Action,Spring 5764/2004 (vol.64, no. 3).

Jerome A. Chanes ’64Y, adjunctprofessor at SCW and WSSW,authored a review-essay on fourrecent books on anti-Semitism,which appeared in Forward; andauthored “Who Does What? Gov-ernance and International JewishCommunal Organization in 2004,”for the Jewish Agency’s JewishPeople’s Policy Planning InstituteYearbook. In spring 2004, hecurated and lectured at a five-partfilm series, “Anti-Semitism on theScreen,” at the JCC in Manhattan;

offered a course, “The History ofAnti-Semitism,” at the Skirball In-stitute; lectured on the Jewishpublic-affairs agenda and organi-zational structures at NYANA; andat Stern College, developed a newhonors seminar, “The History andSociology of Anti-Semitism.” Lastfall he lectured at the Annual Con-ference of the Association of Jew-ish Studies in Boston and at theAnnual Conference of the Councilof American Jewish Museums. Hismonograph, A Primer on the Amer-ican Jewish Community, is goinginto its third edition.

Articles by Anatoly Frenkel, PhD,associate professor of physics, ap-peared in the journals NatureMaterials and Physical Review B.

Sheldon R. Gelman, PhD, Dor-othy and David I. Schachne Deanof WSSW, co-authored the secondedition of Case Management.

Margaret Gibleman, DSW, WSSWprofessor and doctoral programdirector, published the secondedition of her book, What SocialWorkers Do. She is on the board ofthe Jewish Association for Devel-opmental Disabilities, BergenCounty.

Sara (Richter) Gruenspecht isthe new YUM assistant to thedirector. She is also the museum’sdocent liaison.

Arthur Hyman, PhD, BRGS dean,wrote “Moses Maimonides,” thecover article for the MaimonidesSupplement issue of the CanadianJewish News. Also, he published“Maimonide: Partisan du LibreArbitre ou Déterministe?” inMaimonide: Philosophe et Savant, avolume published in Belgium. InMay, he delivered a Hebrew paper,“Maimonides as Biblical Inter-preter,” at a Maimonides confer-ence in Jerusalem.

Chancellor Norman Lamm, PhD,’49Y,B,R delivered a pre-YomKippur address, “Teshuva: TheVery Thought of It,” at Bet KnessetL’Chu Neranana, Ra’anana, spon-sored by Ohel Ari and the JewishOutreach Center of Ra’anana.

Aaron Levine, PhD, Samson andHalina Bitensky Professor of Eco-nomics, delivered “Regulation ofAdvertising in Jewish Law: a Proto-type Model—The Kraft SinglesCase” at the Thirteenth BiennialConference of the Jewish Law As-sociation, Boston University.

Rabbi Yamin Levy, MS, instructorof Bible and academic director,Jacob E. Safra Institute of Seph-ardic Studies at YU, authored

“Derekh Hakhma: Two Aspects ofthe Exodus Narrative: Part I” inJewish Bible Quarterly. Part II willappear in the publication’s springissue. He is author of two books:Confronting the Loss of a Baby:Personal and Jewish Perspective,and Journey Through Grief: ASephardic Manual on Death andDying, and is coeditor with RabbiShalom Carmy ’70Y,B,R, assistantprofessor of Bible, of a forthcom-ing book on Maimonides.

Edith Lubetski ’68B, MS, HediSteinberg Library head librarian,chaired a session, “Epigraphicaland Paleological Studies Pertain-ing to the Bible World,” at theSociety of Biblical Literature Inter-national Meeting in Groningen,Netherlands.

Rabbi Uriel Lubetski YH,’96Y,R,YUHS acting assistant principal,was a scholar-in-residence atKehilat Chovevei Tzion, Scarsdale,New York, last Shavuot. He spokeon “Temimot: Why Aren’t WeDavening Maariv?” “You Shall NotMurder: The Killing of Yoav in theEyes of Chazal,” and “SocietalObligations through the Story ofRuth.”

Peninnah Schram, MA, associateprofessor of speech and drama, ison the advisory board of the jour-nal Storytelling, Self, Society: AnInterdisciplinary Journal of Story-telling Studies. The first issue of thisbiannual publication, fall 2004,was published by the Dorothy F.Schmidt College of Arts andLetters, Florida Atlantic University,with support from the NationalStorytelling Network. She also wasquoted in the article “FamilyMatters: The Logic of HelpingHands,” by Rahel Musleah, inHadassah Magazine (Aug./Sept.2004).

David Strug, PhD, WSSW associ-ate professor, spoke on “Changein Cuban Social Work Education:Government Response to Emerg-ing Societal Problems” at theCuba Today Conference in Octo-ber at the Bildner Center forWestern Hemisphere Studies ofthe CUNY Graduate Center. Healso published “An ExploratoryStudy of Social Work with OlderPersons in Cuba: Implications forSocial Work in the US” in theJournal of Gerontological SocialWork, vol. 43(2/3), 2004.

Rabbi Moses D. Tendler, PhD,Rabbi Isaac and Bella TendlerProfessor of Jewish Medical Ethics,spoke on “When Curing BecomesCaring: A Torah Perspective” atthe Jewish Home at Rockleigh,New Jersey.

CONGRATULATIONS TO

Adam Gleicher ’86Y, YU invest-ment accounting manager, on hismarriage to Dr. Rose Russo ’95W.

Stephen Lazar, EdD, AECOMassistant dean, and wife Marleneon the birth of a granddaughter tochildren Phil and Bari Aarons.

Susan (Schlussel) Meyers ’92S,YU director of development, andhusband Jeff on the birth of sonJoseph Marc.

Leslie Waltzer Pollak, director ofdevelopment, and husband Steveon the birth of daughter JamieLauren.

Mayra Mercado, WSSW secre-tary, and Luis Rodriguez, Securitycaptain, on their marriage.

Rabbi Michael Shmidman, PhD,dean of undergraduate Jewishstudies, and his wife, Chai, on thebirth of grandson Yehudah Yair totheir children Yael and DavidZinberg.

Gillian Steinberg, PhD, assistantprofessor of English, and MarkDavis on the birth of a son.

CONDOLENCES TO

Connie Beinhaker, a YU Guardianwith her husband, Philip, on theloss of her mother, Janet. TheBeinhakers established the Philipand Connie Beinhaker Kollel Fel-lowship at RIETS.

Cantor Sherwood Goffin ’63Y,BSJM, BSJM faculty member, onthe loss of his father, Hermann.

Naomi Kapp, associate director ofthe SSSB Office of Career Services,on the loss of her sister, Esther.

Sara Kasher, lecturer of Hebrew,on the loss of her mother, Reb-betzin Pnina Kasher. She was thewidow of Rabbi Moshe ShloimeKasher, who, with his father, RabbiMenachem Mendel Kasher, found-ed the Torah Shleima Institute.

Rabbi Yamin Levy ’87Y,R, aca-demic director of SephardicStudies, on the loss of his mother,Esther.

Albert and Morris Nasser, sup-porters of the Sephardic StudentsScholarship Fund, on the loss oftheir sister, Victoria Hertz.

Jose Nunez, coordinator, FacilitiesManagement, on the loss of hissister, Rosa Castilla.

Richard Orlando, employmentspecialist, Human Resources, onthe loss of his mother, Emma.

Bruce D. Shoulson, RIETS boardmember, on the loss of his moth-er, Sonia. In honor of his parents,Bruce and his wife, Robyn, estab-lished the Rabbi I. Harry and SoniaShoulson Seforim Fund at RIETSand the Rabbi I. Harry and SoniaShoulson Scholarship for YUundergraduates.

Rabbi Yechiel Weiner ’96SB,R,MYP assistant mashgiach, on theloss of his mother, Raisel.

Rabbi Mordechai I. Willig, MHL,’68Y,R, Rabbi Dr. Sol Roth Profes-sor of Talmud and ContemporaryHalakhah at RIETS, on the loss ofhis father, Rabbi Jerome Willig’38Y,R.

Harvey D. Wolinetz, formerYUHS board member, on the lossof his wife, Naomi. They are bothYUHS Fellows.

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YESHIVA UNIVERSITY

Morry J. Weiss, ChairmanYU Board of Trustees

Richard M. JoelPresident

Dr. Norman LammChancellor

Peter L. FerraraDirector of Communications and Public Affairs

Joshua L. Muss, Chairman, Board of Directors, Yeshiva College; Marjorie Diener Blenden,Chairman, Board of Directors, Stern College for Women; Bernard L. Madoff, Chairman, Board of Directors, Sy Syms School of Business; Ira M. Millstein, Chairperson,Board of Overseers, Albert Einstein College of Medicine; Kathryn O. Greenberg, Chairman,Board of Directors, Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law; Robert Schwalbe, Chair, Board ofGovernors, Wurzweiler School of Social Work; Mordecai D. Katz, Chairman, Board of Directors,Bernard Revel Graduate School of Jewish Studies; Katherine Sachs, Chair, Board of Governors,Ferkauf Graduate School of Psychology; Moshael J. Straus, Chairman, Board of Directors, AzrieliGraduate School of Jewish Education and Administration; Julius Berman, Chairman, Board ofTrustees, (affiliate) Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary; Erica Jesselson, Chairperson,Board of Directors, (affiliate) Yeshiva University Museum. Board listings as of November 1, 2004

YESHIVA UNIVERSITY TODAY

Kelly BermanEditor

Jerry Bergman, Esther Finkle, June Glazer, Norman GoldbergDavid Hillstrom, Cara Huzinec, Esther KustanowitzPeter Robertson, Hedy Shulman, V. Jane Windsor

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People in the News

A, AECOM Albert Einstein College of Medicine • AG, AGI Azrieli Graduate School of Jewish Education and Administration • BG, BGSS Belfer

Institute for Advanced Biomedical Sciences • B, BRGS Bernard Revel Graduate School of Jewish Studies • BSJM Belz School of Jewish Music •

CTI Cantorial Training Institute • C, CSL Cardozo School of Law • F, FGS Ferkauf Graduate School of Psychology • I, IBC Isaac Breuer College

of Hebraic Studies • J, JSS James Striar School of General Jewish Studies • MSDCS Max Stern Division of Communal Services • Y, MYP Yeshiva

Program/Mazer School of Talmudic Studies • SBMP Stone Beit Midrash Program • R, RIETS Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary • S, SCW

Stern College for Women • SG Sue Golding Graduate Division of Medical Sciences • SB, SSSB Sy Syms School of Business • T, TI Teachers Institute

• T, TIW Teachers Institute for Women • W, WSSW Wurzweiler School of Social Work • Y, YC Yeshiva College • YH, YUHS Yeshiva University

High Schools (MSTA The Marsha Stern Talmudical Academy) (SWHSG Samuel H. Wang Yeshiva University High School for Girls)

Key to School Abbreviations

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His administrative skills and academic experiencemay have landed him his position as YeshivaCollege assistant dean, but it is Fred Sugarman’swarm, sincere manner that has earned him the

esteem of his colleagues and students since he joined theschool at the beginning of the fall 2004 semester.

The assistant dean is responsible for establishing a dia-logue between the Dean’s Office and YC faculty and stu-dents. “I will ensure thatour office is open to stu-dents and supports facultyso they can teach to thefullest without any wor-ries,” Dr. Sugarman said.

He combines an academ-ic’s love for learning withthe organizational expertiseof a skilled administrator.He holds a PhD in 19th-century American literaturefrom Columbia University,but it is his love for theworks of William Shakes-peare, he said, that drew him into the classroom. He hastaught literature at Bar-Ilan University; at Franklin andMarshall College in Lancaster, Pennsylvania; and for thepast two years, at Lehman College.

He has 15 years of experience in the field of health man-agement, supervising ambulatory care. Most recently, Dr.Sugarman was practice executive at Mercy OB/GYN PC, inthe Bronx, where he managed a 12-physician practice.

“I am delighted to have Dr. Sugarman as a colleague,where he will work closely with faculty, students, andadministration in supporting the mission of YU,” said YCDean Norman Adler.

As a member of the YU team, Dr. Sugarman will helpchart a course for the future of young Jews. “The two mostimportant things to me are education and Jewish youth,”Dr. Sugarman said, adding that he wants to instill a love forboth Torah and Madda in the students he encounters. n

Under the directionof Thea Volpe,PhD,the Academic Ad-vising Center on

the Wilf Campus will offerYeshiva College and Sy SymsSchool of Business students anumber of supportive servicesto help them realize their aca-demic goals.

In keeping with PresidentRichard M. Joel’s vision ofstrengthening the campuscommunity of faculty, staff,and students, the center willuse a model of mentorship toguide undergraduates throughthe academic maze.

Center staff will pair stu-dents with faculty mentorswho represent the students’interests and who will remaina constant in their collegelives—from before they setfoot on campus until gradua-tion.

“We play an important rolein shaping students’ futures,”said Dr. Volpe. “It’s incum-bent upon us to give themexcellent advice, listen tothem, and help them under-stand the big picture.”

A seasoned educationaladvisor who prides herself onbeing an enthusiastic studentadvocate, Dr. Volpe envisionsthe center as “a one-stop shopfor all student advising con-cerns.”

The center will provideeach student with servicesduring three critical phases:upon arrival and throughoutthe freshman year, during theselection of a major, and inweighing post-college op-tions. The objective is to offer“cradle-to-grave” guidance.

Dr. Volpe earned her doc-torate in medieval historyfrom New York University andtaught the history of Classi-cal, medieval, and Westerncivilization at the College ofArts and Science and theSchool of Continuing Educa-tion, both at NYU, and atLehman College. She directedthe post-baccalaureate pre-medical program at ColumbiaUniversity, served as associatedean at the Scripps ResearchInstitute in California and atNYU’s College of Arts andScience, and held other posi-

tions in advising and admis-sions at NYU.

“We want to provide thebest education for all under-graduate students, so they canmake intelligent choicesabout their future,” said Mor-ton H. Lowengrub, PhD, vicepresident for academic affairs.“I would like to see a situationwhere every first-year studentwill have a mentor to followhis progress and foster a rela-tionship that gives the stu-dent a sense of belonging tothe YU community.”

Another new focus of thecenter will be a holistic ap-proach to secular academiclife and religious education.Dr. Volpe and her staff willwork with roshei yeshiva andfaculty so that advisors areknowledgeable about stu-dents’ complete portfolios.

“All advisors will be ex-pected to take into accountboth secular and Jewish stud-ies in guiding students, andthey will interact with rosheiyeshiva to make them morecognizant of the secular cur-riculum,” Dr. Lowengrub said.

Plans are under way to cre-ate a physical space for theAcademic Advising Center,and several vacant spaces oncampus that require little ren-ovation are being consideredfor faculty offices. n

Fred Sugarman AppointedYC Assistant Dean

Academic Mentors to Guide Studentsn Thea Volpe Leads Wilf Campus Academic Advising Center

Alex Kushnir’s pas-sion for scientific re-search has takenhim far.

The Yeshiva College biolo-gy student recently returnedfrom Israel, where he present-ed his research on heart dis-ease at the “Frontiers inCardiology” conference spon-sored in part by the IsraelAtherosclerosis Society andthe International AcademicFriends of Israel (IAFI). He hasalso contributed his findingsto a textbook released inNovember at the ScientificSessions of the AmericanHeart Association in NewOrleans.

“Writing a chapter for a sci-entific textbook is very unusu-al for an undergraduate be-cause it’s so competitive,” saidA.K.M. Mollah, PhD, assistantprofessor of biology at YC.“Alex is proof that there areno limits for students at thislevel if they have talent andwork hard.”

Mr. Kushnir’s research be-came the basis of a chapter in

Ryanodine Receptors: Functionand Dysfunction in ClinicalDisease (Kluwer AcademicPublishers), a textbook editedby two scientists he workswith at Columbia University’smolecular cardiology lab,Andrew R. Marks and XanderWehrens.

His chapter deals with theevolutionary development ofthe heart’s ryanodine receptorand how this information canbe used in the development oftreatments for heart failure.

The YU junior’s achieve-ments, exceptional for a stu-dent at the undergraduatelevel, earned him coverage inThe Journal News, a Gannettdaily newspaper serving West-chester, Putnam, and Rock-land counties in New York.

His accomplishments rep-resent the culmination of twoyears of ongoing research con-ducted with Drs. Mollah andMarks, professor and chair ofthe department of physiologyand cellular biophysics atColumbia University Collegeof Physicians and Surgeons.

Mr. Kushnir spends five hoursper week and full-time duringthe summer doing research inDr. Marks’s lab.

Mr. Kushnir is concentrat-ing on the calstabin2 protein,which does not bind to thehuman heart’s ryanodine re-ceptor when the body is over-worked, causing uncontrolledrelease of calcium and an in-creased risk of heart failure.Dr. Marks’s lab successfully

tested a new drug on mice inApril that prevented suddendeath from arrhythmia, andnow Mr. Kushnir is working tounderstand where on theryanodine receptor calstabin2binds to, which could deter-mine the molecular mecha-nisms of this new drug.

“Working in the lab hastaught me how basic laborato-ry research can help developpossible cures for heart fail-

ure,” he said. “This isn’t eso-teric—it’s real because if we’realready treating mice withheart failure, who knowswhere we’ll be in 10 years?”

In August Mr. Kushnir andDr. Mollah presented theirresearch at the InternationalSociety for Computationaland Molecular Biology con-vention in Glasgow, Scotland.Before that, Mr. Kushnir madea trip to Ben-Gurion Univer-sity in Israel, where he metwith Rivka Carmi, PhD, deanof health sciences, to discusspossibilities for collaborativeresearch projects between theuniversities.

Mr. Kushnir’s scientific in-terest and support of Israelhave found a joint home atthe International AcademicFriends of Israel, which pro-motes an open exchange ofideas with Israeli scientists at atime when many sectors ofthe academic community iso-late them. He is director of de-velopment there and is help-ing to organize a research con-ference in Israel for 2006. n

YC Student Publishes Heart Disease Research

Alex Kushnir is helping to develop possible cures for heart failure.

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As America’s Jews celebrate the 350th anniversary of their forebears’ arrival onthese shores, Jewish scholars have been touring the country to help com-munities reconnect with their roots. Jeffrey S. Gurock, PhD, YU’s Libby M.Klaperman Professor in Jewish History, has taken center stage, giving seven

scholarly presentations at conferences nationwide between March and November,while maintaining his full teaching schedule.

“The 350th anniversary is a time for reflection on the unparalleled level of accept-ance and integration Jews have achieved in this country and on the challenges ofmaintaining Jewish continuity in a welcoming American environment,” said Dr.Gurock, who will be expanding on this topic in a forthcoming article in YU Review.

After taking Stern College honors students on a walking tour of the Lower East Sidein late October, Dr. Gurock made four stops on a two-week whirlwind lecture tour ofthe country. He spoke on “Crises of Jewish Adjustment to American Society” at theUniversity of Connecticut’s School of Social Work in Storrs, CN; “The Crowning of a‘Jewish Jordan’: Tamir Goodman, The AmericanSports Media and Modern Orthodox Jewry’s FantasyWorld,” at Creighton University’s Symposium onAmerican Judaism and Popular Culture, in Omaha;and “Immigrant Jews and the Challenge of Athleti-cism,” at Boston University’s conference, “WhyAmerica is Different.”

He was also a keynote speaker at the 150th an-niversary of Congregation Brith Sholom Beth Israel,the Orthodox synagogue in Charleston, SC. On hispreliminary research visit to Charleston, Dr. Gurockunearthed a vast amount of material to review—enough for a book, he discovered. In October,Orthodoxy in Charleston: Brith Shalom Beth Israel andAmerican Jewish History, his 12th book, was publishedby College of Charleston Library in association with Brith Sholom Beth Israel. “TheOrthodox synagogue in Charleston is facing the same challenges as other smallercommunities in the US,” he said.

Never one to slow down once winter sets in, Dr. Gurock has lectures scheduled inNovember and December in Allentown and Pittsburgh, PA, respectively. Even nextyear holds no rest for the not-so-weary professor. Just in time for the World Series infall 2005, his next book, Judaism’s Encounter with American Sports, will be published byIndiana University Press.

“Jews’ involvement in sports is a lens through which the larger dimensions ofJewish life in America can be understood and taught,” Dr. Gurock said. n

Since taking over YU’shead finance post inAugust, Rick Annis sayscoming to work here is

like coming home.“I feel like I have been wel-

comed by a family, from thestudents and faculty to theadministration and boards oftrustees,” said Mr. Annis, anavid long-distance runner,stamp collector, and volun-teer firefighter.

During the past threemonths, the new vice presi-dent for finance and chieffinancial officer has touredYU’s campuses and met withdeans, boards, administra-tion, and his staff to ascertaincampus-wide needs.

He also attended Orienta-tion, and was impressed bythe camaraderie and genuinelove for YU that studentshave.

Before coming to YU, Mr.Annis was the senior vicepresident and chief financialofficer of St. Joseph’s Health-care System, Inc., in Paterson,NJ. He has held similar posi-tions at Catholic HealthcarePartners in Cincinnati, NorthShore–Long Island JewishHealth System, and Long

Island Jewish Medical Center.He holds a master’s in publicadministration from C.W.Post College and is a fellow ofthe Healthcare Financial Man-agement Association.

“Finance is finance,” hesaid, referring to his health-care background. Every in-dustry has its nuances he said,and his experience includesputting together complexfinance deals and major bondissues.

Mr. Annis emphasized hisreliance on the people whowork with him to reach thebottom line.

“I delegate a lot, and I em-power people,” he said of hismanagement style. “I wantmy staff to be continuallylearning.”

And for Mr. Annis, the bot-tom line is results. Becauseeveryone in the university—from employees to students—relies on the finance depart-ment, one of his main objec-tives is to run his departmentas efficiently and as “customerfriendly” as possible.

His mission is to create anefficient balance between theuniversity’s educational andfinancial goals.

In the short term, Mr.Annis plans to send surveys tovarious YU departments toreceive customer feedback.And as a member of PresidentRichard M. Joel’s cabinet, Mr.Annis will help provide fund-ing and financing alternativesas well as take on special proj-ects, to help realize the presi-dent’s objectives.

“If I can improve the uni-versity’s fiscal performanceand financial viability, then Ican help further educationhere,” he said. n

Happy Returns

Rick Annis Takes TopFinance Postn For New Finance Chief, Bottom Line Is Results

Jeffrey Gurock Hits Lecture Circuit for350th Anniversary

Sy Syms School of Business seniors Elli Klapper (second from right) and Isaac Shaer (far right), co-founders of Kaptive Media, present a check to SSSB Dean Charles Snow and President Richard M. Joelrepresenting the first returns from YU’s investment in the start-up company. Kaptive Media, an indooradvertising company specializing in placing ads in elevators, is run by students and guided by a boardof directors comprised of Syms’ faculty. Not pictured are students Aaron Safier and Elliot Rockoff, whoare also involved with Kaptive Media, and Dr. Lawrence Bellman, director of the Rennert Entre-preneurial Institute at Syms, which serves as the incubator for start-up student businesses.

WE MOURN

Colman Genn YH’53. He was a member of the MSDCS-affili-ated Association of Modern Orthodox Day Schools and YeshivaHigh Schools (AMODS) advisory council and co-chairman of itsfinances committee. Condolences to his wife, Brenda, daugh-ter Shari Shapiro, and brother Emanuel Genn YH’52.

Fredda Leff ’78W, WSSW board of governors vice chair andmember. Condolences to her husband, Bruce, and children,Matthew and Fara.

Philip Zaro, WSSW board member. He and his wife, Dorothy,established the Dorothy and Philip Zaro Endowed ScholarshipFund at WSSW, were YU Guardians and WSSW Fellows.Condolences to his wife; children, Stuart, Andrew, and Joseph;eleven grandchildren; and brother and sister, Sam and Clare.

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The Yeshiva Univer-sity Museum (YUM)is marking SternCollege for Women’s

50th anniversary with anexhibit that highlights theschool’s growth and achieve-ments. “Five Decades. OneDream,” the history of YU’sundergraduate women’s col-lege through photos and arti-facts, opened October 21 andruns until January 9, 2005.

“The exhibit celebrates thehistory of Stern as an incuba-tor for scholarship and leader-ship and as a living exampleof the synthesis of Jewish andgeneral studies,” said KarenBacon, PhD, The Dr. MoniqueC. Katz Dean at Stern.

Valedictorian of the Stern1964 graduating class, she re-ceived an award together withE. Billi Ivry, executive vicechairman of Stern’s board, at agala dinner at the museum inrecognition of their roles inbuilding the school.

Ms. Ivry is a Benefactor of

YU, and was the first womantrustee of YU’s board. She es-tablished the E. Billi Ivry Chairin Jewish History at Stern.

The exhibit groups itemsaround the conceptual pillarsof study, spirituality, social

responsibility, and campuslife. A timeline charts Stern’shistory in tandem with mile-stones in Jewish life, thenation’s history, and interna-tional events.

A video, “Portraits of Prom-

ise,” brings the Stern experi-ence to life through testimo-nials by current students, ac-complished alumnae, faculty,and college supporters.

At its founding in 1954,Stern became the first college

where modern Orthodox Jew-ish women could simultane-ously pursue Jewish and liber-al arts studies in a rigorousacademic setting. The firstclass comprised 33 students,and the campus consisted ofone building, at 253 LexingtonAve. Today, the 1,000-strongstudent body makes full use ofan expanded campus of sevenbuildings in Manhattan’s Mur-ray Hill section.

“Stern’s Jubilee theme, ‘FiveDecades. One Dream,’ is botha reflection on its illustriouspast and a validation of its vi-brant growth,” Dr. Bacon said.

“In just fifty years, theschool has graduated thou-sands of women who haveachieved stellar records infields such as medicine, law,education, and the liberalarts, and have attained wide-ranging command of the vari-ous disciplines within Jewishstudies,” she said. Stern Col-lege board member DorisTravis chaired the gala dinner.

Ira M. Millstein, a senior partner in thelaw firm of Weil, Gotshal & Mangesand a renowned expert in corporategovernance, has been elected chair-

person of the board of overseers of AlbertEinstein College of Medicine. Michael F.Price, a pioneer in the mutual funds indus-try, was elected chairperson of the board’sexecutive committee, a position previouslyheld by Mr. Millstein.

“I hope to lead new endeavors that willhelp the college continue to train futurephysicians and to make major advance-ments in finding new and better treat-ments and cures,” Mr. Millstein said. Hesucceeds Robert A. Belfer, chair from 2000to 2004.

“It is an honor to be affiliated with thisworld-class center for biomedical researchand medical education,” said Mr. Price.

Mr. Millstein and Mr. Price take office atan auspicious time in the college’s history,as building is about to begin on its MichaelF. Price Center for Genetic and Transla-tional Medicine, which will be housed inthe new Harold and Muriel Block ResearchPavilion (see page 8). Mr. Price made thelargest philanthropic gift in the college’shistory—$25 million—toward the con-struction of the facility.

Mr. Millstein is currently serving as probono counsel to the board of directors ofthe Lower Manhattan Development Cor-poration. He joined the Einstein board in1977 and was elected a vice chairman in1981.

A benefactor of AECOM, he and his

wife, Diane, received the Einstein Humani-tarian Award in 1993 for their outstandingpublic service. His numerous honors in-clude an honorary degree from YeshivaUniversity. He is a graduate of ColumbiaUniversity Law School.

Mr. Millstein is the Eugene F. WilliamsVisiting Professor in Competitive Enter-prise and Strategy and the honorary chair-man of the board of advisors of the Inter-national Institute for Corporate Gover-nance, both at Yale University School ofManagement.

He serves as chairman of Private SectorAdvisory Group to the Global CorporateGovernance Forum, founded by the WorldBank and the Organization for EconomicCooperation and Development.

An elected fellow of the American Aca-demy of Arts and Sciences, Mr. Millstein isa frequent lecturer and author on corpo-rate governance, antitrust and governmentregulation.

Michael F. Price joined the AECOMboard in 2001. A recognized pioneer in themutual fund industry, he is a global expertin value investing. He is president of theMichael F. Price Foundation, Inc., mana-ging partner of MFP Investors, LLC, anddirector of LiquidNet Holdings. He serveson the boards of Johns Hopkins Universityand Jazz at Lincoln Center, among others.

Mr. Price earned his bachelor’s degree atthe University of Oklahoma. He is therecipient of an honorary degree from hisalma mater, where he has endowed theMichael F. Price College of Business. n

Museum Exhibit Celebrates Stern’s Rich Legacyn Karen Bacon and E. Billi Ivry Receive Awards at Gala Dinner

Ira Millstein and Michael PriceTake Key Roles on Einstein Board

The fellows, who live in the HAFTR community, are an activepresence on Shabbat and holidays. The outreach effort address-es the “challenge of living a life fully committed to Torah and toengagement with the modern world,” said Rabbi GidonRothstein, head of the HAFTR Community Kollel and a 1995graduate of RIETS.

The Kollel Initiative is not a “one-size-fits-all” model, howev-er; each program must be tailored to the community. “We’re aservice operation. We work with the professionals and lay lead-ers to create a program that fits the need,” said Rabbi DavidIsrael, director of MSDCS. Other programs have already beenestablished in Boca Raton; Dallas; Cedarhurst, NY; andBaltimore. n

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L–R: President Richard M. Joel, Doris Travis, Dean Karen Bacon, and E. Billi Ivry.

The Honorable John T. Noonan, Jr., Justice for the 9th US CircuitCourt of Appeals, and Asifa Quraishi, University of Wisconsin LawSchool, were among the panelists who spoke at “Text, Tradition,and Reason in Comparative Perspective,” the inaugural sympo-sium of the Program in Jewish Law and Interdisciplinary Studies atBenjamin N. Cardozo School of Law. The program, which openedin October, brings together scholars of varied legal traditions and fields to contribute a distinctively Jewish legal perspective onissues in law and culture.

6 YUToday November 2004

oseph Wilf, chief execu-tive officer of GardenHomes Management, areal-estate development,building, and manage-

ment firm based in Union, NJ,has been elected vice chair-man of YU’s board of trustees.

Mr. Wilf, a Holocaust sur-vivor, became involved in theuniversity’s leadership in1990 when he joined theboard of Sy Syms School ofBusiness. Three years later, hewas elected a trustee of theuniversity.

Mr. Wilf and his family areamong New Jersey’s mostprominent leaders and sup-porters of Jewish educationand other Jewish causes. In1990, he and his brother, thelate Harry Wilf, endowed amajor need-based scholarshipfund for students at YeshivaCollege and Stern College forWomen.

The Wilf family subse-quently endowed a secondmajor scholarship fund fordistinguished undergraduatescholars, and in 2002, theymade a gift to name the uni-versity’s main campus, in theWashington Heights section

of Manhattan, the WilfCampus.

The Wilf Family Founda-tion, which Mr. Wilf founded,supports United Way, St. Bar-nabas Medical Center, Eliza-beth General Medical Center,the American Cancer Society,Mount Sinai Medical Center,Shaare Zedek Hospital, andSchneider Children’s Hospitalin Israel.

Among numerous commu-nal affiliations, Mr. Wilf is aleader of the American Societyof Yad Vashem, UJA-Federa-tion, State of Israel Bonds, andthe Jewish National Fund. Heis a board member and past

president of the Jewish Fed-eration of Central New Jerseyand of the Jewish EducationalCenter, founder and boardmember of the Central NewJersey Home for the Aged,board member of Jewish Fam-ily Services of Central NewJersey, and former treasurer ofthe Jewish Horizon.

He also is active in theleadership of the JewishAgency, Kean University, theJewish Museum in New YorkCity, and the Joint Distribu-tion Committee. Mr. Wilf is afounder of the United StatesHolocaust Memorial Museumand Kean University Holo-caust Resource Center, andNorth American president ofthe March of the Living.

For his philanthropic andhumanitarian endeavors, Mr.Wilf was awarded honorarydoctoral degrees from YeshivaUniversity and the RabbinicalCollege of America, and re-ceived the Louis BrandeisHumanitarian Award of theZionist Organization of Amer-ica and the David Ben GurionPeace Medal of State of IsraelBonds. n

Warren Eisenberg, co-chairman of Bed Bathand Beyond, and Matthew J. Maryles, amember of the tax advisory firm of WolfMaryles and Associates, have been elected

to the YU board of trustees.Mr. Eisenberg became involved in the university’s lead-

ership in 2000, when he joined the board of Sy SymsSchool of Business (SSSB). He has spoken about his com-pany’s management philosophy as part of the businessschool’s Dr. Ira and Doris Kukin Entrepreneurial LectureSeries and, with his wife, Mitzi, endowed a major scholar-ship fund to assist students to attend SSSB. He recentlybecame one of the inaugural sup-porters of the Graduate Fellowshipprogram.

Mr. Eisenberg founded Bed Bathand Beyond with Leonard Feinsteinin 1971. Today the home-furnish-ings retail company operates morethan 600 stores in all 50 states andPuerto Rico.

A resident of Short Hills, NJ, Mr.Eisenberg is a leader and supporter ofseveral charitable endeavors. He is adirector of Berkshire Hills EmanuelCamp and a founder and director ofthe “I Have a Dream” program ofTemple Emanu-El in Westfield, NJ,which subsidizes college expensesand support services for approxi-mately 50 students from Plainfield,NJ. Mr. Eisenberg and his wife havefour children and 12 grandchildren.

Mr. Maryles, a Brooklyn resident,became a founding member of theYeshiva College board of directors in 1990. He also servesas co-chair of the Association of Modern Orthodox DaySchools, which is a project of the Max Stern Division ofCommunal Services at YU’s affiliated Rabbi Isaac ElchananTheological Seminary.

A prominent leader in the Jewish community, Mr.Maryles is president of the Jewish Community RelationsCouncil of New York, a member of the executive commit-tees of UJA-Federation of New York and the OrthodoxCaucus, and secretary of the board of the Caroline andJoseph S. Gruss Life Monument Funds, Inc. Among hisprevious communal activities are Mr. Maryles’s service asco-chairman of the Fund for Jewish Education, as presi-dent of the Gesher Foundation, and as president of theYeshiva of Flatbush.

He earned his JD degree from Brooklyn Law School andBS degree from Brooklyn College. His wife, Gladys, is aboard member of the Yeshiva University Museum. Theirdaughter, Julia, is a graduate of Stern College for Women,and several sons-in-law are graduates of YC and BenjaminN. Cardozo School of Law. n

J Researchers at Albert Einstein College of Medicine have received a grant of near-ly $1 million from the National Institutes of Health to lead a study testing genetherapy as a new strategy for combating HIV-1, the virus that causes AIDS. Headedby Vinayaka Prasad, PhD, AECOM professor of microbiology and immunology, thefour-year project will focus on developing novel anti-HIV molecules calledaptamers.

J The National Foundation for Cancer Research has awarded a $250,000 grant andnamed Einstein researcher Susan Horwitz, PhD, professor of cell biology and ofmolecular pharmacology, to its highest distinction, NFCR Fellow. The honor allowsDr. Horwitz the flexibility and capability to explore scientific research over the nextfive years that will improve treatment options for patients for whom cancerchemotherapy has failed.

J Paula Cohen, PhD, AECOM assistant professor of molecular genetics and ofobstetrics, gynecology and women’s health, received a grant from the NationalDown Syndrome Society to support her research of maternal mismatch repair pro-teins and their role in the origins of trisomy 21, the chromosome abnormality thatcauses Down syndrome. Dr. Cohen’s research will shed light on the genetic andenvironmental contributions to Down syndrome predisposition, two factors aboutwhich little is known.

J Researchers at Einstein have discovered a novel molecular mechanism that con-trols cell suicide, or apoptosis. The finding, which appears in the September issue ofthe journal Molecular Cell, could have implications for treating major health prob-lems such as cancer and heart disease. The group was led by Richard N. Kitsis, MD,professor of medicine and cell biology, Gerald and Myra Dorros Professor of Cardio-vascular Disease, and director of the Cardiovascular Research Center at Einstein.

J T. Byram Karasu, MD, Silverman Professor and university chairman, departmentof psychiatry and behavioral sciences, was the recipient of the John A. Graft Awardof the Mayo Clinic for 2004.

Joseph Wilf Named Board Vice Chair

Einstein on the Cutting Edge

Communal LeadersElected to YU Board

Warren Eisenberg

Matthew Maryles

Board News

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Rabbi Howard S. Balter ’83Y,R has been named a member of the RIETSboard of trustees.

Paul D. Brusiloff ’91C, a partner with Debevoise & Plimpton LLP, waselected to the CSL board of directors.

David B. Chapnick, Madaleine Berley, and Robin Meltzer were elect-ed to the WSSW board of governors.

Henry Kressel ’55Y has been named a member of the SSSB board ofdirectors.

Matthew J. Maryles and Warren Eisenberg have been named to theYU board of trustees (see above).

Joseph Wilf, CEO of Garden Homes Management, was elected vicechairman of the board of trustees (see above).

vice chairman in March 2000.“Morry Weiss is a respected

philanthropist and leader inhis hometown of Cleveland,in the Jewish world, and inthe American business com-munity,” President Richard M.Joel said. “He will be an im-portant partner in moving theuniversity forward as we em-bark on the first phase of anew strategic plan to positionthe institution as America’sJewish university in service tohumanity.

“This venture will entailsweeping advancements inacademics, and increasedservices to students as the uni-versity begins its reposition-ing as a leadership incubatorfor the Jewish people,”President Joel continued. “Mr.Weiss, who is deeply involvedin Jewish education, has thevision and creativity to leadus into this new era.”

Mr. Weiss joined AmericanGreetings, headquartered inCleveland, in 1961. It is the

world’s largest publicly ownedcreative manufacturer anddistributor of social expres-sion products, and employsmore than 20,000 associates.

In 1978, Mr. Weiss becamepresident and chief operatingofficer, and in 1987, was elect-ed chief executive officer. Fiveyears later, he became chair-man of its board, while retain-ing his title of chief executiveofficer. In June 2003, Mr.Weiss retired as CEO, whileremaining chairman of theboard.

He also serves as a directorof National City Corporationand is on the advisory boardsof Primus Venture Partners,United Jewish Communities,the Cleveland Orchestra, theCleveland Clinic, and UnitedWay, and is on the ListedCompany Advisory Commit-tee to the New York Stock Ex-change Board.

“I look forward to partner-ing with President Joel inadvancing the importantwork of YU,” Mr. Weiss said.“I am aware that we stand onthe shoulders of giants, in-cluding Dr. Lamm and many

others. My family owes a greatdeal to YU.”

Mr. Stanton was electedchairman-emeritus. He saidhe was extremely pleased tohave been called upon to helplead the university during itsrecent transition from formerPresident Norman Lamm toPresident Joel.

Mr. Stanton’s tenure em-phasized enhancements tostudent life, increased scholar-ships, and major improve-ments in the campus environ-ment. He also chaired the his-toric capital campaign thatraised more than $400 mil-lion. “It is now time for thenew chairman to execute thepresident’s strategic plan withdedication and aggressive ac-tion,” Mr. Stanton said.

Mr. Weiss’s family haslongstanding ties to YUthrough the Stone-Sapirstein-Weiss Family Foundation,which endowed the Stone-Sapirstein Chair in JewishEducation and Stone-Sapir-stein Scholarship and Intern-ship Program at YU’s affiliatedRabbi Isaac Elchanan Theo-logical Seminary. The family

also established the Irving I.Stone Beit Midrash Program atYU.

Born in 1940 in Czecho-slovakia and raised in Detroit,Mr. Weiss attended WayneState University and earned abachelor’s degree at CaseWestern Reserve University.

He received an HonoraryDoctor of Humane Letters de-gree from Yeshiva Universityin 1994.

He and his wife, Judy, havefour sons who are YeshivaCollege alumni, three ofwhom are executives at Amer-ican Greetings Corp. n

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When it cametime to changecareers, Jona-than Halpert,

PhD, didn’t have to look far.As the popular coach of the

Yeshiva University men’s bas-ketball team, he has been awell-known face on campusfor more than 30 years. Yet his“day job” for most of thattime had been as CEO of theCamelot Residential and Edu-cation Center, which providesresidential care for the devel-opmentally disabled and sup-ports research and trainingprograms for professionalswho work with the handi-capped.

While Dr. Halpert contem-plated retiring from Camelot,a new opportunity sprang upat YU when Richard Zerneckretired as director of athletics.Dr. Halpert, who took overdirectorship of the depart-ment in summer 2004, willremain head basketball coach.

Dr. Halpert’s ties to YU rundeep: he graduated magnacum laude from Yeshiva Col-lege in 1966 and earned hisPhD from YU’s Ferkauf Grad-uate School of Humanitiesand Social Sciences (todayFerkauf Graduate School ofPsychology) in 1978. All fiveof his children attended YUschools. His alma mater hon-ored him with the Distin-guished Achievement in Ath-

letic Education Award in June2004.

Known affectionately as“Coach,” he owns the recordfor most seasons coached,most victories, and most con-secutive winning seasons.Twice, the College BasketballOfficials Association voted Dr.Halpert “Coach of the Year.”He also founded BackDoorHoops, a nonprofit organiza-tion that serves as a basketballclinic for yeshiva elementaryand high-school players andcoaches.

“I’ve been here so long. Ithought I knew almost every-thing there was to knowabout YU,” Dr. Halpert said.“Now that I’m in anadministrative posi-tion, there are manythings I need to ad-dress. I was surprisedat how much I needto learn about theother teams.”

On his agenda asnew athletic directorare plans to build upYU’s volleyball andsoccer programs andto establish men’sand women’s soft-ball teams at theclub level. Club-levelteams are not ascompetitive as varsi-ty-level teams, andtherefore allow agreater number of

students to participate.Dr. Halpert said he also

wants to improve the men’sand women’s intramural pro-grams by enlisting the help ofoutside referees rather thanstudent volunteers. Althoughstudents have done a fine jobof refereeing, he said, they arenot professionally trained andare not immune to partiality.

Like his predecessor, Dr.Halpert sees the role of athlet-ics at YU as primarily educa-tional. “Our focus will be onhealth and wellness, which inthe long run is a significantcontribution that we canmake to students’ lives,” hesaid. n

Voices of Bereavement: A Casebook for Grief Counselorsby Joan Beder ’93W, DSW, WSSW associate professorA collection of compelling case studies drawn from the author’sexperiences as a grief counselor, each of which reflects on anunusual set of circumstances.

Eyewitness to Jewish Historyby Rabbi Benjamin Blech ’54Y,RJohn Wiley and SonsHoboken, NJA unique chronicle featuring excerpts from journals, letters, news-papers, public testimony, and ancient documents, which providesnapshots of daily life from biblical times to the modern day.

Journal of Jewish Music and Liturgyedited by Macy Nulman YH,’45Y, former BSJM directorAvailable through BSJMPublished by the Cantorial Council of America and containsarticles about hazzanut and cantorial liturgy.

Halpert Finds a Full-time Home at YUn Basketball Coach Takes Over Athletics Department

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green, and blue tones. A far cry from the small, dark basementit was last year, the contemporary and comfortable hangoutoffers flat-screen TVs, wireless Internet access, and a place tosimply relax.

The $2.2 million renovation, a much-needed alternative tothe crowded Seryl and Charles Kushner Dining Hall, was creat-ed in consultation with student leaders.

The café is open Monday–Wednesday, 8:30 a.m.–8:30 p.m.,and Thursdays, 8:30 a.m.–3 p.m. The lounge is open until 1 a.m.

Computer UpgradesStudents on the Wilf and Beren campuses will soon be able tolog in from any computer classroom, thanks to new servers inthe academic computing labs. Replacement of machines in thescience labs and classrooms is now under way, with 65 newcomputers already installed at 245 and 215 Lexington Ave. and100 slated for the Wilf Campus.

Wireless computer access is being rolled out across the threeManhattan campuses. Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law nowhas access points on all library floors, in the Jacob Burns MootCourt, and in the main lobby. Wi-fi capability also is available atthe new food court and lounge at 215 Lexington Ave., at theHedy Steinberg Library at Beren, and on the fourth floor of theGottesman Library at Wilf. Students are able to print from theirwireless laptops at these locations through a new, vended pay-for-print service. MIS plans to expand wireless service during thespring semester. n

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More than 400people gatheredto witness a newchapter in the

history of Albert Einstein Col-lege of Medicine Oct. 13 whenlocal dignitaries, donors, andstaff broke ground on a new$200-million research facility.Located at the corner of Mor-ris Park Avenue and East-chester Road in the Bronx, thebuilding will expand the Jackand Pearl Resnick Campusfrom 16 to 26 acres, and willdouble the amount of avail-able laboratory space.

“This is a monumental dayin the life of Einstein Col-lege,” said Dominick Purpura,MD, the Marilyn and StanleyM. Katz Dean. “The researchthat will take place in thisnew building will be at thefrontier of biomedical scienceand has the potential to im-pact every area of medicinefrom cardiovascular disease,cancer, and diabetes to genet-ic disorders, Alzheimer’s dis-ease and many others.”

The five-story building willbe named in honor ofMichael F. Price and MurielBlock and her late husbandHarold, who have made thetwo largest gifts in the 50-year

history of the medical school.Mr. Price, a pioneer in the

mutual fund industry, made adonation of $25 million to-ward the creation of theMichael F. Price Center forGenetic and TranslationalMedicine at Einstein. ThePrice Center will be housed inthe new Harold and MurielBlock Research Pavilion, madepossible by a $21 million giftfrom Mrs. Block.

“With Einstein, I see a sup-port network where anythingwe do, we’ll succeed,” said Mr.Price. “The school’s visionabout where science can go isamazing and what betterplace to do it all than in NewYork City and the Bronx.”

Mrs. Block said she wasproud to be part of “a researchproject established for thegood of mankind.”

The 201,000-square-footbuilding will be the largestmedical research facility con-structed in the Bronx sincethe college opened in 1955.Congressman Joseph Crowleyhighlighted the facility’s in-vestment in the borough,lauding the “four hundredadditional jobs that will becreated once the building iscomplete.” He was among a

group of elected officials fromNew York City and New YorkState that included BronxBorough President AdolfoCarrion, Jr.

Slated for completion by2008, the facility will house40 state-of-the-art researchlaboratories, 10 specializedscientific facilities, and a 100-seat auditorium. The laborato-ries will enable Einstein to

bring together world-class sci-entists and the most advancedtechnology to uncover theorigins of health and diseaseat the molecular level.

Each floor will house“open laboratories” wherebiomedical investigators mayeasily consult with one anoth-er, continuing Einstein’s not-able history of fostering scien-tific collaboration among its

own faculty members andwith individuals at other in-stitutions around the world.

After the ceremony, whichalso included speeches fromPresident Richard M. Joeland Einstein’s board chair IraM. Millstein, guests attendeda celebratory luncheon oncampus. n

Einstein Breaks Ground on Biomedical Science Centern Price Center to Double Lab Space, Place Medical School at Frontier of Genetic Research

L–R: Morry J. Weiss, Dean Dominick Purpura, Michael Price, Ira Millstein, Muriel Block, President Richard M. Joel, Robert Belfer, and Burton Resnick.