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On March 22, 2023, the Straus Center and the Jay and Jeanie Schottenstein Honors Program hosted a lunchtime talk with Dr. Dmytro Vovk, visiting professor at the Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law.
In Fall 2022, Rabbi Netanel Wiederblank, Maggid Shiur at RIETS and author of the Illuminating Jewish Thought series, co-taught a Straus Center course on "Ethics in Artificial Intelligence" with professional engineer and rabbinic scholar Rabbi Dr. Mois Navon.
Students from the Katz School claimed first- and third-place finishes, as well as the Ethical Impact Award, in YU’s Innovation Lab Challenge Pitch Night.
At this year’s Langfan Family Constitutional Oratory Competition, Straus Scholar Yakov Sundel (YC '24) and incoming Straus Scholar Sruli Friedman (YC '26) took first place and an honorable mention, respectively.
On March 19, 2023, Straus Center Director Rabbi Dr. Meir Soloveichik delivered the annual Rabbi Allan Mirvis Lecture at the Roosevelt House Public Policy Center in New York.
The Security Operations Center is providing graduate students in cybersecurity, artificial intelligence, computer science and data analytics with experience defending against cyberattacks in a hyper-realistic simulated environment.
Andrew Hobden is our newest staff member at Pollack Library. Andrew was born in London, UK and lived in Manchester before his family emigrated to the US in the mid-70s. He received his BA in English Literature from Wheaton College, IL in 1995. He returned to the UK in 2005, living in Swansea ...
On March 23rd, 2023, the Straus Center-sponsored Zionist Political Thought seminar hosted the distinguished Israeli historian Benny Morris for a spirited and provocative virtual conversation about the history and historiography of Israel’s War of Independence.
On March 19, 2023, the Straus Center convened a conference across multiple organizations and faiths entitled "Restoring the American Story."