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[BOARD OF GOVERNORS]
The 2004 Annual Board of Governors Meeting was held on campus in May.
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The Board of Governors approved a far-reaching reform in the
University Governance. A new constitution establishes a unitary
system of governance replacing the dual system, in place since the
establishment of the University.
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At the Honorary Degrees Conferment Ceremony, a degree of
doctor philosophiae honoris causa was bestowed upon: Nobel
Laureate, Physicist Prof. Claude Cohen-Tannoudji, France; President
of the Sorbonne Prof. Jean-Robert Pitte, France; Author David
Grossman, Israel; Chairman of Teva Pharmaceutical Group, Eli
Hurvitz, Israel; and TAU supporters Dr. Mario Arthur Adler,
Brazil; Alan L. Aufzien, USA; Dr. Arturo Constantiner,
USA/Mexico; Norma Cummings, Canada; Dr. Viatcheslav Moshe Kantor,
Israel.
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Honorary Fellowships were awarded to: Advocate François
Brunschwig, Switzerland and to Mrs. Varda Yoran, USA.
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The Dan David Prizes 2004 were awarded in the presence of Moshe
Katsav, President of the State of Israel, in an impressive ceremony
held in the Smolarz Auditorium. Prizes laureates were:
- The Cities of Jerusalem, Rome and Istanbul for their
historical heritage;
- Dr. Klaus Schwab, Switzerland, founder and Executive Chairman,
World Economic Forum;
- Brain researchers Dr. Robert Wurtz, USA; Dr. Amiram
Grinvald, Israel; and Dr. William Newsome, USA.
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The President`s Award was awarded to Jack Lanzer, Australia, and
to Yehuda Assia, Israel.
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During the Board of Governors Meeting other prizes were awarded:
The Ramniceanu Prize in Economics to Gil Shwed, Chairman and CEO
of Check Point Technologies Software Ltd.; the Adler Prize for
Child Welfare; the Henri Glasberg Prize for Volunteer Students,
the Stockholm Junior Water Prize; the Max Perlman Award for
Excellence in Global Business Management 2004 to Raviv Zoller -
President and CEO, Ness Technologies; the Raymond and Beverly
Sackler Prize in Physical Sciences to Prof. Andrea M. Ghez and
Prof. Adam G. Riess, USA; and the Dr. Jaime Constantiner Award
in Jewish Education to The Hebrew Tarbut School, Mexico City.
Prof. Chaim Gans, Buchmann Faculty of Law, received the Minkoff
Prize for Excellence in Law 2004.
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The Board featured the International Howard Gilman conference
entitled: Crisscrossed Glances, a forum of Israeli and French
intellectuals, under the auspices of the Foreign Ministers of France
and Israel, who discussed, over three days, the disparity between the
two countries, and ways to bridge the gap.
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Other conferences during the Board included: The Second John Gandel
Symposium on Islam and the West; The Annual Symposium of the
Adler Research Center for Child Welfare as well as a conference
entitled The Future of Jewish Settlements in Light of the
Disengagement Program.
The Dan David Prize Laureates held a Brain Sciences Symposium.
A Conference Homage to Tel Aviv: A City of World Heritage was held
in acknowledgement of the City of Tel Aviv being recognized as a
World Heritage Site due to its concentration of Bauhaus architecture.
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During the Board meeting 20 projects were dedicated:
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[2 New Schools]
The Zandman-Slaner Graduate School of Engineering by Felix and Ruta
Zandman; and an inaugural symposium of the School for Public
Health.
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[6 New Programs]
The Akirov Fellowship Program; Evens Mediation and Conflict
Resolution Program donated by the Evens Foundation, France;
Horizons Program: The Study of Judaism as Culture funded by the
Posen Foundation, UK; The Zimmerman-Yampolsky Early Childhood
Development Program; Argentina Scholarship Program; the Albert
Paula and Noah Mozes Program in Creative Writing.
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[4 New Institutes]
The Institute for the History of Polish Jewry and Israel-Poland
Relations funded by Israeli donors; International Institute for
Experimental Astrophysics; and Elba Cuenca Institute for
Anti-Aging Therapy Research and the Eli Hurvitz Institute for
Strategic Management.
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[2 New Funds]
Henry and Miriam Greenfield Perpetual Scholarship Fund for IDF
Reservists; the Amalia Biron-Cegla Doctoral Fellowship Fund.
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[4 New Chairs]
Djerassi Chair in Oncology; Jack H. Skirball Chair in Applied
Neurobiology; Michael Gluck Chair in Neuropharmacology and ALS
Research; the Raymond and Beverly Sackler Chair in
Bioinformatics.
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[Art Gallery and 2 Sculptures]
Fondation Michel Kikoine donated by Claire Maratier; Felix and
Ruta Zandman, donated the sculpture "Shoah and Revival" by Varda
Yoran, and Francis Wahl donated a sculpture named "Memory"
created by Yves Dana.
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| Events |
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TAU hosted the First International Homeland Security Conference
2004
organized by the Israel National Security Council together with The
Israel Export and International Cooperation Institute and Globes
Business Newspaper.
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The Tel Aviv Conference on Banking was organized by the Faculty of
Management, the Association of Banks in Israel, Caesaria Center and
the Globes Financial and Business daily publication. The Keynote
speaker was Governor of the Bank of Israel, Dr. David Klein.
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The German Economic Miracle after World War II was the subject of a
conference held jointly by the TAU German History Institute, the Tel
Aviv Cinemateque and the Goethe Institut.
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The Italian Cultural Institute celebrated the publication of a book
by Prof. Gabriel Bensimhon of the Faculty of Arts, entitled Women
in Fellini`s Films.
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A conference marking 100 years since the death of Zeev Benjamin
Herzl was held at Beit Hatefutsoth, Museum of the Diaspora.
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FMRC, TAU and Clalit Health Services held the annual Pediatric
Cancer Research Highlights Scientific Conference.
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| Appointments and honors |
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Michael Steinhardt and Dov Lautman were re-elected as Chairman of
the University and Chairman of the Executive Council, respectively,
during the Board of Governors meeting.
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Yehiel Ben-Zvi was re-elected as the Vice President of the
University.
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Ilana Ben Ami was re-elected as Vice President for Latin America
(in a personal capacity).
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Dr. Tomer Lev was elected head of the Rubin Academy of Music
replacing Prof. Ami Maayani who retires after two terms of duty.
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Prof. David Nevo was elected head of the Constantiner School of
Education replacing Prof. Malka Margalit.
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Prof. Nadav Levanon of the Fleischman Faculty of Engineering was
appointed incumbent of the new Chair of Radar, Navigation and
Electronic Systems.
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Prof. Zeev Maoz of the faculty of Social Sciences was appointed
incumbent of the Brian Mulroney Chair in Government.
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| Visitors on campus |
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The Ambassador of Spain, Mr. Eudaldo Mirapeix, visited TAU and met
with President Prof. Itamar Rabinovich, Dr. Mark Heller of the Jaffee
Center for Strategic Studies and visited the Beth Hatefutsoth Museum
of the Diaspora.
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