A major EU Horizons 2020 grant for the study of large forest fires has been awarded to an international consortium co-led by Dr. Avi Bar-Massada, a landscape ecologist at the Faculty…
Migdal Group Insurance & Finance has pledged NIS 100,000 towards scholarships for 11 students enrolled in the actuarial master’s program at UofH. The MA program is the only one in…
A study reviewing 220,000 years of Dead Sea geology predicts the occurrence of a major seismic event to hit the region in the next few decades. According to research data…
A collaborative study by Drs. Tamar Lotan and Shani Levy (Leon H. Charney School of Marine Sciences) and Dr. Mickey Kosloff (Department of Human Biology) has discovered surprising evolutionary similarities in the functioning of…
The team, made up of archaeologists and geologists from the University of Haifa, the University of California, San Diego and Utah State University, estimate the wave measured 50-130 feet high…
In the News A study recently published in the Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology B: Biology investigated whether irradiation using UV LED would inactivate human coronaviruses, including SARS-CoV-2. Dr. Yoram Gerchman (Department of Evolutionary…
Archaeologists from the Zinman Institute of Archaeology have unearthed a prehistoric stone grinding tool used for 'delicate' abrading by early humans some 350,000 years ago at the Tabun Caves –…
The University of Haifa is proud and honored to congratulate Prof. Sir Simon Baron-Cohen, Trustee of the University of Haifa UK, on being awarded the title of Knights Bachelor from…
Prof. Mouna Maroun (Former Head of the Sagol Department of Neurobiology) has been appointed Vice President and Dean of Research. Prof. Maroun holds many 'firsts' to her credit – a first-generation…
Prof. Shulamit Almog (Faculty of Law) will become the University's Presidential Advisor for Gender Equality. On the occasion of the appointment, President Ron Robin noted that, “In addition to being a…
The University's Ezri Center for Iran & Persian Gulf Studies and Maritime Policy & Strategy Research Center (HMS) has established a new partnership with the TRENDS Research & Advisory Center in Abu…
Prof. Manfred Green answers calls on BBC Radio Throughout this first week of vaccinations, public health expert Prof. Manfred Green, fielded hundreds of questions from the public on >>UNIVERSITY OF…
Dr. Shiri Lavy and Dr. Adar Ben-Eliyahu from the Faculty of Education spoke at a webinar hosted by the American Society of the University of Haifa, on the impact of online learning. Their…
Israeli-Arab women have emerged to fill positions of leadership in Israeli society, yet many challenges remain to achieve full equality. Sawsan Kheir, double-degree PhD candidate in psychology at the University of…
The International MBA class at UofH recently held a Business Virtual Salon on the topic of business globalization with the MBA class at ECNU (East China Normal University), the University’s…
In the News A number of students on campus joined Rabbi Dr. Yossi Stemler to light Hanukkah candles with longtime University of Haifa friends and supporters from Brazil and Argentina,…
Prof. Dan Tchernov (Department of Marine Biology), Dr. Roee Diamant (Hatter Department of Marine Technologies), Dr. Bracha Nir (Department of Communication Disorders) and additional marine scientists from the Leon H. Charney School of…
Dr. Roee Diamant, Head of the Underwater Acoustics and Navigation Lab is leading the development of a deep learning system capable of identifying the number and types of fish in the…
The device, developed by Israeli company OutSense, clips onto the toilet and operates automatically, non-invasively, discreetly and without active user intervention. In addition to being 90% accurate in detecting traces of blood…
Dr. Nissim Cohen, head of the Department of Administration and Public Policy and director of the Center for Public Policy and Administration, recently presented a new model for managing the…
Dr. Shani Stern of the Sagol Department of Neurobiology is a Zuckerman Faculty Scholars recipient. Upon joining the University of Haifa last year, she set-up the Precision Disease Modeling Laboratory, where…
The Ministry of Higher Education has recently made an important decision designating our university as the University of Haifa and the Galilee. The decision concludes a long governmental process exploring…
An impressive lineup of ambassadors, politicians, researchers and key public figures in Israel and the United States participated in the Ruderman Program for American Jewish Studies’ annual conference. Several speakers…
The University of Haifa proudly participated in the first ever-public event between an Israeli university president and the head of an Emeriti university. Hundreds tuned in to the engaging online…
This year’s European Research Night was held online for the first time. The UofH virtual booth showcased a broad mix of research topics through open lectures, online activities for children,…
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