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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Can ancient Jewish wisdom help us face the uncertainty of innovation? Prof. David Eisenberg reveals a unique “Jewish Map” for the creative journey, a framework that can help us navigate the unknown and find direction when we feel lost in the creative process. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference […]
Maia Hirsch is a Technion-trained mechanical engineer and a first-year Ph.D. candidate in Robotics at Cornell University, where she researches wearable haptics. At the same time, she designs robotic fashion pieces that have been showcased at New York Fashion Week. At just 24 years old, Maia is already making a remarkable impact in both technology […]
When Gal Harari ’06, M.S.’12, Ph.D. ’17 speaks about the Technion, it’s with admiration and gratitude. “The Technion has made me a man of technology,” said the chief technology officer of Israel’s Directorate of Defense Research and Development (DDR&D), a joint body of the Israel Ministry of Defense (MOD) and the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) […]
As a Ph.D. student in the Wolfson Faculty of Chemical Engineering at the Technion, O.V. was busy developing a novel tool to target breast cancer tumors aiming to reduce the severe side effects of chemotherapy. Having tested positive for the breast cancer mutation gene herself, O. was motivated to focus her academic work on breast […]
Israel has long depended on the brilliant minds in the Stephen B. Klein Faculty of Aerospace Engineering to safeguard the nation’s skies and advance its technological leadership. Now, the University has a new way to recognize its aerospace stars. The Max and Desiree Blankfeld Endowed Prize for Transformative Innovation in Aerospace, made possible through a generous […]
Could the entire internet fit inside a shoebox? As our world generates more data than our hard drives can handle, we are rapidly approaching a global storage crisis. Prof. Eitan Yaakobi reveals a solution that has been perfecting itself for billions of years: DNA. He discusses his team’s groundbreaking work to translate digital bits into […]
Outside of Israel, headlines rarely portray the country in a positive light. Ambassador Reda Mansour — the Technion’s new senior director of global resource development and a decorated diplomat, poet, historian, and member of Israel’s Druze community — is committed to changing that narrative. Dr. Mansour has spent his career sharing positive stories about Israel, […]
On a recent morning at the Shulich Faculty of Chemistry at Haifa’s Technion – Israel Institute of Technology, three post-doctoral students from India were immersed in their research experiments. The lab was crowded with glass beakers, bottles, test tubes, and syringes. Suddenly, a siren blared, indicating a possible incoming Iranian ballistic missile. The students calmly filed out of the Ashraf Brik lab, as though this drill were part of normal procedure, and headed for the protected room down the hall. One didn’t bother to take off his white lab coat and gloves. After about 10 minutes, the students returned to…
The state opening ceremony marking Holocaust Remembrance Day will be pre-recorded at Yad Vashem and broadcast on Monday at 8 p.m. The decision to film the ceremony in advance was made earlier this week in accordance with Home Front Command guidelines, and despite the expected continuation of the ceasefire, the event is not currently expected to return to its usual format. This year’s ceremony will focus on the theme “The Jewish Family During the Holocaust.” Yad Vashem Council Chairman and Holocaust survivor Rabbi Israel Meir Lau will light the memorial torch; Roni Dalumi and Harel Skaat will perform musical pieces;…
But as he walked through the ruins of burnt kibbutzim and bullet-riddled cars, he thought about the victims: “What did they feel? What were they going through in those moments when it all happened? You look at their belongings and try to guess, ‘Who is this family whose table is set for the holiday?’ You […]