Tag Archives: Prizes & Awards
“A Paragon of Love”
In honor of Israel's 73rd Independence Day, a beacon was lit this evening by Dr. Dror Dicker, Director of Internal Medicine and the Multidisciplinary Center for the Treatment of Obesity at Hasharon Hospital and a graduate of the Rappaport Faculty of Medicine at the Technion (Class of 1991), The selection committee for this year's torch-bearers… Read More
Technion Graduate Wins the Abel Prize
Technion graduate Professor Avi Wigderson has received the 2021 Abel Prize. Awarded by the Norwegian Academy of Sciences, it is the most important prize in mathematics, and equivalent in its importance to the Nobel Prize for mathematicians. A faculty member at Princeton University, Prof. Wigderson shares the prize with his friend and colleague László Lovász… Read More
Medals of Distinction
3 March 2021 – The Peres Center for Peace and Innovation today granted eleven women from a diverse range of backgrounds and communities with its inaugural Medal of Distinction, ahead of International Women’s Day on 8 March. The award, which will be granted annually to mark International Women’s Day, honors the outstanding contributions of women… Read More
New member of the US National Academy of Engineering
The American National Academy of Engineering (NAE) announced the admission this month of 106 new members and 23 international (non-American) members, including Dr. Yoelle Maarek, a graduate of the Taub Faculty of Computer Science at the Technion, who is now Vice President of Research at Alexa Shopping at Amazon Technion alumnus Dr. Yoelle Maarek grew… Read More
Smart mobility and new energy sources
The 2020 Eric and Sheila Samson Prime Minister’s Prize for Global Innovation in Smart Mobility and Alternative Fuels for Transportation will be awarded to eight researchers, three of whom are Technion faculty members: Prof. Avner Rothschild, Prof. Gideon (Gidi) Grader and Dr. Yaniv Romano. The one-million-dollar prize is the world’s biggest award in the fields… Read More
Blavatnik Awards for Young Scientists
Three young scientists from leading research institutions in Israel will each be awarded US$ 100,000 for their groundbreaking scientific research The Blavatnik Family Foundation, the New York Academy of Sciences, and the Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities announced today the Laureates of the 2021 Blavatnik Awards for Young Scientists in Israel. This year’s Laureates,… Read More
Pfizer CEO to Receive Technion Honarary Doctorate
The President of the Technion – Israel Institute of Technology, Professor Uri Sivan announced today that the Technion will award an honorary doctorate to Pfizer CEO and Chairman Dr. Albert Bourla, for his extraordinary achievement in leading the record time development of the novel vaccine against SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19. The vaccine, which… Read More
Two Technion Faculty Members Win ERC Consolidator Grants
Two Technion - Israel Institute of Technology faculty members have won ERC Consolidator Grants, prestigious awards allocated by the European Union (EU) as part of the Horizon 2020 research and development program. This year, the ERC (European Research Council) received 2,453 research proposals, and on December 10th announced the 301 researchers who had been selected… Read More
Schrödinger Medal to Dist. Prof. Yitzhak Apeloig
The Schrödinger Medal Will be Awarded to Technion Distinguished Professor Yitzhak Apeloig: The former Technion president will receive the medal for his seminal computational and experimental contributions to silicon chemistry and organic chemistry. Distinguished Professor Yitzhak Apeloig of the Schulich Faculty of Chemistry has been awarded the 2021 Schrödinger Medal of the World Association of… Read More
Technion Harvey Prize: Honoring Pioneers in Chemical Engineering and Medical Sciences
The Harvey Prize, the Technion’s most prestigious award, will this year be awarded to Distinguished Professor Joseph DeSimone of Stanford University in the Science and Technology category and to Professor Raphael Mechoulam of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem in the Human Health category. The Harvey Prize – established in 1971 by Leo Harvey (1887-1973) –… Read More