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While the academic world is overwhelmingly either non-profit or attached to state and local governments, left-leaning academics are warning of the danger of the relatively tiny for-profit sector in higher education.

"It's in their genes" is a common refrain from scientists when asked about factors that allow centenarians to reach age 100 and beyond.

New research suggests that personality traits, such as being outgoing, optimistic, and easygoing, are just as important as "good genes" in reaching the age of 100 and beyond.

U.S. Supreme Court decisions provide remedies to defendants who receive unfair plea deals, but what they really need is legal protections well in advance Harlan Protass is a partner at Clayman & Rosenberg in New York, where he practices criminal defense, and an adjunct professor at Yeshiva University Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law, where he ... (more)

Researchers at New York University and Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University have discovered new ways neurons work together to ease the transition between sleep and wakefulness.

The National Labor Relations Board is soliciting legal briefs on the question of whether or not faculty members at private colleges should be considered managers, a distinction that determines whether they are eligible for union representation.

"It's in their genes" is a common refrain from scientists when asked about factors that allow centenarians to reach age 100 and beyond.

Newswise - Researchers at New York University and Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University have discovered new ways neurons work together to ease the transition between sleep and wakefulness.

When my wife and I settled here in 1983, we could turn on the tap and get good quality water.

Newswise - May 21, 2012 - - U.S. Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Margaret A. Hamburg, M.D., will deliver the keynote address at the 2012 commencement ceremony for Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University .

At the previous Town Hall meeting, the question of Professor Kim Evans' recent denial of tenure was raised.

The Kansas City Jewish Community has made a big impression on Rabbi Joseph Telushkin.

First year medical students dissect a cadaver at a gross anatomy lab at Georgetown University Medical Center in Washington, Nov.

Standard halacha, or Jewish law, demands that Jews take their disputes to a court of Jewish law - a beit, or beth, din.

Yeshiva University's Alumni Office celebrated last week the 40-year career of men's basketball Coach Jonathan Halpert with a court-naming ceremony in his honor.

Main Category: Breast Cancer Also Included In: Endocrinology ; Women's Health / Gynecology Article Date: 11 May 2012 - 0:00 PDT Researchers at Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University have discovered a molecule that inhibits the action of estrogen.

The Azrieli Foundation made a $10 million donation to Yeshiva University in New York City in honor of foundation founder David Azrieli's 90th birthday.

It is a sad week for women's Torah study, with the news that the Advanced Talmudic Institute at Matan -A founded 24 years ago by Rabbanit Malke Bina -A is closing its doors.

Capitalism has become the scapegoat for many social woes. When critics are pressed to assert their opinion, a couple of distinct charges are leveled at the economic system: it generates inequality and it threatens social solidarity by allowing individuals some priority over their communities, says James R. Otteson, chair of the Philosophy ... (more)

Researchers at Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University have discovered a molecule that inhibits the action of estrogen.