Tag Archives: Outreach
Nobel Laureates Write to Governing Board Members of Harvard, MIT and Penn
January 2, 2024 To the Members of the Governing Boards Harvard University Massachusetts Institute of Technology University of Pennsylvania Dear Members of the Governing Board: We are deeply concerned by the restrained reactions of the leaders of your institutions to overtly antisemitic activities on your campuses. We were dismayed by the Congressional testimonies of Presidents… Read More
Special Technion Program Offered to Evacuated High School Students
Thirty high school students who were forced to evacuate from their homes in northern Israel due to the current war recently arrived at the Technion for a week of academic studies and enrichment activities, and enjoyed a fulfilling experience on campus under full-board conditions. It is the first cycle of the Robophysics program offered by… Read More
Together, Anything is Possible
As part of the “Mutual Help Centre” established at the Technion with the start of the war, two Technion workers, Lior Goldberg and Michal Meir, organised a donation of laptops to the evacuee children from the Gaza Envelope. “Haifa Municipality were the ones who approached us,” says Goldberg, Human Resources Coordinator at the Andrew &… Read More
Challah Engineering
Members of the Faculty of Biotechnology and Food Engineering rolled up their sleeves, quite literally, and set to baking 140 challahs for reserve servicemen, most of them – from the faculty. Faculty dean Prof. Sima Yaron joined graduate students and staff in the work. The challahs were baked in the faculty’s semi-industrial facility, and taken… Read More
The Technion for Reservists
In light of the ongoing conflict and the significant number of students and faculty called to reserve duty, the Technion has decided to postpone the commencement of the 2023-2024 academic year. According to a joint statement from the leadership of Israel's research universities, the new academic year at the Technion will begin once the reservists… Read More
A Unique Shabbat Reception
This past Friday, a special Shabbat reception took place at the Technion to celebrate the arrival of our new and distinguished guests; evacuees from the northern and southern regions of Israel. Since the onset of the war, the Technion has opened its doors to these displaced residents, and we are currently hosting approximately 60 individuals… Read More
Extensive Assistance For Our Students in the Reserves
Technion for Reservists In these difficult times, when many Israeli citizens are drafted into the reserves, the Technion supports its students who enlisted in the campaign as reservists. The extensive assistance includes: Exemption from payment of October rent for reservists living in dormitories * Academic concessions as… Read More
Taking Care of Technion’s Children
In these trying times, the Technion - Israel Institute of Technology and the Technion R&D Ltd. Foundation are taking care of the children of faculty and staff. We’re happy to tell you about activities on campus for the kindergarten and primary school-aged children of the Technion Family, an initiative of the Technion administration, in collaboration… Read More
Statement from Management
Dear Technion Family, We are deeply shocked by a number of recent displays of support for acts of terrorism and atrocities by the Hamas, some of which have sadly originated within our own student body at the Technion. The institution takes these incidents extremely seriously, and we are actively investigating each known case, and are… Read More
Highschool Student Targeting Lung Cancer
Peleg Zeiff, a 12th-grader from Maccabim-Reut High School took first place in the annual Biotechnology Olympics competition, the finals of which were held at the Technion – Israeli Institute of Technology earlier this month. Peleg explored the potential of using the αvβ3 integrin, a protein uniquely presented on lung cancer cells, as a target for… Read More