January 2020

March 11 - TORONTO - Madness Tournaments Tip-Off Party

May 4 - 12 - From Cork to Fork: A Unique Culinary and WineJourney Through Israel

June 12 - 17 - 83rd International Board of Governors Meeting atHebrew U

July 29 - TORONTO - 10th Annual CFHU Ruth Farb Charity GolfClassic

Click here to read about Isaac Becker's professional journey since attendingRothberg in 1988, and how his experience at Hebrew U influenced him.

AWARDS & HONOURSHU profs among those just awarded ‘Israel’s Nobel Prize’

MEDICAL RESEARCHHU team finds TB vaccine may prevent Alzheimer's disease

ARCHEOLOGY

HU Denisovan discovery wins Science magazine award forBreakthrough of the Year

ARCHEOLOGY

Futile struggle against rising seas in Israel 7,000 years ago

CULTURAL HERITAGE

HU research key in call to preserve decaying Europeansynagogues

CONFERENCES

HU student delegation meets Pope; only Israeli institution atworld conference in Italy

FOOD TECH

HU profs' startup receives funding for edible packaging toextend shelf life of fruit and vegetables

PHYSICS

Elusive part of Newton's laws of motion finally solved

NANOTECHNOLOGYHU reinvents periodic table for artificial atoms created from

quantum dot structures

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MEDICAL SCIENCE

HU alum’s startup involving blood test succeeds whereTheranos failed

POLITICAL SCIENCE

NPR podcast with HU political science prof: How Netanyahuhas stayed in power so long

ANIMAL SCIENCEResearch shows giant tortoises have long memories

ANIMAL SCIENCEArtificial intelligence tech can help improve welfare of cows

HISTORICAL RESEARCH

HU historian: 6th century plague far less deadly than thought

BOOK REVIEW

NBC says Yuval Harari’s latest book may help you cope withmodern life

EINSTEIN

Decade review: Einstein legacy lives on, especially at HU

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