American Committee for the Weizmann Institute of Science

Conference for Top Students

2009-09-19T21:53:26-05:00

A critical issue for meeting the energy challenge is: Who will do the relevant basic research? This question is critical because decades of neglect and lack of...

Weizmann Institute Program to Advance Women in Science

2009-09-08T21:37:00-05:00

REHOVOT, ISRAEL – September 7, 2009 – Eleven young women scientists, who completed their Ph.D. studies with honors at various academic institutions throughout...

Breaking Through the Bottleneck

2009-07-01T21:22:00-05:00

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Fluent in Science

2008-11-01T13:45:00-05:00

Like any language, the lingo of scientific literature is understood by its readers and writers but unintelligible to nearly everyone outside the select group of those...

New Program for Outstanding Science Teachers to Open at the Weizmann Institute

2008-04-08T12:58:00-05:00

REHOVOT, ISRAEL – April 8, 2008 – An innovative new study program for science and math teachers will soon be inaugurated at the Weizmann Institute of...

Gift of the Week

2008-01-04T17:18:00-05:00

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Science for the People: Researchers’ Night at the Weizmann Institute of Science

2008-01-01T17:20:00-05:00

Five thousand people, including many families with children, visited the Weizmann Institute of Science campus recently to take part in “Researchers’...

Weizmann Institute of Science Curriculum on Environment Recognized by UNESCO

2007-11-01T14:37:00-05:00

Blue Planet, a curriculum package for middle school students on the link between man and the environment, written by Weizmann Institute scientists, has won...

Weizmann Institute Scientists Discover a Risk Distribution Law for Evolution

2007-11-01T14:17:00-05:00

Prof. Naama Barkai will receive the Helen and Martin Kimmel Award for Innovative Investigation on Monday, Nov. 5 at the Weizmann Institute. The award is accompanied by...

Young Scientist Travels to Israel

2007-09-21T18:23:00-05:00

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Weizmann Institute of Science Grants to Promote Careers for Women in Science

2007-07-18T19:22:00-05:00

REHOVOT, ISRAEL - July 18, 2007 - The Weizmann Institute of Science has instituted a new program aimed at assisting highly talented young women to work toward a career...

Applications Now Being Accepted for Schwartz Science Teachers' Seminar, Summer 2007

2007-03-30T17:40:00-05:00

NEW YORK, NY March 30, 2007 -- The Weizmann Institute of Science invites North America’s top science teachers to attend the 2007 Schwartz Family International...

Boycott of Israeli Academics Misguided

2006-08-04T19:56:00-05:00

THE RECENT MOTION BY THE U.K.’S LARGEST UNIVERSITY UNION (NAFTHE) recommending a boycott of all Israeli academics who “do not publicly dissociate themselves”...

New Weizmann Head

2006-07-28T18:53:00-05:00

The next head of the Weizmann Institute in Rehovot, Israel, says science can “bridge cultural differences” and should “never be a tool of politics.” In...

Building a Bridge from Brooklyn to Rehovot

2006-05-01T22:04:00-05:00

The Weizmann Institute of Science (WIS) hosted a gathering of alumni from Polytechnic University of Brooklyn, New York and its extension in Israel. Held at the...

Educating Scientists for the Future

2006-05-01T21:45:00-05:00

Dr. Ami Shalit admits that his job has its unconventional aspects. As the director and academic secretary of the Feinberg Graduate School, Dr. Shalit explains...

Learning Skills for Science – Weizmann Leads the Way

2006-05-01T17:55:00-05:00

Exporting a Weizmann Institute science education program to England How many teenagers love studying science or reading scientific papers and texts? Probably very few,...

Best Places to Work 2006

2006-03-01T16:30:00-05:00

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Gift for Science

2005-11-11T15:09:00-05:00

WHO GAVE IT: Albert Willner, retired orthopedic surgeon, Del Ray Beach, Fla. WHO GOT IT: The American Committee for the Weizmann Institute of Science, New York...

Weizmann Institute and NYU Host Special Forum on Neural Science

2005-10-10T16:15:00-05:00

NEW YORK, NY -- October 10, 2005 -- Robert Machinist, Chairman of the American Committee for the Weizmann Institute of Science, said, “In presenting this...

In Memory of Ilan Ramon

2004-06-01T18:06:00-05:00

“…out of the strong, something sweet.” Judges 14:14 For many schoolchildren, Ilan Ramon was proof that becoming an astronaut was an attainable...

Science on Wheels

2001-11-01T12:23:00-05:00

The storm is at its peak. Heavy raindrops are beating against the windows as the van climbs up the winding mountain road. The powerful engine roars, and the...

Getting to Know Our Neighbors

1996-11-01T16:18:00-05:00

Weizmann Institute experts in tumor and molecular genetics ? Profs. Yoram Groner, David Yaffe and Doron Lancet and Dr. Orly Reiner recently visited the Moroccan town...

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