Staff Writer Profile: Elizabeth Kershteyn

By: Ruchama Benhamou  |  April 5, 2022
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By Ruchama Benhamou, Features Editor, on behalf of the YU Observer

Each month, the YU Observer aims to highlight some of the YU undergraduate students who have written articles for us over the course of the semester. For the April 2022 edition, the YU Observer is highlighting Elizabeth Kershteyn. 

Name: Elizabeth Kershteyn

College: Stern College for Women

Major: Biology

Year: Fourth

Favorite part of being on (or back on) campus? Learning in-person with my favorite professors and friends.

What do you miss most about Zoom school? Making coffee right before the lecture.

Currently Reading: 12 Rules for Life: An Antidote to Chaos by Jordan B. Peterson

Currently watching: Winter on Fire: Ukraine’s Fight for Freedom (Directed by Evgeny Afineevsky)

Coke or Pepsi? Coke

Android or Apple? Apple

What’s a quote/thought/or piece of advice you have for your fellow students? “If you are not willing to be a fool, you can’t become a master.” ― Jordan B. Peterson

See some of Elizabeth’s past articles here:

https://yuobserver.org/2022/03/russias-propaganda-and-terrorism-wages-war-against-ukraine/

https://yuobserver.org/2022/02/hunger-death-and-propaganda-in-yeonmi-parks-in-order-to-live-a-north-korean-girls-journey-to-freedom/

https://yuobserver.org/2021/12/forgotten-female-scientist-hypatia-of-alexandria/

Photo Credit: ​​Elizabeth Kershteyn

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