Hebrew U Symposium: A Royal Pain
Mounds of prescription and over-the-counter medications are sold and swallowed to relieve chronic pain, but it seems that placebos – pills or procedures that supposedly have no physiological effect –...
View ArticleHebrew U Search Committee Recommends Asher Cohen For President
Jerusalem, May 17, 2017— Following a rigorous search process, a presidential search committee has unanimously recommended that the university’s Rector, Prof. Asher Cohen, be elected President of the...
View ArticleHebrew U Statement on Israel’s National Anthem at Academic Ceremonies
Hebrew U Statement on Israel’s National Anthem at Academic CeremoniesThe academic ceremony in the Faculty of Humanities has been held in its current form in previous years, and no new decision was made...
View ArticleNewStem Introduces Novel Technology For Predicting Resistance To Chemotherapies
JERUSALEM, May 22, 2017 -- NewStem, introduces a novel technology for predicting resistance to chemotherapy treatments. The Company is developing a diagnostic kit based on the pioneering research of...
View Article‘The Strength Of Weak Ties’: Israel, Iran, Syria Business Scholars Join Forces
Far from their homelands in the contentious Middle East, a group of 30 Iranian, Syrian, Egyptian, UAE, Tunisian, Moroccan, Turkish and Israeli researchers from the field of business entrepreneurship...
View ArticleAgreement Reached Between The Hebrew University Of Jerusalem And The...
Quebec's economic mission to Israel and the West BankTEL AVIV, Israel, May 23, 2017 - As part of his mission to Israel, the Premier of Quebec announced today an agreement between the Hebrew University...
View ArticleWaze Co-Founder Uri Levine Honours Einstein at the 3rd Annual Einstein Gala
Entrepreneur and Co-Founder of Waze Uri Levine Honours Einstein at the 3rd Annual Einstein Gala in Support of the Einstein Archive and Visitor CentreTORONTO, ON May 25, 2017 - Entrepreneur and Waze...
View ArticleEinstein Archive and Visitor Center
The first and only institution to celebrate the life, history and vision of Albert Einstein, the archive will be a global attraction dedicated to science and humanitarian ideals.Video of...
View ArticleNext Einstein 2017 Winner: Oren Miron - Breaking the Wall of Autism
The winner of the 2017 Next Einstein Competition is Oren Miron, who has developed advanced autism detection at birth using a brain test that already screens hearing in 4,000,000 newborns a year.Video...
View ArticlePress Release – The Next Einstein Winner
The Next Einstein” Winner Announced - Oren Miron, of USA Wins $10,000 for his Brain Test that Screens for Autism Detection at Birth TORONTO – June 6, 2017 – The Canadian Friends of the Hebrew...
View ArticleHebrew U Researchers Find Micro-Gene That Protects The Brain From Developing...
Increased levels of a micro-RNA could have a protective effect that explains why identical stressors trigger seizures in some people but not in othersJerusalem, June 5, 2017— On December 16, 1997,...
View ArticleHebrew University To Dedicate New Home Of The Edmond And Lily Safra Center...
Philanthropist Mrs. Lily Safra, Architect Lord Norman Foster, and more than 400 people from Israel and abroad to attend the gala celebration and naming ceremony of Israel’s largest neuroscience...
View ArticleIsraeli-Led Study Busts Myths About The Lives Of Levant ‘Cavemen’
A joint study conducted by an international team led by Israeli researchers may prove that Neanderthals in the Levant were not exclusively cave dwellers, as was previously believed to be the...
View ArticleHebrew University In Top 15% Surveyed Globally, #1 In Israel, In QS World...
Ranking positions Hebrew University among the top 1% of world’s 26,000 institutions of higher educationJerusalem, June 8, 2017—The Hebrew University of Jerusalem has maintained its #1 position in...
View ArticleHebrew University’s Quantum Information Science Center Wins Tender To Build...
Research at Israel’s leading quantum science center paves the way for massive improvements in computation speed and secure communicationJerusalem — June 11, 2017— The Quantum Information Science Center...
View ArticleOurCrowd Consortium Sets Up Jerusalem Incubator
The Israeli crowdfunding company leads a consortium comprising Motorola Solutions, India's Reliance industries and the Hebrew University's Yissum.June 9, 2017 - Israeli equity crowdfunding company...
View ArticleCongratulations to the Canadian Honourees at The 80th Board of Governors...
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View ArticleThe World’s First 3D-Printed Book
To celebrate the 100th anniversary of the publication of Einstein's General Theory of Relativity, the Einstein Legacy Project is embarking on a publishing milestone: collecting the visions of the 100...
View ArticleHebrew U Researchers Fight Back Against Antibiotic Resistant Superbugs
A unique antibiotic that can kill bacteria that are resistant to conventional antibacterials without damaging the cells that store them has been developed by scientists at the Hebrew University of...
View ArticleBoG 2017 - Honourary Doctorates Presentations
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