• Civil Service
    A new survey from the University of Haifa has found that 40% of Arab youth in Israel were personally willing to volunteer with the civil service in 2011, compared to 53% in 2009. It has also shown a drop in public support for the civil service: 62% today as compared to 68% in 2009 and [...]
  • The Spirit of Israel
    A new unique digital gallery, “The Spirit of Israel”, has been opened at the University’s “Interim Gallery”. As a permanent gallery, it will be presenting changing exhibitions that relate to everyday Israeli life. The first exhibition now showing: “Israeli Oldsters”. “The Spirit of Israel” is a joint initiative by the Art Committee, the School of Arts, [...]
  • Prof. Dan Shechtman to receive Honorary Doctorate
    The University of Haifa will be conferring the Degree of Philosophy, Honoris Causa, upon Nobel Laureate in Chemistry, Prof. Dan Shechtman at the University’s 40th Meeting of the Board of Governors, which is being held on 3-5 June, 2012. Prof. Shechtman is to be awarded the honorary doctorate in recognition of his breakthrough scientific achievements, [...]
  • No. 15
      Take a glimpse at recent news and updates from the University of Haifa
  • Photography competition - 2012
    The 2012 prize-winning photography competition on Facebook is now open to the best University of Haifa campus photos! Take a photo that reflects our campus, its atmosphere and people, and send it to the competition’s email address. The photo that gets the most “Share”s and “Like”s takes first place. The new official University of Haifa page on [...]
  • Fear of flying - no more
    Fear of flying? The University of Haifa has recently implemented an effective and proven form of therapy that uses virtual reality technology to treat the common phobia. While lending itself to a wide range of disciplines, the technological advancement known as virtual reality continues to shift beyond the world of games. Even more so than before, [...]
  • In which brain do you read?
    Readers whose mother tongue is Arabic have more challenges reading in Arabic than native Hebrew or English speakers have reading their native languages, because the two halves of the brain divide the labor differently when the brain processes Arabic than when it processes Hebrew or English. That is the result of a new study conducted [...]
  • Executive Committee elects Amos Shapira as next President of the University of Haifa
    The University of Haifa’s Executive Committee has elected Amos Shapira as the University’s next president, to replace current President Prof. Aaron Ben-Ze’ev who is completing two terms in this position. The appointment will be brought to the University’s Board of Governors for its approval when the Board convenes at the beginning of June 2012. At its [...]
  • No. 14
      Take a glimpse at recent news and updates from the University of Haifa
  • Ambassadors online
    A new program at the University of Haifa will train students to be unofficial “ambassadors” for Israel on the Internet. The students will learn how to confront the delegitimization of Israel that is present on the World Wide Web and on social networks in particular. “Many Israelis don’t know how to respond to allegations against Israel [...]