Posts Tagged: Tel Aviv University
British Feminist Historian Spurns Israeli Cash Prize on ‘Political’ Grounds
JNS.org - British feminist historian Catherine Hall of University College London declined an Israeli award she was set to receive, the lucrative Dan David Prize, for...
Researchers Claim Genetic Proof of Indian Bene Israel Community’s Jewish Roots
JNS.org - A new study conducted by Tel Aviv University (TAU), Cornell University, and the Albert Einstein College of Medicine has claimed to discover genetic proof...
Study Reveals Decrease in Violent Attacks Against Jews in 2015, Increase in Institutional Antisemitism
Violent attacks against members of the Jewish community dropped significantly worldwide in 2015 despite an increase in institutionalized antisemitism, an annual report released Wednesday found. According...
Tel Aviv University Scientists Develop Bionic Heart Patch
JNS.org - In a significant breakthrough, Israeli researchers from Tel Aviv University say they have engineered a bionic heart patch. The "cyborg heart patch," as it's...
Israeli Researchers Discover Early Humans Living in Cave Near Tel Aviv Ate Tortoises
JNS.org - Researchers from Tel Aviv University, in collaboration with Spanish and German scholars, discovered that early humans living in the Qesem Cave near Tel Aviv...
Mort Zuckerman Launches Scholarship Program for Graduate Studies in Israel
JNS.org - Real estate magnate and media mogul Mort Zuckerman, who publishes the New York Daily News and U.S. News & World Report, has founded a...
‘Islamic State Is Already Here,’ Israeli President Says
JNS.org - “The Islamic State is already here; that is no longer a secret. I am not speaking about territories bordering the State of Israel, but...
Tel Aviv Researchers Develop Innovative Therapy to Treat Incurable Blood Cancer
JNS.org - Tel Aviv University (TAU) researchers have developed an innovative system that may treat an incurable blood cancer. A recently published study revealed that using...
A High-Tech Passover Plague? Israeli Researchers Design Locust-Inspired Robot
JNS.org - Israeli researchers at Tel Aviv University have designed a small robot inspired by locusts — those of Passover and 10 Plagues fame — that...
No Such Thing as ‘Male’ or ‘Female’ Brain, Israeli Study Finds
JNS.org - A new study by Israel’s Tel Aviv University used more than 1,400 MRI scans to demonstrate that human brains cannot be categorized as “male”...
Israeli Arabs Demonstrate for Israel at Tel Aviv U: ‘I’m a Muslim and I Have No Other Country’
Several Muslim students gathered for a demonstration at the University of Tel Aviv, waving Israeli flags and holding banners with slogans against terrorism, Israeli news website 0404 reported on Friday. One...
Arab Students Demonstrate at Israeli University, Say ‘Blood of Martyrs Is Calling Out’ to Them
With the opening of the academic year at Israel's institutions of higher learning on Tuesday, Arab student groups held protests near the Tel Aviv University...
Some Israeli Universities Rise, Others Drop in Global Rankings
JNS.org - Israel’s Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Bar-Ilan University and Tel Aviv University all rose from the previous year in the prestigious QS World University...
Tel Aviv University a Major Source of Google Employees, Report Says
JNS.org - Tel Aviv University (TAU) is the third-largest source outside the U.S. of graduates who go on to work for the Internet search engine giant...
