Author: Raphael

Dramatic Discovery at Tel Aviv University: 15th-Century Holy Books of Ethiopian Jewry—the Oldest Found to Date

Written on July 9, 2025.

Two Orit books (the Torah of Beta Israel – Ethiopian Jewry) from the 15th century were discovered by the Orit Guardians program of TAU’s Department of Biblical Studies. A Rare Discovery: A traveling...

Why Pursue an Undergraduate Degree at Tel Aviv University?

Written on July 9, 2025.

It’s your launchpad to a truly global career Considering an international education for your undergraduate degree? Tel Aviv University (TAU) offers an exciting, accessible and academically rigorous...

Two Out of Every Three Arab Citizens Support Political Partnership Between Arabs and Jews

Written on July 7, 2025.

New study by the Moshe Dayan Center at Tel Aviv University examines the views of Arab citizens in Israel – after the war with Iran A new study by the Konrad Adenauer Program for Jewish-Arab Cooperation at...

Alexandra Seaman (fourth from the right) with her Conflict Resolution & Mediation MA classmates on a field trip to Jerusalem

Empowering Women, Advancing Peace

Written on July 3, 2025.

TAU alumna establishes scholarship fund for women in Conflict Resolution and Mediation MA at TAU The MA in Conflict Resolution and Mediation at Tel Aviv University is proud to announce the...

This year’s TAU iGEM team includes, clockwise, from top left: Oren Haviv, May Lieber, Ariella Nouman, Ester Buderovsky, Shir Shance, Michael Kovaliov, Din Saadon, Nir David, Idan Eyni and Roni Zarakhovsky.

TAU Students Develop RNA-Based Therapy to Fight Lung Cancer

Written on July 2, 2025.

As part of 2025 iGEM competition, team prepares to highlight their work on global stage A team of 12 Tel Aviv University (TAU) students, from undergraduates to PhDs, is currently developing a novel,...

Oren Vaserman with a fellow Israeli student during their exchange semester in China

Global Learning in Changing Times: A Guide to TAU’s Student Exchange Program

Written on July 1, 2025.

Even in challenging times, we at TAU continue to dream, learn, and build new global opportunities, including through our Student Exchange Program. Despite our daily routine changing and shifting, Tel Aviv...

“It’s the Place Where You Can Experience It All”

Written on June 30, 2025.

Meet the Class of 2025 graduate who found her path through Tel Aviv University’s double-major BA When Tyla Shur first arrived in Israel for her gap year, she had no intention of staying longer than...

Important Campus Updates – We Stand Strong and Keep Our Sights on a Better Future

Written on June 26, 2025.

“We Stand Strong and Keep Our Sights on a Better Future” June 26, 2025 Message from Tel Aviv University After nearly two weeks of uncertainty and disruption, Tel Aviv University has reopened its...

When Teaching Calls You Back

Written on June 25, 2025.

Rediscovering professional identity through TESOL training Sometimes the most transformative educational journeys begin with a moment of unexpected discovery. For Haneen Abu-Khet, this year’s Tel Aviv...

Is This the Future of Burn Care?

Written on June 15, 2025.

TAU researchers and Sheba Medical Center developed bioengineered skin that accelerates healing time. Researchers from Tel Aviv University and Sheba Tel Hashomer Medical Center have developed an innovative...

Can CRISPR Make a Better Tomato?

Written on June 15, 2025.

Researchers from Tel Aviv University used CRISPR to edit thousands of genes in tomato plants. Researchers from the School of Plant Sciences and Food Security at the Wise Faculty of Life Sciences at...

Prof. Ran Barkai holds a segment of an ancient elephant at the La Polledrara site in Italy.

Stone Age BBQ: How Early Humans Preserved Meat with Fire

Written on June 9, 2025.

Did Early Humans Smoke Meat Million Years Ago? Did prehistoric humans know that smoking meat could preserve it and extend its shelf life? Researchers from the Alkow Department of Archaeology and Ancient...

The Lowy Quarterly Newsletter: Fresh Edition

Written on May 27, 2025.

“We Stand Strong and Keep Our Sights on a Better Future” May 27, 2025 Message from Prof Milette Shamir, Vice President International, Tel Aviv University “In these turbulent months, I’ve...

Finding Kant in New Haven

Written on May 26, 2025.

TAU Fox Fellow bridges Israeli and American academic worlds at Yale Meet Attay Kremer, a PhD student in the Department of Philosophy at Tel Aviv University, currently pursuing research into German...

‘Hackathon’ Led by Tel Aviv University and UConn Brings Together Students from Middle East, North Africa and the U.S.

Written on May 26, 2025.

Joint event fosters peacebuilding, dialogue and real-world problem solving At a time when campuses across the world are grappling with polarization, dozens of students from the U.S., Israel, Palestine,...

TAU Honors Ten Visionaries with Honorary Doctorates and Fellowships

Written on May 22, 2025.

Honorees include scientists, journalists, industry leaders, philanthropists, a social activist, and Israel’s national orchestra – recognized for their exceptional contributions to science, culture,...

Tel Aviv University’s Gray Faculty of Medical & Health Sciences Poised for Global Impact After Record Gift

Written on May 21, 2025.

$125 million donation will help advance research possibilities, collaboration, international studies and more When Mindy and Jon Gray donated $125 million to Tel Aviv University (TAU) in May 2025, it was a...

TAU Prof Raanan Rein Honored in Buenos Aires

Written on May 19, 2025.

How a Tel Aviv historian became a voice in Latin America’s scholarly and public debates On June 6, 2025, the University of Buenos Aires awards Prof. Raanan Rein an honorary doctorate: a tribute to a...

Laying the Foundation for a Global Future

Written on May 19, 2025.

Tel Aviv University celebrates the cornerstone ceremony for the new home of the Lowy International School dedicated to the memory of Shirley Lowy In a festive event held on May 14 on the Tel Aviv...

Study without Fees at Tel Aviv University

Written on May 12, 2025.

Top Tuition-Free Degree Programs in Israel Looking to pursue a master’s of science (MSc) program in Israel without the burden of tuition fees? Then consider Tel Aviv University (TAU), the #1 choice for...

Tel Aviv University Inaugurates the Gray Faculty of Medical & Health Sciences

Written on May 8, 2025.

The $125 million gift from the Gray Foundation is set to transform the University’s medical education and research Tel Aviv University made history today with the naming of its new Gray Faculty of...

Letter from the University President Honoring the Gray Family’s Gift to the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences

Written on May 8, 2025.

The Gray family has generously donated $125 million to advance and develop the Faculty. Dear Tel Aviv University community – faculty, staff, students, Governors, and Friends of the TAU in Israel and...

Sustainability Without Borders

Written on April 29, 2025.

TAU’s Sustainable Development Alumni Share Global Career Stories This April, graduates of the MA in Sustainable Development and Nitsan Sustainable Development Lab got together on Tel Aviv University campus...

“Human language has not invented the words that can tell of Treblinka” – Yehudit Hendel

Written on April 24, 2025.

Holocaust Remembrance Day Ceremony at TAU Yitzhak Wolster, his granddaughter, Noga Shahar and Iris Ben Moshe, a sign language interpreter, at the Holocaust Remembrance Day 2025. The Bar Shira Hall...

Can AI Help Doctors Make Better Diagnoses?

Written on April 22, 2025.

A new TAU study explores how accurate AI can be when assisting with diagnoses in virtual urgent care. A new study led by Prof. Dan Zeltzer, a digital health expert from the Berglas School of Economics at...

Antisemitism Eases After War, Yet Remains Alarmingly High

Written on April 21, 2025.

Antisemitism Worldwide Report for 2024. On the eve of Holocaust Remembrance Day, the Center for the Study of Contemporary European Jewry and the Irwin Cotler Institute Democracy, Human Rights and Justice,...

Can Stem Cells Restore Bone Marrow?

Written on April 9, 2025.

Doubling adult stem cells for bone marrow and immune system regeneration. An international research team, led by scientists from Tel Aviv University and Sheba Medical Center, has unveiled an innovative...

The Bat’s Walking Cane: How a Tail Becomes a Sensor in the Dark

Written on April 9, 2025.

New research highlights a unique evolutionary adaptation: a bat’s tail acting as a reverse walking cane. A new study from Tel Aviv University reveals that the Greater Mouse-Tailed Bat (Rhinopoma...

Why We Really Exercise: First AI Study Reveals True Motivation

Written on April 8, 2025.

A first-of-its-kind AI study finds 23.9% exercise for appearance and 18.9% for health. A new study from Tel Aviv University used AI tools for the first time to discover what motivates people to exercise...

Bias, Blame, and Brainpower: What Happens When Minds and Machines Collide

Written on April 7, 2025.

Highlights from the LMU-TAU AI-Humanity-Society Workshop From March 17–19, 2025, early-career researchers from Tel Aviv University and Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich (LMU) gathered in Munich for...

Closing the Academic Gender Gap in Israel

Written on April 1, 2025.

Some 50 outstanding female TAU graduates have gone abroad for post-docs thanks to a fellowship aiming to increase women’s representation in academia Though great progress has been made for gender equality in...

What Can Bob Dylan Teach Researchers?

Written on March 31, 2025.

TAU postdocs get a crash course in the art of scientific discovery The Postdoc Researcher Club kicked off at the Lowy International School with a thought-provoking session on the creative process of...

New PTEN Research Could Transform Autism and Cancer Studies

Written on March 23, 2025.

Is PTEN the key to advancing autism and cancer research? A novel scientific method developed at Tel Aviv University promises to accelerate our understanding of the gene PTEN, a key player in...

A Career Shift Rooted in Environmental Passion

Written on March 20, 2025.

Combing a background in law with water management and sustainability For Alexa Goldner, a lawyer from Mexico City, environmental issues have always carried particular importance. Having done her thesis...

The Future of Memory: Superlubricity Sparks Breakthroughs

Written on March 17, 2025.

A two-atom-thick, frictionless layer could boost speed, efficiency, and durability. A groundbreaking technological advancement from Tel Aviv University has, for the first time, enabled the...

Should Platforms Control Your Data?

Written on March 17, 2025.

Game theory shows data sharing benefits. Researchers from Tel Aviv University used mathematical tools from game theory to show that in certain situations, allowing platforms to retain...

Tel Aviv University Launches TAU Shop

Written on March 16, 2025.

The merch store with Telavivian flair. Tel Aviv University is taking university merch to the next level with the launch of TAU Shop, the official e-commerce store for TAU-branded apparel and accessories....

TAU Breaks Israeli Record in Space

Written on March 16, 2025.

Tevel 2: Israel’s Largest Satellite Constellation Launch. The Ministry of Innovation, Science, and Technology, Tel Aviv University, and nine municipalities across Israel have announced an...

Universities as Catalysts for Climate Change Solutions

Written on March 12, 2025.

TAU joins forces with international universities to tackle pressing environmental challenges On March 3rd and 4th, a joint workshop hosted at the University of Cambridge and funded by the British Council’s...

Tel Aviv University Students Help Keep Women’s Rights on the Agenda at the UN

Written on March 6, 2025.

Traveling to Geneva, the students witnessed firsthand the challenges and urgency of sustaining international human rights efforts From February 3 to 21, 2025, the United Nations (UN) Committee on the...

From Startups to Stagecraft: TAU’s Student Clubs Have It All

Written on March 5, 2025.

Meet the passionate international students shaping TAU’s club scene With the second semester starting March 17, it’s the perfect time to explore Tel Aviv University’s vibrant student life. Here, everyone...

“The Complexity of the Human Brain Is What Drives People to Study Neuroscience”

Written on March 3, 2025.

Tel Aviv University’s research-intensive MSc is at the forefront of discovery If you are eager to understand the most complex machine imaginable—the human brain—Tel Aviv University’s MSc in...

Pushing the Boundaries of Nanomedicine

Written on February 25, 2025.

International researcher Riccardo Rampado helps lead discovery of new mRNA delivery system Legendary physicist Richard Feynman famously said, “There’s plenty of room at the bottom.” For Dr. Riccardo...

Four Tel Aviv University Professors Honored as Senior Members of the US National Academy of Inventors

Written on February 24, 2025.

Prestigious recognition highlights TAU’s leadership in innovation, with honorees from engineering and medical sciences Four professors from Tel Aviv University (TAU) have been named Senior Members of the...

The Scholar in the “Eye of the Storm”

Written on February 23, 2025.

Julie E. Cooper’s new role as Director of the Stephen Roth Institute As the new director of the Stephen Roth Institute for the Study of Contemporary Antisemitism and Racism at Tel Aviv...

Harvard Jewish A Capella Choir to Perform at Tel Aviv University

Written on February 18, 2025.

A musical bridge to spread joy and culture through song Harvard’s rising Jewish a capella group, ApiChorus, is set to captivate audiences at Tel Aviv University on March 16 with a dynamic blend of songs in...

The Lowy International School Supports Successful Goethe University–Tel Aviv University Winter School

Written on February 16, 2025.

Israeli and German early career researchers participate in academic exchange on adaptive cognition Prof. Tom Schonberg, co-organizer of the Winter School, and Prof. Roy Mukamel, from TAU’s School of...

Hernandez Batista in the lab where she conducts research on nanobubbles, along with her supervisor Dr. Ines Zucker and the Ambassador of Panama to Israel Ezra Cohen

Raziel Hernandez Batista’s Environmental Mission

Written on February 12, 2025.

From Panama to Tel Aviv and back For Raziel Hernandez Batista, the journey to studying environmental science at Tel Aviv University (TAU) has been anything but conventional. Originally from Panama,...

Open Day at TAU: Choose the Unconventional, Combine Your Passions

Written on February 9, 2025.

Thousands came to discover how they can combine their areas of interest in their studies. The winter weather, which decided to visit us in Tel Aviv for only a few hours, added to the festive atmosphere of...

Nobel Laureate Reinhard Genzel delivering a lecture at TAU's annual Physics Colloquium

Main Nobel Laureate Reinhard Genzel Visits TAU as a Lowy Distinguished Guest Professor

Written on February 6, 2025.

Unveiling the Universe’s Mysteries In January, Tel Aviv University (TAU) hosted Nobel Laureate Professor Reinhard Genzel for a lecture on recent advancements in understanding black holes and their role in...