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The Hebrew University of Jerusalem's achievements and honors have made headlines around the world, and have earned HU its reputation as Israel's foremost institute of higher education and research. Learn about these outstanding accomplishments by reading AFHU and HU press releases and the articles below. You may also download the AFHU News - Spring 2010 and 2009 Annual Report.

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Hebrew University and AFHU in the Media

"In Israel, Settling for Less" - a thought-provoking op-ed piece written by Gadi Taub, an assistant professor of communications and public policy at The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, and the author of “The Settlers” - The New York Times, August 30, 2010

Professor Yaacov Bar-Siman-Tov is quoted extensively in "Will Netanyahu Change Coalition?"- The Jewish Week, August 24, 2010

"4 Young Mathematicians Win Prestigious Fields Medal" - The Chronicle of Higher Education, August 19, 2010

Professor Jaap van Rijn of the Robert H. Smith Faculty of Agriculture, Food and Environment is an expert in non-polluting fish farming and a scientific advisor to Local Ocean, an exciting new aquaculture start-up venture in Columbia County, NY. Read "A Fish Story" - The New York Jewish Week, August 18, 2010 and A Fine Kettle of Fish: Local Ocean Harvests Seafood in Zero-Discharge Facility - SmartPlanet.com, August 16, 2010

"Brandman Foundation Donates $8M to Hebrew University" - The Jewish Journal, August 17, 2010

"Widow Plans $8 Million Gift to Hebrew University" - An August 13, 2010 Wall Street Journal profile of Joyce and Saul (z’l) Brandman, longtime American Friends of Hebrew University and the Brandman's extraordinary generosity which has led to a recent $ 8 million gift to name the Saul (z’l) and Joyce Brandman Science Laboratories on Hebrew University's Edmond J. Safra campus at Givat Ram. Read AFHU's press release announcing the Brandman Gift | View photos of the Saul (z"l) and Joyce Brandman Foundation Science Teaching Laboratories

Dr. Mark Spiegelman of Hebrew University's Kuvin Center for the Study of Infectious and Tropical Diseases is quoted extensively in "New Technology is Revealing Medical Clues Buried for as Long as 3000 Years" - Parade Magazine, August 1, 2010

In this Jweekly.com article, the reporter includes AFHU's 2009 Tails of Love event in San Francisco among her most memorable assignments. "Between the Dog Parties and E-mail Propositions, It's Been a Fun Two Years" - July 29, 2010

Hebrew University Faculty of Law students are assisting Holocaust survivors in Israel to claim what is rightfully theirs - Law Students Aiding A Special Clientele - The Jewish Week (thejewishweek.com), July 21, 2010

"Using GPS to Track Crowds and Evaluate our Health" - Israel 21C, July 15 2010 - Latest coverage on HU's advanced tracking system to analyze crowd patterns and to monitor medical patients (see earlier story on this page)

Professor David Levy of the Robert H. Smith Faculty of Agriculture, Food and Environment develops a super strain of potato that is suited to the Middle East's arid climate. "New Potato Variety to Be Irrigated with Salt Water" - GreenMed Journal (on line) - July 16, 2010 | Watch great Israel 21C video on the new potatoes

Read about Hebrew University researchers' latest significant discovery: "Tiny Shard Bears Oldest Script Found in Jerusalem" - The Associated Press.com, July 12, 2010

Win a Trip to Israel! "HU Students Seek Bloggers to Promote Israel" - Jpost.com, July 4, 2010 | Watch YouTube video on the contest

The Scientist magazine ranks Hebrew University #5 in top international institutions for scientific researchers to work:
"Weizmann, Hebrew U. Among ‘best institutions to work for’" - Jpost.com, July 1, 2010
"Israel Top Location For Scientific Researchers" - Israel 21C, July 1, 2010

Hebrew University is selected to join leading world universities taking part in Singapore's CREATE Research Program: "HUJ to Explore Inflammatory Diseases in Singapore Initiative" - Israel 21C, July 1, 2010.

Hebrew University chemistry professor and fossil fuels expert, Zeev Aizenshtat comments on Israel’s natural gas industry in "With BP’s Spill in Mind, Israel Considers Delivery of Natural Gas" - JTA online, June 28, 2010

Raanan Sulitzeanu-Kenan, a political science lecturer at Hebrew University is quoted in "Family of Captured Israeli Soldier Press for Deal" - The New York Times, June 27, 2010 (online); June 28, 2010 (print edition)

"City Front: A Source of Inspiration", profiles Dr. Nigist Mengesha, an Ethiopian-Jewish immigrant, Hebrew University Alumna and Director General of the Ethiopian National Project. Earlier this month, HU awarded Dr. Mengesha a Samuel Rothberg Prize for her outstanding contributions in the field of education in Israel and for her advocacy work on behalf of Ethiopian Israelis. - The Jerusalem Post, June 25, 2010

"Not of This World": Famed Russian-Jewish pianist Evgeny Kissin receives honorary doctorate from Hebrew University, recites the Declaration of Independence and then plays Chopin - Haaretz.com, June 17, 2010

"HU Develops New Surveillance Software" - Israel 21C, June 15, 2010

Professor Ruth Lapidoth is the only non-government official to comment in "Israel Announces Public Probe Into Gaza Flotilla Raid" - Bloomberg Business Week, June 14, 2010

"Potato Power - Yissum Introduces Potato Batteries for Use in the Developing World" - Business Wire (on line), June 17, 2010

HU doctoral student and Kaye Innovation Award- winner Michal Isaacson, develops an advanced tracking system to analyze crowd patterns and to monitor medical patients: "Hebrew U. Adapts GPS for Crowd Control and Medical Care" - IsraelNational News.com, June 15, 2010

Professor Yehezkel Dror offers insights on the gaza flotilla in the interview, "Israeli academic says flotilla crisis could have been prevented" - The Los Angeles Times, June 3 (print edition)

Professor Yaacov Bar-Siman-Tov offers perspective on the Gaza flotilla situation in the article, "In Bid to Quell Anger Over Raid, Israel Frees Detainees" - The New York Times, June 3, 2010

OP/ED piece by Professor Anat Lapidot-Firilla: "Sinking Turkey-Israel Relations" - The Jerusalem Post, June 1, 2010

Dr. Eric Sabel quoted in "Israel's Counter-Terrorism Bureau: Avoid Turkey" - CBN.com/CBNNews, May 31, 2010

Professors Eric D. Gould and Omer Moav interviewed in "Bright Flight" - The Jewish Week, May 12, 2010

"A Delivery System to Fight the Flu" focuses on Israeli company Nas Vax’s VaxiSome vaccination delivery system, which helps boost the body's response to a vaccine. The product is based on research by Prof. Yechezkel Barenholz, who co-founded NasVax was in 2004. - Israel 21C, May 23, 2010 (on line)

Graduate Student Daniel Gross quoted in "Study of American Jews Making its Way into Israeli Schools" - JTA, May 16, 2010

Prof. Avi Simhon quoted in "Israel Admitted to OECD in Key Diplomatic Victory" - Associated Press, May 11. 2010

"Hebrew U. Students Bring Japan to Jerusalem High Schools - Jerusalem Dispatch, May 9, 2010

"Israel Bets on E=MC2 as Right Formula to Woo Chinese Business" - Bloomberg/Businessweek, May 7, 2010

Guilt free eating and drinking? Hebrew University "Expert on the Spot," Dr. Zohar Kerem of the Robert H. Smith Faculty of Agriculture, Food and Environment has the answers in this short Facebook video clip. The answers may just change the way you live your life!

Comments by Hebrew University researchers Jacob Goldenberg and Moshe Levy featured in Twilight Zone: Why Do Babies Have the Same Names?- Time May 10, 2010

Prof. Yechiel Szeintuch quoted in, "Young Israelis Turning to Yiddish in Search for Roots" - JTA, May 3, 2010

Prof. Aliza Fleischer quoted in "Volcanic Ash May Weigh on European Economy" - The New York Times, April 18, 2010

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AFHU and HU Videos
Professor Elon Lindenstrauss is the first Israeli to win the prestigious Fields Medal, considered "the Nobel Prize" in mathematics

CNN airs Israel 21C video on HU's Scientists on the Trains program

Watch video of the convocation ceremony at HU's 73rd International Board of Governors Meeting at which Ira Lee Sorkin, AFHU Honorary Chairman and HU Board of Governors member, received an honorary doctorate from the university.

Prof. David Levy of the Robert H. Smith Institute of Plant Sciences and Genetics in Agriculture has succeeded in breeding special strains of the potato that are suitable to the arid climates of the Middle East, simultaneously providing outreach to nations in the region and building bridges to peace. - Israel 21C, June 2, 2010

Jpost video: Morning commuters met by science experiments

From the Robert H. Smith Faculty of Agriculture, Food and Environment - See Israel 21C on-site video of Prof. Berta Levavi-Sivan and student researchers re-introducing African carp into Uganda's depleted Lake Victoria

The Jerusalem Justice Center: Law Clinics for Social Responsibility

HU "Expert on the Spot: Your Questions, Their Answers" A New Facebook Video Series

New from Hebrew University (January 2010): Two video clips of the work of the Robert H. Smith Faculty of Agriculture, Food and Environment Water Reuse and Recycling | Natural Pesticides: Preserving Crops for our Health

Milestones: A Brief Review of the History of The Hebrew University of Jerusalem

"Scientists on the Trains" Hannukah Lecture on the Maccabees - December 16, 2009

Sight Through Sound: Teaching the Blind to See at HU

AFHU's YouTube Channel

The Koret School of Veterinary Medicine

Feeding the Future, Narrated by Bill Crystal

Advancing the Frontiers of Knowledge

Bill Gates at the Einstein Award Gala

Thomas Friedman at the DC Scopus Awards 2008

HU & AFHU Publications
Hebrew University 2009-2010 Annual Report (includes President's and Rector's Reports)

HU President's Report 2009 |HU Rector's Report 2009

Haverim, Spring 2010