News Archive 2011

News Archive 2011

"HU: Use Tobacco to Fight Malaria" - Israel 21C, December 27, 2011

 "Ice Your Hot Hand" -  ESPN.com: TrueHoop, December 15, 2011

"Jewish Rioters Could Face Stiffer Penalties in IDF Courts" - The Jerusalem Post, December 15, 2011

Research by Professors Leon Y. Deouell and Assaf Breska is included in a study published in "Probing the Unconscious Mind" - Scientific American, December 14, 2011

"The Generous Marriage"  -  The New York Times Magazine, December 11, 2011

"HU Researchers Dunk Basketball Myth" - Israel 21C, December 7, 2011

"HU Students to Represent Israel in Humanitarian Law Contest" - Jpost.com, November 30, 2011

Professor Barak Medina, dean of Hebrew University's Faculty of Law, weighs in on the Knesset's proposed legislation on the Supreme Court: "Supreme Court Appointment Bills Reflect Lack of Restraint" - The Jerusalem Post, November 16, 2011

A novel water purification system developed by Professors Amos Nussinovitch and Jaap van Rijn:  "Yissum Introduces a Novel, Environmentally-Friendly Biological Solution for Purifying Water" - Business Wire,com, November 15, 2011

Research by Professor Hermona Soreq and colleagues holds promise for Parkinson's prevention: "Protalix protein may protect against Parkinson's" - Globes, November 10, 2011

AFHU Scopus Award recipient Billy Crystal to return as host of the Academy Awards on February 26, 2012 : The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences/Oscars.org, November 10, 2011

Could the world's 7 billionth person be Jewish? Hebrew U Professor Sergio DellaPergola and other demographers ponder this and other questions concerning Jewish identity: "In world of 7 billion, demographers struggle to ascertain the number of Jews" - JTA, November 7, 2011 

Research by Dr. Adi Mizrahi and post-doctoral colleague Dr. Lior Cohen:  'HU Research: Brain Rewiring Involved in Mothering Behavior" - The Jerusalem Post/JPost.com, November 7, 2011

Professor Eldad Pardo quoted in Israel Missile Capable Of Striking Iran, Officials Say - The Huffington Post.com, November 4, 2011

Professors Ilan Sela and Haim D. Rabinowitch develop new technology to improve plant traits: "Yissum out-licenses revolutionary technology for plant improvement" - Israel 21c.com, November 3, 2011

Professor Moshe Halbertal comments on the implications of the release of Israeli Sgt. First Class Gilad Shalit in "A Mitzvah Behind the Price of a Soldier’s Freedom" - The New York Times, October 21, 2011

Read about advanced Deep Brain Stimulation techniques developed by Professor Hagai Bergman and Dr. Boris Rosin in "Next-Generation Brain Stimulation May Improve Treatment of Parkinson's Disease" - Eureka Alert press release, October 19, 2011

A new scoop on dog poop! Professor Oded Shoseyov invents a device that converts dog poop in to environmentally-friendly ash - "A Welcome Scoop for Dog Owners" - Israel 21C, October 18, 2011

Professor Yitzhak Reiter is quoted in "Israeli-Palestinian prisoner swap brings joy and soul-searching" - The Los Angeles Times - October 12, 2011

Shlomo Avineri, the Herbert Samuel Professor Emeritus of Political Science, weighs in on the likelihood of Middle East peace amid party dissent in "No realistic chance of permanent Middle East peace"  - Haaretz.com, October 5, 2011  

Groundbreaking malaria control research by Professor Yosef Schlein, a parasitologist at the Kuvin Center, and his research partner, Dr. Gunter C.  Muller, is featured prominently in"Brewing Up Double-Edged Delicacies for Mosquitoes" - The New York Times, September 26, 2011

Ambassador Efraim Halevy, Head of the Center for Strategic and Policy Studies at Hebrew University writes "How Abbas’s U.N. Gambit Empowered Hamas" - The New Republic, September 23, 2011 

Professor Gadi Wolfsfeld is quoted in "Israel’s New Labor Leader Faces a Party in Decline" - The New York Times, September 22, 2011

Dr. Sanford Kuvin, American Friend and founder of The Hebrew University’s Sanford F. Kuvin Center for the Study of Infectious and Tropical Diseases speaks passionately about the Kuvin Center's work in "Health & science, best prescription for peace: Dr. Sanford Kuvin" - The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, September 20, 2011

Professor Yitzhak Reiter provides commentary on the East Jerusalem Arabs' views of the Palestinian statehood bid in the UN in the article "Arabs in East Jerusalem Conflicted About Palestinian State" - USA Today - September 19, 2011

Hebrew University climbs to 57th Place Among Top Ranked Universities Worldwide in China's Shanghai Jiao Tong University's Academic Rankings of World Universities. The only Israeli academic institution to place in the top 100.
Read coverage in the JTA (August 18, 2011) and Haaretz.com (August 18, 2011)

Professors Avraham Diskin, Gadi Wolfsfeld and Reuven Hazan provide commentary in "Netanyahu Maneuvering to Stay Atop Israel’s ‘Wave of Populism’ Protests" - Bloomberg, August 4, 2011

"HU and TAU law faculties ranked among world’s top 100" - Jerusalem Post.com, August 4, 2011

Political Scientist, Professor Avraham Diskin is quoted in "Israeli Housing Protests Evolve Into Major Crisis" - Associated Press, July 26, 2011

Hebrew University/Rothberg International School alumnus Dan Shapiro is the new US Ambassador to Israel: "New US Envoy Shapiro Scheduled to Arrive in Israel"- The Jerusalem Post, July 21, 2011

Professor Avi Simhon quoted in "Spirit of Middle East Protests Doesn’t Spare Israel" - The New York Times , July 19, 2011 

"Ruins from ancient Syrian synagogue put on display in Israel after 63-year delay" - Haaretz, July 17, 2011

Hebrew University faculty speak at conference to determine the success of Israel's Facebook campaign against the high price of cottage cheese: "Israel’s Cottage Cheese Revolt: A Flash in the Tub?" -  The Media Line News Agency, July 11, 2011

Professor Hermona Soreq's oral treatment for Inflammatory Bowel Disease to be licensed -
"BioLineRx Signs Exclusive License Agreement w/Yissum for Oral Phase II Ready Treatment BL-7040 for Inflammatory Bowel Disease" - BusinessWire.com, June 27, 2011

The eco-friendly aquaculture techniques developed by Professor Jaap van Rijn , head of the Department of Animal Sciences at the Robert H Smith Faculty of Agriculture, Food and Environment are profiled in "Fishing in the Desert" - Israel 21C.com, June 22, 2011 

Products resulting from the research by Dr. Amir Amedi of the Edmond and Lily Safra Center for Brain Sciences and Dr. Yonatan Elkind of the Robert H. Smith Institute for Plant Sciences and Genetics in Agriculture were presented at the 2011 President's Confernede in Jerusalem - "Hebrew U device uses sonar to help the blind navigate" - Jerusalem Post.com, June 22, 2011

Economics Professor Omer Moav quoted in "Cottage Cheese Becomes Symbol of Israeli Frustration With Rising Food Prices" - JTA, June 20, 2011

"Shrunken Head DNA Proves Horrific Folklore True"- DiscoveryNews, June 14, 2011

"Hebrew University awards Honorary PhD to Wolfensohn"  -  JWire: Jewish Online News from Australia and New Zealand, June 14, 2011

Professors Haim Rabinowitch and Dan Gazit and Dr. Raanan Fattal win top three Kay Innovation Awards -
"3 Hebrew U. professors win prestigious science prize" - The Jerusalem Post, June 13, 2011  

Dr. Yakkov Nahmias and colleagues develop a new citrus supplement that could change the way our bodies process sugar and cholesterol - "New Citrus Supplement Busts Sugar and Cholesterol" - Israel 21C, June 5, 2011

Hebrew University's Professor Chaim Cedar Awarded First I-CORE Center In Israel - Read coverage in:
"Grants Awarded to Ease Israel's Brain Drain" - Forward.com, June 2, 2011,"New Research Centers May Help Stem Brain" - Haaretz.com, June 1, 2011 and in "Ministry Announces First Sites for 'Excellence in Research'" - The Jerusalem Post, June 1, 2011

Professor Dani Lischinki's pixel research makes news in "Algorithm Turns 8-Bit Art into HD Vector Graphics" - PC World, May 26, 2011

Israel's President Shimon Peres meets with AFHU's Palm Beach Mission in Israel

Professor Shlomo Avineri of the Department of Political Science is author  of the article, "Mideast Peace Requires Palestinian Self-criticism" - Ha'aretz, May 11, 2011 

"Israelis Find Key to Containing Cancer"- Israel 21c, May 2, 2011

Professor Moshe Ma'oz quoted in "The Devil You Know..." - The New York Jewish Week, April 27, 2011

"Bark if You're Having Fun", April 21 Washington Jewish Week photo spread of AFHU's Mardi Paws for a Cause event in Washington, DC on April 10, 2011

Ambassador Efraim Halevy, a former chief of Israel’s Mossad intelligence agency who is now head of the Shasha Center for Strategic Studies at Hebrew University is quoted in "Israel and Hamas Consider Cease-Fire" - The New York Times, April 10, 2011

Professor Ronnie Friedman comments on global warming in  "Food Price Fall Likely Only to be a Blip" - The Wall Street Journal, April 7, 2011

Research on insulin producing beta cells by Professor Yuval Dor and colleagues is profiled in "Scientists Identify Key Trigger for Pancreatic Beta Cell Regeneration" - HealthCanal.com, April  6, 2011

Professor Yuval Shani and Dr. Guy Harpaz of the Faculty of Law are quoted extensively in  "Goldstone's Retractions Won't Change Legal Realities" - The Jerusalem Post, April 4, 2011

Professor Moshe Ma'oz quoted in 'Israeli Syrian Expert: Assad Regime Fighting for Its Life" - AOL,com News, March 28, 2011

AFHU's ALEF conference in Palm Beach tops PalmBeachDailyNews.com news list -
"Ambassador Carmi Gillon Tells American Friends of The Hebrew University Guests Democracy in Libya Will Take Time" - PalmBeachDailyNews.com, March 27, 2011

Professors Howard Cedar and Aharon Razin win prestigious honor:   "HU professors win Gairdner International Award"- Israel 21C, March 23, 2011

Screen legend and 1980 AFHU Scopus Award recipient Elizabeth Taylor remembered fondly in  "Liz Taylor recalled by Palm Beachers as ravishing, confident, thoughtful" - PalmBeachDailyNews.com, March 23, 2011

Faculty of Law Professor Ruth Gavison Wins Israel Prize -"Law professor Gavison wins Israel Prize for legal research" - The Jerusalem Post, March 21, 2011

"Hebrew University's Einstein Archives to go online" - The JerusalemPost.com, March 14, 2011

"Albert Einstein Archive to be Digitized By Hebrew University"- Shalom Life, March 14, 2011

"Yissum and Hadasit License Regenerative Polymeric Membrane Implants to RegeneCure" - Business Wire, March 7, 2011

Professor Ariel Darvasi of the Department of Genetics identifies a new DNA technique to solve criminal cases - "Cracking Crimes with a New DNA Technique" - Israel 21C, March 3, 2011

2011 Academy Award-winner and Hebrew University alumna Natalie Portman speaks out against designer's anti-Semitic remarks in "Natalie Portman Condemns Galiano" - The New York Times, February 28, 2011

Hebrew University alumnas Natalie Portman and Susanne Bier receive Oscars! - "Jews and Oscars: The Night’s Minyan" - The JewishJournal.com, February 27, 2011 

"Diane Belfer and Family Honored at American Friends of Hebrew University Gala" - South Florida Sun Sentinel.com, February 23, 2011

Professor Alexander Vainstein's breakthrough technique to genetically modify plant genomes is profiled in "HU Researcher Fortifies Plant Genomes by 'Editing' DNA" - The Jerusalem Post, February 22, 2011 and in "Yissum and Danziger Innovations Introduce a Revolutionary Method for Modifying the Genome of Plants" - Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology News, February 22, 2011

Professor Efraim Halevy, head of the Shasha Center for Strategic Studies discusses  the impact of the Egyptian uprising on Israel's strategic position in "Country Strong" - The New Republic, February 21, 2011

A method to reduce malaria-bearing mosquito population by Professor Yosef Schlein and colleagues is profiled in "Sweet Bait Lures Malaria Mosquitos" - Voice of America, February 18, 2011

"Brain's Research Center Isn't Picky About Vision" - research by Dr. Amir Amedi, The New York Times, February 17, 2011

Professor Efraim Halevy is quoted in "As Egypt Calms Down, So Do Israeli Nerves", The New York Times, February 14, 2011

"Hebrew U Takes in 12 US Students Fleeing Cairo Upheaval" - The Jerusalem Post, February 14, 2011

Raphael Israeli, professor emeritus of Middle Eastern Studies, is quoted on the Obama administration's response to the unrest in Egypt  - "US Response to Egypt Draws Criticism in Israel" - Associated Press, February 3, 2011

Study by HU political scientists, Professors Tamir Sheafer and Shaul Shenhav  predicted unrest in Egypt - "What Science Teaches Dictators About the Likelihood of Revolution"- Time Magazine, February 2, 2011

Professor Elie Podeh is quoted extensively in "A Secular Bent Seen on the Street" - The New York Jewish Week online, February 2, 2011

Read about a partnership between Yissum, HU's technology transfer arm, and a Korean printing company based on high-tech electronics inks developed by Professor Shlomo Magdassi, Dr. Alexander Kamyshny and doctoral student, Michael Grouchko from the Institute of Chemistry in, "Yissum, Vaxan Collaborate on Printed Electronics Ink" - Globes Online, January 30, 2011

New Worlds: Physics Made Easier by Hefty New Hebrew Volume"- The Jerusalem Post, January 30, 2011

The eco-friendly fish-farming techniques of Professor Jaap van Rijn of the Robert H. Smith Faculty of Agriculture, Food and Environment are discussed in "Israelis Find Environmentally Friendly Fish Farming System" - The Jerusalem Post, January 29, 2011

Hebrew University's event marking 50 years since the trial of Nazi Adolf Eichmann receives coverage by 124 media outlets around the world - January 27, 2011.  Read a sampling of the coverage:  The Jerusalem Post | Fox News.com  | The Associated Press | UPI.com

Dr. Eldad Pardo is interviewed on the unrest in Egypt and Lebanon in "Upheaval on the Borders: Demonstrations in Neighboring Egypt and Lebanon Have Israel Watching Nervously" - The New York Jewish Week, January 25, 2011

Professor Yitzhak Reiter is quoted in "Ancient Water Tunnel Excavated in Jerusalem" - The Associated Press, January 25, 2011.

Hebrew University and eTeacher Group's joint virtual classroom program enables students from anywhere in the world to learn to read the Bible in its original Language. "Hebrew University and eTeacher Group Bring Ancient Language to Students Around the World" - Business Wire.com, January 19, 2011

Political Science Professor Gideon Rahat comments on Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak's departure from the Labor Party in the January 18, 2011 issue of The Forward and in the January 17, 2011 editions of  The Washington Post, The Christian Science Monitor and Voice of America.