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Ukrainian refugee Anastasiia Zinevych arrived in Israel with her husband and is continuing her research at Hebrew University as part of a donor-funded program, April 2022. Credit: Tali Aronsky/the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.

Ukrainian academics arrive at Hebrew University under emergency aid program

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As part of a donor-funded emergency-aid program established at Hebrew University, 18 Ukrainian refugees have been accepted to programs to continue their studies. Ten of them have already begun, including Anastasiia Zinevych, who has a Ph.D. and...
Ambassador Yossi Gal, vice president for advancement and external relations at Hebrew University (left) and president of Morocco’s Mohammed VI Polytechnic University Hicham El Habti, March 30, 2022. Credit: Yossi Zamir/Hebrew University.

Senior Moroccan academic delegation visits Hebrew U, student exchanges to follow

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Israel’s academic cooperation with Morocco hit a high point this week with the visit of a senior delegation from Morocco’s Mohammed VI Polytechnic University (UM6P) to the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Seeking to establish a...
From left: U.S. Ambassador to Israel Thomas Nides, Hebrew University president Asher Cohen and university rector Barak Medina, March 15, 2022. Credit: Bruno Charbit/Hebrew University.

Nides spends time at Hebrew University, first stop at Israeli academic institution

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U.S. Ambassador to Israel Thomas Nides visited the Hebrew University in Jerusalem on Tuesday, his first visit to an Israeli academic institution. While there, he met with researchers, scientists and senior university leaders, including the...

Siblings of children with disabilities may have greater empathy, new study finds

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Having a child with a disability or a developmental delay is often a stressful experience for a family—for parents and siblings alike. Siblings, especially, may be exposed to greater stress and challenges. Less research, however,...
Swastikas graffitied on a Jewish cemetery in Quatzenheim near Strasbourg, France. Credit: Hadrian/Shutterstock.

Hebrew University survey: More than half of Israeli Jews, Arabs expect European anti-Semitism to...

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Timed to International Holocaust Remembrance Day, the Hebrew University of Jerusalem’s European Forum reveals a new survey that says Israelis expect anti-Semitism in Europe to worsen. As for the future of Israeli-European relations, sociologist and...
Israeli President Isaac Herzog with Prince Charles in the United Kingdom, Nov. 22, 2021. Credit: Koby Gideon/GPO.

Herzog meets Prince Charles, names nursing scholarship in honor of Princess Alice

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Israeli President Isaac Herzog announced the establishment of “The Compassion and Perseverance Scholarship” in memory of Princess Alice of Battenberg, who sheltered a Jewish family during the Nazi occupation of Greece, on Monday as...
Professor Joshua Angrist, winner of the 2021 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economics. Source: YouTube.

Former Hebrew University professor wins Nobel Memorial Prize in economics

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Massachusetts Institute of Technology professor Joshua Angrist was awarded the 2021 Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel on Monday for his “methodological contributions to the analysis of causal relationships.” Angrist,...
Eliezer Rabinovici. Credit: CERN.

Israeli professor elected president of CERN Council

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The CERN Council, the European Organization for Nuclear Research, announced the election of Hebrew University of Jerusalem (HU) physicist Professor Eliezer Rabinovici as its 24th president. “Professor Rabinovici is a brilliant theorist in the most...
Mohammed VI Polytechnic University in Morocco. Credit: Courtesy.

Israeli universities to partner with Moroccan tech school for joint research, degrees

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Mohammed VI Polytechnic University (UM6P) in Morocco is working on agreements with two Israeli universities so far to promote academic collaboration. The Hebrew University of Jerusalem penned an understanding with the institution on Aug. 10,...
COVID-19 tests being administered at a drive-through complex in Jerusalem, on July 20, 2021. Photo by Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90.

Several existing drugs may be effective against COVID-19

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New research carried out at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem suggests that several existing drugs should be studied as potential treatments for COVID-19. Professor Isaiah Arkin of HU’s Department of Biological Chemistry and his team...