Higher education

Joining the community of Israeli academia is to take a stand.

Tel Aviv University is inaugurating the new home of the Edmond and Lily Safra Center for Ethics: “A space for thinking. For dialogue. For people.”

TAU President Prof. Ariel Porat and dean of the Gray Faculty of Medical & Health Sciences Prof. Karen Avraham explain the importance of the historic $125 million donation gifted by Jon and Mindy Gray

WATCH: Sarit Firon, managing partner at Team8, in conversation with Jake Laznik, Senior Breaking News Desk Manager, The Jerusalem Post.

HIT President Prof. Eduard Yakubov emphasized Israel’s urgent need for 80,000 applied science engineers and called for national unity through STEM education, innovation, and social responsibility.

World-renowned journalist Thomas Friedman, Head of Science at the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative Prof. Stephen Quake, and climate policy expert Prof. Miranda Schreurs among this year’s honorees.

The program notably had controversial teachings about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, but university authorities maintain that the curriculum was not antisemitic.

The defacement occurred as the federal government has sought to push academic institutions, including Northwestern, to adopt new policies to address campus antisemitism and radicalism.

"We would reject any agreement that would require us to relinquish our independence and autonomy as an educational institution," acting president Claire Shipman said on Monday.

Reichman University blends academic excellence with real-world impact. 'This place has amazing added value,' says VP Jonathan Davis, 'where Israel is one of the world’s top startup nations.'

Bar-Ilan University, with a NIS 1 billion gift, is recruiting research students to enhance Israel's Deep Tech leadership, featuring an Open Day on April 2.