4/2023:

Samantha Bernstein, '28 won the Association for Death Education and Counseling (ADEC) Cross-Cultural Student Paper Award for her final paper in her first year Multicultural and Diversity Topics course entitled “Autonomy at the End of Life: Perspectives from Disability Studies and Individuals with Disabilities.” She was invited to present a poster at the 2023 ADEC conference in Columbus, Ohio.

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8/2022:

Tara Agneshwar ‘24 was the recipient of the American Psychological Association Division 36 Student Research Award which facilitates student research on the psychology of religion and spirituality. This award will be used to support her RPII project: Coping with COVID-19 Bereavement through Religion and Spirituality: An Interpretive Phenomenological Analy

 

9/3/2022: Statement on YU Actions to Block LGBTQ+ Student Group

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Yeshiva University filed an application for emergency relief to the US Supreme Court, asking the Court to block a lower court order requiring the University to recognize an undergraduate LGTBQ+ student group. The University's policies and legal actions regarding these students and LGBTQ+ concerns do not reflect the values, ethics, and policies of Ferkauf Graduate School of Psychology or the work done in this research lab which is committed to LGBTQ+ affirming and inclusive learning environments, research, and care.

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January 2022: Dr. Roberts recipient of a grant through the New York Foundation for Eldercare. For more information see: https://blogs.yu.edu/news/new-grant-for-ferkauf-eldercare-training-modules/ 

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