As rector of the university, Prof. Elroy outlined the commitment to environmental and social sustainability as the university's academic vision and led the activities for which the university was ranked first among Israeli research universities in the sustainability index of Times Higher Education
The Executive Committee of the University of Haifa this week (Tuesday, January 16.1.24, 8) chose Prof. Gur Elroy as the next president of the University of Haifa. Prof. Ellroy will take up his position this October and will replace Prof. Ron Rubin, who will finish his XNUMX-year term. "We are proud of the unanimous election of Prof. Gur Elroy, the current rector of the university, as the next president of the University of Haifa. Gur led the university to impressive achievements as rector, before that as dean, department head and researcher who grew up at the University of Haifa. We are convinced that Gore is the right man, in the right place and at the right time to continue to lead the university, as an institution of academic excellence, in the north, in Israel as a whole and on the world stage," said Executive Committee Chairman Dov Weisglass.
"I am grateful for the trust placed in me by the executive committee and I pledge to continue working for the University of Haifa, the academic and administrative staff and our students. The University of Haifa has a vital role in strengthening the north and the entire State of Israel, being a beacon of science, research excellence and carrying values of equality, acceptance of the other and common life for all the groups that make up Israeli society. The University of Haifa has been my home for the past 20 years, where I began my academic career as a young faculty member and now the appointment as president is an exciting and special closing of the circle. Together with the entire university community, we will continue to strengthen the position of the university, to be committed to changing the world for the better through science and knowledge, and to be an engine for the development of social, public and business leadership, while promoting a real and day-to-day coexistence between members of all religions and denominations in Israel," said Prof. Elroy .
"After almost 8 years of working together, first as dean and in recent years as rector, I know that the university continues to be in good, reliable and professional hands. There is no one who expresses the uniqueness of the university more than Gore. An outstanding researcher, a visionary and a person who always leads for the strengthening of Israeli society," said university president Prof. Ron Rubin.
Prof. Ellroy, the rector of the university for the past three years, is a historian specializing in the history of the Jewish people in modern times, former dean of the Faculty of Humanities, founder of the Roderman Program for American Jewish Studies. As rector of the university, Prof. Elroy outlined the commitment to environmental and social sustainability as the university's academic vision and led the activities for which the university was ranked first among Israeli research universities in the sustainability index of Times Higher Education. As part of the academic vision led by Prof. Ellroy, the center for the study of the brain and emotions, the center for the politics of inequality and the center for environmental sustainability were established.
Prof. Ellroy is considered one of the world's leading researchers on Jewish immigration in modern times, and he published six books on Jewish immigration at the beginning of the 20th century and many articles in leading journals in Israel. In 2002, he joined the Department of Israel Studies at the University of Haifa, headed the School of History, and in 2016 was elected Dean of the Faculty of Humanities, a position he held until 2020. During this period, the number of studies by the department's researchers increased significantly, and in the last year of his tenure, the faculty was ranked number one in Israel Among the humanities faculties in terms of the number of publications.
In 2014 he established the Ruderman Program for American Jewish Studies, the only master's program in Israel that focuses on the relationship between American Jewry and Israel. Later, he established the program for Israeli studies - the "Sister" program, which focuses on the studies of the Israeli society for international students.
Prof. Elroy is a major (retired) in the Unit for Locating Missing Persons and last year published his book "And their place was not known: six missing in the battles of 2018", which describes the story of six of the missing in the War of Independence, whose burial place was not known until they were located by him As part of his activities in the unit.
