Academic World

At Yazamut 360, students build ventures, take risks, and shape the future of Israel’s job market

Ben-Gurion University’s entrepreneurship center turns hands-on experience, failed prototypes, and student-led communities into career-changing skills.

An event at Yazamut 360: "A mission bigger than academia itself.”
Q-Factor is led by professors from the Technion, the Weizmann Institute, and experts in the world of deep-tech startups.

Q-Factor emerges as Israel’s latest quantum computing developer with $24 million seed investment

Construction.

Finally, it's happening: A first-of-its-kind academic degree for contractors

A PERSON holds a flag of Qatar and money, as protesters march to Jerusalem during an anti-government demonstration on March 19, 2025.

Fake Western morality is fueled by Qatari money - opinion


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.

 Rob Malley (center) seen with then-US president Bill Clinton and Yassar Arafat at Camp David, July 17, 2000

Israeli-born celebrity professor Neri Oxman accused of plagiarism

The Israeli-born Neri Oxman, a tenured professor at MIT and a celebrity in the academic world, was reported to have plagiarized content in her academic writing, Business Insider reported on Saturday.

Neri Oxman

UPenn professors embark on high-level faculty solidarity mission to Israel

‘We sought to bear comfort to our brothers and sisters in Israel and to more fully absorb the depth of this trauma’

 UPenn professors tour Israel's south, January 2024

Amid campus antisemitism, Jewish students are welcome in Israeli academia - opinion

Jewish individuals with basic Zionist values seeking a welcoming and supportive environment should strongly consider studying here.

 ‘WE CAN proudly present academic excellence and the opportunity to study in Israel, with numerous undergraduate and graduate programs available in English,’ says the writer

This week in Jerusalem: Red or Green?

A weekly round-up of city affairs.

 LIGHT RAIL’S Red Line extension: Delayed.

Israeli woman scientist is nominated to the National Academy of Inventors

Prof. Shulamit Levenberg from the Haifa Technion-Israel Institute of Technology is among the few Israeli women scientists who have invented the most innovative technologies and registered patents.

 Photo of Prof. Shulamit Levenberg

The Lowy International School: International Admissions 2024/25 Now Open

Start Your Academic Journey at Tel Aviv University.

 Open Application 2024-2025

Academia in Italy is targeting Israel - opinion

Sergio Mattarella, the Italian president, recently emphasized the importance of keeping scientific research insulated from international tensions, highlighting its role as an “instrument of peace."

ITALY'S PRESIDENT Sergio Mattarela speaks at the March of the Living during a visit to Poland in April.

Israel-Hamas war: How dare US university students back Hamas over Israel - opinion

To my fellow students who are choosing this moment to call for an intifada, who are once again demanding to know how I “could possibly support Israel,” I can only respond: How dare you?

 A CHALKING at a Students for Justice in Palestine event at the University of Maryland includes a Palestinian flag along with ‘From the river to the sea.’

This week in Jerusalem: Get on board

A weekly round-up of city affairs.

 HEBREW UNIVERSITY opens for 2022. The current academic year continues to be delayed across Israel.