Congratulations to Prof. (Emerita) Ariela Lowenstein (Department of Gerontology) on being selected for the 2021 Israel Prize for Social Work and Criminology. She will be receiving the award in recognition of her outstanding contributions to the study of social work and the study of aging, for deepening our understanding of the aging processes, and for nurturing the next generation of gerontologists, physicians, healthcare professionals and social workers. Prof. Lowenstein is among the founders of the Department of Gerontology and the Center for Research and Study of Aging at the University of Haifa, and is the former President of the Max Stern Yezreel Valley College (2012-2016). She has published extensively, with over 200 publications during the course of her inspiring career, and has received numerous national and international awards including an Honorary Fellowship from the Gerontological Society of America and the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Gerontological Society of Israel (2005). READ MORE in the Jerusalem Post