Tag: Academia
Into the future: Tel Aviv University launches new artificial-intelligence center
Tel Aviv University has launched its new Multidisciplinary Center for Artificial Intelligence and Data Science on Wednesday during the university’s AI week to encourage research that uses the most advanced methods of both disciples.
The...
Israel Prize announces two University of Haifa professors as 2021 winners
Two professors from the University of Haifa have been announced recipients of the prestigious 2021 Israel Prize: Professor Ariela Lowenstein for work in the field of sociology and criminology, and Professor Nitza Ben-Dov for...
Ex-Nazi hunter calls on Barr to block Erekat from entering US for Harvard post
American attorney and ex-Nazi hunter Neal Sher has called on U.S. Attorney General Bill Barr to deny Palestine Liberation Organization Secretary-General Saeb Erekat entry into the United States to mentor students at Harvard University.
In...
A personal remembrance of Edward Alexander
Shortly after the 1973 Yom Kippur War, a small group of Jewish students at the University of Washington in Seattle decided that they needed to be more active in educating the campus about Israel’s...
UK academic is fired, in part for saying Jews are ‘cleverest people in world’
An engineering lecturer in the United Kingdom has been fired for making racial remarks, including saying Jews “are the cleverest people in the world” and had “a particular gift” for physics.
An employment tribunal this...
New website lists Israeli professors who support BDS, oppose IDF service
A new English-language website, launched by the NGO Im Tirtzu, provides the names Israeli professors involved in the BDS movement and other activities critical of the state.
“Know the Anti-Israel Israeli Professor” lists 150 academics who accuse...
Tel Aviv professor becomes first woman to receive Israel Prize in Talmudic studies
Professor Vered Noam, head of the Chaim Rosenberg School of Jewish Studies and Archaeology at Tel Aviv University, has become the first woman to be awarded the annual Israel Prize for Talmudic studies, it was announced...
Hebrew University professor calls for armed Palestinian militias against ‘terrorisettlers’
A senior Hebrew University professor sparked controversy this week when he called on Palestinians “to establish armed militias to protect their villages and towns from the terrorisettlers.”
Chemistry professor Amiram Goldblum made the remarks in...
State Department: More Israeli academic researchers in US than any other country
Israel has sent a larger proportion of academic researchers to the United States compared to any other country, relative to the size of national population, according to a U.S. State Department survey.
The number of...