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Tel Aviv University has opened up its Sackler School of Medicine to give academic sanctuary to medical students from hurricane-ravaged Tulane University in New Orleans. In addition, any college student from the region affected by the storm may apply to TAU’s Lowy School for Overseas Students where deadlines are being waived to accommodate the victims. Both the Sackler School and Lowy School programs are conducted in English. This initiative was adopted by several of Israel’s universities in cooperation with the Hillel Foundations for Jewish Campus Life and the UJC (United Jewish Communities). It includes assistance in placement, grants for airfare and initial expenses, a tuition waiver for qualified students, and overseas travel information.
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The Dan David Prize published its “Call for Nominations for 2006.” The selected fields for the coming year, encompassing the Past, Present and Future Time dimensions, are: Preserving Cultural Heritage (Past Time Dimension), Journalists of Print Media (Present Time Dimension) and Cancer Therapy (Future Time Dimension). Prizes of a million dollars are awarded to each category.
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The Porter School of Environmental Studies, together with the Heschel Center for Environmental Learning and Leadership and Merhav (the Movement for Urban Renewal), held a conference on Public Transportation in Metropolitan Tel Aviv. Mr. Jaime Lerner - architect, city planner and past mayor of Curitiba, Brazil, was the keynote speaker, lecturing to a large audience inspired by his vast experience and international reputation.
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Prof. Shimon Shamir, Head of the University Institute for Diplomacy and Regional Cooperation, delivered a lecture on “Arabs in Israel – Two Years After the Or Judicial Commission” at an event organized by the Moshe Dayan Center for Middle Eastern and African Studies and the Konrad Adenauer Foundation. Dr. Elie Rekhess, Head of the Adenauer Program, chaired the evening.
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The annual “Yariv Memorial Conference on the State of the Nation” in memory of founder Major General (res.) Aharon (Ahrale) Yariv was held by the Jaffee Center for Strategic Studies. Keynote speeches were delivered by Former Prime Minister Lt.-Gen. Ehud Barak, MK Yuli Tamir, and Head of the JCSS and former ambassador to London Dr. Zvi Shtauber, among other distinguished senior researchers. Opening remarks were delivered by Head of Military Intelligence Maj. Gen. Aharon Ze`evi Farkash.
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At a fundraising luncheon in California, TAU President Itamar Rabinovich bestowed an Honorary Doctorate on Mr. George Smith in recognition of his civic leadership and support of science. Mr. Smith has mobilized significant resources for genetic research at both TAU and UCLA.
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TAU Vice President Yehiel Ben-Zvi participated in the Annual General Meeting of the German Friends of TAU in Frankfurt and the annual board meeting of the Josef Buchmann Scholarship Fund. Ben-Zvi also attended birthday celebrations held for German Friends President Dr. h.c. Ernst Gerhardt at the guest house of the JohannWolfgang Goethe-University in Frankfurt in the presence of Mayor of Frankfurt and TAU Honorary Doctor Dr.h.c. Petra Roth.
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| Appointments and honors |
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Prof. Yosef Shiloh of TAU`s Sackler Faculty of Medicine, incumbent of the David and Inez Myers Chair for Cancer Genetics, has been awarded the prestigious EMET Prize for 2005 in the field of life sciences for his work in cancer research. The EMET Prize is awarded annually in the categories of Exact Sciences, Life Sciences, Social Sciences, Humanities and Judaism, Art and Culture. It is sponsored by the A.M.N. Foundation for the Advancement of Science, Art and Culture in Israel, under the auspices of and in cooperation with the Prime Minister of Israel.
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TAU Prof. Emeritus Benjamin Harshav was awarded the EMET Prize for 2005 in the category of Humanities. Prof. Harshav is the founder of the Porter Institute for Poetics and Semiotics at TAU’s Lester and Sally Entin Faculty of Humanities, a noted scholar of Jewish literature and culture, and an award-winning translator of Yiddish and Hebrew works.
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Prof. David Menashri has been appointed Dean of Special Programs, which includes responsibility for the Lowy School for Overseas Students, immigration and absorption, preparatory programs and Hebrew studies.
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Prof. Anita Shapira has been appointed head of the TAU Chaim Weizmann Institute for the Study of Zionism and Israel.
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Prof. Jiska Cohen-Mansfield has been appointed head of the TAU Rosita and Esteban Herczeg Institute on Aging.
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Prof. David S. Katz has been appointed Head of the TAU Goldstein-Goren Diaspora Research Center.
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The new chairman of the TAU Student Union is Boaz Toporovsky.
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Former Tel Aviv Mayor Shlomo Lahat replaces Ranny Finzi as Director-General of the Nahum Goldmann Museum of the Jewish Diaspora—Beth Hatefutsoth. Mr. Lahat is Chairman of the Beth Hatefutsoth Board of Directors.
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| Visitors on campus |
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H.E. Osman Pepe, Minister of Environment and Forestry, the Republic of Turkey, visited the university and met with Prof. Yehuda Benayahu, Chairman of the Department of Zoology, George S. Wise Faculty of Life Sciences; Dr. Arie Nesher, Professional Director of the Porter School for Environmental Studies; and Dr. Yossi Leshem of the Department of Zoology and Head of the International Center for the Study of Bird Migration, who showed his presentation on “Regional Cooperation between Turkey and Israel.”
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An Italian delegation headed by a member of the Italian Parliament and including leading academics, public figures, journalists and a representative of the Italian Embassy in Israel, visited the TAU campus. The aim of the visit was to determine possibilities of cooperation between Israeli and Palestinian academics to be sponsored by international organizations, as well as possible cooperation between TAU and Lecce University. The visit included meetings with Prof. Raanan Rein, Vice Rector, and Mr. Amiram Porat, TAU European Union Officer.
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| Coming events |
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The 15th European Regional Meeting of the Board of Governors will be held in Paris from March 30 to April 2, 2006.
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The offices of the University will be closed for the High Holy Days:
Rosh Hashana October 3 - 5
Yom Kippur October 12 -13
Succoth October 17 – 25
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Wishing you all Shana Tova.
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