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Officers of Tel Aviv University
Harvey M. Krueger
Chairman of the Board of Governors
Dr. Giora Yaron
Chairman of the Executive Council
Prof. Joseph Klafter
President
Prof. Aron Shai
Rector
Mordehai Kohn
Director-General
Prof. Raanan Rein
Vice President
Prof. Eran Rabani
Vice President for Research and Development
Dr. Raymond R. Sackler,
Michael H. Steinhardt
Honorary Chairmen of the Board of Governors
Dr. h.c. Karl Heinz-Kipp, Marshall H. Polk
Deputy Chairman of the Board of Governors
Dr. h.c. Josef Buchmann,
Stewart M. Colton, Prof. François Heilbronn,
Dr. h.c. Raya Jaglom, John Landerer AM CBE,
Adolfo Smolarz, Melvin S. Taub
Vice Chairpersons of the Board of Governors
Prof. Dina Prialnik
Vice Rector
Prof. Dany Leviatan
Pro-Rector
Prof. Hannah Naveh
Dean of the Yolanda and David Katz
Faculty of the Arts
Prof. Ehud Heyman
Dean of the Iby and Aladar Fleischman
Faculty of Engineering
Prof. Yaron Oz
Dean of the Raymond and Beverly Sackler
Faculty of Exact Sciences
Prof. Eyal Zisser
Dean of the Lester and Sally Entin
Faculty of Humanities
Prof. Daphne Barak-Erez
Dean of the Buchmann Faculty of Law
Prof. Moshe Mevarech
Dean of the George S. Wise
Faculty of Life Sciences
Prof. Asher Tishler
Dean of the Faculty of Management—Leon
Recanati Graduate School of Business
Administration
Prof. Yoseph Mekori
Dean of the Sackler Faculty of Medicine
Prof. Tammie Ronen
Dean of the Gershon H. Gordon
Faculty of Social Sciences
Prof. Yoav Ariel
Dean of Students
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Dear Friends,
The year 2012 began with the wonderful news
that the Dean of Tel Aviv University’s Buchmann
Faculty of Law, Prof. Daphne Barak-Erez, was
appointed a Supreme Court Justice. Her selection underscores the continuing
– and highly influential – role of TAU faculty members and graduates in
shaping Israeli society through public service.
The University’s drive to provide the very best conditions for
interdisciplinary brain studies and research gained momentum with the
establishment of the School of Neuroscience and School of Psychological
Sciences. We are dedicating the School of Neuroscience in the name of
Israeli industrialist and philanthropist Sami Sagol, a TAU honorary doctor
and governor, and a long-time supporter of brain research in Israel.
TAU International launched five new English-language master’s
programs this year and two undergraduate programs for next year, including
Israel’s first International BSc in Electrical Engineering. Our increasingly
globalized campus welcomed 1,000 foreign students this year.
Tel Aviv University was the only university in Israel to be awarded a
senior partnership in the three inaugural Centers for Research Excellence,
known as I-CORE, being set up with government and private funding.
One is in genomic science, the subject of this issue’s cover story; one
in cognitive science, and one in computer science, to be led by TAU’s
Blavatnik School of Computer Science. I-CORE funding will enable Tel
Aviv University to recruit young faculty from top schools abroad, fulfilling
a top university and national priority and further strengthening TAU’s
global standing as a leading center for academic research.
Yours sincerely,
Professor Joseph Klafter
TAU President