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Founded in 1944, the American Committee for the Weizmann Institute of Science develops philanthropic support for the Weizmann Institute in Israel, and advances its mission of science for the benefit of humanity.
The Jerusalem Post writes about the Institute’s high placement in the Leiden Rankings, which compare over a thousand of the world’s top universities to determine research quality.
November 10, 2020
As The Jerusalem Post reports, Phytolon – the company based on discoveries by Prof. Asaph Aharoni – has received funding for development of its natural, non-synthetic food coloring.
September 20, 2020
As Israel21C reports, two Weizmann Institute scientists – Prof. Reshef Tenne and Prof. Dan Tawfik – each received a 2020 EMET Prize, known as Israel’s Nobel.
June 04, 2020
Weizmann’s Prof. Moti Ben-Ari was honored by ACM as an outstanding educator for his four decades of creating pioneering materials in several subfields of computing, reaching novices and experienced students alike.
May 13, 2020
On May 2, 1986, while visiting my long-term colleague and friend Richard O’Reilly, the head of bone marrow transplantation at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in New York, I received a strange phone call. It was from Richard Champlin, who worked at the Bone Marrow Transplant Center at UCLA. He tended to speak very fast, so it took me some time to understand from his over-excited voice that he was about to leave the next day for Moscow.
April 27, 2020
In honor of International Women’s Day, Israel21C looks at some extraordinary Israeli women. Number one on their list? Prof. Ada Yonath.
March 09, 2020
The Neuroendocrine Tumor Research Foundation (NETRF) today announced $3.5 million in neuroendocrine tumor (NET) research grants to fund 12 projects around the world in pursuit of more precise treatments for this uncommon cancer affecting an estimated 171,000 Americans.
February 25, 2020
Jerusalem, January 27, 2020 — The Blavatnik Family Foundation, the New York Academy of Sciences, and the Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities (IASH) announced today the 2020 Laureates of the third annual Blavatnik Awards for Young Scientists in Israel. The Blavatnik Awards recognize outstanding, innovative scientists at the early stages of their careers for both their extraordinary achievements and their promise for future discoveries. The prizes are awarded to researchers aged 42 and younger for their groundbreaking work in the disciplines of Life Sciences, Chemistry, and Physical Sciences & Engineering.
February 05, 2020
The 2,000m² building is the largest performance hall on the Weizmann Institute campus and the existing auditorium is a prime example of Modernism, designed more than 50 years ago by Israeli architects Arieh Sharon and Benjamin Idelson.
HQ Architects undertook the renovation and extension of the building where its facades and contour of the building cannot be modified due to preservation rules. However, the ambition for the new Michael Sela Auditorium was to double the area of the existing lobby, and add a new social space suitable to accommodate different activities that go beyond the standard use of foyer as a waiting space. The concept is based on the observation that the exchange of opinions and ideas occurs very often around an event and not always during the event. With this in mind, HQ Architects designed a foyer that resembles a living room, an informal and inviting gathering space.
February 04, 2020
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