Doctor Philosophiae Honoris Causa:
Dr. Miriam Adelson, MD, USA
Mr. Alfred Akirov, Israel
Mr. Aharon Appelfeld, Israel
Mr. Fred Chaoul, Argentina
Prof. Alain Finkielkraut, France
Prof. Richard M. Karp, USA
Prof. Mary Jeanne Kreek, MD, USA
Mr. Dov Lautman, Israel
Prof. Peter Schäfer, Germany/USA
Judge Barbara Seal, CM, Canada
Mr. Joel D. Tauber, USA
Mr. Leslie H. Wexner, USA
Honorary Fellowship:
Mr. Peter Kobiela, Germany
Response on behalf of the recipients:
Prof. Alain Finkielkraut
Ceremony broadcast: http://video.tau.ac.il/Honorary_Degrees-07
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Dedication of the Jubilee Honor Wall
Aviva and Urs Felber Jubilee Plaza
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Annual John Gandel Symposium - The Middle East
Chairman: Prof. Asher Susser, Director, Moshe Dayan Center for Middle Eastern and African Studies
Keynote speaker: Dr. Martin S. Indyk, Director, Saban Center for Middle East Policy at the Brookings Institution, USA, and former US Ambassador to Israel
Panelists: Prof. Itamar Rabinovich, President, TAU;
Prof. Eyal Zisser, Senior Research Fellow, Moshe Dayan Center for Middle Eastern and African Studies
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The Future of Research at Tel Aviv University: Research Poster presentation by graduate students
TAU Astroclub - Solar Observations
Lectures:
Prof. Yossi Shiloh, Sackler Faculty of Medicine The Study of Rare Genetic Disorders: A Pursuit with Payoffs in New Biological Insights
Prof. Hannah Naveh, Dean, Yolanda and David Katz Faculty of the Arts
Women's Time: Food for Thought and Research
Prof. Yosi Shacham-Diamand, Iby and Aladar Fleischman Faculty of Engineering
Nano Chemistry and Micro Technologies - A New Approach to Solving Old Problems
Lectures broadcast on: http://video.tau.ac.il//The_Future_of_Research
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Inauguration of the Dr. Miriam and Sheldon G. Adelson Center for the Biology of Addictive Diseases
Lecture: Prof. Mary Jeanne Kreek, MD, Rockefeller University, NY, USA
Evolution of Opiate Addiction Treatment and Research: Collaborations at Tel Aviv University
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Inauguration of the Chaoul Center for Nanoscale Materials and Systems
Lecture: Avi Fischer, Deputy Chairman, IDB Group Nanotechnology - Israel's Next Growth Engine?
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Inauguration of the Alfredo Federico Strauss Center for Computational Neuro-Imaging
Lecture: Prof. Yoram Cohen, Raymond and Beverly Sackler Faculty of Exact Sciences
MR Imaging: A Window to the Structure, Pathologies and Functions of the Central Nervous System
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Inauguration of the Center for Advanced Legal Studies
Lecture: Justice Esther Hayut, Supreme Court of Israel
The Advantages of Advanced Legal Studies: A Judicial Perspective
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Inauguration of the Batya and Isachar Fischer Center for Corporate Governance and Capital Market Regulation
Lecture: David Fox, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP, USA
Corporate Governance - A New Religion?
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Inauguration of the BRM Institute of Technology and Society
Lecture: Prof. Asher Tishler, Head of the Institute,
Faculty of Management - Leon Recanati Graduate School of Business Administration
Applied Research on the Interface of Technology and Society in Israel.
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Inauguration of the Alfred Akirov - ALROV Institute for Business and Environment
Lecture: Moshe Safdie, architect
Sustainable Design: Transcending the Market Place
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Inauguration of the Manna Center for Plant Biosciences
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Inauguration of the Stewart and Judy Colton Chair in Law and Security
Lecture: Attorney Malkiel Blass, Deputy to the Attorney General (Counseling)
Government Lawyering - Between Security Considerations and Ethics
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Inauguration of the Chair of Analytical Chemistry endowed by Prof. Mark Ratner.
Lecture: Prof. Aviv Amirav, incumbent of the Chair,
Raymond and Beverly Sackler Faculty of Exact Sciences
Challenges and Novelties in Analytical Chemistry
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Dedication of the Shelley and Joel Tauber Family American Honor Plaza
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Inauguration of the Renewed Program for Leadership in Collaboration with the Yitzhak Rabin Center for Israel Studies.
Lecture: Mr. Leslie H. Wexner, Chairman and CEO,
Limited Brands; Chairman, Wexner Foundation
The Challenges of Leadership

Awarding of the Raymond and Beverly Sackler International Prize in Biophysics.
Research Field for 2007: Biophysics of Molecular and Cell Dynamics
Prize recipients:
Prof. Clare M. Waterman-Storer, Department of Cell Biology, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, USA
Prof. Frank Jülicher, Max-Planck Institute for the Physics of Complex Systems, Dresden, Germany
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Awarding of the the Raymond and Beverly Sackler Prize in the Physical Sciences
Research Field for 2007: Chemistry, Metals in Synthesis
Prize recipients:
Prof. Christopher C. Cummins, Department of Chemistry, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA
Prof. John F. Hartwig, Department of Chemistry, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign,Urbana, IL
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Awarding of the Hugo Ramniceanu Prize in Economics for 2007
Prize recipient: Mr. Bruno Landesberg, Chairman,
Sano - Bruno's Enterprises Ltd.
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Awarding of the Dr. Jaime Constantiner Prize in Jewish Education
Prize recipients: Shaar Hanegev High School Danziger School, Kiryat Shmona
Presentation: Unit for Science Oriented Youth, Jaime and Joan Constantiner School of Education
Discovering Israel's Human Resources
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Porter School of Environmental Studies
Symposium: Solar Energy and Green Architecture in Israel
Speakers:
Dr. Sarah Kurtz, Dan David Prize laureate 2007
Rafi Rich, architect, Chairman, Forum for Environment & Community, Israeli Architecture Association
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Dedication of Classrooms in Memory of Fallen Soldiers of the Second Lebanon War, by the French Friends of TAU
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