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Alice Chudnovsky: A Young Mathematician’s Summer at Weizmann
Alice Chudnovsky: A Young Mathematician’s Summer at Weizmann

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Sep 27, 2017... Each summer, the Kupcinet-Getz International Science School offers outstanding undergraduate students from around the world the opportunity to spend two months conducting research at the Weizmann Institute. For Alice Chudnovsky, now a sophomore at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, participating in the program was the opportunity of a lifetime. Here, Alice reflects on her transformative summer at Weizmann, her passion for Israel and mathematics, and her efforts to encourage women in her field.

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Richard L. Stone Chairs Palm Beach Region of the American Committee for the Weizmann Institute of Science
Richard L. Stone Chairs Palm Beach Region of the American Committee for the Weizmann Institute of Science

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Dec 01, 2009... NEW YORK, NY—December 1, 2009—Richard L. Stone, dedicated advocate of the American Committee for the Weizmann Institute of Science (ACWIS), has been appointed Chair of the American Committee's Palm Beach Region. In this role, Mr. Stone will spearhead efforts to recruit new supporters and increase the visibility of the Weizmann Institute of Science in Rehovot, Israel, one of the world's top-ranking multidisciplinary research institutions.

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New David Lopatie Conference Centre Opens Its Doors
New David Lopatie Conference Centre Opens Its Doors

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Feb 01, 2012... The Weizmann Institute formally opened the new David Lopatie Conference Centre in a gala event on Nov. 13 honoring its South African donor. The Centre was heralded a future venue for international scientific conferences that will shine a spotlight on the Institute and its cutting-edge research.
Located prominently at the campus entrance, the Centre represents the renovation and transformation of the former Wix Library into a state-of-the-art facility that will also host meetings of the International and Executive Board, the Scientific Council, the Council of Professors, and Promotion committees. In addition, it will be the new home of the Barbara Levinson Visitors Center and the offices of the Academic Secretariat.

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Advancing Women in Science: A Decade of Success
Advancing Women in Science: A Decade of Success

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Dec 01, 2017... Advancing Women in Science: A Decade of Success

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Budding Scientists Study in Israel
Budding Scientists Study in Israel

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Sep 15, 2015... The 21-student U.S. delegation to the International Summer Science Institute on the Weizmann Institute campus in Rehovot, Israel included Ana Karla Cepeda Diaz of Boca Raton (second row, third from right).
This summer, budding scientists Ana Karla Cepeda Diaz of Boca Raton and Luke Horger of Fort Pierce spent four weeks on the Weizmann Institute campus in Rehovot, Israel.
The Weizmann Institute of Science is one of the world's leading scientific research institutions, with nearly 4,000 researchers making a global impact in areas ranging from health and medicine, to alternative energy, to space exploration.

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Gift of the Week
Gift of the Week

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Jan 04, 2008... This article can be viewed by downloading the PDF.

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American Committee Launches 75th Anniversary Campaign
American Committee Launches 75th Anniversary Campaign

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Nov 29, 2017... NEW YORK, NY—November 29, 2017—At its Leadership Retreat and Annual Meeting of the Board of Directors, the American Committee for the Weizmann Institute of Science announced the launch of the public phase of its 75th anniversary campaign, Transforming Tomorrow: Accelerate the Next 75 Years of Scientific Breakthroughs. The campaign aims to raise $225 million in support of the Weizmann Institute, one of the world’s leading multidisciplinary research institutions located in Rehovot, Israel.

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Phoenix Teen Conducts Scientific Research in Israel
Phoenix Teen Conducts Scientific Research in Israel

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Aug 22, 2019... Kyle Polen is pictured here with the other U.S. Bessie Lawrence participants. He is on the right, sitting on the branch of the tree in the maroon shirt.
Last month, local budding scientist Kyle Polen returned from four weeks on the Weizmann Institute’s campus in Rehovot, Israel. The Weizmann Institute of Science is one of the world’s leading scientific research institutions, with hundreds of researchers making a global impact in areas ranging from health and medicine, to alternative energy, to space exploration.

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First Class of the Schwartz/Reisman Science Education Centre, Rehovot, Graduates
First Class of the Schwartz/Reisman Science Education Centre, Rehovot, Graduates

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Jun 30, 2016... Dr. Ronen Mir (center) and the teachers of the Schwartz/Reisman Science Education Centre, Rehovot
The graduation ceremony of the first class of the Schwartz/Reisman Science Education Centre, Rehovot, took place on June 29 in the Clore Garden of Science on the Weizmann Institute of Science campus. Participating were Weizmann Institute of Science President Prof. Daniel Zajfman, Rehovot Deputy Mayor Zohar Blum and Ness Ziona Mayor Yossi Shavo. Also present were the 207 twelfth-graders who had completed their final matriculation exam in physics. “When you learn physics,” said Prof. Zajfman, “you are learning a way of thinking. Graduates of the Schwartz/Reisman Science Education Centre, Rehovot, can now do anything they desire. Special thanks to the most important people – the teachers,” he continued. “Teaching is the only profession that allows all the other professions to exist. Without people who commit themselves to helping our children to build their futures, we would not succeed in attaining ours.”

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Weizmann Institute 2016 Year in Review
Weizmann Institute 2016 Year in Review

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Dec 14, 2016... Weizmann Institute 2016 Year in Review

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