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From June 2nd to June 6th, 2024, the Straus Center participated in a summer seminar in England. The program featured leading diplomats, writers, academics, and Chief Rabbi Ephraim Mirvis.

The projects, drawn across the school’s graduate programs in STEM and Health Sciences, covered a range of subjects, and was an outcome of their own scholarship, as well as mentorship from faculty advisors, research collaborators and industry representatives.

A first-generation American in a family of health care providers, Sharona Abramova was drawn to the PA faculty’s reputation for clinical excellence and the curriculum that emphasizes compassionate care. She recently joined Maimonides Midwood Community Hospital as a PA.

This summer, the Straus Center Impact Office will be supporting several Straus Scholars and other top ÿÈÕ´ó¹Ï students as they pursue exciting professional advancement opportunities in the fields of politics, policy, journalism, academia, and Jewish advocacy.

Adina Feldman (SCW '26) is a Straus Scholar majoring in Psychology. Over the course of the 2023-2024 school year, Feldman was active on and off campus, pursuing a variety of unique extracurriculars and professional enrichment opportunities.

Daniel Ganopolsky (YC ’24) is a Straus Scholar majoring in political science. In the spring of 2024, he interned at the New York City Family Court, and was supported by a grant from the Straus Center’s Impact Office.

Collaborations, like the one between Weill Cornell Medicine and the Katz School’s M.S. in Biotechnology Management and Entrepreneurship, have emerged as catalysts for the development of the next generation of drugs, devices and services.

One of the enduring spring rituals is graduation season—processional marches, festooned mortarboards, Bach preludes and earnest speeches dolloped with thanks and optimism. At the Katz School, health sciences graduates participated in two rites of passage.

Tziporah Pinczower (SCW ’26) is a Straus Scholar majoring in political science. In the spring of 2024, she interned at Agudath Israel of America, and was supported by a grant from the Straus Center’s Impact Office.

Over 350 guests attended the 37th annual Sy Syms Awards Dinner last month at the Museum of Jewish Heritage in Battery Park. Guests from the entire Sy Syms community, including students, faculty, staff, alumni, board members and families heard remarks from Dean Noam Wasserman, Associate Dean Michael…