Academic World

Finally, it's happening: A first-of-its-kind academic degree for contractors

For the first time in Israel, the Contractors Association “Bonei Ha’aretz” received approval from the Contractors Council to create a bachelor’s degree for contractors after two years of fieldwork.

Construction.
A PERSON holds a flag of Qatar and money, as protesters march to Jerusalem during an anti-government demonstration on March 19, 2025.

Fake Western morality is fueled by Qatari money - opinion

Alisa Rubin Peled (2nd row, C) in blue dress, with Argov class of 2025.

Aliyah: Navigating the contours of academia

TAU President Prof. Ariel Porat and H.E. Mr. J.P. Singh, Ambassador of India to Israel.

ICCR India Chair MoU signed at Tel Aviv University


Israeli universities performance ranking drops 21% in 2024 - QS ranking

Israel's overall university performance decreased by 21% in 2024, per QS World University Rankings. The Hebrew University's theology department dropped, while the Technion's mathematics improved.

 Students seen at the campus of "Mount Scopus" at Hebrew University on the first day of the opening of the university year on October 23, 2022.

Grapevine, March 1 2024: Party pooper

Movers and shakers in Israeli society.

 FROM LEFT: Galit Gal, Danny Hakim, Danna Azrieli, and Dekel Noy.

Academic ties are key to countering boycotts against Israel - opinion

“Universities are places of dialogue, discussion, and development of culture and knowledge, based on the reference value of peace and dialogue between peoples to achieve it.”

 OMAR BARGHOUTI was invited to speak with students at the universities of Bologna, Padua, and Venice, but fortunately, the majority of Italian professors hold different views, the writer maintains.

Arab and Jewish students embrace diversity at University of Haifa

For more than 50 years, University of Haifa has been weaving a rich tapestry of diverse students who share the common goal of bettering themselves and Israel’s North.

 University of Haifa faculty and students attend the first day of school, wearing orange wristbands, on a campus known for its diverse community of Jewish, Arab, and Druze students.

Technion opens 18 new nursing rooms for mothers in academics

“The welcome growth in the number of women studying at the Technion means that it is all the more important to provide the new mothers among them with suitable and respectful conditions for nursing."

 Doctoral student Keren Or Greenberg in the Ulman Building’s new nursing room

There must be emphasis on critical thinking skills on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict - opinion

How many college students know that chants of “From the River to the Sea” are calling for the murder of Israelis – both Jews and Arabs?

 Wounded-in-action IDF veterans toured American college campuses and tried to change the narrative towards the conflict.

Saliva tests developed by the US and Taiwan successful in detecting breast cancer

In a medical breakthrough, a team of researchers from the US and Taiwan collaborated to develop a saliva test that can detect breast cancer efficiently and effectively

 A pink ribbon on the field in recognition of breast cancer awareness month at SoFi Stadium

Major medical journals show anti-Israel bias in coverage of Hamas war - report

An analysis of 1,628 English-language scientific publications found an anti-Israel bias in some of the world's most influential medical journals in their coverage of the Hamas war.

 Soldiers from the Commando Brigade operating in Khan Yunis, in the Gaza Strip, January 25, 2024

Arafat-affiliated former US gov't official to teach in Yale on Israel-Palestine

With the launch of this school year, former special envoy for Iran Rob Malley was announced as one of the new senior fellows at Yale's Jackson School.

 Rob Malley (center) seen with then-US president Bill Clinton and Yassar Arafat at Camp David, July 17, 2000

Israeli-born celebrity professor Neri Oxman accused of plagiarism

The Israeli-born Neri Oxman, a tenured professor at MIT and a celebrity in the academic world, was reported to have plagiarized content in her academic writing, Business Insider reported on Saturday.

Neri Oxman