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CZECH REPUBLIC THE HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM: FOR THE WORLD INDIA LEBANON FIJI SEYCHELLES The President ITALY MADAGASCAR NEPAL MOZAMBIQUE IRAN SOUTH AFRICA ’ s Report 2005 / 2006 The Hebrew University of Jerusalem NETHERLANDS PHILIPPINES JORDAN ALGERIA UNITED KINGDOM ARGENTINA UZBEKISTAN ST. LUCIA CONGO AUSTRALIA SOUTH KOREA ISRAEL SWAZILAND BAHAMAS UNITED STATES OF AMERICA HUNGARY NIGERIA KYRGYZSTAN ZIMBABWE HAITI BARBADOS THE PRESIDENT’S REPORT 2005/2006 BELARUS ZAMBIA JAPAN ST. KITTS ETHIOPIA BOSNIA HERZEGOVINA NICARAGUA PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY GEORGIA BOLIVIA TIBET RUSSIA BRAZIL CHILE SOMALIA BULGARIA THAILAND MONGOLIA COLOMBIA RWANDA CHINA MOROCCO MALAWI ARMENIA TURKEY GHANA COSTA RICA KAZAKHSTAN CAMEROON SURINAME ECUADOR CYPRUS BURKINA FASO CONTENTS 2 From the President 4 For the World 36 New Investments 40 Research Activities 42 Student Life 44 Physical Development 46 The Campaign 48 Financial Report 54 Officers of the University 54 Board of Governors 56 Benefactors 58 Campaign Gifts 62 Major Gifts A NOBEL FOR JERUSALEM PROFESSOR ROBERT J. AUMANN WINS NOBEL PRIZE IN ECONOMICS THE HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM: FOR THE WORLD NAME OF THE GAME The awarding of the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences to Professor Robert J. Aumann in 2005 was a momentous event for the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and the State of Israel, and marked international recognition both of Prof. Aumann’s achievements and of the Hebrew University as a world-class institution of higher learning. Prof. Aumann, a member of the University’s Center for the Study of Rationality and professor emeritus at the Einstein Institute of Mathematics, was awarded the Nobel Prize for his insightful work in laying the foundation for game theory analysis of long-run relationships. He was cited for his vision that game theory had the potential to reshape the analysis of human interaction, thereby elucidating a more precise understanding of the conditions that facilitate cooperation and prevent conflict. Born in Frankfurt, Germany, Robert (Yisrael) Aumann’s family immigrated to the US in 1938. After earning a BSc in mathematics from City College of New York and a PhD from Massachusetts Institute of Technology, he immigrated to Israel in 1956 and joined the faculty of the Hebrew University. A key founder of the University’s Center for the Study of Rationality, Prof. Aumann describes the Nobel Prize as recognition “not just for me, but for Israel… it is permissible to say that we have become a powerhouse in this field [of game theory].” THE HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM CELEBRATES ITS NOBEL PRIZE HERITAGE 2005 Nobel Prize in Economics to Professor Robert J. Aumann of the Center for the Study of Rationality (joint winner) 2004 Nobel Prize in Physics to Hebrew University alumnus Professor David J. Gross of the University of California at Santa Barbara 2004 Nobel Prize in Chemistry to Hebrew University alumni Professor Avram Hershko and Professor Aaron Ciechanover of the Technion – Israel Institute of Technology 2002 Nobel Prize in Economics to Hebrew University alumnus, former faculty member, and Fellow of the Center for the Study of Rationality Professor Daniel Kahneman of Princeton University 1921 Nobel Prize in Physics to Albert Einstein, founder and supporter of the Hebrew University Professor Robert J. Aumann is awarded the Bank of Sweden Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel by Swedish King Karl XVI Gustaf FROM THE PRESIDENT Dear Governor My annual report usually focuses on the Hebrew joint efforts with researchers or students such as University’s contributions to Israel as the country’s Dr. Khaldoun Bader, a Palestinian researcher from foremost research institution and standard-setter Al Quds University. Similarly, Professor Hanokh Czosnek or in its role as the university of the Jewish people is working on a joint project to curb disease in cassava and the most important center of Jewish studies plants, an important food crop not even grown in in the world. Israel, while Professor Joseph Hirschberg has This year’s theme represents another aspect of made a major contribution to the development of the Hebrew University — our connections with and vitamin A-enriched rice. contributions to the world, specifically the non- The University has, over the years, attracted a large Western world, meaning countries in Africa, Asia number of foreign students and professionals who and Latin America. benefit from our research and know-how in key fields Our connection with these countries is presented such as public health, agriculture and food science. via several prisms, including the University’s role In these pages, you will meet a small sample that as a major research center for the study of the cultures, reflects the broad geographical diversity of students history, economics and politics of the non-Western at the University this year. Indeed, through the world. The four scholars presented in these pages — hundreds of graduates of our international courses Professor Eyal Ben-Ari (Japan), Dr. Michal Biran in public health and in plant and nutritional sciences, (Inner Asia), Dr. Sergio La Porta (Armenia) and Dr. we have had a significant impact on the economies Alexander Weinreb (Africa) — exemplify the highest and health systems of over 80 countries. In addition, levels of research. many overseas students come to pursue graduate The Hebrew University is a magnet for foreign degrees — mainly in the sciences — at the Hebrew students from diverse backgrounds who are University. Last year, eight Chinese students were interested in Israel or Jewish studies. Seho Chang awarded doctorates. Fritzie Arce from the Philippines, from South Korea is pursuing Bible studies. Though for example, is an aspiring scientist who has chosen severely wounded in the July 2002 terror attack on the the Hebrew University as her springboard to a Mount Scopus campus, he remains undeterred and scientific career. plans to pursue his doctorate here. Anthropologist This year, resounding affirmation of our standards Wasfi Kailani from Jordan is writing his doctoral of excellence came with the awarding of the Nobel dissertation on the Jewish community in the Jewish Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences to Professor Quarter of Jerusalem’s Old City. Robert Aumann of the Center for the Study of Scientific research conducted at the Hebrew Rationality and the Einstein Institute of Mathematics. University has had a significant impact on developing Prof. Aumann is the fifth faculty member or alumnus countries — indeed, due to our close proximity to of the Hebrew University to have been awarded a some underdeveloped regions, we can contribute to Nobel Prize in recent years, joining professors their welfare and advancement in a way that even the David J. Gross, Avram Hershko, Aaron Ciechanover best institutions in the West cannot. Studies on sand and Daniel Kahneman. flies and leishmaniasis at the Sanford F. Kuvin Center These Nobel awards recognize research conducted for the Study of Infectious and Tropical Diseases and over the course of decades. I see it as our mission to the Koret School of Veterinary Medicine are often guarantee that the Hebrew University — and Israel, University President Prof. Menachem Magidor on the Mount Scopus campus; Japanese lanterns gift of the Mizra Association, Japan via the University — maintain their scientific edge costs of setting up fully equipped laboratories are and intellectual excellence in the years to come. This extraordinarily high. It is equally imperative that means making the recruitment of first-rate young researchers in the humanities and social sciences faculty a firm priority, despite the University’s ongoing have up-to-date library resources. The recruitment financial challenges. Although the University had of young faculty and the provision of appropriate a balanced budget for the eighth consecutive year infrastructures for them is a fundraising priority for in 2004/2005, it came at a heavy price that included the University. It is a challenge which, by joining forces cutting expenditure on vital items such as student with our devoted family of friends and supporters, scholarships, scientific equipment and physical we can surely meet. maintenance, while also absorbing major government cuts and soaring security expenses and utilities costs. New faculty members — last year’s 26 new recruits are pictured in these pages — are the future of our University. It is our challenge to make sure that they are provided with the appropriate academic infrastructure and conditions that will allow them to Professor Menachem Magidor realize their full potential and become world leaders President in their respective disciplines. Meeting this challenge will not be easy; in the experimental sciences, the 2 > 3 ITY OF JERUSALEM: FOR THE WORLD > THE HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM: FOR THE WORLD > THE HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM: FOR THE WORLD > THE HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSAL THE HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM: FOR THE WORLD ALGERIA CHILE MONGOLIA IRAN AUSTRIA GERMANY GHANA GREECE HUNGARY INDIA JAPAN MOROCCO IRAQ SOMALIA JORDAN LEBANON MEXICO POLAND MALAWI SPAIN LITHUANIA NIGERIA PORTUGAL SUDAN SWITZERLAND ARMENIA RUSSIA ITALY EM: FOR THE DR. MICHAL BIRAN: INNER ASIA’S NEGLECTED HISTORY Chinggis (Genghis) Khan, the Mongols, the Silk Road world. “He is perceived as either a hero or a villain,” and Samarkand are all part of a day’s work for Dr. she says. “In parts of the Muslim world, his Michal Biran. A lecturer in the Department of Islamic descendants continued to rule until the 19th century, and Middle Eastern Studies and the Department making this ‘infidel’ the revered father of many of East Asian Studies, Biran’s field is the much- Muslim dynasties. His heirs shaped Eurasian borders neglected history of Inner Asia, the area stretching and Inner Asia’s ethnic composition. But in the Arab from northeast China via Mongolia and up to the world, and in most of the modern, post-dynastic gates of Europe. “There is a fascinating interchange Muslim world, he is seen as a destroyer.” of cultures in Inner Asia,” she says.

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