The prestigious PitchBook entrepreneurship ranking for 2023 places Tel Aviv University (TAU) in seventh place globally and first place outside the US for the second year in a row. TAU graduates are at the top of the global entrepreneurship list thanks to 825 undergraduate entrepreneurs at TAU, who have founded 692 companies that have raised… Read More
A new Tel Aviv University (TAU) study has found a significant statistical correlation between thunderstorms occurring around the world and the formation of wispy cirrus clouds that might increase global warming. The researchers say that although it is known that cirrus clouds can contribute to global warming, it is very difficult to track these clouds… Read More
A new Tel Aviv University (TAU) program will strive to increase the numbers of students from underrepresented populations admitted to its School of Medicine. According to the new plan, 10% of all those admitted to the first year of the six-year track will come from four underrepresented groups: haredim, Ethiopian Israelis, outstanding students from the… Read More
A new study from the Sonia and Marco Nadler Institute of Archaeology at Tel Aviv University (TAU) has found that the extinction of large prey, upon which human nutrition had been based, compelled prehistoric humans to develop improved weapons for hunting small prey, driving evolutionary adaptations. The study reviews the evolution of hunting weapons from… Read More
A new Tel Aviv University (TAU) study finds that our anticipation of social interactions and the desire to cultivate strong friendships with people in our midst can sometimes subconsciously lead us to attribute positive physical traits, even to complete strangers we have never encountered before. The research was led by doctoral student Natalia Kononov and… Read More
Researchers at Tel Aviv University (TAU) have developed a computational model that makes it possible to predict an individual woman’s genetic risk of developing breast cancer based on her genetic profile. The research was based on a large-scale international study that included genomic data of about a quarter of a million women with and without… Read More
A new study from Stanford University ranks Tel Aviv University (TAU) first in Israel and first in the world outside the USA in the number of unicorns (privately held startup companies valued at over US$1 billion) established by its alumni. According to the study, led by entrepreneurship researcher Professor Ilya Strebulaev of the Stanford Graduate… Read More
A new study from Tel Aviv University (TAU) reveals that the presence of parasites in nature is not necessarily negative, and sometimes even helps animals survive. Parasites can also play a key role in the design of a habitat and in sustaining its biological diversity, the researchers say. The study was conducted under the leadership… Read More