{"id":84216,"date":"2017-03-07T09:07:04","date_gmt":"2017-03-07T07:07:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.technion.ac.il\/blog\/presidential-recognition\/"},"modified":"2017-03-07T09:07:04","modified_gmt":"2017-03-07T07:07:04","slug":"presidential-recognition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.technion.ac.il\/en\/blog\/presidential-recognition\/","title":{"rendered":"Presidential Recognition"},"content":{"rendered":"

Sharon Yavo Ayalon, a doctoral student at the Technion Faculty of Architecture and Town Planning, has won first place in the President\u2019s Scholarship<\/h2>\n
\"President<\/a>
President of Israel Reuven Rivlin, Sharon Yavo Ayalon and Estates Committee Chairperson Techiya Shapiro (Photo: Mark Neiman \u2013 Government Press Office)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u201cThe journey of a researcher is very personal and lonely.\u00a0 Most of the time we do and write things that we know that no one will read, and this moment of winning the President\u2019s Scholarship is an extremely rare moment of applause, not only in the physical sense of the word but mainly in the knowledge that we have partners: that a very respectable group has read, understood and realized that what we do is important and relevant and valuable.\u201d<\/p>\n

These statements were made by Sharon \u00a0Yavo \u00a0Ayalon, a doctoral student at the Technion Faculty of Architecture and Town Planning, at the President\u2019s Scholarship award ceremony on February 13. This year, nine doctoral candidates \u2013 eight women and one man \u2013 received the President\u2019s Scholarship awards. The title was the New Israeli Order: the Boundaries of Fraternity and Equality.<\/p>\n

Yavo Ayalon, who received first prize in the sum of NIS 150,000, was born and raised on Kibbutz Hulata in the Hula Valley. She came to Haifa to attend the Technion and her three children were born here. Today, after completing her BSc and MSc at the Technion Faculty of Architecture and Town Planning, she is working on her doctorate at the Faculty. In addition to her studies, she teaches Basic Design at the Faculty.<\/p>\n

She began her undergraduate studies in 1996, after which she spent six years working at an architecture firm, \u201cbut my longing for academia brought me back to graduate school, during which I served as curator of the PeKA Gallery (Paul Konrad Hoenich Center for Art, Science and Technology) at the Faculty.\u201d The subject of her MSc, under the guidance of Professor Nurit Lissovsky and Professor Michael Levin, was land art in Israel: a discussion of three local artists who strive in their work for the construction and understanding of the local Israeli identity and create art as a way to connect with the place.<\/p>\n

In March 2015, loyal to the Technion Faculty of Architecture and Town Planning, Yavo Ayalon began her doctoral studies in town planning, under the guidance of Associate Professor Tal Alon-Mozes and Dr. Meirav Aharon Guttman. Topic: Presentation of Urbanism – the Relationship between Art, Space and the Public. \u201cI came to architecture from art \u2013 first painting and sculpting and then performance art \u2013 and my academic work has always stemmed from the desire to link these worlds.\u201d<\/p>\n

Her case study in her doctoral thesis is the city of Acre. \u201cMy question is whether and how theater art, which plays a central role in Acre\u2019s cultural activity, affects the intra-urban borders. Cities today are highly segregated and fragmented \u2013 each city is a mosaic of communities, and this is clearly evident, of course, in Acre, where there are diverse populations: Jews, Arabs, immigrants from the former Soviet Union, and others. In the main, I examine the soft borders, i.e. borders that are not made of fences and walls, but rather by people\u2019s decisions \u2013 each community chooses the geographic area where it will not only live but also consume culture, raise its children and so on. My method combines spatial architectural research with social research. Therefore, in Acre, beyond archival research and architectural analyses of space, I carry out ethnographic field work. And since the relevant art is theater, as part of my participant observation I am studying drama.\u201d<\/p>\n

She submitted the President\u2019s Pcholarship forms at the last minute and without high expectations, but it was clear to her that her research work on boundaries was very relevant to the theme of the scholarships this year \u2013 the boundaries of fraternity and equality. \u201cI would like to tell doctoral students of both sexes that it\u2019s worth their while to apply for grants and scholarships, because there are always pleasant surprises. For me this is a significant scholarship, which will help me devote my time to my doctoral research.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Israel President\u2019s Scholarships for Scientific Excellence and Innovation are intended to \u201cencourage quality academic research, foster groundbreaking scientific endeavors and promote scientific excellence and innovation in Israel.\u201d The scholarships are funded through a special allocation of monies from the Estates Committee at the Ministry of Justice.<\/p>\n

\n

 <\/p>\n

\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Sharon Yavo Ayalon, a doctoral student at the Technion Faculty of Architecture and Town Planning, has won first place in the President\u2019s Scholarship \u201cThe journey of a researcher is very personal and lonely.\u00a0 Most of the time we do and write things that we know that no one will read, and this moment of winning… Continue Reading Presidential Recognition<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[24],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-84216","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nPresidential Recognition - \u05d4\u05d8\u05db\u05e0\u05d9\u05d5\u05df-\u05de\u05db\u05d5\u05df \u05d8\u05db\u05e0\u05d5\u05dc\u05d5\u05d2\u05d9 \u05dc\u05d9\u05e9\u05e8\u05d0\u05dc<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.technion.ac.il\/en\/blog\/presidential-recognition\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Presidential Recognition - \u05d4\u05d8\u05db\u05e0\u05d9\u05d5\u05df-\u05de\u05db\u05d5\u05df \u05d8\u05db\u05e0\u05d5\u05dc\u05d5\u05d2\u05d9 \u05dc\u05d9\u05e9\u05e8\u05d0\u05dc\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Sharon Yavo Ayalon, a doctoral student at the Technion Faculty of Architecture and Town Planning, has won first place in the President\u2019s Scholarship \u201cThe journey of a researcher is very personal and lonely.\u00a0 Most of the time we do and write things that we know that no one will read, and this moment of winning… Continue Reading Presidential Recognition\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.technion.ac.il\/en\/blog\/presidential-recognition\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"\u05d4\u05d8\u05db\u05e0\u05d9\u05d5\u05df-\u05de\u05db\u05d5\u05df \u05d8\u05db\u05e0\u05d5\u05dc\u05d5\u05d2\u05d9 \u05dc\u05d9\u05e9\u05e8\u05d0\u05dc\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2017-03-07T07:07:04+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"shlomi ben-oz\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"shlomi ben-oz\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"4 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.technion.ac.il\/en\/blog\/presidential-recognition\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.technion.ac.il\/en\/blog\/presidential-recognition\/\",\"name\":\"Presidential Recognition - \u05d4\u05d8\u05db\u05e0\u05d9\u05d5\u05df-\u05de\u05db\u05d5\u05df \u05d8\u05db\u05e0\u05d5\u05dc\u05d5\u05d2\u05d9 \u05dc\u05d9\u05e9\u05e8\u05d0\u05dc\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.technion.ac.il\/en\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2017-03-07T07:07:04+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.technion.ac.il\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/d65b78b7a7446bdf9fb69078573b8320\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.technion.ac.il\/en\/blog\/presidential-recognition\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.technion.ac.il\/en\/blog\/presidential-recognition\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.technion.ac.il\/en\/blog\/presidential-recognition\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home Page\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.technion.ac.il\/en\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Presidential Recognition\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.technion.ac.il\/en\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.technion.ac.il\/en\/\",\"name\":\"\u05d4\u05d8\u05db\u05e0\u05d9\u05d5\u05df-\u05de\u05db\u05d5\u05df \u05d8\u05db\u05e0\u05d5\u05dc\u05d5\u05d2\u05d9 \u05dc\u05d9\u05e9\u05e8\u05d0\u05dc\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.technion.ac.il\/en\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.technion.ac.il\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/d65b78b7a7446bdf9fb69078573b8320\",\"name\":\"shlomi ben-oz\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.technion.ac.il\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/96b13158d164281df14ad8583ec2cb64?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/96b13158d164281df14ad8583ec2cb64?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"shlomi ben-oz\"},\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.technion.ac.il\/en\/blog\/author\/ben-ozshlomitechnion-ac-il\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Presidential Recognition - \u05d4\u05d8\u05db\u05e0\u05d9\u05d5\u05df-\u05de\u05db\u05d5\u05df \u05d8\u05db\u05e0\u05d5\u05dc\u05d5\u05d2\u05d9 \u05dc\u05d9\u05e9\u05e8\u05d0\u05dc","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.technion.ac.il\/en\/blog\/presidential-recognition\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Presidential Recognition - \u05d4\u05d8\u05db\u05e0\u05d9\u05d5\u05df-\u05de\u05db\u05d5\u05df \u05d8\u05db\u05e0\u05d5\u05dc\u05d5\u05d2\u05d9 \u05dc\u05d9\u05e9\u05e8\u05d0\u05dc","og_description":"Sharon Yavo Ayalon, a doctoral student at the Technion Faculty of Architecture and Town Planning, has won first place in the President\u2019s Scholarship \u201cThe journey of a researcher is very personal and lonely.\u00a0 Most of the time we do and write things that we know that no one will read, and this moment of winning… Continue Reading Presidential Recognition","og_url":"https:\/\/www.technion.ac.il\/en\/blog\/presidential-recognition\/","og_site_name":"\u05d4\u05d8\u05db\u05e0\u05d9\u05d5\u05df-\u05de\u05db\u05d5\u05df \u05d8\u05db\u05e0\u05d5\u05dc\u05d5\u05d2\u05d9 \u05dc\u05d9\u05e9\u05e8\u05d0\u05dc","article_published_time":"2017-03-07T07:07:04+00:00","author":"shlomi ben-oz","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"shlomi ben-oz","Est. reading time":"4 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.technion.ac.il\/en\/blog\/presidential-recognition\/","url":"https:\/\/www.technion.ac.il\/en\/blog\/presidential-recognition\/","name":"Presidential Recognition - \u05d4\u05d8\u05db\u05e0\u05d9\u05d5\u05df-\u05de\u05db\u05d5\u05df \u05d8\u05db\u05e0\u05d5\u05dc\u05d5\u05d2\u05d9 \u05dc\u05d9\u05e9\u05e8\u05d0\u05dc","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.technion.ac.il\/en\/#website"},"datePublished":"2017-03-07T07:07:04+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.technion.ac.il\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/d65b78b7a7446bdf9fb69078573b8320"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.technion.ac.il\/en\/blog\/presidential-recognition\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.technion.ac.il\/en\/blog\/presidential-recognition\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.technion.ac.il\/en\/blog\/presidential-recognition\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home Page","item":"https:\/\/www.technion.ac.il\/en\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Presidential Recognition"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.technion.ac.il\/en\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.technion.ac.il\/en\/","name":"\u05d4\u05d8\u05db\u05e0\u05d9\u05d5\u05df-\u05de\u05db\u05d5\u05df \u05d8\u05db\u05e0\u05d5\u05dc\u05d5\u05d2\u05d9 \u05dc\u05d9\u05e9\u05e8\u05d0\u05dc","description":"","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.technion.ac.il\/en\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.technion.ac.il\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/d65b78b7a7446bdf9fb69078573b8320","name":"shlomi ben-oz","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.technion.ac.il\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/96b13158d164281df14ad8583ec2cb64?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/96b13158d164281df14ad8583ec2cb64?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"shlomi ben-oz"},"url":"https:\/\/www.technion.ac.il\/en\/blog\/author\/ben-ozshlomitechnion-ac-il\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.technion.ac.il\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84216","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.technion.ac.il\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.technion.ac.il\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.technion.ac.il\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.technion.ac.il\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=84216"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.technion.ac.il\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84216\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.technion.ac.il\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=84216"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.technion.ac.il\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=84216"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.technion.ac.il\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=84216"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}