Link: https://www.spnl.org/spnl-hosts-nobel-peace-prize-nominee-dr-mazin-qumsiyeh-for-hima-and-biodiversity-solidarity-tour-across-lebanon/ From: Society for the Protection of Nature in Lebanon (SPNL) The Society for the Protection of Nature in Lebanon (SPNL) is honored to welcome Dr. Mazin Butros Qumsiyeh — renowned Palestinian scientist, author, and founder of the Palestine Museum of Natural History and the Palestine Institute for Biodiversity and Sustainability — on a […]
Link: https://lasallian.info/bethlehem-university-professor-nominated-for-nobel-peace-prize/ From: La Salle – Lasallian Region of North America Bethlehem University professor Mazin Qumsiyeh has been nominated for the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize. The nomination recognizes his five decades of commitment to peace, nonviolence and environmental sustainability. Qumsiyeh is the founder and director of the Palestine Museum of Natural History and the Palestine […]
Link: https://www.lasalle.org/en/bethlehem-university-professor-mazin-qumsiyeh-nominated-for-the-2025-nobel-peace-prize/ From: La Salle- Generalate of the Brothers of the Christian Schools It is with joy and hope that Bethlehem University has announced that Professor Mazin Qumsiyeh, founder and director of the Palestine Museum of Natural History and the Palestine Institute for Biodiversity and Sustainability, has been nominated for the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize. […]
Link: https://www.opednews.com/populum/page.php?f=Nobel-for-Dr-Qumsiyeh-Nobel-Lareates_Nobel-Peace-Prize_Peace-250115-373.html From: opEdNews By Peter Barus Dr. Qumsiyeh is among the most deserving of this honor in many years. This is the announcement from Bethlehem University, under whose auspices Dr. and Jessie Qumsiyeh founded what is now a thriving and productive educational institution. Bethlehem, Palestine – January 15, 2025 – Bethlehem University is honored to […]
Link: https://www.takreem.org/palestinian-rights-advocate-and-takreem-laureate-nominated-for-nobel-peace-prize/ From: Takreem Professor Mazin Qumsiyeh, a geneticist and environmentalist based in Bethlehem, has been nominated for the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize by Mairead Corrigan Maguire, a renowned peace activist who won the 1976 Nobel Peace Prize for her efforts to unite Protestant and Catholic women in Northern Ireland during the Troubles. Maguire, who […]
Link: https://www.peacepeople.com/nobel-peace-prize-professor-mazin-qumsiyeh-bethlehem-palestine/ From: Peace People Press release Embargo – 1st January, 2025 NOBEL PEACE PRIZE PROFESSOR MAZIN QUMSIYEH, BETHLEHEM, PALESTINE. Nobel Peace Laureate, Mairead Corrigan Maguire, to-day nominated Professor Mazin Qumsiyeh for the Nobel peace prize. Maguire said ‘I have great pleasure in nominating Prof. Mazin Qumsiyeh for the 2025 Nobel peace prize. I have […]
The Faculty of Applied Sciences, Technology, and Engineering organized a lecture titled “Knots and Mathematics” by Professor Haynes Miller, Professor of Mathematics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) on Tuesday, 25 April 2023. In this talk, which was held at Brother Joe Hall, Prof. Miller described some of the history of this subject and […]
Prof. Mazin Qumsiyeh teaches and does research at Bethlehem University and Birzeit University. A Palestinian born in Beit Sahour, he is the founder and director of the Palestine Museum of Natural History (PMNH) and the Palestine Institute for Biodiversity and Sustainability (PIBS) at Bethlehem University. He previously served on the faculties of the University of […]
The Dean of Research and the Research Council held a webinar titled, “Environmental research leading to conservation and sustainability in Palestine,” Thursday, December 16, 2021. Prof. Mazin Qumsiyeh and Mr. Elias Handal, from the Palestine Institute for Biodiversity and Sustainability, provided an overview of the research activities, educational programs, and other outreach plans they have […]
Someone once said that nature is a powerful teacher. If only people realized how rich these words are. Here, at Palestine Institute for Biodiversity and Sustainability-Bethlehem University, we believe that we need to nurture more love of nature in our children- which leads to a more sustainable future. In January 2021, we started a new […]
Link: http://www.defenddemocracy.press/opening-of-the-biodiversity-center-future-conversations-at-bethlehem/ From: Defend Democracy Press We had a grand opening of the Biodiversity Center at the Palestine Institute for Biodiversity and Sustainability at Bethlehem University this morning. Linda Majaj, Project manager MC’d the event and gave introductory remarks. We heard from Joris Heeren, the EU representative as well as from Brother Peter Bray (Vice-Chancellor […]
Link: https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20210520-memo-in-conversation-with-prof-mazin-qumsiyeh/ From: MEMO Middle East Monitor Qumsiyeh has published well over 150 scientific papers on topics ranging from cultural heritage to biodiversity in addition to several books.May 20, 2021 at 1:22 pm | Published in: Israel, MEMO in Conversation With, Middle East, Palestine, Videos & Photo Stories Watch our conversation with Professor Mazin Qumsiyeh […]
Prof. Mazin B. Qumsiyeh, Director of the Palestine Institute for Biodiversity and Sustainability (PIBS) and the Palestine Museum of Natural History at Bethlehem University received the prestigious “2020 Paul K. Feyerabend Award – A World of Solidarity is Possible.” Prof. Qumsiyeh said he accepted the award on behalf of the team at the Palestine Institute […]
Palestine contains diverse habitats for such a small country and is biologically more diverse than some countries ten times its size. For the first time, the Palestine Institute for Biodiversity and Sustainability (PIBS) at Bethlehem University is carrying out projects that protect both people and nature. Several plant species are declining rapidly due to political […]
Link: https://www.middleeasteye.net/discover/biodiversity-and-hope-flourish-palestines-first-natural-history-museum From: Middle East Eye By Megan Giovannetti in Bethlehem, occupied West Bank The museum’s vision is of a sustainable community where humans and nature work and live together harmoniously Dr Mazin Qumsiyeh is sitting under the spring sun in the garden of Palestine’s first and only museum of natural history, proud of what […]
The Palestine Museum of Natural History – Bethlehem University held a launching event for the “Building the Capacity to Protect the Palestinian Land and Heritage through Museology and Ecotourism” Project on Tuesday, 27 November 2018. The project is funded by the British Council through the Cultural Protection Fund and is implemented by the Museum in […]
The Korean Representative to Palestine, H.E. Young-sam Choi, and a delegation from the Representative’s Office visited Bethlehem University on Monday, 21 May 2018. Brother Peter Bray, Vice Chancellor, Brother Denis Loft, Vice President for Advancement, Dr. Irene Hazou, Academic Vice President, and Dr. Mazin Qumsieh, Director of Palestine Museum of Natural History, welcomed the delegation […]
The Office of Coordinator of Institutional Values and the Religious Studies Department held a colloquium entitled “Violence: How it forms us and how we can be self-critical about it” on Thursday, 3 May 2018. Brother Peter Iorlano, the Coordinator of Institutional Values, welcomed the attendees and hoped that the colloquium will enable the audience to […]