A recent discovery of a pagan altar incorporated into the walls of an ancient Byzantine church dating to 400 CE is raising questions about the intertwined nature of early Christianity…
Israel has the highest COVID-19 vaccination rate per capita in the world – having administered at least one dose to over half of the population within two months. The NY…
The major oil spill off the coast of Israel is being called the worst ecological disaster in the country's history. Soon after the tar was first noticed on Israel's beaches,…
Prof. Rear Admiral (Ret.) Shaul Chorev, Head of the Maritime Policy & Strategy Research Center and The Ezri Center for Iran & Persian Gulf Studies, was recently featured in a…
Congratulations to the Clinic for Legal Feminism for drafting the digitized resource center for victims of sexual assault. The resource details what rights they are eligible for as well as…
In the News The Clinic for Law and Educational Policy recently reached an agreement with the Petah Tikva Municipality that will allow asylum seekers to register their children for kindergartens…
Prof. Assaf Distelfeld, Director of the Institute of Evolution, took part in a major international study that set out to decipher the complex genetic code of 15 bread wheat varieties…
As global temperatures rise, insect populations have expanded to new regions and reproduce more rapidly – making them a serious threat to cultivated wheat. A new study led by University…
The University of Haifa community mourns the loss of Dr. Joseph (Yossi) Bachar who passed away at age 65. Dr. Bachar is the former Discount Bank Chairman and has been…
Prof. Emeritus Eviatar Nevo, world-renowned evolutionary biologist from the Institute of Evolution, was named Honorary President of the Asia Association of Plant Scientists (2020). Prof. Nevo, an Israel Prize laureate…
The University of Haifa is grateful to Mr. Dov Shafir, longstanding friend and supporter of the University of Haifa, for his generous gift to the Maritime Policy & Strategy Research…
An archaeological dig in the Golan Heights found ruins of the area’s oldest known fortified settlement that date back to between the 11th and 9th centuries B.C.E. The dig’s co-director, Barak…
An international study led by Dr. Hadas Okon-Singer, Head of the Cognition Emotion Interaction Lab, set out to identify whether the sense of anxiety experienced by arachnophobes (individuals with an extreme…
With generous support from the Tami Foundation (Steinmetz family), the Office of the Dean of Students recently launched the campus-wide Social Mobility Initiative. The flagship program provides students from socio-economically…
The highlight of the November Board of Governors meeting was a fascinating discussion led by Prof. Richard Horton, Editor and Chief of The Lancet journal for nearly 25 years. Horton…
Mr. Eytan Stibbe, a former Israeli fighter pilot and a longstanding supporter of the University, will take part in a national and educational mission to the International Space Station (ISS)…
A team of researchers led by Dr. Shani Stern, head of the Precision Disease Modeling Lab at the Sagol Department of Neurobiology, created a large computer simulation to study different…
A new study has found that the interferon beta (IFN-ẞ) protein plays an important role in limiting the immune system's role in inflammation and preventing deleterious outcomes of infection and…
A unique study has for the first time documented the common process of a sequential feather replacement (feather molting) found among modern birds in a winged dinosaur dating back 120…
A new study published recently in the journal Current Biology suggested that during the course of evolution, most animal species on Earth lost the ability to synthesize cholesterol autonomously. Cholesterol is a…
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