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<title><![CDATA[Two Hebrew University musicology professors named Israel Prize winners ]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[Jerusalem, Feb. 9. 2012 – Prof. Dalia Cohen and Prof.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 09 Feb 2012 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Omen for the future: the Dead Sea was nearly dry generations ago, drilling project shows  ]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[The rapidly dropping water level of the Dead Sea, a cause of much concern today, occurred as well in the distant past, resulting in the severe drying up of the lake, an international drilling project there has shown.

The project, in which researchers from the Fredy and Nadine Herrmann Institute of Earth Sciences at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem were involved, opens a window into the climatic and seismic history of the Dead Sea over the past hundreds of thousands of years. 
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<pubDate>Sun, 05 Feb 2012 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[2012 Israel Prize in Psychology goes to Hebrew University’s Prof. Shlomo Bentin]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[Israeli Education Minister Gideon Saar has announced that the 2012 Israel Prize for Psychology will go to Prof. Shlomo Bentin of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. 

Bentin is a Professor in the Department of Psychology and a member of the Interdisciplinary Center for Neural Computation at the Hebrew University.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2012 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[German law professor who represented victims in Demjanjuk trial to speak at Hebrew University ]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[Prof. Cornelius Nestler, a German law professor who represented victims in last year’s trial of Nazi collaborator John Demjanjuk in Germany, will speak at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem’s Institute for Advanced Studies on Thursday, Feb. 2.  

The lecture will take place at 7 p.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2012 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Nobel Prize Winner for 2011 Prof. Dan Shechtman to speak at the Hebrew University]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[Prof. Dan Shechtman, Nobel Laureate in Chemistry for 2011, will be hosted at the Faculty of Science of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. 

Prof. Shechtman will discuss ''The Discovery of Quasi-Periodic Crystals,'' for which he received the prestigious Nobel Prize in Chemistry for 2011.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jan 2012 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Evening dedicated to 2011 Nobel Laureate for Literature, Swedish poet Tomas Transtr&ouml;mer]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[On Tuesday, January 31 the Faculty of Humanities at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem will hold an evening in honor of the 2011 Nobel Laureate for Literature, Swedish poet Tomas Transtr&ouml;mer.

A writer, poet and translator whose poetry has been translated into over 60 languages, Transtr&ouml;mer is considered one of the most important Scandinavian writers since the Second World War. 

The evening will take place under the auspices of Sweden's Ambassador to Israel Ms.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sun, 29 Jan 2012 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Want to win over your opponents? Put on your baby face]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[Do baby-faced enemies have a better chance of gaining your trust? By subtly altering fictional politicians' faces, researchers at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem examined the extent to which minor changes in appearance can affect people's judgment about politicians from the opposing side in a conflict and their peace proposals.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jan 2012 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[2012 Israel Prize for Mathematics and Computer Science goes to Hebrew University's Prof. David Kazhdan]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[Israeli Education Minister Gideon Saar announced on January 23 that the 2012 Israel Prize for Mathematics and Computer Science will go to Prof. David Kazhdan of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. A Professor of Mathematics at the Hebrew University's Einstein Institute of Mathematics, Kazhdan will receive the prize for his important contributions to group theory research.  

Established in 1953, the Israel Prize is awarded to Israeli citizens or organizations that have displayed excellen]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jan 2012 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Green tea, sushi and origami: January 25 is Japan Day at the Hebrew University]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[The Department of East Asian Studies at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, in cooperation with the Embassy of Japan in Israel and the Louis Frieberg Center for East Asian Studies, will bring the Japanese experience directly to students during a 
traditional Japan Day on January 25. 

Among the lectures, Israel's leading Japan expert, Hebrew University's Prof.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 24 Jan 2012 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[''Writing or Life?'' symposium looks at Jorge Sepmrun: Spanish writer, exile and politician ]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[On January 24 the Hebrew University of Jerusalem 
will host a symposium on the late Spanish writer, 
exile and politician Jorge Sepmrun, who died in April 
2011 at the age of 87.

Semprun was a writer and politician who struggled 
against dictatorship in his native Spain and later 
became that country's culture minister.

During the Spanish Civil War Semprun left Spain for 
exile in France. He joined the French Communist 
resistance against the Nazis a]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 23 Jan 2012 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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