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.
Nearly 200 Technion friends and supporters from around the world convened in Haifa June 9-13 for the 2023 Technion Board of Governors (BOG) meeting — celebrating the University’s achievements and the role played by so many in its success. “The campus was filled with students, visitors, classes, and events,” said American Technion Society (ATS) CEO Michael Waxman-Lenz. “I don’t recall this level of energy and enthusiasm since pre-COVID times.” Technion Alumni Medal recipients Johny Srouji ’88, M.S. ’83, (L), senior vp of Hardware Technologies at Apple and Aharon Aharon ’81, M.S. ’83, founder of C-perto and former CEO of the…
What are the big scientific discoveries that will emerge from the Technion in the next 100 years? Award-winning science correspondent and journalist Ira Flatow and three leading voices from the Technion – former Technion President Peretz Lavie, Professor Hagit Attiya, and Associate Professor Ido Roll – revealed the ingredients that make the Technion so exceptional. […]
The Technion and the University of Toronto have launched an AI-based collaboration that advances the use of AI in the field of medicine. The partnership between the Technion’s Artificial Intelligence Hub (Tech.AI) – specifically Tech.AI.Biomed – and the University of Toronto’s leading Temerty Center for Artificial Intelligence Research and Education in Medicine (T-CAIREM) will bring together faculty members and research students from both institutions to develop advanced responses to the medicine of the future around challenges of common interest. The venture kicked off with a joint workshop attended by dozens of scientists and research students from both universities held May…
The Technion is home to Northern Israel’s first research MRI. Located in the May-Blum-Dahl Human MRI Research Center, it is a symbol of the Technion’s ongoing commitment to scientific excellence and human health advancement. Until now, Technion researchers had no choice but to visit other facilities to use an MRI scanner—an essential tool for […]
The Technion was recently selected as an international partner for the Chicago Quantum Exchange (CQE), an intellectual hub for the advancement of science and engineering of quantum information. Based at the University of Chicago, the CQE works to connect leading academic talent, top scientific facilities, and prominent members and partners to advance research and train the quantum workforce of tomorrow. Central to the partnership will be the Helen Diller Quantum Center at the Technion, which stretches across six faculties of science and engineering: Physics, Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, Chemistry, Materials Science, and Engineering and Mechanical Engineering. More than 50 faculty…
In this May 2023 discussion with American Technion Society donors, Associate Professor Beni Cukurel provides behind-the-scenes insights into the research and structure of the Faculty of Aerospace Engineering at the Technion — the only faculty of its kind in Israel. The faculty’s researchers still operate from the first building ever erected – more than 70 years ago – on the Technion’s main campus, making fundraising for a new building and faculty recruitment a priority for the Technion and Israel. Learn more about the impact of the Faculty of Aerospace Engineering here.
Pictured Above / (L to R) Professor Meytal Landau, Professor Asya Rolls, Professor Avi Schroeder, Assistant Professor Graham de Ruiter, and Professor Nadav Amdursky Recently, five researchers from the Technion were awarded prestigious Consolidator Grants by the European Research Council (ERC) for unique projects in their respective disciplines. The ERC Consolidator Grants provide $2.14 million to each recipient and are awarded to scientists with 7-12 years of postdoctoral research experience to fund their explorations and allow them to pursue their most promising ideas. The five Technion recipients are: Associate Professor Nadav Amdursky, a researcher in the Schulich Faculty of Chemistry…
In the interest of helping combat pressing global challenges that include climate change, human health, and nutrition, the Technion recently announced the establishment of the Sustainable Protein Research Center (SPRC). It will function as a world-class multidisciplinary center for fundamental and applied research in the fields of alternative proteins, commercialization and entrepreneurship, and support of industry. The SPRC will be the first of its kind in the world. It will connect dozens of researchers from more than 10 different academic departments at the Technion along with other universities and companies to address the challenges of sustainability and human health which…
The David and Janet Polak Visitors Center serves as a place to gather for guests from across the world. In 2022, the center was visited by more than 15,000 people from 50 different countries. Look through the many dignified delegations who visited this year in the video above.
The Technion Human Health Initiative Brings Medical Research and Technology to the Next Level It takes a village of scientists to tackle the increasingly complex health and medical issues of our time. The Technion is assembling a venture to do just that. Learn about the new Technion Human Health Initiative (THHI), a gathering of Technion […]
Pictured Above / (left to right) Prof. Inbal Talgam-Cohen, Prof. Ofra Amir, Prof. Noga Ron-Harel, and Prof. Naama Geva Zatorksy Four Technion scientists – all of whom are women – have been awarded early career Starting Grants by the European Research Council (ERC). The prestigious grants are used to further the research of those who demonstrate great potential in their fields of study. The quartet of awardees, who all come from different Technion faculties, are Assistant Professor Ofra Amir, Assistant Professor Naama Geva-Zatorsky, Assistant Professor Noga Ron-Harel, and Assistant Professor Inbal Talgam-Cohen. Prof. Ofra Amir’s research centers around the intersection…