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  • Aug172020

    Join the highly popular online Bibilical Hebrew Course

    As a result of the great success in its virtual version this summer, Rothberg International School of the Hebrew University…

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  • Aug082020

    Micro-pancreas ready for UK trials says Israeli developer

    Scientists working on an implantable ‘micro-pancreas’ with the ability to produce insulin in response to blood glucose levels are looking…

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  • Jul312020

    The prestigious Kaye Innovation Awards mark their 27th year

    The awards have earned an esteemed reputation highlighting innovations with potential for income generation, principally through royalties for the University.…

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  • Jul302020

    Put Down that Cup of Earl Gray Tea!

    It is a fact that has long baffled doctors: Cancer in the small intestine is quite rare, whereas colorectal cancer, a…

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  • Jul302020

    Yissum Spinouts Raise $79 million in H1 2020 Despite Coronavirus Uncertainty

    Startups from The Hebrew University of Jerusalem raised $79 million in the first half of 2020, Yissum, the technology transfer…

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  • Jul242020

    Hebrew University team discovers an obscure Brain Structure that Sheds Light on Addiction

    Do you remember where you were when you first heard that two planes had crashed into New York’s Twin Towers?…

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  • Jul222020

    Update on leading-edge COVID-19 research at the Hebrew University

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  • Jul162020

    Watch a Vision for Digital Humanities – Bringing Justice to Victims of Mass Atrocities

    Watch a HUJI Talk with lawyer and researcher Dr. Renana Keydar of the Hebrew University’s Faculties of Humanities and Law. Today, as atrocities are…

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  • Jul152020

    Downgrading Covid-19’s Threat to that of the Common Cold?

    Could a simple drug, that has been on the market for decades, be used to treat COVID-19?  A research team…

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  • Jul152020

    Agricultural Science expertise for the world

    Hear direct from international masters students how they’re taking skills and knowledge from the Hebrew University back to their home…

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  • Jul092020

    Cognitive map–based navigation in wild bats found by a new tracking system

    When wild Egyptian fruit bats set out at night to forage in Israel’s Hula Valley, they do so using advanced…

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  • Jul092020

    Israeli scientists develop a tomato that fights degenerative eye diseases

    The Hebrew University of Jerusalem reported that a team of Israeli scientists has developed Xanthoma, a new tomato variety that…

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  • Jul092020

    The Harry S. Truman Research Institute for the Advancement of Peace

    The Harry S. Truman Research Institute for the Advancement of Peace was the first, and is the largest, research institute…

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  • Jun302020

    The Hebrew University – helping to drive Jerusalem’s start-up culture

    Tel Aviv and Jerusalem ranked together in sixth place in Startup Genome’s Global Startup Ecosystem Report (GSER) for 2020, an…

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  • Jun292020

    The Hebrew University hosts the diplomatic corps in Israel

    Ambassadors from around the world visited and toured ELSC laboratories and heard from University…

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  • Jun262020

    Watch The Talking Brain Webinar: From Neurolinguistics to Clinical Applications

    This webinar features two renowned experts in the field of language and the brain as they join forces – Prof.…

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  • Jun222020

    President Rivlin calls for further research collaboration amid coronavirus

    “I say to the government what it certainly already knows: we have the most wonderful people. Bring them together.” President…

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  • Jun162020

    Jerusalem Tech Beyond COVID19

    Alongside its history and culture, Jerusalem has evolved in recent years into a highly accomplished center of innovation. Over the…

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  • Jun162020

    Access to legal advice in Jerusalem

    Read about the Clinical Legal Education Centre of the Hebrew University law faculty whose civil society work is a critical…

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  • Jun092020

    GREAT WALL (OUTSIDE) of CHINA MAPPED for FIRST TIME

    For the first time ever, researchers have fully mapped the “Genghis Khan’s Wall,” a 737km section of The Great Wall…

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  • Jun032020

    Helping humanity | hear direct from leading Hebrew University COVID-19 researchers

    Watch the video on Professor Yuval Dor from the Hebrew University’s Faculty of Medicine showing how the Faculty’s interdepartmental equipment…

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  • Jun022020

    View all the Hebrew University Covid-19 Webinars

    Click Here to go to our YouTube Playlist showcasing all the Hebrew University webinars on Covid-19

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  • Jun012020

    Cannabis was used in ancient Israelite ceremony, researchers find

    The first evidence of cannabis being used by ancient Israelites has been discovered after researchers found well-preserved cannaboid residue on…

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  • Jun012020

    Prof. David Kazhdan becomes first Israeli to win the Shaw Prize

    Prof. David Kazhdan is one of the great luminaries of the representation theory, his originality and knowledge are incomprehensible. Kazhdan…

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  • Jun012020

    A Shared Ancestry? Genomes Provide New Insight into Canaanite Heritage’s Far Reach

    “The sons of Noah who came out of the ark were Shem, Ham and Japheth; Ham was the father of Canaan.These…

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  • May262020

    Prof. Ben-Yehuda discusses her optimism for an end to the coronavirus pandemic

    In an in-depth feature, Haaretz recently featured Hebrew University Professor Dina Ben-Yehuda, head of the hematology department at the Hadassah…

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  • May202020

    Watch International Students talk about studying at the Hebrew University

    Click the below links below to watch the students talk about their experiences of the Hebrew University: Luke from the…

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  • May192020

    Dare to Discover | Join the Hebrew University for a Virtual Open Day

    With universities delaying or suspending the start of the upcoming 2020/2021 academic year, many students are beginning to consider pursuing…

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  • May122020

    The Jerusalem Ulpan | Study Hebrew in Jerusalem Online, from the Comfort of Your Home

    Don’t cancel your plans to study Hebrew this summer,The Hebrew University is waiting for you!  Come to Jerusalem virtually and get to…

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  • May112020

    Global Survey of 4,000 Coronavirus Patients Supports Link Between COVID-19 and Loss of Smell and Taste

    A massive, crowdsourced-survey of COVID-19 patients from over 40 countries provides the greatest evidence to date of the link between…

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  • May112020

    WATCH THE WEBINAR RECORDING on “Smell and Taste changes in COVID-19 and other respiratory diseases”

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  • May072020

    New English language study opportunities at the Hebrew University

    A wide variety of degree programs offered in English at the Hebrew University. Click here to have a look at…

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  • May072020

    Israeli HIV drug used to treat coronavirus patients in Congo

    Medical researchers in the Republic of the Congo have discovered that an Israeli-developed HIV drug apparently can be used to…

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  • May072020

    Hebrew University research finds toilet paper kills the coronavirus within 30 minutes

    A research group from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, the Weizmann Institute of Science in Rehovot, the Shenkar College of…

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  • May042020

    Hebrew University Team Teaches an Old Drug New Tricks

    Researchers at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem have developed an injectable antibiotic with a new mode of action, which could…

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  • May042020

    WATCH THE WEBINAR RECORDING on “From anxiety to resilience”

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