Prof. Zvi Ben-Avraham Awarded the Prestigious Maurice Ewing Medal for 2025

Awarded by the American Geophysical Union (AGU), the Ewing Medal is one of the most distinguished honors in Earth and ocean sciences. It recognizes a career of transformative impact on our understanding of the ocean and its geophysical processes, placing Prof. Ben-Avraham among the most influential scientists in the field worldwide.

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Ancient Corals Reveal the Marine Environment of Hellenistic Akko

A new study published in Sustainability reconstructs the marine conditions of the historic port of Akko during the Hellenistic period. The research was led by Prof. Tali Mass from the Coral Biomineralization and Physiology Laboratory, in collaboration with Kobi Sharvit from the Marine Archaeology Unit at the Israel Antiquities Authority. By an

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Outstanding Achievement: Marine Biology Graduate Receives Prestigious University Award

The School of Marine Sciences congratulates Tovah Nehrer, graduate of our MSc program in Marine Biology, on receiving the University of Haifa's Dean of Graduate Studies Award for Outstanding Thesis for the 2024–2025 academic year. Her research, titled "A Conserved Signaling Pathway, a Different Outcome: The Role of the ERK Signaling Pathway in Sea Urchin Skeletal Elongation," was supervised by Prof. Smadar Ben-Tabou de-Leon.

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