In the News After decades of advocacy the Council for Higher Education has approved the establishment of the University of Haifa’s medical school – a transformative initiative set to revolutionize…
In the News Over 20 years ago, Michael and Linda Frieze first stepped onto our campus through CJP – the Boston-Haifa Connection – and saw a place where their vision…
In the News The University of Haifa proudly conferred its highest honor, the degree of Doctor of Philosophy Honoris Causa, upon Justice Esther Hayut, Supreme Court President (Ret.). Justice Hayut…
In the News Nathan Royce Silverstein, US lawyer and philanthropist, joined the University’s President, Prof. Gur Alroey, Rector, Prof. Mouna Maroun, and Faculty of Law Dean, Prof. Tal Zarsky to celebrate the inauguration…
In the News Dr. Gideon Bickel, agronomist, entrepreneur, and businessman, has gifted the University’s Institute of Evolution with a 61-dunam (15-acre) plot of land in Moshav Neve Yarak to establish…
In the News A groundbreaking study led by Prof. Shani Stern (Sagol Department of Neurobiology) reveals that 75% of genes associated with autism spectrum disorder are also linked to schizophrenia.…
In the News High school students from Shchakim School in Nahariya achieved a remarkable feat – their groundbreaking research on degenerative diseases in space was published in Astrobiology, a leading journal in the…
In the News Interest in post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) has surged since the Gaza war outbreak. Traumatic memories can resurface years later, disrupting the lives of those who suffer from…
In the News The University of Haifa community congratulates Prof. Sigal Zilcha-Mano (School of Psychological Sciences) on being awarded a prestigious ERC Consolidator Grant on "An Individual-Specific Understanding of How…
In the News Credit: Getty ImagesA groundbreaking study led by Dr. Shani Stern (Sagol Department of Neurobiology) has discovered that genetic mutations in nerve cells of children with autism cause rapid growth followed…
In the News Dr. Shani Stern (Sagol Department of Neurobiology) and Dr. Tal Luzzatto-Knaan (Department of Marine Biology) were featured in a recent Ha'aretz article (in Hebrew) about Israeli researchers who are developing groundbreaking discoveries…
In the News Two female leaders and role models from the University of Haifa were featured in an Israel21c article marking Israel's 75th anniversary: marine geoscientist and National Geographic Explorer, Prof. Beverley Goodman-Tchernov (Leon…
In the News A new international study led by researchers from the University of Haifa in collaboration with the University of California (Davis), found for the first time a…
In the News Getting diagnosed and receiving effective treatment for bipolar disorder is crucial, as it can negatively impact education, work status, family relationships, and even lead to suicide. Dr. Shani…
In the News Credit: Getty Images The rainforests are a complex ecosystem that plays a vital role in the maintenance of the environment. A key feature of the rainforests…
In the News Credit: Getty ImagesMillions of bats and other flying animals are killed each year by wind turbine blades around the globe. A new interdisciplinary collaboration developed a drone-mounted…
In the News Michelle Gauthier and Adam Freed from Ottawa visited Israel this past May to find help for their four-year-old son Maksim who has an ultra-rare disease — GRIN2B-related…
In the News Dr. Shani Stern (Head of the Precision Disease Modelling Laboratory in the Sagol Department of Neurobiology), is participating in an international effort to find a cure for GRIN2B, an ultra-rare…
In the News Prof. Adi Livnat (Department of Evolutionary and Environmental Biology) and scientists from Ghana made headlines when they called into question a central premise of Charles Darwin's evolutionary theory.…
In the News Following two consecutive studies, Dr. Hanin Karawani Khoury (Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders) and PhD student, Dana Bsharat-Maalouf concluded that bilingual speakers demonstrate more brain plasticity—the…
In the News New research led by Dr. Shani Stern (Sagol Department of Neurobiology) and international researchers from the Weizmann Institute, Salk Institute in San Diego, the Paris Brain Institute and the…
In the News Prof. Fuad Fares, Dr. Lital Sharvit and Prof. (Emeritus) Solomon Wasser (Faculty of Natural Sciences) have developed a novel cancer treatment that utilizes extracts of Cyathus striatus mushrooms to…
In the News CLIMATE CHANGE:Dr. Avi Bar-Massada (Department of Biology and Environment at University of Haifa at Oranim), a global leader in fire research, warns that the extreme heatwave experienced in southern…
In the News The Strage Foundation and Ben-Gurion University of the Negev announced that Prof. Andrea Ghermandi and Michael Sinclair (Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Management) are the winners of…
In the News Congratulations to Prof. Noga Ron-Zewi (Department of Computer Science) on being awarded an ERC Starting Grant for her research on error-correcting codes and computation. Reducing transmission errors ('noise') is one of…
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