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Universities and scholars advising the Ariel University

Some Universities permitted scholars, mostly professors to advise the Ariel University how to become better, or become better occupying Palestine. They are believed to be some of the brightest minds on earth yet they support the occupation of a foreign territory.

In 2023 the members mentioned also that the location of the University is difficult, why they did not mention. In 2023 we believe that other members of the evaluation committee might have withdrawn as there are only three and 2 are from Israel. They mention an ongoing war but the report is from February 2023, many months before October 2023.

UniversityScholarFurther comments
Georgetown University, Tel Aviv University Yossi ShainChair
University of Michigan Nicholas Valentino

In 2022 the members of an evaluation committee visited the University on the 3 April 2022 (p.2)

UniversityScholarFurther comments
University of Washington, Seattle Patricia MoyCommittee Chair RCM
University of South Carolina,Andrea Hickerson
University of GeorgiaMaria Len-Rios
Nanyang Technological University, SingaporeRichard Ling
Newcastle UniversityKaren Ross

In March 2022 an Evaluation Committee for Architectural studies visited the Ariel University.

UniversityProfessorComments
University of Vienna, AustriaMichael U. HenselCommittee Chair
Sapienza University, Rome, ItalyAlessandra Battisti
AHO Oslo School of Architecture and Design, NorwayPer Olaf Fjeld
Weitzman School of Design, University of Pennsylvania,
USA
David Leatherbarrow

In 2021, an evaluation committee for the Physical therapy department of the Ariel University published a report and advised how to breach international law in a more professional way. The virtual visit took part in February 2021.

UniversityScholarComments
University of Delaware, USAStuart Binder-MacleodChair

University of Southern California, USA
Lori Michener
Duke University, USAChad E. Cook

In the year 2021, the Evaluation committee explicitly reckoned that the geographic location of the Ariel University does exclude it from grants from the European Union. (P.4)

Institution, Department or/and UniversityScholarFurther Comments
Institute of Quantitative Biology, Biochemistry and
Biotechnology, Edinburgh University, Scotland, United Kingdom
Lynne ReganCommittee Chair RCM
Icahn School of Medicine at
Mount Sinai, USA
Joseph Buxbaum
Cancer Signaling & Microenvironment Program, Fox
Chase Cancer Center, USA
Edna Cukierman
School of Integrative Biology, The University of Illinois at
Urbana-Champaign, USA
Mark Huber
School of Life Science, École polytechnique fédérale de
Lausanne, (EPFL), Switzerland
Bruno Lemaitre
Department of Biology, New York University, USACarol Shoskes Reiss
Developmental Genetics, Rockefeller University, USAShaim Shaham
Department of Cell and Systems Biology, University of
Toronto, Canada
Vincent Propepe

In January 2020 an Evaluation Committee for psychological science visited Ariel University. Following an excerpt from the report:

Research faculty were also given generous seed grants from the university,
but they reported difficulty in obtaining external research grants as a university
located in the West Bank/Samaria, although they have not been successful in
obtaining internal Israeli grants either. Some faculty go through colleagues in other
countries
to obtain funding
.

UniversityScholarComments
University of HoustonElena GrigorenkoChair
University of OxfordMiles HewstoneWas accused of sexual misconduct by several women
Stanford University Deborah Stipek

In 2018 the Evaluation Committee also reckoned that the location of the Ariel University is difficult and that EU funds are not able to be obtained…

Institution or/and UniversityScholarFurther comments
ETH Zürich, SwitzerlandDavid J. Norris,Committee Chair RCM
Rose-Hulman Institute of
Technology, USA
Patricia Bracklin
Harvard University, USADavid Clarke
University of Michigan, USAKon-Well Wang
Georgia Tech, USAWilliam Wepfer

Members of an evaluation committee, who advised the Ariel University how to improve itself, visited the Ariel University in May 2017

UniversityScholarFurther comments
UC Los AngelesGerald KominskiCommittee Chair
UC BerkeleyJoan R. Bloom
University of MichiganJoseph N.S. Eisenberg
University of Illinois at ChicagoJack Zwanziger

In March 2015 an Evaluation Committee for the visited the Ariel University

UniversityScholarComments
La Trobe University ,Melbourne, AustraliaAllan BorowskiChair
University of Southern California, USAMichàlle Mor Barak
University of Pennsylvania, USARam Cnaan
Case Western Reserve UniversityDavid Biegelretired
Stockholm University, SwedenSven Hessleretired

In 2015 the evaluation committee consisted of following professors (p.3). Visited the Ariel University in March 2015

University Scholar
New York University (NYU)Russel WinerCommittee Chair
University of Toronto (UoT)Jeffrey Callen
University of Amsterdam Arnoud Boot
Washington University, St. Louis Stuart Greenbaum

This website provides some information on the Universities who have positioned themselves regarding the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, either supporting peace, conflict or the status quo.

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