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The Technion’s Social Hub and the Center for the Promotion of Learning and Teaching have teamed up with the NGO Wikimedia to encourage students to write Hebrew Wikipedia articles, with the aim of sharing knowledge with the public and expanding the free knowledge in the fields of science and engineering. Hebrew Wikipedia is the fifth largest site in Israel in terms of views, with about 2,000 page views per minute. Today, there are more than 300,000 entries on the Hebrew Wikipedia site, but there is a shortage of quality and quantity when it comes to STEM subjects — science, technology,…
Pictured Above / Prof. Emeritus Joshua Zak (left), Prof. Emeritus Yoram Palti (right) Israel’s Minister of Education, Dr. Yifat Shasha-Biton, recently announced that two Technion faculty members have been recognized with prestigious Israel Prizes for their contributions to their field and society. Professor Emeritus Yoram Palti of the Technion’s Rappaport Faculty of Medicine is the winner of this year’s Israel Prize for Entrepreneurship and Technological Innovation, and Professor Emeritus Joshua Zak of the Department of Physics has been awarded the 2022 Israel Prize for Physics and Chemistry Research. Prof. Palti was given the honor for a non-invasive, highly selective method…
American Technion Society – New England Presents Boston Business Council Meeting With Maya Kaduri ’17, M.S.’19 and Dean Zadok ’19 In February 2022, ATS New England and the Boston Business Council joined forces for an interactive discussion with Maya Kaduri ’17, M.S.’19, a Ph.D. candidate in the Wolfson Faculty of Chemical Engineering, and Dean Zadok ’19, a master’s student […]
Pictured Above / Melanie with her family (L to R) husband Rene, Melanie, daughter Ilana, and son Alex Many of the important things in Melanie Moreno’s life come in twos. She has two children. She has studied both biology and financial management. Now she’s found a wonderful way to double the impact of a single philanthropic gift — buying Israel Bonds in the name of the American Technion Society (ATS). “It’s a double mitzvah, a win-win,” she said. “I’m investing in Israel by purchasing the bonds and supporting the Technion at the same time.” Israel Bonds were first issued by…
Students from the Henry and Marilyn Taub Faculty of Computer Science at the Technion – Israel Institute of Technology recently developed an app for the Madrasa Project to help people learn Arabic. Madrasa is a free-to-use resource that advocates for better communication in Israeli society through spoken Arabic courses. There are currently more than 100,000 students enrolled in Madrasa courses. Yet until now, the Madrasa Project did not have an app. According to Gilad Sevitt, founder and director of Madrasa, “During our seven years of operations, we have seen the need for people to practice their speaking proficiency while learning,…
For newly minted Ph.D.s, choosing where to plant their academic roots can be an overwhelming decision. It shapes the direction of their research, where they live, and with whom they collaborate. The choice is also key for universities, which rely on recruiting top faculty to attract the best students. That’s why the Technion has long […]
Did you know that there are more than 1,000 international students, from more than 30 countries, studying at the Technion? Watch as Technion international students panel speak with Professor Ayelet Fishman, Dean of Students, during the December 2021 Board of Governors meeting.
This short video, which premiered during the virtual Technion Board of Governors meeting in December 2021, is an overview of the student body and the 2021-2022 academic year. The Technion’s Haifa campus now has a population of 15,000, studying in 17 faculties.
Pictured Above / Astrophysicist Dr. Efrat Sabach served as the host for TechWomen2021 1,000 outstanding female high school students from all over Israel participated in TechWomen2021, an event to encourage them to continue, and invest in, their studies in math and science. The event, now in its seventh year, took place online and was broadcast from the Technion’s studio to dozens of classrooms across the country. TechWomen events are held thanks to the generous support of the Rosalyn August Girls Empowerment Mission (GEM). As a girl, August wanted to run the family business, but her father told her that business…
Maj. Gen. Horev served in the Palmach, the elite fighting force of the Jewish underground army during the British Mandate for Palestine. He started to study mechanical engineering at the Technion, but his education was cut short with the outbreak of the War of Independence in 1948. He fought in Jerusalem and in the Negev […]
The National Academy of Inventors and the Intellectual Property Owners Association (collectively known as NAI-IPO) has ranked the Technion – Israel Institute of Technology as one of the top 100 worldwide universities granted U.S. utility patents. The achievement is yet another international recognition of the Technion’s rigorously entrepreneurial and innovative spirit on campus — an ethos that has produced thousands of inventions from both researchers and alumni, including a device that uses AI to detect the scent of more than 23 specific disease biomarkers in a person’s breath, the USB flash drive, and a robotic suit that enables paraplegics to…