64.6 F
San Diego
Sunday, November 24, 2024
Home Tags University of Haifa

Tag: University of Haifa

New York University's campus in Abu Dhabi. Credit: NYU Abu Dhabi.

Israel-UAE deal could position Abu Dhabi as ‘idea capital’ through higher-education ties

0
When Israel and the United Arab Emirates reached a normalization agreement earlier this month, University of Haifa president Ron Robin immediately contacted his Emirati colleagues to set into motion a process where higher education...
Outside of the sandbar and dusky sharks being tracked along Israel’s shores, researchers are seeing fewer sharks in the greater region this year, including blue sharks, mako sharks and thresher sharks, August 2020. Photo by Hagai Nativ, University of Haifa’s Morris Kahn Marine Research Station.

From Hadera to Ashdod: Daily and seasonal commutes of Israel’s sharks

0
Israel’s sharks travel about 50 kilometers (about 30 miles) between human-altered habitats along the shores of Hadera and Ashdod from season to season in a single-day commute, reveals research from the University of Haifa’s Leon...
Professor Hadas Mamane at her lab at Tel Aviv University. Photo by Dr. Vered Cohen Yaniv/Courtesy of Israel21c.

Israeli scientists develop hand sanitizer from waste

0
Hand sanitizers—once the preserve of nurses, mothers and the uber-clean—have now become a ubiquitous accessory found in purses, cars, businesses and offices worldwide. But the surge in demand as the global coronavirus pandemic rages for...
A animated video that glorifies Palestinian terror and features four real-life deadly attacks against Israelis was removed by TikTok. Source: Screenshot via Palestinian Media Watch.

New study reveals extreme anti-Semitism on TikTok

0
The social-media platform TikTok is a growing hotbed of extreme anti-Semitism, according to a new report. Led by researchers Gabriel Weimann, a professor of communication at the University of Haifa and senior researcher at the...
Wendy Sandler, professor of linguistics at the University of Haifa and founding director of the northern Israeli institution's Sign Language Research Lab. Source: YouTube.

American-Israeli linguistics professor inducted into arts and sciences academy

0
An American-Israeli professor of linguistics at the University of Haifa and founding director of the northern Israeli institution’s Sign Language Research Lab was inducted into the prestigious American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Wendy Sandler is the...
University of Haifa. Credit: Courtesy.

Israeli government awards Haifa faculty funding for 18 projects related to COVID-19

0
The University of Haifa today announced that its faculty members have been awarded funding from the Israeli Ministry of Science and Technology for 18 of the 84 coronavirus-related research proposals that the government is...
Marine life in the waters of Eilat, Israel. Credit: Reza Luke via Wikimedia Commons.

Oceanography exchange program to bring American graduate students to Israel

0
Israel has been chosen as one of four countries to host 27 graduate students from 24 U.S. institutions as part of a first cohort of the Limnology and Oceanography Research Exchange (LOREX) program, funded...
The Shenzhen skyline from the Nanshan District, China, June 23, 2016. Credit: Simbaxu/Wikimedia Commons.

Hebrew University to open tech centers in Chicago, China and Paraguay

0
The Hebrew University in Jerusalem announced this week that it will open three tech centers in Chicago; Asunción, Paraguay; and Shenzhen, China. The centers will encourage cooperation between Hebrew University researchers and local industries, according...
From left: Professor Ron Robin, president of the University of Haifa; Professor Alfred Tauber, chairman of the Board of Governors at University of Haifa; Mayor of Haifa Yona Yahav; and Mooly Eden, chairman of the university's executive committee at the opening ceremony of the Lorry I. Lokey City Campus on Oct. 24, 2018. Credit: University of Haifa.

University of Haifa unveils its new downtown city campus

0
The University of Haifa unveiled its new Lorry I. Lokey City Campus, which will comprise at least four buildings located throughout the Port of Haifa and the city’s downtown area. An opening ceremony took place...
German Chancellor Angela Merkel (center) is presented with an honorary doctorate from the University of Haifa. Credit: University of Haifa.

Merkel gets honorary degree from University of Haifa

0
As part of her visit to Israel, German Chancellor Angela Merkel received an honorary doctorate on Thursday from the University of Haifa for “her inspirational leadership in the European and global arenas, fostering tolerance...