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There is a statue of a cat and a man in front of Shillman Hall on Northeastern’s Boston campus. The man is Trustee Emeritus Robert J. Shillman. What is the cat’s name?

Legend has it that Shillman befriended Yitz, a neighborhood stray, while teaching physics at Technion — Israel Institute of Technology. There is an identical statue on the Technion campus.

There is a statue of a cat and a man in front of Shillman Hall on Northeastern’s Boston campus. The man is Trustee Emeritus Robert J. Shillman. What is the cat’s name?

Legend has it that Shillman befriended Yitz, a neighborhood stray, while teaching physics at Technion — Israel Institute of Technology. There is an identical statue on the Technion campus.