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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 Times of India writes about why young Indian scientists love Weizmann and Israel, including “a perfect mix” of academic excellence, warm culture, and natural beauty.
May 18, 2020
Dr. Aurelie Lachish-Zalait, Director of the Professional Development Unit at the Davidson Institute – Weizmann’s education arm – writes in Haaretz about the importance of teachers and describes programs to keep them current in science and math.
April 02, 2020
With ever-more Indian grad students on campus, The Times of India talks to Prof. Avraham Yaron about the many reasons they find Weizmann such a great fit.
November 26, 2019
After his senior year of high school, Kyle Polen could have used his summer to take a well-earned break before starting his first semester at Arizona State University. But Polen decided instead to study at the Weizmann Institute of Science in Rehovot, Israel.
October 02, 2019
A 2019 Hebrew Academy of the Five Towns and Rockaway High School graduate experienced what aspiring scientists might call the experience of a lifetime this past summer. Woodmere resident Miriam Kopyto was chosen by the world renowned Weizmann Institute of Science to take part, alongside 55 other teenagers from across the world, in the institution’s annual Dr. Bessie F. Lawrence International Summer Science Institute in Rehovot, Israel.
September 12, 2019
Eliana had a rarefied summer working in the Boris Rybtchinski Lab in the Department of Organic Chemistry at Weizmann Institute of Science in Rehovot, Israel. “My research is in the ‘sustainable nanomaterials’ portion of what the lab does. We combine carbon nanotubes with organic dye nanocrystals to produce a hybrid nanocomposite in the form of a thin film that is electrically conductive and mechanically robust.” These films can be deposited on many surfaces and used as electrodes in energy storage devices. “I worked on a method which recycles the excess dye and solvent in order to make it more environmentally friendly when taken to industrial manufacturing.”
August 26, 2019
The Arizona Jewish News reports on local high-school grad Kyle Polen, who spent the summer on campus as part of the Dr. Bessie F. Lawrence International Summer Science Institute.
August 22, 2019
U.S. News & World Report has ranked the Weizmann Institute of Science as the best university in Israel.
November 01, 2018
While many of his peers spent the summer gearing up for college, Tony Pan of Grosse Pointe Farms traveled to Israel to work in a lab at one of the world’s foremost scientific research institutions. Thanks to a scholarship from the Borman family of Bloomfield Hills, Pan was one of 19 American teens participating in the 50th annual Dr. Bessie F. Lawrence International Summer Science Institute (ISSI) at the Weizmann Institute of Science in Rehovot, a global leader in scientific disciplines, from cancer to alternative energy to space exploration.
October 25, 2018
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