This year the Rothberg International School has begun promoting programs to students that offer a focus in various arts programs. The goal of these programs is to attract a range of  students who are following an arts-based track of study at their home university to the Hebrew University so that they too can have the amazing [...]

Ever wonder how long it takes security companies to watch hours of surveillance videos? Prof. Shmuel Peleg of the Benin School of Computer Science and Engineering at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem did wonder – and his invention, lisenced to Israeli company – BriefCam – has now won the prestigious 2010 Wall Street Journal Technology [...]

23,000 students will be filling the halls at the start of the new academic year will open of Hebrew University of Jerusalem this Sunday (October 10th) Among these are 11,450 undergraduate students, 6,820 master’s degree students and 2,670 Ph.D. students. Plus, almost 2,000 students from 60 different countries will be studying at the Rothberg International [...]

A new type of nanoparticle  resembling the six-pointed Star of David (Magen David) that is the symbol on the flag of Israel has been discovered by researchers at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. (One nanometer is a billionth of a meter.) The discovery, the researchers say, may lead to new ways for sensing of glucose [...]

Prof. Elon Lindenstrauss of the Einstein Institute of Mathematics at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem recently received the Fields Medal for 2010 – a prize regarded as the “Nobel Prize” in mathematics that is awarded once in four years. He was the first Israeli to be awarded the medal. The Fields Prize is given to [...]

A tiny clay fragment – dating from the 14th century B.C.E. – that was found in excavations outside Jerusalem’s Old City walls contains the oldest written document ever found in Jerusalem, say researchers at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. The find, believed to be part of a tablet from a royal archives, further testifies to [...]

Batteries are dangerous. If left unused in a product for an long time, they can can leak and ruin the product. They could cause severe chemical burns. Imagine being able to replace your battery with a potato?

If you smoke tobacco it will make you look old. But there is finally a good use for tobacco that won’t harm your health. In fact it can make you look young again. A scientist at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem’s Robert H. Smith Faculty of Agriculture, Food and Environment has succeeded in producing a [...]

Japan is being introduced to Israeli high school students in a unique program run by Japanese Studies students at the Department of East Asian Studies at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. The program, which aims to introduce Japanese society and culture to new layers of Israeli society, was developed with the support of the Embassy [...]

Regarded as the State of Israel’s highest honor, the prize is traditionally awarded every year on Independence Day in the presence of the President, the Prime Minister, the Knesset chairperson and the Supreme Court president. This year, the three Hebrew University recipients are: Prof. Avishai Margalit Prof. Margalit is the 2010 recipient of the Israel [...]