The Technion’s story has been intertwined with Israel’s for more than a century, from laying the foundations for a new nation to shaping its future.
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Jerold Jacover still remembers sitting at his desk in the early 1970s, after graduating Georgetown Law School and becoming a patent lawyer, thinking, “Okay, I’m making some money now, not much by today’s standards but a fortune to us then. How can I help Israel?” He was intrigued when he learned that the Technion considered building an aeronautics department even before Israel’s independence. “What vision!” thought Mr. Jacover, who graduated from the University of Wisconsin with a degree in electrical engineering. So, Mr. Jacover got involved with the American Technion Society (ATS), where he became the president of the Chicago…
ATS – Southern California Virtual Event Featuring Arielle Fischer ’11, Ph.D. ’16, Assistant Professor in the Faculty of Biomedical Engineering and Zuckerman Faculty Scholar In this interactive virtual event for the ATS – Southern California community, Asst. Prof. Fischer shares her personal and academic journey since she last visited ATS supporters as a doctoral student. As a newly minted Technion faculty member, she’ll talk about her work to create biomedical applications, including high-tech sensors and smart wearable devices for artificial joints and neuromuscular disorders. Arielle Fischer is the embodiment of excellence. As a young soldier in the Israeli Air Force,…
The first time George Elbaum spoke publicly about surviving the Holocaust was on Holocaust Remembrance Day in 2010, some 65 years after the defeat of Nazi Germany. He had kept an emotional distance from those memories until watching Paper Clips, a documentary film on how students in a small rural Tennessee school responded to lessons about the Holocaust. “The camera panned the audience and many of the students and teachers were crying,” he says. “For the first time in my life it occurred to me that my story has value.” Since that epiphany, he has penned two books, Neither Yesterdays…
Artificial intelligence, the technology that is transforming medicine, thwarting cyberattacks, and even providing shopping recommendations, is set to take off at the Technion, thanks to generous supporters Eric and Jamie Gertler. Just months after the Technion inaugurated a center to promote the burgeoning field, the brothers, as trustees of the Zuckerman Institute, made a commitment to support a variety of innovative AI projects over the next four years. “Our gift is a launchpad to help the Technion get to where it wants to go in terms of AI,” says Jamie Gertler. The Technion’s new Center for Machine Learning and Intelligent…
My parents were Zionists, a trait I proudly inherited. We talked about the Technion growing up. So just before graduating from high school, I phoned the ATS and asked: ‘How do I go about applying to the Technion?’ A week later, speaking no Hebrew other than the traditional prayers, I was on my way to Israel. I took a preparatory course, passed my entrance exams in Hebrew and was accepted into the faculty of electrical engineering. It was a serious program. But when you’re ideologically motivated, such challenges appear diminished. Graduating from the Technion, I planned to look for work…
Growing up, our parents took us several times to Israel. Visiting the Technion was always central. We visited the Aerodynamics Laboratory, and watched in awe as the high-tech scientists used a hair dryer to create a simulated wind tunnel. The Technion does so much with so little. My involvement today is inspired by my father, Paul Shatz, who spent his life engaged with the ATS. When he became president of the Washington, D.C. Region in 2007, he asked me to assist him. Dad focused on bringing younger people into the Chapter. I continue that work by co-chairing the Leadership Development…
The Klein family of Baltimore is building a legacy — both in business and philanthropy. Following in the footsteps of the late patriarch Philip E. Klein, his son Michael and grandson Daniel are growing the family commercial real estate conglomerate, Klein Enterprises, and generously supporting the Technion – Israel Institute of Technology. Visiting the Technion campus in Haifa on June 25, Michael and his wife, Jennifer, and Daniel and his wife, Anna, along with some 20 friends and family members, dedicated a wing at the Undergraduate Dormitory in honor of what would have been Philip’s 100th birthday on June 22….
In the current era of social entrepreneurship, leading philanthropists and foundations seek to maximize their return on investment for every single gift and grant. In that sense, the contemporary philanthropic sector is not all that different from the private/corporate space. Charitable causes must present a value proposition, not just a feel-good anecdote. To prove they deserve major philanthropic support, research universities are tasked with showing that they do more for society than simply grant degrees and transmit knowledge (which is critical work in and of itself!). They need to articulate their sense of mission, vision, identity, and purpose — and…
Put yourself in the shoes of a busy college student — preoccupied with academics, extracurriculars, a social life, and coming into your own as a young adult. Then, imagine bringing an untrained puppy literally everywhere you go. Whether you are walking around campus, riding the bus, attending class, studying at the library, working at a student job to help pay off your loans, or trying to relax in your dorm, the responsibility is inescapable. The puppy comes with you everywhere. Nevertheless, you persist with training the puppy for more than a year. This is the responsibility that 20 students at…