Technion-Israel Institute of Technology

Technion leads Israel, Europe in AI research in new CSRanking index, ranking 21st worldwide

The Technion claimed the top spot in Europe for AI research according to CSRankings, placing 21st globally, and has fueled a surge of successful commercial tech spinoffs.

|ByTOBIAS HOLCMAN
Aerial view of the Technion Israel Institute of Technology.
Technion–Israel Institute of Technology

Cell-based implant offers new hope for diabetes management, Technion study shows

The study, which is peer-reviewed and published in Science introduces a “living, cell-based implant” that works as a pancreas and is protected against immune rejection by a novel system.

|ByLEO FEIERBERG BETTER
Technion President Prof. Uri Sivan, President of Boeing Israel, Maj.-Gen. (res.) Ido Nehushtan, and Boeing Global President Dr. Brendan Nelson.

Boeing, Technion move Israeli sustainable jet fuel project into implementation phase

Boeing and the Technion are moving their joint sustainable aviation fuel initiative from feasibility work into hands-on development of cost-competitive electrofuels.

|ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Graduates celebrate at a commencement ceremony at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, which is fielding a growing number of inquiries from Americans interested in enrolling for college at the university in Beersheva, Israel.

Ben-Gurion University tops list of on-time graduates in Israel, new ranking reveals

According to the report, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU) recorded Israel’s highest on-time graduation rate, with 91%, followed by Bar-Ilan University at 87%

|ByYANIR YAGNA, AVIHAI CHIIM

Haifa's Technion awards doctorates to 258 students from 12 countries

The recipients hailed from 12 different countries, including China, Russia, Germany, Spain, Brazil and South Korea, with 47% of them being women.

SEPTEMBER 9, 2024ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
The doctoral students receive their degrees at the Technion ceremony. September 4, 2024.

Three Israeli universities in top 100 worldwide - ShanghaiRanking

Tel Aviv University was ranked in the 201-300 ranking category. Its mathematics department, its highest ranked department, was ranked 40th in the world.

AUGUST 15, 2024ByEVE YOUNG
The Weizmann Institute is set to open a medical school in October of 2025.

Govt approves two new candidates for Council for Higher Education amid claims of politicization

"The takeover of academia by politics is the beginning of the end of democracy," VERA chairman and president of Ben-Gurion University of the Negev said.

AUGUST 4, 2024ByELIAV BREUER
Education Minister Yoav Kisch seen at the assembly hall of the Knesset, the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem, on March 15, 2023

Innovative philanthropy transforms research into real-world impact

A recent trend in modern philanthropy prioritizes tangible, real-world impact over purely theoretical research.

JUNE 27, 2024ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
The Zimin Institute at the Technion's latest conference

Despite war, Israeli universities rise in global rankings, Hebrew University placed highest

Five out of nine Israeli universities have improved in this year’s rankings, while the Hebrew University of Jerusalem (HU) has come out on top, ranking 66th in the quality of its faculty.

MAY 13, 2024ByJUDY SIEGEL-ITZKOVICH
An aerial view shows the Dome of the Rock in front and the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, in Jerusalem, April 26, 2023.

Israeli firm calls for free aid for US College Jews amid antisemitism surge

Israeli universities have offered Jewish students abroad to join their universities amid the high levels of antisemitism.

APRIL 30, 2024ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
ANTISEMITISM ON display at the UK’s Free Palestine rally.

Solving the world’s biggest challenges? Just a normal day at the Technion

The American Technion Society have produced the Booklet of Wonders: a fascinating insight into just some of the mind-blowing innovations that have come from the brilliant institute.

APRIL 24, 2024ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Booklet of Wonders: a fascinating insight into just some of the mind-blowing innovations that have come from the Technion produced by the American Technion Society.

Technion breakthrough for better drug delivery and tissue implantation

Researchers develop ultrasound for non-invasive method for bio-printing live cells and tissues deep within the body.

APRIL 22, 2024ByJUDY SIEGEL-ITZKOVICH
Representative images of the microstructure of formed hydrogels under various US induction durations, taken by a scanning electron microscope.

Technion team discovers important adaptive strategy of the microbiome, impacting immune system

The study focused on species of the Bacteroidales order, some of the most abundant species in the human gut microbiome.

APRIL 14, 2024ByJUDY SIEGEL-ITZKOVICH
Testicular organoids generated from mice pups and incubated in a dish for 21 days. Sertoli cells, which are the cells responsible for the formation of the tubules in the testicle, appear in red and germ cells, which will produce the sperm cells, appear in green. Germ cells always stay close proximi

Israeli Technion prof. wins prestigious, $1 million Turing Award

Prof. Avi Wigderson, leading theoretical computer scientist and Technion alumnus and honorary doctorate recipient, wins ‘Nobel Prize of Computing’ for contribution to theoretical computer science.

APRIL 11, 2024ByJUDY SIEGEL-ITZKOVICH
Prof. Avi Wigderson (left) with the President of the Technion, Prof. Uri Sivan.