• About Us
    • Overview
    • Education
    • Mission & History
    • Board of Directors
    • The Campus
    • Careers
  • Our Achievements
    • Overview
    • Cancer
    • Technology
    • Education
    • Our Planet
    • Health & Medicine
    • Physical World
  • Get Involved
    • Overview
    • Partners in Science
    • Estate & Planned Giving
    • Attend an Event
    • Gift Opportunities
  • News & Media
    • Overview
    • News & Media Archive
    • Coronavirus
    • Feature Stories
    • News Releases
    • In The News
    • Video Gallery
    • Ad Campaigns
    • Celebrating Great Minds
  • Blog
  • Contact
  • Donate
Donate
Donate
About Us tri
About Us Overview
  • Education
  • Mission & History
  • Board of Directors
  • The Campus
  • Careers
About Us

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.

Our Achievements tri
Our Achievements Overview
  • Cancer
  • Technology
  • Education
  • Our Planet
  • Health & Medicine
  • Physical World
Our Achievements

The Weizmann Institute’s fundamental research has led to discoveries and applications with a major impact on the scientific community and on the quality of life for millions worldwide.

Get Involved tri
Get Involved Overview
  • Partners in Science
  • Estate & Planned Giving
  • Attend an Event
  • Gift Opportunities
Get Involved

Join a community of dedicated people who share the Weizmann Institute’s commitment to shaping a better world through science.

News & Media tri
News & Media Overview
  • News & Media Archive
  • Coronavirus
  • Feature Stories
  • News Releases
  • In The News
  • Video Gallery
  • Ad Campaigns
  • Celebrating Great Minds
News & Media

Learn about the Weizmann Institute’s latest groundbreaking discoveries and the American Committee’s activities across the country.

Blog tri
  • The Curiosity Review
Blog

Popular science for the curious-minded: The Curiosity Review brings discovery to life.

Contact

Search Results

  • SEARCH BY KEYWORD
  • SEARCH BY TAG
View Articles by Tag:
  • View Articles by Tag
  • Algorithims (6)
  • Alternative energy (27)
  • Alzheimers (44)
  • Archaeology (37)
  • Artificial intelligence (20)
  • Astrophysics (108)
  • Autism (22)
  • Awards (119)
  • Bacteria (107)
  • Behavior (9)
  • Biochemistry (101)
  • Biofuel (7)
  • Biology (309)
  • Biomolecular sciences (7)
  • Blood (43)
  • Brain (175)
  • Cancer (163)
  • Cancer treatment (127)
  • Central nervous system (9)
  • Chemistry (78)
  • Children (7)
  • Circadian clock (1)
  • Climate change (73)
  • Clinical trials (40)
  • Collaborations (19)
  • Community (279)
  • Computers (73)
  • Copaxone (12)
  • Coronavirus (7)
  • Culture (359)
  • Diabetes (32)
  • Earth (74)
  • Education (157)
  • Environment (92)
  • Enzymes (29)
  • Evolution (89)
  • Fertility (20)
  • Fungus (4)
  • Genetics (109)
  • Genomics (3)
  • Heart (5)
  • Heart disease (3)
  • Humanity (83)
  • Immune system (149)
  • Immunology (10)
  • Immunotherapy (34)
  • Inflammation (19)
  • Leadership (114)
  • Leukemia (12)
  • Materials (44)
  • Mathematics (62)
  • Medicine (84)
  • Memory (39)
  • Mental health (58)
  • Metabolism (51)
  • Microbiology (2)
  • Microbiome (10)
  • Molecular cell biology (9)
  • Molecular genetics (61)
  • Multiple sclerosis (12)
  • Nanoscience (33)
  • Nature (4)
  • Neurobiology (2)
  • Neuroscience (207)
  • Nutrition (72)
  • Optics (34)
  • Organs (11)
  • Parkinsons (11)
  • Personalized medicine (5)
  • Philanthropy (148)
  • Physics (139)
  • Plants (56)
  • Proteins (96)
  • Quantum computer (3)
  • Quantum physics (2)
  • Quantum theory (34)
  • Robots (8)
  • Security (21)
  • Senses (115)
  • Sensors (8)
  • Smoking (1)
  • Solar power (19)
  • Space (110)
  • Stem cells (49)
  • Technology (206)
  • Vaccine (40)
  • Virus (135)
  • Water (40)
  • Weather (1)
  • Women (115)
  • World hunger (17)
Filter by Time:
  • All
  • Past Day
  • Past Week
  • Past Month
  • Past Year
  • Past Three Years
Clear Filters

275 results for Community

Hope-Giving Breakthroughs from the Weizmann Institute in 2018
Hope-Giving Breakthroughs from the Weizmann Institute in 2018

https://www.weizmann-usa.org/news-media/feature-stories/hope-giving-breakthroughs-from-the-weizmann-institute-in-2018/

Jan 10, 2019... As we take a moment to reflect on 2018, one thing is clear: the world needs science now more than ever. The past year was a time of flux, which makes us all the more grateful for Weizmann’s unchanging mission of “science for the benefit of humanity.” Scientific progress holds the promise of a better world – and here are just some of the breakthroughs from 2018 that inspire hope:
Prof. Ruth Arnon, renowned co-developer of Copaxone®, one of the world’s leading multiple sclerosis drugs, has developed a universal flu vaccine. The vaccine, which entered Phase III clinical trials in 2018, could protect people against all strains of the virus, for many years, in a single shot.

TAGS: Culture, Community, Leadership

Young Israeli Scientists Head to US to Showcase Work from Medicine to Mechanics
Young Israeli Scientists Head to US to Showcase Work from Medicine to Mechanics

https://www.weizmann-usa.org/news-media/in-the-news/young-israeli-scientists-head-to-us-to-showcase-work-from-medicine-to-mechanics/

Feb 09, 2018... Elena Meirzadeh, who is pursuing her doctorate at the Weizmann Institute of Science, is studying the properties of crystals with an eye toward applications ranging from airplane wing deicing to improving cloud-seeding techniques to increase rainfall. (Courtesy of Weizmann Institute)
When Elena Meirzadeh immigrated to Israel from Iran with her family at the age of 12, her priorities were perfecting her Hebrew and acclimating to life in a new country.

TAGS: Community, Education, Philanthropy

CEO Conference Call: Science at the Leading Edge
CEO Conference Call: Science at the Leading Edge

https://www.weizmann-usa.org/news-media/feature-stories/ceo-conference-call-science-at-the-leading-edge/

Mar 07, 2017... On February 28, 2017, American Committee donors of all giving levels were invited to join a special conference call with CEO Marshall S. Levin. More than 100 donors from across the country participated. Mr. Levin spoke on the topic of “Science at the Leading Edge: Latest Breakthroughs from the Weizmann Institute of Science.” He opened with an overview of the Weizmann Institute and its reputation as a relatively small institution with “an outsized impact” on the world. He then discussed the Institute’s game-changing research on the aging brain, as well as the work of its Nancy and Stephen Grand Israel National Center for Personalized Medicine. Through these and other initiatives, the Institute seeks to improve the quality of life of every person on the planet.

TAGS: Community, Brain, Philanthropy, Leadership, Alzheimers

Baroness Ariane de Rothschild Visits the Weizmann Institute of Science
Baroness Ariane de Rothschild Visits the Weizmann Institute of Science

https://www.weizmann-usa.org/news-media/news-releases/baroness-ariane-de-rothschild-visits-the-weizmann-institute-of-science/

Jul 06, 2009... REHOVOT, ISRAEL— July 6, 2009—Baroness Ariane de Rothschild was at the Weizmann Institute yesterday to get a first-hand report on a one-of-a-kind program for promoting excellence in science and math education, which is supported by the Rothschild-Caesarea Foundation. She first met with Institute President Prof. Daniel Zajfman, who filled her in on the history of the Weizmann Institute and the vision of its founder, Dr. Chaim Weizmann, the first President of the State of Israel and of the Weizmann Institute, as well as on the Israel’s present-day place on the forefront of global science. Vice President for Resource Development and Dean for Educational Activities Prof. Israel Bar-Joseph then spoke to her on the Rothschild-Weizmann Program for Excellence in Science Teaching and its goal of creating an elite corps of science teachers to lead the way in transforming the field. The Baroness de Rothschild expressed particular interest in the criteria for acceptance to the program and the quality of the teachers participating, pointing out that the educational ills the program was designed to address are worldwide problems. She then met with the scientific directors of the program, head of the Weizmann Institute’s Science Teaching Department Prof. Bat-Sheva Eylon and Prof. Shimon Levit, as well as five of the program’s participants.

TAGS: Community, Education

Five Students Chosen to Travel to Physics Competition in Israel
Five Students Chosen to Travel to Physics Competition in Israel

https://www.weizmann-usa.org/news-media/in-the-news/five-students-chosen-to-travel-to-physics-competition-in-israel/

Dec 15, 2015... Five Gregory School students will travel to Israel to participate in the Shalheveth Freier International Physics Tournament this April. The team will build a safe and attempt to crack safes made by other schools around the world during the three day competition.
Juniors Elaine Wright, Jaiveer Katariya, Daniel Leighou, Tianyi Zhu, and senior Moritz Gloesslein were selected for the school’s team. Twelve students applied in hopes of attending the tournament. Juniors and seniors were eligible to apply for one of the five spots. Jaiveer Katariya said, “I’m extremely honored that I have the opportunity to represent our community in Israel.”

TAGS: Community, Education, Physics

Weizmann Institute 2015 Year at a Glance
Weizmann Institute 2015 Year at a Glance

https://www.weizmann-usa.org/news-media/video-gallery/weizmann-institute-2015-year-at-a-glance/

Nov 25, 2015... Prof. Daniel Zajfman, Weizmann Institute president, takes us on a whirlwind tour of the campus as we look back at its amazing progress in 2015. One of the Institute's ongoing priorities is the recruitment of the best new scientists – in 2015, it brought aboard...

TAGS: Community, Philanthropy, Leadership

Stanley Fischer, Jesse Roth, Lia Koenig Among Those to Receive Weizmann Institute Honorary PhDs
Stanley Fischer, Jesse Roth, Lia Koenig Among Those to Receive Weizmann Institute Honorary PhDs

https://www.weizmann-usa.org/news-media/news-releases/stanley-fischer-jesse-roth-lia-koenig-among-those-to-receive-weizmann-institute-honorary-phds/

Nov 09, 2014... Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel
REHOVOT, ISRAEL—November 9, 2014—Vice chair of the U.S. Federal Reserve System’s Board of Governors and former governor of the Bank of Israel Prof. Stanley Fischer, renowned diabetes researcher Prof. Jesse Roth, and veteran actress Lia Koenig will be receiving honorary doctorates from the Weizmann Institute of Science on Monday evening, November 10. Also receiving honorary doctorates are another three esteemed researchers and financial leaders. The recipients are:

TAGS: Culture, Community, Awards, Humanity

The Tomorrow Lab Summit
The Tomorrow Lab Summit

https://www.weizmann-usa.org/news-media/feature-stories/the-tomorrow-lab-summit/

May 14, 2013... “The planets have a beat,” said Dr. Oded Aharonson, snapping his fingers. Skyped in from Israel into a Manhattan boardroom on May 10, Aharonson is a scientist who has operated the rover on Mars. Some of his pictures of Titan are among those that have given us, on earth, a more accurate perspective on what it means to live in a solar system.
He held up a basketball, partly because he needed a round object to show the oscillations of the earth’s climate cycles and partly because the Tomorrow Lab Summit was being hosted by and is a community partner of NBA Cares. NBA Commissioner David Stern was one of the two men at the head of the table and the other was Marshall Levin, the President and CEO of the American Committee for the Weizmann Institute of Science, the organization that created the Tomorrow Lab project to support the mission of science for the benefit of humanity.

TAGS: Community, Philanthropy, Leadership

A Conversation with Prof. Daniel Zajfman and Andrew Heyward
A Conversation with Prof. Daniel Zajfman and Andrew Heyward

https://www.weizmann-usa.org/news-media/video-gallery/a-conversation-with-prof-daniel-zajfman-and-andrew-heyward/

Jun 17, 2011... Andrew Heyward, former president of CBS News, interviews Prof. Daniel Zajfman, president of the Weizmann Institute, during the 2011 gala held by the American Committee's New York Region. Mr. Heyward asked Prof. Zajfman not only about science—although that was eloquently addressed—but about his Brussels childhood, early interest in science, and more.

TAGS: Community, Philanthropy, Leadership

Father Runs and Writes to Help His Children
Father Runs and Writes to Help His Children

https://www.weizmann-usa.org/news-media/in-the-news/father-runs-and-writes-to-help-his-children/

Jul 02, 2013... Jonathan Hersch and his son, Ben, practice for a race to benefit Ben and Shira’s Endowment Fund for Diabetes Research at the Weizmann Institute of Science in Rehovot, Israel. Photos courtesy Jonathan Hersch
For his entire life, Jonathan Hersch has been running, as a track star and marathon racer. But now his goal is beyond the finish line.
The Edison resident is the father of two children with diabetes, and he is donating part of the proceeds of a book he wrote on these two facets of his life — Relax and Go: On Running and Surviving Parental Trauma — to help advance research on the disease being conducted in Israel.

TAGS: Community, Philanthropy, Leadership, Diabetes

First … 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 ... Last
Back Next
SHARE

Our Achievements

Learn more about remarkable Weizmann Institute achievements that are enhancing and transforming our lives.

Learn More

Support Our Flagship Projects

Help us accelerate exciting initiatives in three forward-looking fields: neuroscience, physics, and artificial intelligence.

Learn More

Newsletter

Get the latest news and breakthroughs from the Weizmann Institute of Science.

About Us
  • Education
  • Mission & History
  • Board of Directors
  • The Campus
  • Careers
Our Achievements
  • Cancer
  • Technology
  • Education
  • Our Planet
  • Health & Medicine
  • Physical World
Get Involved
  • Partners in Science
  • Estate & Planned Giving
  • Attend an Event
  • Gift Opportunities
News & Media Blog: Curiosity Review Donate Now Contact Us
Privacy Policy Gift Acceptance Policy Financial Information

©2023 American Committee for the Weizmann Institute of Science

Charity Navigator

FOR THE FOURTH CONSECUTIVE YEAR

Platinum Transparency 2023