Touro University System
{{short description|Private university system headquartered in New York}}
{{Primary sources|date=April 2022}}
{{Infobox university
| name = Touro University
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| established = {{Start date and age|1971}}
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| type = Private university system
| religious_affiliation = Jewish
| endowment = $44.5 million (2021){{cite web |url=https://datausa.io/profile/university/touro-college#:~:text=Touro%20College%20has%20an%20endowment,5.04%25%20from%20the%20previous%20year. |title=Touro College |author= |year=2021 |work=DataUSA Touro College|publisher=DataUSA |accessdate=February 18, 2022}}
| chairman = Mark Hasten
| chancellor = Doniel Lander
| president = Alan Kadish
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| students = 19,000
| undergrad = 6,400
| postgrad = 12,600
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| city = New York City
| state = New York
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| country = United States
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| campus = • Headquarters & main campus and graduate school in New York City
• 11 additional graduate schools throughout US
• 8 undergraduate schools throughout US
• 3 undergraduate schools abroad
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| mascot = Touro Bull
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| website = {{URL|touro.edu}}
| logo = Touro-university-color.png
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Touro University is a private Jewish university system headquartered in New York City, with branches throughout the United States as well as one each in Germany, Israel and Russia. It was founded by Bernard Lander in 1971 and named for Isaac and Judah Touro.{{cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/15/nyregion/15lander.html |title=Rabbi Bernard Lander, the Founder of Touro College, Is Dead at 94 |author=Margalit Fox |date=February 14, 2010 |work=New York Times |accessdate=February 19, 2013}}{{Cite web |title=Touro College - Profile, Rankings & Data |url=https://www.usnews.com/best-colleges/touro-university-10142 |website=US News & World Report}} Its main campus in New York City is the largest private Jewish university in the US.{{Cite news|url=https://www.forbes.com/colleges/touro-college/|title=Touro College|work=Forbes|access-date=2017-11-18|language=en}} Touro initially focused on higher education for the Jewish community, but it now has 113,457 living alumni and serves a diverse population of over 19,000 students across 36 schools and 4 countries.{{Cite web|url=https://www.touro.edu/about/at-a-glance/|title= At A Glance
|accessdate=10 January 2025}} There are many branches of Touro University, including Lander College for Men and Lander College for Women.
History
Touro received its first charter from the Board of Regents of the State of New York in 1971.{{cite web|title=History of Touro|url=https://www.touro.edu/about/our-history/|website=The Touro College and University System|accessdate=12 November 2017}} Touro was initially headquartered at 30 West 44th Street.{{Cite news |last=Gardner |first=Sue |date=June 8, 1974 |title=Touro dean recruited his type of student to create unique college |page=13 |work=The New York Jewish Week |id={{proQuest|371510513}}}}
Touro expanded to not only include its flagship branch Touro University in New York, but also the Touro Law Center, founded in 1980;{{Cite web|url=https://www.usnews.com/best-graduate-schools/top-law-schools/touro-college-fuchsberg-03115|title=Touro College (Fuchsberg)|website=U.S. News & World Report|access-date=2017-11-21}} the School for Lifelong Education, founded in 1989;{{Cite web |last= |first= |title=School For Lifelong Education (SLE) |url=http://sle.touro.edu/ |access-date=2017-11-21 |website=sle.touro.edu |language=en}} Touro University California, founded in 1997; and the School of Health Sciences, founded in 1972;{{Cite web|url=https://www.touro.edu/news/archive/touro-college-school-of-health-sciences-offers-new-baccalaureate-in-health-scien.php|title=Touro College School of Health Sciences Offers New Baccalaureate in Health Sciences|last=College|first=Touro|website=www.touro.edu|language=en|access-date=2017-11-21}} Touro has undergraduate offerings in Brooklyn, Queens, and Manhattan.{{Cite web|url=https://narratives.insidehighered.com/touro-campus-at-worlds-crossroads/index.html|title= A Campus at the Crossroads of the World|access-date=2025-01-25}}
Touro has further expanded to include Touro University Nevada, Touro College of Osteopathic Medicine, Berlin, Moscow and Jerusalem, and Los Angeles.{{Cite web|url=http://tcla.touro.edu/|title=TCLA|last=Angeles|first=Touro College Los|website=tcla.touro.edu|language=en|access-date=2017-11-21}} It previously had sites in Paris and Miami.{{Cite web|url=https://www.touro.edu/news/archive/touro-college-south-launches-in-miami-beach.php|title=Touro College South Launches in Miami Beach|last=College|first=Touro|website=www.touro.edu|language=en|access-date=2017-11-21}} Touro University Worldwide, founded in 2008,{{Cite news|url=http://www.tuw.edu/about-us/history/|title=The History of Touro University Worldwide|work=Touro University WorldWide|access-date=2017-11-21|language=en-US}} is the online branch of the university system.{{Cite web|url=https://www.niche.com/colleges/touro-university---worldwide/|title=Explore Touro University - Worldwide|website=Niche|language=en-US|access-date=2017-11-21}}
Alan Kadish took over as president of the Touro system in 2010, and in 2011 the New York Medical College, in Valhalla, New York, was acquired by the Touro family. In August 2020, it was announced a membership agreement was signed with the New York College of Podiatric Medicine to join the university system. The transaction is expected to close on July 1, 2021, once it is approved by the U.S. Department of Education, the New York State Department of Education, other regulators and relevant accreditors.{{cite web |title=Touro College & University System Announces Plan to Add New York College of Podiatric Medicine |url=https://www.touro.edu/news--events/stories/touro-college--university-system-announces-plan-to-add-new-york-college-of-podiatric-medicine.php |website=www.touro.edu |access-date=4 January 2021}}
At the end of 2021, the college signed a lease for {{convert|243305|ft2|m2 ha}} at the 3 Times Square building in New York City. The goal was to consolidate many of the college's schools, currently divided among at least 35 separate locations servicing 19,000 enrolled students, into a central Manhattan campus.{{Cite news |last=Cuozzo |first=Steve |date=2022-01-02 |title=Three Times Square inks ginormous deal with university |url=https://nypost.com/2022/01/02/three-times-square-inks-ginormous-deal-with-university/ |work=New York Post |access-date=2023-06-13 |language=en-US}}
In February 2022, Touro College's charter was amended by the New York State Board of Regents to grant Touro university status.{{cite web |title=Touro College Granted University Status by New York State Board of Regents |url=https://www.touro.edu/news--events/stories/touro-college-granted-university-status-by-new-york-state-board-of-regents.php |website=touro.edu |access-date=6 April 2022 |language=English |date=18 February 2022}}
Touro University held the grand opening of their College of Osteopathic Medicine (COM) Great Falls, Montana location on Monday, August 7, 2023.{{cite web |title=Grand opening of Touro College of Osteopathic Medicine in Great Falls |url=https://www.krtv.com/news/great-falls-news/touro-college-of-osteopathic-medicine-hosts-grand-opening-in-great-falls |website=www.krtv.com/ |access-date=13 January 2025 |language=English |date=6 April 2022}}
Schools
=Undergraduate schools=
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- Hebrew Theological College, in Skokie, Illinois{{Cite web|url=http://www.htc.edu/|title=Hebrew Theological College|access-date=2023-03-08|language=en-US}}
- Lander College for Men, in Queens, New York
- Lander College for Women, in Manhattan, New York
- Lander Institute Moscow
- Machon L’Parnasa Institute for Professional Studies{{Cite web|url=https://machon.touro.edu/|title=Machon L'Parnasa|access-date=2023-02-02|language=en-US}}
- New York School of Career and Applied Studies (NYSCAS){{Cite web|url=http://nyscas.touro.edu/|title=New York School of Career and Applied Studies|access-date=2023-02-02|language=en-US}}
- Touro University, 3 Times Square, New York{{Cite web|url=https://www.touro.edu/|title=Touro University|access-date=2023-02-02|language=en-US}}
- Touro College Berlin{{Cite web|url=http://www.htc.edu/|title=Touro University Berlin|access-date=2023-03-08|language=en-US}}
- Touro College Israel
- Touro College Los Angeles, West Hollywood, California
- Touro University Worldwide, Los Alamitos, California{{Cite web|url=http://www.tuw.edu|title=Touro University WorldWide|access-date=2023-02-02|language=en-US}}
=Graduate schools=
- New York Medical College, in Valhalla, New York{{Cite web|url=http://www.nymc.edu/|title=New York Medical College|access-date=2023-03-08|language=en-US}}
- Touro College of Dental Medicine, in Hawthorne, New York
- Touro Law Center, in Central Islip, New York
- Touro College of Osteopathic Medicine{{Cite web|url=http://tourocom.touro.edu/|title=Touro College of Osteopathic Medicine|access-date=2023-03-08|language=en-US}}
- Touro College of Pharmacy, in Manhattan, New York{{Cite web|url=http://tcop.touro.edu/|title=Touro College of Pharmacy|access-date=2023-03-08|language=en-US}}
- Touro Graduate School of Education, in Manhattan, New York
- Yeshivas Ohr HaChaim, in Queens, New York
- Touro University Worldwide, Los Alamitos, California
- Touro University California, Vallejo, California{{Cite web|url=https://www.tu.edu/|title=Touro University California|access-date=2023-03-21|language=en-US}}
- Touro University Nevada, Henderson, Nevada{{Cite web|url=https://tun.touro.edu/|title=Touro University Nevada|access-date=2023-03-21|language=en-US}}
- New York College of Podiatric Medicine, in Manhattan, New York{{Cite web|url=https://www.nycpm.edu/|title=New York College of Podiatric Medicine|access-date=2023-03-21|language=en-US}}
- Touro College Illinois{{Cite web|url=https://illinois.touro.edu/|title=Touro College Illinois|access-date=2023-03-21|language=en-US}}
=Former schools=
- Touro College South in Miami, Florida
- Touro University College of Medicine, in Hackensack, New Jersey (proposed, plans abandoned in 2009 and New York Medical College was purchased instead)
Notable alumni
- Rachel Freier (born 1965), American judge{{cite web|url=https://las.touro.edu/news--events/stories/my-brain-was-bored.php|title=Lander College of Arts & Sciences's Rachel Freier went from being a legal secretary to an attorney and director of an all-female EMT corps|work=Touro College|date=21 August 2015|access-date=1 January 2017}}
- David G. Greenfield, former member of the New York City Council{{cite web |url=http://council.nyc.gov/d44/html/members/home.shtml |title=David G. Greenfield District 44 Council Member Democrat |author= |year= |publisher=The New York City Council |accessdate=February 23, 2013}}
- Rivy Poupko Kletenik, educator{{cite web |url=http://www.mussarinstitute.org/pdf/teacher_bios_2009.pdf |title=Teacher Bios |author= |year=2009 |publisher=Mussar Institute |accessdate=February 23, 2013}}{{cite web |url=http://www.jtnews.net/index.php?/guide/item/C108/1520 |title=Seattle Hebrew Academy |author=jtnews.net |year= |publisher=Jewish Transcript publications |accessdate=February 23, 2013}}
- Kenneth LaValle, politician{{cite web |url=http://www.nysenate.gov/senator/kenneth-p-lavalle/bio |title=Kenneth P. Lavalle Biography |author= |year= |publisher=NYSenate.gov |accessdate=February 23, 2013}}{{cite web |url=http://riverheadlocal.com/community/government/state-senator-ken-lavalle |title=State Senator Ken LaValle |author= |year= |work=Riverhead Local |publisher=Local Independent Online News Publishers |accessdate=February 23, 2013}}
- James J. Malloy, retired Vice Admiral in the United States Navy{{cite web |url=https://www.navy.mil/Leadership/Biographies/BioDisplay/Article/2236264/vice-admiral-james-malloy/ |title=Vice Admiral James Malloy |date=29 September 2020 |publisher=U.S. Navy |access-date=2021-06-06}}
- Boyd Melson, boxer{{cite web |url=https://www.espn.com/boxing/story/_/page/veteransboxing121108/army-captain-boyd-melson-fights-country-cure-spinal-cord-injuries |title= Fighting for country – and a cure: Army captain Boyd Melson boxes to raise money for spinal cord research|author=Jonathan Zalman |date=November 8, 2012 |publisher=ESPN |access-date=February 23, 2013}}
- Dmitry Salita, former pro boxer
See also
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