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The Jerusalem Therapy Center, a collaboration between the Wurzweiler School of Social Work and Amudim Israel, will be staffed by Wurzweiler graduate students, recent graduates, and other professionals specializing in various modalities such as addiction, anxiety, and trauma.
This partnership aims to address the pressing mental health needs of English-speaking immigrants in Israel, offering support to those psychologically affected by the pandemic, gap-year students facing the challenges of being away from home, and new immigrants adapting to life in Israel.
Dr. Selma Botman, provost and vice president for academic affairs, emphasized Wurzweiler's unique position to educate the next generation of mental health professionals while providing high-level services to the community in Israel.
The initiative aligns with Yeshiva University's broader mission of serving the needs of individuals in Israel, reflecting the institution's commitment to delivering exceptional training, support, and expertise.
The Center will particularly focus on gap-year students, offering affordable and quality mental health care to this vulnerable population who are often away from their families and support systems for the first time.
This initiative recognizes the unique challenges faced by these students, who may not be covered for mental health counseling by tourist/temporary health insurance, providing them with vital support.
Nechama Munk, senior program director of Wurzweiler in Israel, highlighted the real need for mental health services in the English-speaking community in Israel, especially during challenging times.
The Therapy Center aims to offer relief and hope, acknowledging that obtaining good, affordable treatment is challenging for all Israelis and even more so for those whose mother tongue isn't Hebrew.
In response to the increased rates of anxiety and depression since the onset of the pandemic, the Jerusalem Therapy Center aims to contribute to the worldwide call for stepped-up mental health services and support.
While COVID did not create new mental health issues, it exacerbated existing difficulties, making accessible and quality mental health services more necessary than ever.
The Jerusalem Therapy Center will also serve other often overlooked demographics, including soldiers struggling with PTSD and individuals making aliya who find the financial, cultural, and psychological stress overwhelming.
This broader focus ensures that various segments of the population facing mental health challenges receive the support they need.
Beyond addressing immediate mental health needs, the Jerusalem Therapy Center will create long-term benefits by providing English-speaking clinical fieldwork placements for Wurzweiler graduate students, supervised by experienced clinicians.
This not only helps students gain valuable skills but also allows them to give back to the community.
The Jerusalem Therapy Center will offer training and enrichment seminars for gap-year administrators, educators, directors, and therapists, providing them with the tools to guide students who may be struggling.
This comprehensive approach ensures that professionals working with vulnerable populations receive the necessary training to support those facing mental health challenges.
Despite a nationwide drop in college enrollment, Yeshiva University celebrated a record-breaking academic year with a remarkable 20 percent increase in undergraduate enrollment from fall 2021 to fall 2022.
The upward trend is anticipated to continue in fall 2023, with applications surging over 10 percent from the previous year. This growth in both quantity and quality is a stark contrast to the 8 percent decline in college enrollment nationwide from 2019 to 2022, marking the worst plunge ever recorded.
Yeshiva University's success in enrollment is attributed to a substantial rise in national rankings, as it climbed 30 spots in the U.S. News & World Report's Best Colleges ranking since 2020, now standing at #7 among universities with undergraduate enrollment less than 5,000.
This places YU alongside prestigious institutions such as MIT, Caltech, and Dartmouth, appealing to students seeking a top-tier education and individualized attention to research.
Notably, the Rise Up Campaign, with a fundraising goal of $613 million, has significantly contributed to Yeshiva University's success, surpassing the halfway mark with over $350 million raised in the past year.
The campaign, launched last year, reflects the generosity of YU's alumni and friends network, showcasing the community's commitment to the university's growth and success.
Yeshiva University's academic excellence is reflected in its graduates' success, with a placement rate of 97.6% within six months of graduation, including employment offers and admissions to graduate schools.
Graduates secure positions in world-class companies such as Amazon, Twitter, Goldman Sachs, J.P. Morgan, and Google, highlighting the value of a YU education in the professional world.
YU's commitment to a holistic student experience is evident in the wide range of fields students explore, from intensive Torah studies to cutting-edge research in business, entrepreneurship, psychology, pre-medicine, cybersecurity, and history.
For instance, Yeshiva University's Bachelor's in Computer Science offers an innovative curriculum tailored for students to transition seamlessly into top-tier jobs in the New Economy.
The university's warm and welcoming community, boasting over 150 student-run organizations and clubs, contributes to an enriching student life experience
Students engage in various extracurricular activities, including politics, Holocaust education, journalism, medical ethics, music, and the arts, fostering a close-knit sense of community.
ntegral to YU's exceptional undergraduate experience is the exposure to renowned Torah faculty, including world-class Roshei Yeshiva, Poskim, and Torah educators who interact with and teach undergrads regularly.
This interaction provides students, including those returning from intensive Torah study in Israel, with unique learning and growth opportunities to progress in their religious studies and Jewish lives.
Thanks to the continued success of the Rise Up Campaign, YU has increased its scholarship programs, ensuring greater affordability for its growing student body.
The campaign has not only contributed to financial assistance but has also propelled Yeshiva University to become a home for a record number of new students, emphasizing the invaluable educational opportunity it presents.
Recognizing the importance of a Jewish education and environment during formative years, parents are drawn to Yeshiva University, especially amid growing antisemitism both domestically and abroad.
Geri Mansdorf, Assistant Vice President of Enrollment, notes that these college years have an extraordinary impact on shaping individuals' identities, and YU provides a safe place for students to forge their adult identities rooted in Jewish values.
In conclusion, Yeshiva University stands as a flagship Jewish university, offering an unparalleled combination of a world-class college education and a world-class yeshiva, creating a supportive community for shomrei Torah and mitzvot.
As the Rise Up Campaign propels YU to new heights, its unique value, both in academic and religious dimensions, continues to attract students, making it a gateway to enormous professional and personal success.
In Yeshiva University's interdisciplinary master's degree program in artificial intelligence (AI), students engage in designing and constructing state-of-the-art AI technologies with applications spanning finance, biotech, cybersecurity, ad-tech, and health care.
Collaborating with esteemed researchers and industry experts, students merge AI and machine learning models, including supervised and unsupervised learning, deep learning, neural networks, and reinforcement learning, with engineering best practices such as problem framing, requirements gathering, UI/UX, and software development. The program ensures hands-on experience with structured and unstructured data using cutting-edge tools like Python, R, SQL/NoSQL, TensorFlow, Keras, and pyTorch, all within the vibrant atmosphere of New York City.
The New York metropolitan area, boasting the highest number of AI-related jobs in the country, serves as the ideal backdrop for graduates of Yeshiva University's AI master's program.
Equipped with comprehensive knowledge, skills, and hands-on experience, graduates are prepared for diverse roles in research and development groups, product design labs, innovative startups, and Ph.D. programs.
Students delve into designing and building AI applications across various domains, including natural language processing, image recognition, computer vision, chatbots, search and optimization, autonomous action, sentiment and emotion analysis, assistive agents, and more.
The curriculum covers the mathematical foundations, concepts, use cases, and coding behind AI's algorithms, preparing students to translate AI research into tangible products, services, and startups.
The program's current projects reflect its commitment to impactful research, addressing topics such as the financial impact of tropical cyclones on the U.S. real estate sector, medical imaging and AI, prediction of total body water volume in hemodialysis patients, and prediction of recurrent complications in COVID-19 patients
Additionally, ongoing projects explore deep portfolio theory, portfolio optimization with regime changes, and index tracking using reinforcement learning, showcasing the breadth of AI applications.
The AI Fellows program at Yeshiva University offers students a unique opportunity to collaborate with peers and alumni from over 30 countries, working on pioneering research, citywide initiatives, and technologies shaping a smarter, safer, and healthier world.
As AI Fellows, students benefit from industry mentorship, present their research at the Katz School's annual Symposium on Science, Technology, and Health, and receive a scholarship reducing total tuition to $25K for the entire graduate degree.
Yeshiva University's master's in AI program provides a unique B.A./M.S. Pathways option, allowing undergraduates from Yeshiva College, Stern College for Women, and the Sy Syms School of Business to take up to 12 graduate credits that count toward both their bachelor's and master's degrees.
This option streamlines the path to a master's degree, enabling students to complete their graduate studies in just one more year after finishing their bachelor's degree.
The program prioritizes internships, ensuring students gain valuable industry experience through placements at major companies, startups, and the YU Innovation Lab, all contributing to STEM-OPT eligibility
The Katz School's master's in artificial intelligence is STEM-approved, providing international students with up to 36 months of Optional Practical Training (OPT) and several opportunities for Curricular Practical Training (CPT).
Professor Oxilas, PA-C, is an experienced PA educator and astute clinician with a passion for giving back to the community. After receiving an M.S. in Physician Assistant Studies from Long Island University, he returned home to Queens where he continues to practice emergency medicine at St. John's Episcopal Hospital in Far Rockaway, NY.
At YU, he teaches Human Anatomy, Patient Evaluation, Clinical Skills and Procedures, and Clinical Medicine courses.
Aleksandr Zhuk, the chief information security officer at the San Francisco Open Exchange (SFOX), has 25-plus years of experience in delivering business value for Fortune 100 financial-services and startup organizations.
He is the creator and co-founder of the Business Relationship Management Institute, a go-to source of professional learning and a community catalyst for more than 20,000 BRM professionals in 40 countries around the world.
He holds a doctorate in management and organizational leadership from the University of Phoenix and a master of engineering degree in cybersecurity policy and compliance from George Washington University.
He has published numerous articles on topics in IT and business management, and holds BRMP, CISM, CISSP, CRISC, CDPSE, CSM and ITIL Expert certifications, as well as other leading professional certifications. Dr. Zhuk has taught and created a number of graduate courses in cybersecurity, IT management, and organizational leadership.
Alexandra Laghezza, PhD. OTR/L brings experience working with the older adult population as an occupational therapist and her background in disability studies to Yeshiva University's Occupational Therapy Doctorate program. Dr. Laghezza has research experience related to older adults with dementia and aging in place.
She continues to practice as an occupational therapist in skilled nursing facilities and home health care.
David Sweet is a quantitative trader and former machine learning engineer at 3Red Partners, a social media company in New York. He co-founded a cryptocurrency trading company, Bedford Ave. Trading/Galaxy Digital Trading, which was acquired by the first crypto-focused investment bank. He was the principal author of KDE 2.0 Development, published by Macmillan in 2000, and was a contributing author to Special Edition: Using KDE, also published by Macmillan, both books about computer programming and experimental methods for ML engineers working in finance and technology. His
book, Tuning Up: From A/B Testing to Bayesian Optimization, which is an extension of his lectures on tuning quantitative trading systems over the past three years, will be published by Manning this year. In addition, he has published research in Nature, Physical Review Letters and Physical Review D, and helped fashion the Nature research into an exhibit at the Museum of Mathematics in New York City. David holds a Ph.D. in physics from the University of Maryland, and a B.S. in physics and B.A. in mathematics from Duke University.
Amarildo Gjondrekaj is a Manager of Global Strategic Alignment within Data & Services Strategy at Mastercard, where is has worked for almost five years.
He is an adjunct professor for Katz's Data Visualization and Analytics program, where he teaches Data and Product Design.
He also teaches corporate strategy in the Department of Management at Baruch College. Born in Albania, Amarildo moved to the States in the late 1990 s.
He was co-lead of the advisory board for Madison Strategies Group, an economic empowerment organization, and for Solving Kids Cancer where he was chairman of their junior board for four years.
He teaches Data Product Design.
He holds an MBA from Cornell Tech and an undergraduate degree in finance and investments from Baruch College.
Dr. Amiya Waldman-Levi received her undergraduate, graduate, and doctorate in Occupational Therapy from the Hebrew University, and completed two postdoctoral pieces of training.
Her first postdoctoral training focused on parent-child observation-based assessments, attachment representations, and playfulness conducted at The New School of Social Research, Clinical Psychology Department; The Center for Attachment Research.
Her second postdoctoral training focused on assessment and intervention of adults with cognitive and executive function deficits at The School of Health and Natural Studies, Mercy College.
Prior to joining Yeshiva University, Dr. Waldman-Levi held multiple academic appointments at Mercy College School of Health and Natural Studies, at the Occupational Therapy Department, Long Island University, and at the School of Occupational Therapy, The Hebrew University, Israel. Dr. Waldman-Levi continues to foster her national and international, professional, and inter-professional collaborations she developed over the years.
Andrew Christler is an internationally respected medical speech-language pathologist and holds varying degrees and experiences from all over the world.
He earned his master's degree in speech-language pathology from Wayne State University and an MBA with a concentration in healthcare economics and administration from the University of Cincinnati.
He authored and published the book The Voice Ball Protocol in 2018. He travels the globe as a sought after lecturer/instructor in the areas of voice disorders, transgender voice and swallowing disorders.
Andrew is an advanced clinician using endoscopy and FEES as diagnostic and biofeedback tools for GERD.
He uses his business and dysphagia expertise to establish new FEES programs across the country and the globe through SEC Medical.
He has been using telepractice to reach patient's globally through his own private practice for over a decade.
Andy Catlin is a data scientist and data system developer, skilled at financial instrument pricing and forecasting using the weighted Black Scholes Merton model, as well as incorporating yield curve analysis into emerging markets products.
He is experienced at migrating client-server systems into web and cloud-hosted solutions, and his key initiatives included incorporating artificial intelligence and neural networks in specialized applications, C++ financial libraries, security authentication bottleneck correction, patient-days forecasting model using Box Jenkins, production replication architectures, and multiphase commit and log-shipping architectures.
His major clients include Fidelity Investments, Smart Money, Donaldson, Lufkin and Jenrette, Manufacturers Hanover Trust, the National Football League and The Wall Street Journal.
He is the founder of the tech startup Hudson Technology Group, which was acquired by Incepta. He teaches the Capstone; Internship; and Independent Study, as well as training courses include Python, R, Java, C, C++, SQL, and NoSQL. He holds an undergraduate degree from the City University of New York.
Dr. Marini is a professor of mathematics. Her teaching interests include Ordinary and Partial Differential Equations, with applications to modeling in environmental and biological sciences; Calculus and Advanced Calculus; Topology;
Linear Algebra; Abstract Algebra; Real and Complex Variables; Functional Analysis; Geometric Analysis; Morse Theory; Differential Geometry; and Lie Groups.
Asaf Hochman is a former global head of product marketing at TikTok where he led product strategy and growth for the company's ad network.
He also was a product strategy and marketing leader at Facebook, where he spearheaded monetization solutions for the world's leading media companies, including Disney, Viacom, NBC and The New York Times.
Prior to Facebook, he led global product marketing at the unicorn startup Outbrain. He has also held digital strategy roles at various ad agencies and started his career as a software engineer in the Israel Defense Forces.
He teaches the marketing capstone, and holds an MBA in marketing and strategy from the University of Michigan.
Atif Ghauri is a managing partner at Mazars USA, an international audit, tax and advisory firm, and a cyber security practice leader, responsible for all aspects of the business from sales to service delivery.
He founded Mazars in 2018 and has built it into a global delivery center that includes cyber security fusion centers.
A cyber security expert for 20 years, he patented an algorithm for security analytics on embedded consumer devices monitoring user-activity anomalies.
Prior to Mazars, he was chief technology officer for the Herjavec Group, the world's largest independently owned Managed Security Service Provider, where he led a three-year, $250 million geographical expansion. As senior vice president of managed security services, he led sales and strategy for the company's most profitable and fastest-growing business. Ghauri holds a master's degree in technology management from the University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School and bachelor's degree from Schreyer Honors College at Penn State University.
Dr. Avi Giloni received his PhD in statistics and operations research from the Leonard Stern School of Business at New York University.
He is Associate Dean and an Associate Professor of Operations Management and Statistics at Sy Syms School of Business. He is also the school's area coordinator for Information and Decision Sciences.
He teaches various courses, including Operations Management and Statistics, in which he stresses students' understanding and modeling of randomness and risk.
His areas of research include robust forecasting, optimization, and stochastic system design and their applications to supply chain management.
Dr. Giloni is an associate dean and associate professor of operations management and statistics at the Sy Syms School of Business.
He is also the school's area coordinator for Information and Decision Sciences.
The M.S. in Biotechnology Management and Entrepreneurship is an interdisciplinary program designed specifically for the workforce needs of the biotechnology industry. This highly competitive program impacts society in the areas of food, fuel and health.
In this program, you'll master the mission-critical scientific, technical and business knowledge needed to launch, manage, scale and commercialize biotechnology innovations and delivery systems. You ll learn what it takes to shepherd a great idea through regulations, clinical trials, compliance and patents.
Through the B.A./M.S. program, undergraduates from Yeshiva College and Stern College for Women can take up to nine graduate credits that count toward both the bachelor's and master's degrees.
After completing the bachelor s, students can finish the graduate degree in just one more year.
Gain industry experience in major companies, startups and the YU Innovation Lab through internships that count toward your degree.
The Master's in Biotechnology Management and Entrepreneurship is a STEM-approved degree.
International students may be eligible for up to 36 months of Optional Practical Training (OPT).
The program also offers several opportunities for Curricular Practical Training (CPT).
Brandon Chiazza, a DAV instructor and chief technology officer in the New York City Mayor's Office of Contract Services, leads a team of 50 independent consultants and directs employees in three units ”Enterprise Data Services, Project Management Office, and Design and Quality Assurance ”in the technology strategy division.
As part of his job, he oversaw the technical implementation of PASSPort Release 1, the replacement for VENDEX, the city's vendor portal for vetting and preparing to do business with the city; PASSPort Release 2, the replacement of the city's purchasing system and the centralized creation of a citywide invoicing system; and Release 3, the city's sourcing-to-contract system.
The $50 million PASSPort project, an end-to-end cloud-based procurement solution for the City of New York, supports approximately 50,000 transactions and $21 billion in spending annually.
In addition, he oversaw the development of an Enterprise Data Warehouse & Business Intelligence system, a project that consolidated citywide procurement and contracting legacy systems into a centralized warehouse while leveraging a cloud-based infrastructure.
The George Washington University 1988 B.A. Economics / Minor: Political Science Cum Laude with Special Honors in Economics
The George Washington University Law School 1991 J.D. Editor-in-Chief, The Advocate Administrative Advocacy Clinic
Brian Malkin is an instructor in the M.S. in Biotechnology Management and Entrepreneurship program and a partner at the law firm of McDermott, Will & Emery in Washington, D.C. He counsels pharmaceutical and biologic clients on Food and Drug Administration regulatory matters and intellectual property law, with an emphasis on patent litigation.
His practice, which is at the intersection of FDA-regulated products and patent law, involves partnering with drug manufacturers, biotechnology clients, medical device companies and cannabis companies as they develop new products and protect their innovations though lifecycle management, bringing their products to market and pursuing transactional opportunities.