Dear alumni, friends and supporters in the UK, It is with a heavy heart that I write to you following a day of heavy fighting in the South and rockets launched at civilian populations in the South and Central Israel. As you are undoubtedly aware, our nation finds itself in a state of war.86 Aā¦
UofH Proudly Confers Honorary Degrees on President William J. Clinton andProf. John E. Sexton In a moving ceremony attended by over 500 people, former U.S. President Bill Clinton and President Emeritus of New York University, Prof. John Sexton received honorary doctorates from the University of Haifa. The gala event was attended by the University’s seniorā¦
A biopharmaceutical company called ProteKt Therapeutics is currently aiming to develop a drug for treating early stages of Alzheimerās disease based on the research of the university’s professor Kobi Rosenblum. His findings indicate that inhibiting an enzyme believed to play an important role in the development of the disease, in partnership with pharma, may give hopeā¦
It is with great honour that we share the excitement of our Trustee, Simon Baron-Cohen, professor of autism research at the University of Cambridge, as he is knighted for services to people with autism. From the press- He said: āThis honour came as a complete surprise, and I accept it on behalf of the talented teamā¦
Rear Admiral (Ret.) Shaul Chorev, a political science expert renowned in his field had been appointed as the new Director of the university’s Ezri Centre for Iran and Persian Gulf Studies. He has recently given a private briefing to the American Society of the University of Haifa about the aftermath of the Soleimani assassination which we inviteā¦
The assumption that salmon would have been crucial to the early diet of ancient Arctic inhabitants has finally been proven thanks to the Department of Marine Civilizations at the University of Haifa, which developed a new method for identifying salmon remains. āThe new method, using mineral markers to identify salmon remains, will enable researchers to betterā¦
Archaeologists at the University of Haifa have recently revealed that hundreds of basalt vessels unearthed in the Levant and dating to the Chalcolithic period, contain strange markings, which appear to have meant something to people at the time. Professor Danny Rosenberg of the Zinman Institute of Archaeology said, āthere were rules, and they were not just aesthetic rules.ā¦
Sandbar and dusky sharks have been sighted around the Hadera power plant in recent years, in what the university’s scientists are calling a ālegitimate and rare phenomenon.ā This annual gathering is believed to be caused by man-made factors as well as the rising temperatures of the Mediterranean Sea. A recent study, published in the journal Natureā¦
We are thrilled to announce that “Forgotten Soldier” has won the Audience Choice Award at the UK Jewish Film Festival 2018. This film, commissioned by University of Haifa UKās Co-Chair Lady Irene Hatter, tells the story of her heroic Dutch father Sally Noach and his risky rescue operation in Vichy France during WWII which saved theā¦
On 26th November, the University’s Ezri Centre for Iran and Persian Gulf Studies, hosted Her Imperial Majesty Farah Pahlavi in London at Maison Assouline to celebrate the launch of “Iran Modern: The Empress of Art” by Viola Raikhel-Bolot and Miranda Darling. Dr. Efrat Sopher, a University of Haifa UK Trustee who is at the helmā¦
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