Search:   Advanced Search   Gallery   About Us   Contact Us   עברית   Supreme Court Deputy-President Eliezer Rivlin (ret.) Joins Hebrew University Faculty of Law Not just our cars, but also living organisms need antifreeze to survive in the cold Nobel laureate Dr. Bruce Beutler to lecture, receive award at Lautenberg Center for Immunology and Cancer Research Learn in Israel, Heal the World: Public health leaders from 20 countries will spend nine days learning and exchanging ideas in Jerusalem Music on our Minds: international conference on music and the brain will mix science and concerts German foundation awards two €250,000 prizes to Hebrew University researchers in Humanities and Social Sciences Professor Yoram Bilu to receive Israel Prize in sociological and anthropological research How to cut down on crime? Focus police in concentrated ‘hot spots,’ says Hebrew University criminologist Healing the world: 70 graduates of International Master’s in Public Health program to attend 2nd alumni workshop, reunion in Jerusalem It's a bird, it's a plane, it's…. Hebrew U?   22 November, 2012 10 Hebrew University faculty members inducted to new Young Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities Will operate independently with backing and assistance from Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities Prof. Ariel Knafo (left) and Prof. Orit Kedar (Photos: Sasson Tiram, Hezi Hojesta) Ten young Hebrew University of Jerusalem faculty members have been inducted to the new Young Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities created by the Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities. The new academy includes 26 outstanding young faculty members from universities across Israel, and will operate independently with the backing and assistance of the Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities. The new academy is comprised of Israeli researchers up to age 45 who have demonstrated excellence in research and original thinking, won prizes and received research grants. Members are inducted for a period of four years, with the first inductees chosen by a committee of the Israel Academy and future members to be chosen according to agreed-upon rules. Inductees from the Hebrew University include Dr. Yuval Noah Harari, who lectures at the Department of History; Prof. Orit Kedar from the Department of Political Science; and Prof. Re'em Sari from the Racah Institute of Physics. The goals of the new academy include promoting the standing of young scientists in Israel, promoting the relationship between science and policy-makers and between science and society, fostering communication and cooperation between young researchers from different fields, and encouraging joint research and collaboration with young researchers from around the world. Other Hebrew University researchers who were chosen for the new academy include: Prof. David Enoch, Faculty of Law and Department of Philosophy; Dr. Roie Yerushalmi, Institute of Chemistry; Prof. Ariel Knafo, Department of Psychology; Dr. Pawel Maciejko, Department of Jewish Thought; Prof. Michal Feldman, Jerusalem School of Business Administration; Dr. Sharon Zuckerman, Institute of Archaeology; and Prof. Edit Tshuva, Institute of Chemistry.
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