Academic World
Q-Factor emerges as Israel’s latest quantum computing developer with $24 million seed investment
The investment, which included NFX, TPY Capital, and Intel Capital, aims to commercialize a quantum computing project developed by professors from the Technion and Weizmann Institute.
Finally, it's happening: A first-of-its-kind academic degree for contractors
Fake Western morality is fueled by Qatari money - opinion
Aliyah: Navigating the contours of academia
Radicalized faculty are the greater danger lurking behind campus protests - opinion
Faculty who attack Israel in the classroom, disrupt Israeli lecturers, and boycott Israeli scholars are the greater danger by far.
Israeli universities performance ranking drops 21% in 2024 - QS ranking
Israel's overall university performance decreased by 21% in 2024, per QS World University Rankings. The Hebrew University's theology department dropped, while the Technion's mathematics improved.
Grapevine, March 1 2024: Party pooper
Movers and shakers in Israeli society.
Academic ties are key to countering boycotts against Israel - opinion
“Universities are places of dialogue, discussion, and development of culture and knowledge, based on the reference value of peace and dialogue between peoples to achieve it.”
Arab and Jewish students embrace diversity at University of Haifa
For more than 50 years, University of Haifa has been weaving a rich tapestry of diverse students who share the common goal of bettering themselves and Israel’s North.
Technion opens 18 new nursing rooms for mothers in academics
“The welcome growth in the number of women studying at the Technion means that it is all the more important to provide the new mothers among them with suitable and respectful conditions for nursing."
There must be emphasis on critical thinking skills on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict - opinion
How many college students know that chants of “From the River to the Sea” are calling for the murder of Israelis – both Jews and Arabs?
Saliva tests developed by the US and Taiwan successful in detecting breast cancer
In a medical breakthrough, a team of researchers from the US and Taiwan collaborated to develop a saliva test that can detect breast cancer efficiently and effectively
Major medical journals show anti-Israel bias in coverage of Hamas war - report
An analysis of 1,628 English-language scientific publications found an anti-Israel bias in some of the world's most influential medical journals in their coverage of the Hamas war.
Arafat-affiliated former US gov't official to teach in Yale on Israel-Palestine
With the launch of this school year, former special envoy for Iran Rob Malley was announced as one of the new senior fellows at Yale's Jackson School.
