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.
As Ester Sonenzon pursues a master’s degree in the Faculty of Biomedical Engineering, she looks to the example her parents provided. She recalls their courageous decision to immigrate from Russia to begin a new life in Israel. “They left everything they knew and arrived with just one suitcase, big dreams, and a courage that still […]
Gal Siegel is an undergraduate student of computer and software engineering in the Andrew and Erna Viterbi Faculty of Electrical and Computer Engineering. He chose to attend the Technion not despite the challenges it presented, but because of them. “When I was considering where to study, a friend described the Technion as extremely demanding and […]
The American Technion Society’s lay leaders serve as strategic advisers to ATS, and in November the group convened in Boston to learn about the latest Technion innovations — and receive inspiration as they continue their work as Technion ambassadors. Attendees included the ATS National Board of Directors, Fellows in the current cohort of the Joel and Jeri Rothman Leadership program, which trains and develops ATS lay leaders, the New England Region Board, and the Boston Business Council.
This Rosh HaShanah, we pray for the people and State of Israel. We pray for their safety, for healing, for resilience, and for peace. On behalf of the American Technion Society and the Technion, we wish you and your loved ones a very happy new year. Shanah Tovah!
Technion’s Entrepreneurial Impact In laboratories across the Technion campus, scientists are turning once unfathomable ideas into research they hope will become the next lifesaving cancer treatment, indispensable assistive device, or environmental discovery. The road to commercialization isn’t easy. But you wouldn’t know that from the success stories coming out of the Technion and the Jacobs […]
Even before the establishment of the State of Israel, faculty, students, and alumni of the Technion helped develop and manage water resources in a desert land. They contributed to the national water carrier that brought water from the Kinneret (Sea of Galilee) in the north to the drylands in the south. They improved technologies for water treatment, desalination, and drip irrigation. These efforts have turned Israel from a water-deficient to a water-abundant country. Today, Israel leads the world in water reclamation, recycling more than 90% of its wastewater for use in agriculture and industry. No longer reliant on the Kinneret,…
At the Jerusalem Post 2024 Annual Conference, Steven Fuld, a member of the Board of Directors for the American Technion Society (ATS), spoke about the Technion – Israel Institute of Technology as Israel’s “beacon of innovation nestled in the hills of Haifa.” Fuld noted the ATS’s substantial financial contributions to support advanced science and technology […]
For more than 40 years, Avi Wigderson has studied problems. But as a computational complexity theorist, he doesn’t necessarily care about the answers to these problems. He often just wants to know if they’re solvable or not, and how to tell. “The situation is ridiculous,” said Wigderson, a computer scientist at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, New Jersey. No matter how hard a question seems, an efficient way to answer it could be hiding just out of reach. “As far as we know, for every problem that we face and try to solve, we can’t rule out that…
Stav Cohen is a Ph.D. candidate in the Technion’s Faculty of Data and Decision Sciences. He is researching generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) methodologies, with a specific emphasis on security and operational aspects. He recently discovered, or rather created, a potential threat to GenAI systems. GenAI uses artificial intelligence to create unique content, including audio, […]
A Technion Earth Day Webinar With the health of our planet failing, we need big ideas and innovative solutions to reverse the current environmental crisis. In this enlightening webinar, a distinguished panel of Technion scientists share their insights and research on topics that include sustainable development, renewable energy solutions, sustainable material innovations, and eco-friendly alternatives for chemical processes. Be inspired when you learn how Technion science can help forge a healthier planet and a better future for all. Executive vice president for research at the Technion Prof. Noam Adir moderates this can’t-miss webinar.
Hear From One of Technion’s Rising Stars Technion Associate Prof. Yoav Shechtman describes his work as: “how and why to ruin a perfectly good microscope?” Pushing the limits of microscopy, the nano-bioengineer develops technology that creates videos of the tiniest moving organisms inside cells, allowing scientists to better understand health and disease. Prof. Shechtman shares his personal story, describes his cutting-edge research, and offers a lively Q & A.