Tag: Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Senior Moroccan academic delegation visits Hebrew U, student exchanges to follow
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...
Nides spends time at Hebrew University, first stop at Israeli academic institution
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
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,...
Hebrew University survey: More than half of Israeli Jews, Arabs expect European anti-Semitism to...
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...
Herzog meets Prince Charles, names nursing scholarship in honor of Princess Alice
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...
Former Hebrew University professor wins Nobel Memorial Prize in economics
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,...
Israeli professor elected president of CERN Council
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...
Israeli universities to partner with Moroccan tech school for joint research, degrees
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,...
Several existing drugs may be effective against COVID-19
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...
The Arab-Israeli woman bringing diversity to Hebrew University
Days after the news of Mona Khoury-Kassabri’s appointment as Vice President of Hebrew University of Jerusalem, the good wishes are still pouring in.
“The amount of greetings and congratulations I have received in the last...