Hebrew University faculty and alumni were prominently featured by many high-profile news sources in 2004.   Some of the highlights of this excellent "press" include:

Three HU Alumni Awarded 2004 Nobel Prizes
(featured in The New York Times and widely reported by news organizations around the world)

Three of 2004's Nobel Prize laureates -- two in chemistry and one in physics -- are graduates of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. They are Prof. David J. Gross, winner of the Nobel Prize in physics, and Prof. Avram Hershko and Prof. Aaron Ciechanover, winners of the Nobel Prize in chemistry.

Ambassador Efraim Halevy
(featured in The Economist magazine and on CNN's Wolf Blitzer Reports)

On August 18, 2004 Ambassador Halevy, head of Hebrew University's School for Strategic and Policy Study and former chief of Israel's Mossad intelligence agency, discussed the President Bush's potential appointment of a U.S. “intelligence tsar” in a CNN interview segment with Wolf Blitzer. He also contributed an opinion piece (In Defence of the Intelligence Services 07/29/04) in The Economist, where he addressed the idea of accountability for intelligence agencies.

Professor Amnon Shashua
(featured in The New York Times)

As profiled in The New York Times (For the Multi-tasking Motorist, a Third Eye 02/19/04), Professor Amnon Shashua, chair of Hebrew University's School of Engineering and Computer Science, was the principal researcher involved in the invention of a processing system that analyzes signals from car-mounted cameras. Called the EyeQ chip, the device is designed to warn drivers of collisions and other hazards by distinguishing between thousands of roadway objects in real-time.

Professor Micha Asscher
(featured in Scientific American magazine)

Professor Micha Asscher of Hebrew University's Institute of Chemistry has been named to Scientific American magazine's prestigious list of 50 leaders for the year 2004. Prof. Asscher was selected as a "research leader" for working to develop a new method for forming nano-structures, tiny metallic structures sized one billionth of a meter. The complete list of the "Scientific American 50" appears in the December 2004 issue of the magazine.

Professor Uri Gat
(featured on CNN.com )

The work of Professor Uri Gat, a developmental biologist at the Alexander Silberman Institute for Life Sciences, was detailed in CNN.com's Technology section. Prof. Gat, along with colleagues from Munich University and Oxford University, has discovered a method to genetically engineer spider webs in the laboratory. Potential applications for this extremely durable material include bullet-proof vests, micro-conductors and optical fibers.

Professor Yinon Ben-Neriah
(featured in the scientific journal Nature and The Jerusalem Post)

Professor Yinon Ben-Neriah, who leads a team of researchers at the Lautenberg Center for Tumor and General Immunology, has discovered that anti-inflammatory drugs may be effective in preventing liver cancer. His findings were published in the prestigious scientific journal, Nature, and further detailed by the Jerusalem Post (Link Found Between Chronic Inflammation, Cancer 08/26/04).