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Israeli film Butcher's Stain receives an Oscar nomination in Best Live Action Short category

Butcher’s Stain has already won a Silver Medal in the Narrative category at the 2025 Student Academy Awards, an important achievement for a filmmaker at the beginning of his career.

Omar Sameer Mahamid stars in Meyer Levinson-Blount's Butcher's Stain, a short film that has received an Oscar nomination.
Tel Aviv University, 15 March, 2021.

Scientists find proof of brain activity measurably boosting vaccine response

Graduates celebrate at a commencement ceremony at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, which is fielding a growing number of inquiries from Americans interested in enrolling for college at the university in Beersheva, Israel.

Ben-Gurion University tops list of on-time graduates in Israel, new ranking reveals

A WOMAN lies in bed, looking at her phone.

Women hit far harder than men by October 7 war media overload - study


Bridging Science and Medicine: The Richter Institute for Medicine of the Future

This Institute is a milestone in the efforts of Tel Aviv University (TAU) to unite scientific inquiry with clinical care

 TAU biomed students in advanced labs

Tel Aviv University celebrates global achievers with Honorary Degrees at 2025 Annual Ceremony

World-renowned journalist Thomas Friedman, Head of Science at the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative Prof. Stephen Quake, and climate policy expert Prof. Miranda Schreurs among this year’s honorees.

 2025 TAU honorary degrees winners

From research to reality: Bridging the gap between academia and the marketplace

Backed by Tel Aviv University’s Zimin Institute, X-trodes is turning lab innovation into a global breakthrough in wearable biosensing.

 Wearable smart skin technology developed at Tel Aviv University

Grapevine, May 14, 2025: All in the family

Movers and shakers in Israeli society.

 VAN JONES (center), a CNN political commentator, attends a conference in Sun Valley, Idaho, in 2022

'Trying to intimidate us': Hebrew U, TAU hit back at Kisch's call for funding cuts over Nakba event

Both the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and Tel Aviv University condemned Kisch's call to cut funding to their institutions.

 Demonstrators protest calling to end the war in Gaza while others demonstrate in favor of continuing the fighting, at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem on May 12, 2025.

What’s in a name? Diving into the ancient names of biblical Israel

Ancient name data reveals Israel was more diverse than Judah, offering new insight into biblical-era societies through a modern statistical lens.

 Ancient seals and seal impressions.

Blackstone president Jonathan Gray donates $125 million to Tel Aviv University

This donation, the largest in the history of the university, will fund the development of new facilities and scholarships for the School of Health and Medical Sciences.

 Jonathan Gray and his wife Mindy have made the largest donation in Tel Aviv University's history.

Global antisemitism has declined since peaking in the months after Oct. 7, study says

“The peak was in October-December 2023, and a year later, a sharp decline in the number of incidents was noted almost everywhere," said Uriya Shavit, the report’s chief editor.

 People take part in a protest to mark 100 days since the start of the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas in Gaza during a march in London, Britain, January 13, 2024.

AI may be better than physicians at making clinical decisions, TAU study says

According to a Tel Aviv University study, AI may be better than physicians at making clinical decisions.

 An illustrative image of a medic using Artificial Intelligence.

TAU archaeology prof. faces calls to be dropped from nat'l conf. for West Bank dig stance - report

After publicly boycotting an archaeological conference in Judea and Samaria, a TAU professor finds himself at the center of an argument on his role as a lecturer at a national archaeology conference.

The first building ever discovered in Yavne from the Sanhedrin era. It contained fragments of ‘measuring cups’ identified with a Jewish population.