Author archive for BFHU Team

  • Dec112018

    BFHU Women’s Group Chanukah party

    The BFHU Women’s Group held their ever-popular Chanukah party in early December, kindly hosted by the Committee’s Vice President, Mrs…

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  • Dec102018

    Hundreds of Photos Found From When Israel’s War of Independence Raged

    Moshe Carmel was a well-known figure in Jerusalem in the 1970s and ‘80s. First he worked as a salesman in…

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  • Dec032018

    Year-End Bonus Time? Better Hope the Boss is NOT Your Friend, New Study Finds

    A manager has to give a bonus to one of two equally deserving employees, one of whom is his friend.…

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  • Nov192018

    Letter reveals Einstein’s fears of growing nationalism, anti-Semitism

    JERUSALEM — More than a decade before the Nazis seized power in Germany, Albert Einstein was on the run and…

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  • Nov192018

    Counting (on) Sheep? Promising Gene Therapy for Visually-Impaired Sheep Now Safe for Human Trials

    Back in 2009, a group of Israeli researchers identified a herd of Awassi sheep suffering from “day blindness”. As its…

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  • Nov152018

    Hebrew University team develops shape-shifting 3D printed pills for better targeted drugs

    3D printing is the ‘next industrial revolution,’ says Professor Shlomo Magdassi, with the technology helping mass-produce cars, shoes, planes Researchers…

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  • Nov132018

    Big Boost for Jerusalem Hebrew University-Bezalel-Azrieli Consortium Wins First Place—and $5 Million Dollar Award—to Create Jerusalem Entrepreneurship Centre

    The Hebrew University of Jerusalem (HUJI), along with the Bezalel Academy of Design and Azrieli College of Engineering, received a…

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  • Nov122018

    Hebrew University Researchers Discover Promising Treatment for Aggressive Brain Tumors

    Glioblastoma is a serious and incurable brain cancer. Patients receiving this diagnosis typically have 11-20 months to live. One of…

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  • Nov082018

    Is an HIV cure on the immediate horizon? A major medical breakthrough delivers hope

    RESEARCHERS believe they are on the cusp of developing a cure for HIV, after a ground-breaking initial human trial of…

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  • Oct302018

    YISSUM LAUNCHES LICENSING CAMPAIGN TO BOOST HEBREW UNIVERSITY INNOVATION

    A unique licensing campaign making academic research more accessible to industry was launched by Hebrew University’s Yissum technology transfer company…

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