News

Condolences on the passing of Johanna Kristina Steinmeyer

26 February, 2026

The Einstein Institute of Mathematics mourns the untimely passing of our dear doctoral student, Johanna Kristina Steinmeyer.

Johanna was an integral part of our academic community. Beyond being a brilliant student, she was kind-hearted and a supportive friend to her fellow students and research colleagues.
Her untimely passing leaves a tremendous void in our department, both professionally and personally. She will be deeply missed by all of us.

Her funeral will take place in Germany on March 2, 2026.

Read Less

Congratulations to Prof. Benjamin Weiss, Israel Prize Laureate in Mathematics

28 January, 2026

Congratulations to Prof. Benjamin Weiss on his selection as the recipient of this year's Israel Prize in the field of Mathematics, Computer Science, and Computer Engineering.

The Israel Prize is the most prestigious award in Israel, given to those who have displayed excellence in their field or made a significant contribution to Israeli culture.

Einstein Institute ranked 15th worldwide in the 2025 Shanghai Academic Ranking

20 November, 2025

The Einstein Institute of Mathematics at the Hebrew University has been ranked 15th in the world and first in Israel in the 2025 Shanghai Global Ranking of Academic Subjects.

Congratulations to Prof. Alex Lubotzky and Assaf Reiner on winning the FOCS Best Paper Award

15 September, 2025

Congratulations to Prof. Alex Lubotzky and his MSc student Assaf Reiner on winning the Best Paper Award at FOCS 2025 for their paper "Explicit Lossless Vertex Expanders", co-authored with Jun-Ting Hsieh, Sidhanth Mohanty, and Rachel Yun Zhang.

Prof. Cy Maor awarded the Milken Prize for Excellent Teachers

9 September, 2025

Congratulations to Prof. Cy Maor recipient of the Milken Prize for Excellent Teachers.
The Rector awards the Milken Prize every year to teachers who have shown continued excellence in teaching.

Prof. Tamar Ziegler invited as plenary speaker at ICM 2026

28 July, 2025

Prof. Tamar Ziegler will be one of the Plenary Speakers at the next International Congress of Mathematics (ICM), which will take place in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, from 23 to 30 July, 2026.

The ICM is the most influential conference in pure and applied mathematics. Many prestigious awards as the Fields Medals are awarded during the congress's opening ceremony. An invitation to give a plenary lecture to the thousands of ICM participants is considered a special distinction in the mathematical community.

Congratulations to Einstein Institute members who were awarded ISF grants

17 July, 2025

Congratulations to the Einstein Institute members who received personal research grants from the Israel Science Foundation (ISF): Prof. Ori Gurel-Gurevich, Prof. Yair Hayut, Dr. Or Landesberg, Prof. Dan. Mangoubi, Prof. Zlil Sela, Prof. Boris Feigin and Prof. Gil Kalai.

Congratulations to Prof. Sasha Sodin for winning the ISF Outstanding Researchers (OR) grant

17 July, 2025

Congratulations to Sasha Sodin for winning the ISF Outstanding Researchers (OR) grant.

The OR (Outstanding Researchers) program is a unique program designed to support the absorption of outstanding senior academic faculty from abroad, in one of the research universities in a tenure academic faculty position.

Read Less

Congratulations to Dr. Gabriel Gendler for winning the Maschler Prize

23 June, 2025

Congratulations to Dr. Gabriel Gendler for winning the Maschler Prize.

Congratulations to Prof. Tamar Ziegler for winning the ERC Advanced grants

17 June, 2025

Congratulations to Prof. Tamar Ziegler, who has been awarded the prestigious ERC Advanced Grant for her research in dynamics, additive number theory, and algebraic geometry.