Technion International Board of Governors 2014

The Board of Governors June events this year marked the inauguration of major new
facilities: the D. Dan and Betty Kahn Mechanical Engineering Building, and the Farkas / Stone Family Facilities. Additional dedications included the Allen and Jewel Prince Molecular Immunology Research Laboratory Complex in the Rappaport Faculty of Medicine; and an apartment in the Zielony Graduate Student Village in honor of Roslyn and Leonard Rosen, and Ira, Shelly, Sydney, Alex and Julia Taub.

Prizes recognized research innovation and academic excellence, and there was a celebration in honor of Amos Horev’s 90th birthday. Gen (Res.) Horev served as Technion president from 1973 to 1982.

Prof. Alan Dershowitz, animated as always, in a dialogue with Zohar Zisapel, a pillar of Israeli hi-tech, at the Technion’s Board of Governors meeting

Eugene Kandel, Head of the National Economic Council, Prime Minister’s Office, delivered the Yitzhak Modai Annual Lecture on Technology and Economics. Other invited speakers included Aharon Aharon, Senior Director, Apple Israel, who addressed the question: “Israeli High-Tech: Is There a Recipe for Success?” and Prof. Dan Ben-David, Executive Director, Taub Center for Social Policy Studies in Israel, who will spoke on “The Start-Up Nation’s Threat from Within,” as part of a session on education as the key to closing social gaps.

Three new Technion scientists told their personal stories, “Why I Chose Technion.” Another highlight was a visit to the “LABSCAPES” exhibition, where 29 enlarged and stunning views through the microscope are on display in the Elyachar Central Library Gallery.

Roundtable discussion groups were held on key Technion issues: Encouraging Technion faculty and students to begin start-ups; Technion as a global institution; increasing the number of women students and faculty; increasing the number of candidates, nationally, for science and technology studies; and, how to increase support and activity by Technion alumni.

Awards to public figures and Technion supporters:

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