Prof. Yoram Meital Wins First UMass Intercultural Understanding Award

June 23, 2015 | Ben Gurion University of the Negev Prof. Yoram Meital was awarded the first University of Massachusetts Lowell Medal for Intercultural Understanding. He was given the award for “his extensive work in the area of peace and conflict studies and his continued efforts to promote understanding and creative thinking in the context of the potential transition to democracy in the Middle East”. Prof. Meital is the Chairperson of the Chaim Herzog Center for Middle East Studies and Diplomacy.