As a small, struggling country, Israel had to be inventive and stretch limited resources. Today, Israel is known as an innovation powerhouse.
Nothing represents this spirit of creativity, resourcefulness and inventiveness more than Tel Aviv University. But this is only the start.
Nothing represents this spirit of creativity, resourcefulness and inventiveness more than Tel Aviv University. But this is only the start.
Graduates rank 8th in the world for producing VC-backed companies (PitchBook)
Entrepreneurship: In 2018, TAU was chosen by Israel’s government to establish an Entrepreneurship Center which will train students from all faculties and backgrounds to contribute to the next phase of the “startup nation.” The Center will work in tandem with TAU Ventures, the University’s startup incubator.
Defense Technology: Prof. Yossi Yovel, Zoology, and his team developed the first “robat,” an autonomous bat-like robot, technology that the Israeli military is considering for rescue missions and navigation.
Nanomedicine: Prof. Tal Dvir, Microbiology, Materials Science & Nano, is creating personalized tissue implants from a patient’s own cells, which reduce the risk of organ rejection.
Climate change and other environmental developments are rapidly damaging our planet. Protecting the environment is not a cause or goodwill endeavour: it is an imperative.
After a blazing growth phase, TAU now excels in research, international ties and community leadership. But we can do so much more to advance Israel’s economy and society, and solve universal problems.
After a blazing growth phase, TAU now excels in research, international ties and community leadership. But we can do so much more to advance Israel’s economy and society, and solve universal problems.
Natural History: A team led by Prof. Israel Hershkovitz, Anthropology, is using DNA analysis on rare human bone remains to study disease, climate change and nutrition from ancient times until today.
Smart Transportation: Prof. Michal Tzur, Industrial Engineering & Food Security, uses math to solve gnarly logistics problems of getting emergency supplies or donated food to where it needs to go, quickly and equitably.
Renewable Energy: Dr. Alex Golberg, Environmental Studies, is building a pilot bio-refinery in the Mediterranean for transforming seaweed into fuel and food protein.
Agriculture: Dr. Assaf Distelfeld, Plant Sciences, is the first in the world to crack the wild wheat genome, making possible the identification of genes that will make cultivated wheat more disease resistant, nutritious and adaptable to climate change.
Since its founding Israel has progressed at an astounding pace, but equal access to education and other social resources remain a concern.
Tel Aviv University works to redress gaps in society through novel social investment initiatives.
Tel Aviv University works to redress gaps in society through novel social investment initiatives.
– Free legal clinics
– Institute for Local Government: Hands-on training for municipal leaders
Volunteerism: Led by Dean of Students Prof. Tova Most, TAU has launched a revolutionary program to get every undergraduate student learning about social leadership in required, accredited courses.
Music: A program run by TAU’s music school in collaboration with the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra set up 15 orchestras for over 800 children from distressed and minority communities.
Government: Customized academic training of mayors and their deputies, steered by TAU’s Ophir Pines- Paz, former Minister of the Interior, is helping impoverished and peripheral cities in Israel become solvent and flourish.
What’s needed more than anything is original, out-of- the-box and interdisciplinary thinking to vanquish global killers like cancer, Alzheimer’s and heart disease.
Despite tremendous advances in understanding and treating disease, medical scientists are only now beginning to grasp how much there is still to know.
Despite tremendous advances in understanding and treating disease, medical scientists are only now beginning to grasp how much there is still to know.
Trauma: Prof. Yair Bar-Haim, Psychology, is working with the IDF and the US Army to test the effectiveness of a computer program he developed to prevent and treat PTSD among combat soldiers.
ALS: A technique using the patient’s own stem cells, pioneered by Prof. Dani Offen, Medicine, successfully treated ALS patients in Phase II clinical trials; now he wants to adapt the technique for curing Parkinson’s.
Cancer: Dr. Carmit Levy, Medicine, has discovered how to block melanoma, the most aggressive and lethal type of skin cancer, from sending out “scout cells” that pave the way for the cancer’s spread throughout the body.
Diagnosis: Prof. Yuval Ebenstein, Chemistry & Nano, is developing a DNA-reading chip that will enable very early diagnosis of any diseased tissue in the body—at the single molecule level—using a simple blood test.
The humanities and arts encourage critical thinking and cultural dialogue, promote a vibrant democracy and strengthen diversity on campus and in civil society.
TAU has the talent: ingenious students and faculty from all disciplines.
TAU has the talent: ingenious students and faculty from all disciplines.
Jewish Studies: Dr. Guy Stiebel, Archeology, brings the latest in biological and exact science methods to paint a new and more complete picture of life on Masada and among the Romans who besieged it.
Theater: One of the leading programs of its kind in the world, TAU’s Community Theater track gives voice and helps empower and rehabilitate prison inmates, at-risk youth, battered women and other marginalized groups in society.
Language: An expert in the emerging field of neurolinguistics, Dr. Einat Shetreet, Humanities, uses brain imaging and eye-tracking to discover the relationship between language skills and other cognitive abilities in children and adults.
History: Prof. Dalit Rom-Shiloni, Biblical Studies, is introducing the world’s first and only free-access database on nature imagery in the Bible, an invaluable source for learning about the plants, animals, landscape and climate of the ancient world.
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