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Bringing these diverse fields together under one roof is intended to shorten the journey from discovery to application, creating an environment where medical needs can spark new research and promising innovations can move more quickly toward the patients who need them. “The combination of a research hospital and a technological university provides the entire value […]
Nancy Grand’s most recent gift in support of the Nancy and Stephen Grand Technion Healthy Aging Institute marked two important milestones: It was the first significant contribution to this initiative, and it was the first gift she directed to the Technion following the death of her husband, Stephen, z”l. For decades, Stephen Grand’s connection to […]
A Breakthrough From the Technion Together with collaborators from leading medical centers in Israel, the United States, Europe, and Australia, Shamai and his team at the Technion have developed an AI model that predicts both the risk that breast cancer will return and whether a patient is likely to benefit from chemotherapy — offering a […]
Their study investigated fruit flies, a classic model organism in genetics. It focused on the species Drosophila sechellia, whose ancestors’ larval bodies possessed tiny hair-like structures (trichomes). These structures have disappeared over the course of evolution. In other words, the same evolutionary outcome — the loss of gene expression — emerged through several distinct molecular […]
The next generation of sustainability breakthroughs depends not only on bold ideas but also on investing in the people behind them. Prof. Andy Thawko, David and Meira Ilfeld Faculty Fellow and head of the Technion Reactive Thermofluidics Lab, illustrates how early support can help launch a research career with global impact. A Technion alumnus and […]
For Steve Berger, supporting the Technion is more than philanthropy. It’s a deeply personal commitment to strengthening Israel and investing in the people who will shape its future.A longtime donor and dedicated ATS Board leader, Steve has spent years championing the Technion and its extraordinary students. Together with his wife, Ilene, he established the Berger […]
A breast cancer diagnosis can bring a terrifying question: Will chemotherapy save my life, or will I endure its painful side effects without any benefit? In this video, influencer Aija Mayrock goes inside the Technion – Israel Institute of Technology with Dr. Gil Shamai to explore an AI breakthrough that could help doctors answer that […]
Before Israel became a state, the Technion was educating the people who would help build it. As the country grew, its challenges called for new knowledge — and generations of Technion minds answered. This short film follows that journey, from the engineers who helped construct Israel’s infrastructure to the researchers whose discoveries strengthened its security, […]
Having grown up in grinding poverty, Reuven Aronashvili pledged to rewrite his fate. In this electrifying talk, he shares how he channeled his hunger for a better life to establish Israel’s first military “Red Team” and found a global cybersecurity empire. His message provides inspiration for anyone who feels stuck. This talk was given at […]
An expert in the field of healthcare innovation and entrepreneurship, Yonat Granot has been managing, consulting and mentoring companies and entrepreneurs, for over 20 years. She is currently Tel Aviv senior life-science innovation officer for the Royal Innovation Center Denmark (under foreign office and higher education), and of course – she’s a proud Technion Alum! […]
Galit Shmueli is the Tsing Hua Distinguished Professor at the Institute of Service Science, College of Technology Management, National Tsing Hua University in Taiwan.Prof. Shmueli also serves as Vice President for Global Affairs at the university, and is the author of multiple books. She is a truly world-renowned authority in her fields of data science […]
Ilan Ben Meir is a senior board advisor in Starry Group; an entrepreneur who for the last 18 years has been living in Hong-Kong and China; the founder of a vertical integrated manufacturing plant there; and – a proud Technion Alum! In this episode you’ll hear all about his life and work in the far […]
Lior Jankelson is professor of medicine and biomedical engineering at NYU, where he is a Cardiac Electrophysiologist, and serves as director of the Inherited Arrhythmia Program; as well as leading the “AI in Cardiology group”. He is an entrepreneur, a surfer, and – a proud Technion Alum! In this episode we talk about AI and […]
Or Yochanan is a real-estate and relocation entrepreneur based in Austin, Texas – where he chose to relocate after spending some time in Silicon Valley. He is the founder of The Investory and ‘Austin Connections Group”; and these days he’s also doing exciting things as a content creator, podcaster, and youtuber extraordinaire. In this episode […]
Since October 7, 2023, the global academic community has witnessed an unprecedented surge in campaigns to ostracize Israeli universities. What began as campus protests has hardened into “silent boycotts”—institutional breaks, journal desk rejections, and quiet exclusions from research consortia. Yet, those leading this isolation campaign fail to realize a fundamental truth: cutting ties with Israeli […]
Dark points within a changing wave pattern can shift faster than light, even while the waves carrying energy move far more slowly. An electron microscopy experiment has tracked that counterintuitive behavior in a thin material sample. The moving features are locations where a measured wave field cancels to zero. Their motion describes an evolving pattern, […]
Prof. Hossam Haick of the Technion – Israel Institute of Technology, one of Israel’s most successful scientists, is really a frustrated karate fighter. As a boy in Nazareth, he joined a karate class and seemed to have found his calling. “I was incredibly competitive,” he says. “I went from one achievement to the next.” But […]
The Nobel Assembly at Karolinska Institutet announced Monday that professors Karl Deisseroth, Peter Hegemann, and Georg Nagel were awarded the 2026 Nobel Prize in Medicine, with two of the three laureates having received the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology Harvey Prize. Prof. Deisseroth of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute and Stanford University, USA, and Prof. Hegemann […]
At the Technion, Israel Institute of Technology, the future often begins with a deceptively simple question: What can we do today that we could not do before? “Science and engineering have never been about yesterday’s tasks. They’ve always been about the future,” said Prof. Lihi Zelnik-Manor, vice president of External Relations and Resource Development at […]
Alumnus Aviad Maizels has founded multiple companies acquired by Apple in massive tech deals, one of which was responsible for the foundational technology behind Apple’s Face ID.
The first messaging platform, ICQ, that evolved into texting was developed by alumnus Dr. Yossi Vardi. It was sold to AOL for $408 million in 1998.
Alumnus Raphael Mehoudar developed the next generation of drippers, which revolutionized global agriculture — particularly in arid climates — by greatly increasing the efficiency of water use and enabling tremendous increases in food production in an environmentally friendly way. Today it is used in more than 110 countries.
After spending four years at Microsoft headquarters in Seattle, Technion alumnus Yair Helman returned to Israel in 2014 to lead the company’s newly formed Excel group. With a focus on Excel’s cloud-based platform, the team has transformed the software from a desktop spreadsheet into a tool that is accessible from any device with a web browser.
Alumnus Dov Moran invented the first thumb drive in 1995, followed by the USB flash drive in 1999. The invention revolutionized portable storage and was sold to SanDisk for $1.6 billion in 2006.
Invented by Gavriel Iddan, recipient of three Technion degrees, this “pill” is an alternative to invasive procedures. The swallowable camera transmits 50,000 color images as it makes the journey through the digestive tract and is then naturally excreted.
Alumnus Dov Raviv envisioned this long-range mobile defense system and led the team that developed Arrow 1 in 1990. Other alumni later helped improve the system, including Arrow 3, first deployed in June 2025 to intercept Iranian ballistic missiles.
