Tag Archives: Prizes & Awards
Prof. Shulamit Levenberg Nominated to NAI
Her nomination was announced at the Academy’s annual conference in North Carolina in June 2024. Prof. Levenberg is a highly respected researcher and internationally renowned in the field of tissue engineering. She developed technologies for producing tissue to be implanted in damaged muscles, hearts, bones and spinal cords. Recently, she presented a technology for… Read More
Aviv and Yonatan
The Technion awarded Aviv Heine a scholarship in memory of her partner, the late Sergeant Yonatan Maimon, who fell in Gaza. The two met in the "Desert Eagles" group of the Technion's FIRST robotics program The dream of Aviv Heine and her partner Yonatan Maimon was to study engineering together at the Technion. Yonatan and… Read More
Harvey Prize predicts Nobel Prize, again
The Technion's Harvey Prize again predicted the Nobel Prize! In August, the Technion - Israel Institute of Technology announced that the Harvey Prize, the most prestigious award given by the Technion, will be given to biochemist Prof. Katalin Karikó and immunologist Prof. Drew Weissman for their singular contribution to the development of corona vaccines. This… Read More
Schulich Chemistry Faculty Now Hold 7 Prestigious ERC Grants
Technion Schulich Chemistry Faculty’s Researchers Now Holds 7 Prestigious ERC Grants The European Research Council announced last week that researchers at the Technion – Israeli Institute of Technology have been awarded a noteworthy five ERC Starting Grants, which are awarded to talented early-career scientists who completed their doctoral degrees only two to seven years ago,… Read More
Harvey Prize Recipients Announced
The Harvey Prize, the most prestigious award bestowed by the Technion - Israel Institute of Technology, will be presented this year in two fields: In Science and Technology, the prize will be awarded to Professor Emerita Helen Quinn from SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory. In the field of Human Health, the prize will be awarded to… Read More
Prestigious Grant for Technion Researchers: Towards a Complete System for Storing Information on DNA
Researchers from the Technion have won the prestigious EIC Pathfinder grant from the European Union. The entire grant totals some 4 million Euros, of which 1.5 million Euros will be allocated to research done at the Technion. Prof. Eitan Yaakobi The research is led by Professor Eitan Yaakobi and Professor Zohar Yakhini, who are the… Read More
Technion-Trained Students Win 4 Medals at the International Chemistry Olympiad
Congratulations to the Israeli Chemistry Olympic team, which came back from the IChO (International Chemistry) Olympiad in Zurich, Switzerland with four medals! 356 students from 90 countries took part in the competition. The Israeli team was trained at the Technion – Israel Institute of Technology by Prof. Zeev Gross from the Schulich Faculty of Chemistry.… Read More
EuroTech Universities Recognise 3 Outstanding Young Researchers for their Impactful Work
On June 22nd, the EuroTech Universities awarded three of their most promising early-career researchers for outstanding contributions to the 17 United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals. The EuroTech Future Award, a joint distinction of the six universities of science and technology awarded in 2023 for the first time, recognises researchers who have the potential to make… Read More
Deloro Prize 2023 to Prof. Jackie Schiller
The André Cohen Deloro Prize for 2023 was awarded to Professor Jackie Schiller of the Rappaport Faculty of Medicine on Monday, June 12 during the Technion’s Board of Governors meeting. The prize is bestowed annually in recognition of outstanding multidisciplinary research in the field of human health, on behalf of the Adelis Foundation, in memory… Read More
A Bastion of Openness, Inclusivity, Free Speech
The Technion – Israel Institute of Technology awarded honorary doctorates to five distinguished individuals: philanthropist Mr. Stephen B. Klein; entrepreneur and Technion alumnus Mr. David (Dadi) Perlmutter; philanthropists Dr. Martin Rosman and Mrs. Grace Rosman; and theoretical computer scientist and Technion alumnus Professor Avi Wigderson. The ceremony formed part of the annual Technion Board of… Read More