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Mount Scopus campus of The Hebrew University in Jerusalem. (Nati Shohat/Flash90)
October 17, 2026, 9:13 pm
Hebrew U to rename Mt. Scopus campus for John Paulson after record $250m donation
Hedge fund manager’s gift will go toward department of engineering and expanding biomedical research, as he hails school for ‘providing top-tier higher education to generations of students’
By Zev Stub
An Israeli flag flies over an agricultural field in the Gaza border community of Kibbutz Nahal Oz as members take part in traditional Shavuot celebrations, on May 22, 2026. (Tsafrir Abayov/Flash90)
October 5, 2026, 6:02 am
Survey: Israelis feel more Middle Eastern, less connected to Europe in wake of Oct. 7
Hebrew University poll finds stronger Israeli identity, growing skepticism of EU and wide gap with Europeans over where Jews are safest to live
By Zev Stub
Members of the excavation team, including Uzi Leibner (center), in front of the vaulted ritual bath discovered in excavations at the foot of the Temple Mount in Jerusalem (Aubrey Mercado)
September 24, 2026, 1:51 pm
Ancient public mikveh complex, used for festival pilgrimage, uncovered at foot of Temple Mount
Three large ritual baths, built around 10 CE, offer a rare glimpse into the experience of the massive influx of Jewish pilgrims visiting the Second Temple some 2,000 years ago
By Zev Stub
Jason Watson, 2026 (Yitzchak Ledee)
September 6, 2026, 8:10 am
Peoples of Israel: Jason Watson, the Chickasaw Zionist
On this week’s installment, we meet a man who came to see that his Native American indigenous story is reflected in Israel’s struggle for existence
By Sarah Tuttle-Singer
A homeless man sits on Rothschild Boulevard in Tel Aviv, July 28, 2026. (Miriam Alster/FLASH90)
August 18, 2026, 9:56 am
State covers just 13% of registered food aid charities’ budgets, study finds
First national mapping of food aid groups finds vast gaps in geographical, sectoral distribution; calls for nutrition standards, reporting, coordination between groups and state
By Sue Surkes
A slice of pizza. Beta-casein, successfully engineered into a plant at Jerusalem's Hebrew University, is one of the milk proteins responsible for making cheese melts. (Proformabooks, iStock by Getty Images)
August 16, 2026, 2:56 am
Milk from seeds: Israeli scientists produce key dairy protein from safflower plant
Hebrew University researchers say beta-casein, which helps cheese melt, can be found in ‘cream’ pressed from seeds, eradicating need for cows, and slashing costs and livestock emissions
By Sue Surkes
Flowering wild plants that were tested for drought both as individual species growing alone, and in a group. From top left to bottom right: Palestine catchfly, Israel marigold, purple clover, spring groundsel, common oat, and a mixed-species community containing all five species. (Barel Tsafon)
July 22, 2026, 4:36 pm
Drought makes Israeli wildflowers change bloom schedule, study finds
Hebrew University team finds timing of water shortages matters more than duration, with fall and spring droughts narrowing flowering season
By Sue Surkes
This file photo provided by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows a feeding female mosquito in the process of obtaining its blood meal through its sharp, needle-like labrum. (James Gathany/CDC via AP)
April 3, 2026, 8:46 am
Groundbreaking Israeli study finds malarial parasites hack RNA to deceive immune system
Paving way for new therapies, researchers decode how parasites that spread one of the world’s deadliest diseases use trickery to trigger confusion inside cells and evade defenses
By Diana Bletter
Prof. Joshua Goldberg, Dept. of Medical Neurobiology, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, left, and Joshua L. Plotkin, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Neurobiology and Behavior, Center for Nervous System Disorders, Stony Brook University School of Medicine. (Courtesy)
March 22, 2026, 4:19 pm
Israeli, US researchers find brain’s signals that make OCD behaviors hard to stop
Hebrew University of Jerusalem and SUNY Stony Brook scientists discover linked chemicals in pre-clinical trials in mice, potentially helping treat obsessive compulsive disorder
By Diana Bletter
Prof. Joseph (Yossi) Tam of the Tam Lab at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem's School of Pharmacy in the Faculty of Medicine. (Courtesy/Tom Barnea)
March 6, 2026, 8:29 am
Israeli researchers find cannabis compounds could lead to 1st drug for fatty liver disease
As 1 out of every 3 adults worldwide suffers from the condition, Hebrew University scientists use non-psychoactive substances to change how the organ manages energy and cleans itself
By Diana Bletter
Illustrative image of a brain scan (utah778; iStock by Getty Images)
February 5, 2026, 3:25 pm
Israeli researchers identify gene that causes elusive neurodevelopmental disorder
Using CRISPR, Hebrew University of Jerusalem team finds PEDS1 enzyme linked to reduced brain size; study maps 331 genes essential to brain and neuron development
By Diana Bletter
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A stack of glued glass sheets showing light penetration and scattering. Photo credit: Marcelle Deichev
January 11, 2026, 8:41 pm
Ten discoveries that shaped the year
From smart materials and medical breakthroughs to climate solutions, ancient history, and animal communication
Dr. Herdís G. R. Steinsdóttir, a postdoctoral researcher working with Dr. Miguel J. Frada from the Department of Ecology, Evolution and Behavior at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and the Interuniversity Institute for Marine Sciences in Eilat, deploys an instrument near the reef in Eilat to record water currents, allowing her to keep track of the direction of sea currents. (Courtesy/Jake Stout)
January 1, 2026, 9:26 pm
New Israeli research shows coral reefs shape the ebb and flow of local microbial life
Like in humans, microbe levels can indicate health of ecosystem, say scientists from Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Haifa University, and Interuniversity Institute for Marine Sciences in Eilat
By Diana Bletter
Prof. Gad Baneth of the Koret School of Veterinary Medicine, Faculty of Agriculture, Food and Environment, Hebrew University of Jerusalem and the Health Ministry's laboratory of entomology, holds a mosquito in his right hand and a tick in his left. (Courtesy/Hebrew University of Jerusalem)
December 2, 2025, 10:08 am
In breakthrough, Israeli scientists develop ‘all-in-one’ DNA test for leishmaniasis infection
Analyzing nearly 2,000 live specimens, researchers used a novel lab technique to rapidly identify the sand fly, detect parasites and pinpoint the source of the blood meal
By Diana Bletter
Prof. Asher Cohen (Igor Farberov)/ The Albert Einstein privet library, Hebrew University in Jerusalem, March 19, 2012. (MENAHEM KAHANA / AFP)
November 19, 2025, 11:56 pm
What Matters Now to Prof. Asher Cohen: Academic boycott of Israel is ‘catastrophic’
Past president of Hebrew University weathered COVID, judicial reform and a massive call-up of student reservists post-Oct. 7. Shunning of Israeli institutions a larger challenge
By Amanda Borschel-Dan
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