(JTA) — The Technion-Israel Institute of Technology became the first Israeli university to open a campus in China. On Monday, the Guangdong Technion Israel Institute of Technology opened in Shantou, in the Guangdong province on the southeast coast. The university is a partnership between the Haifa-based university, the Li Ka Shing Foundation, and the Guangdong provincial…
(JTA) — Three Israeli universities were ranked in the top 100 of the most innovative universities in the world in the Reuters’ annual list. Hebrew University came in at 82, climbing 12 spots from last year. Tel Aviv University was ranked at 88 and The Technion – Israel Institute of Technology was 89. The Reuters…
A $2 billion high-tech university research campus built by two prestigious universities, one in the United States and one in Israel, of has opened on New York City’s Roosevelt Island. Cornell Tech, a joint venture between Cornell University and the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, held its grand opening on Wednesday with remarks by New York…
Students at the Technion in Haifa created this inventive Rube Goldberg machine to celebrate Passover. The complicated, winding device uses a domino effect to illustrate the 10 plagues, even utilizing a wheel made of matzo. The 2015 project was created by students of the Faculties of Mechanical Engineering and Architecture and Town Planning. Check it…
Despite a persistent divide in educational attainment between Jews and Arabs in Israel, Haifa’s Technion University has managed to triple the enrollment of Arab students over the past decade. Referred to as Israel’s MIT, and reputed for its math and science talent, the Haifa school now has a student body that’s 20 percent of Arab…
The Technion-Israel Institute of Technology will receive a $50 million gift from Dr. Andrew J. Viterbi, the largest ever from an American donor. The gift to the Haifa-based university was announced on Saturday during the Technion Board of Governor’s meeting in Israel. Viterbi is the creator of the Viterbi Algorithm, a mathematical formula used in…
Former CNN host Larry King and the Technion Israel Institute of Technology have agreed to work together to promote Israeli high-tech. King and the Technion are establishing the Israel Silicon Valley Chambers of Commerce, the Israeli business daily Globes reported. They are set to be launched in Tel Aviv and at Stanford University in Palo…
The Technion-Israel Institute of Technology and Shantou University have landed a Chinese donor to establish a joint academic facility in China. The Technion Guangdong Institute of Technology is sponsored by the Li Ka-shing Foundation, which is giving $130 million for the institute, which is to focus on research and innovation in science, engineering and life…
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