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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.
In this installment of the Institute’s Favorite Spots and Hidden Gems video series, astrophysicist Prof. Oded Aharonson takes us to the Koffler Particle Accelerator, the distinctive structure topped with the Kraar Observatory.
September 22, 2020
In this installment of the “Window to the Campus” series, we learn about the vision of Dr. Chaim Weizmann to transform the sandy hills of Rehovot into a green campus that would rival the great universities of Europe and the United States.
August 17, 2020
In this video, Dr. Einat Segev of the Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences takes us to her favorite spot on campus: the lily pond, which her children call the “tadpole pond” because they catch the newborn frogs there.
July 27, 2020
This installment in the “Window to the Campus” series “navigates” through the Weizmann campus, where Prof. Nachum Ulanovsky’s “bat cave” sets the theme, as he uses the tiny mammals to study navigation and other brain processes.
July 14, 2020
This installment in the “Window to the Campus” series takes us to some of the significant – architecturally, historically, and culturally – homes on the Weizmann campus.
June 29, 2020
The second “Favorite Spots & Hidden Gems” video introduces us to Dr. Haim Beidenkopf, who is creating quantum-computing platforms.
June 15, 2020
“Favorite Spots & Hidden Gems on the Weizmann Institute of Science Campus,” a new video series from the Institute, takes us to the lab of Dr. Tal Ilani, who briefly describes her research on proteins and cancer.
June 08, 2020
“A Window to the Campus” is a new video series from the Weizmann Institute of Science. In the first video, “Back to Routine,” we find that the lush campus is deceptively quiet...
May 15, 2020
The Weizmann Effect is the remarkable result of granting some of the world’s most innovative scientists the freedom to follow their curiosity, discover the unknown, and partner across disciplines and borders with other inspired minds.
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