{"id":84112,"date":"2016-05-20T04:23:21","date_gmt":"2016-05-20T01:23:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.technion.ac.il\/blog\/1st-class-of-graduates-jacobs-institute-nyc\/"},"modified":"2016-05-20T04:23:21","modified_gmt":"2016-05-20T01:23:21","slug":"1st-class-of-graduates-jacobs-institute-nyc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.technion.ac.il\/en\/blog\/1st-class-of-graduates-jacobs-institute-nyc\/","title":{"rendered":"1st Class of Graduates, Jacobs Institute NYC"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 dir=\"ltr\">NYC TECH LEADERS HONOR FIRST-EVER GRADUATES OF JACOBS TECHNION-CORNELL INSTITUTE<\/h2>\n<h4 dir=\"ltr\"><em>Israel\u2019s Technion Becomes First Accredited International University to Grant Degrees in the U.S.<\/em><\/h4>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">NYC Executive Director Julie Samuels, Israeli Consul General Ido Aharoni and others gathered last night to celebrate the inaugural graduating class of the Joan &amp; Irwin Jacobs Technion-Cornell Institute. The pre-graduation event at WeWork Bryant Park honored the globally diverse graduates receiving the MS in Information Systems with a concentration in Connective Media, a one-of-a-kind master\u2019s program combining disciplines of technology, media, sociology and business.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">The <span data-term=\"goog_2011788214\">May 29<\/span> graduation ceremony at the Cornell University Ithaca, NY campus will include the Jacobs Institute \u2014 a partnership of the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology and Cornell University \u2014 and will mark the first time an international university has ever granted an accredited degree for studies on U.S. soil. Graduates will receive two degrees, one from the Technion and one from Cornell. The Institute\u2019s 12 Connective Media graduates, from six different countries, are now launching innovative startups and securing jobs at industry-leading companies across the world.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u201cThese graduating entrepreneurs are armed with the knowledge and experience in areas that are vital to the City\u2019s economic health, and the betterment of society as a whole,\u201d said Professor Adam Shwartz, director of the Jacobs Institute. \u201cWe look forward with anticipation to the great things they will accomplish and their impact on the economy, as well as the startups they will launch in New York City and beyond.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><center><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/CC00s2RmKmU\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/center><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u201cCongratulations to all of the graduating Jacobs Technion-Cornell Institute students,\u201d said Technion President Peretz Lavie. \u201cThis remarkable group, and all it will accomplish, is a clear example of what can happen when innovation, excellence and a commitment to the improving the lives of people around the world come together.\u201d<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">The Jacobs Institute was established in 2013 with a $133 million gift from Dr. Irwin Mark Jacobs, founding chairman and CEO emeritus of Qualcomm, and his wife, Joan Klein Jacobs. It has quickly become a catalyst for global entrepreneurship and a driver of New York\u2019s emerging tech ecosystem and local economy. The Jacobs Institute combines professors, research and resources from the Technion, a leading global research university, that was a vital factor in Israel\u2019s emergence as the \u201cStartup Nation,\u201d and Cornell, a longtime leader in engineering and computer science, with a strong presence in New York City. The Jacobs Institute\u2019s dual-degree program \u2014 accredited through Technion in Israel and Cornell in the U.S. \u2014 provides graduates with an international advantage and greater recognition in an increasingly global workforce.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">The Connective Media graduate program was created by Jacobs Institute Professor Mor Naaman, whose Social Technologies Lab studies social technologies such as YouTube, Facebook and others, and creates new technologies to help people connect. Built as a strong technical degree, the Connective Media program is unique in expanding beyond tech and combines a wide array of human, business and social disciplines. The program challenges students to engage directly with industry leaders on new projects that can impact the world in significant ways, including creating startup concepts and companies. Connective Media students have worked directly with professionals at AOL, Microsoft, LinkedIn and more than a dozen other companies.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u201cThese graduates have strong technical skills, but also skills and knowledge from the social sciences, business and design. Such set of skills is required to innovate and excel in the Connective Media landscape,\u201d said Mor Naaman, Jacobs Institute professor and founder of the Connective Media program. \u201cTheir tech expertise, aimed towards the human and social aspects of media technologies, will be an asset to both established companies and startups, especially within communications and media spaces. These graduates are the next generation of this city\u2019s CTOs, product chiefs, and tech leaders.\u201d<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">The Jacobs Institute\u2019s 12 inaugural graduates represent the global face of today\u2019s tech industry and hail from the U.S., Canada, China, New Zealand, India, Indonesia, and Spain. Several graduates are already planning to begin careers at Facebook, Google, WeWork, Verizon and Bloomberg. Some will launch startup companies aimed at helping quadriplegics, transforming interactive education and changing other fields, and some will continue research partnerships with the Clinton Foundation and other major institutions.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u201cAt the Jacobs Technion-Cornell Institute you have the opportunity to shape your education and to shape the courses,\u201d said Shawn Bramson, one the inaugural Jacobs Institute graduates.\u201cThere\u2019s an amazing entrepreneurial spirit here, reminiscent of the one I was immersed in while I was at the Technion, and an empowerment to apply what we\u2019ve learned to make real social impact in the world.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_19043\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-19043\" style=\"width: 640px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/DSC020661.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-19043\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/DSC020661-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" longdesc=\"https:\/\/www.technion.ac.il?longdesc=19043&amp;referrer=19042\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-19043\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><a id=\"longdesc-return-19043\"><\/a> Graduates with Professor Adam Shwartz, director of the Jacobs Technion-Cornell Institute (right) and Professor Mor Naaman, founder of the Connective Media program(left<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NYC TECH LEADERS HONOR FIRST-EVER GRADUATES OF JACOBS TECHNION-CORNELL INSTITUTE Israel\u2019s Technion Becomes First Accredited International University to Grant Degrees in the U.S. NYC Executive Director Julie Samuels, Israeli Consul General Ido Aharoni and others gathered last night to celebrate the inaugural graduating class of the Joan &amp; Irwin Jacobs Technion-Cornell Institute. 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