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אוניברסיטת בראון ב ארה"ב

AI cheating scandal at Brown University exposes challenge facing higher education

09.07.26|Omer Kabir

A professor says a dramatic gap between take-home and classroom exam results revealed how students may be using ChatGPT to bypass learning.

אוניברסיטת ת"א אוניברסיטת תל אביב

Israel moves to reignite university innovation engine

17.06.26|Sophie Shulman

Finance Ministry unveils sweeping reform as startup creation from academia hits multi-year lows.

מכון ויצמן ו האוניברסיטה העברית בירושלים

Israel ranks fourth globally for top universities per capita

24.11.24|Shahar Ilan

Hebrew University, Technion, and Weizmann lead the charge in mathematics, chemistry, and engineering.

אוניברסיטת בר אילן פקולטה לרפואה צפת

Bar Ilan University receives 1B shekel anonymous donation to promote Deep Tech research

03.06.24|Shahar Ilan

The American donor, who chose to remain anonymous, donated the money to recruit dozens of researchers in Deep Tech, in what is the largest donation that the university has ever received, and the second largest donation in Israeli academia history

מחאה ב אוניברסיטת קולומביה נגד ישראל

Israel's tech boom faces global headwinds amid geopolitical tensions

06.05.24|Omer Kabir

Fallout in academia, with boycotts of Israeli researchers and cancellations of collaborations, threatens the R&D pipeline critical to Israel's tech prominence. This chilling effect could severely undermine the sector's competitiveness over time.

מחאה פרו פלסטינית ב אוניברסיטת קולומביה ניו יורק

Could Israel be facing an academic embargo?

05.05.24|Shahar Ilan

An emergency session was convened to establish a government taskforce to address efforts at U.S. and European institutions to boycott Israeli academics, which has so far manifested in protests and informal boycotts, amid growing fear that elite universities will join

הפגנה פרו פלסטינית ב הרווארד

Israelis being ‘unofficially boycotted’ in global academia, says report

17.12.23|Shahar Ilan

According to the National Council for Civilian R&D, there have been cancellations of invitations to joint conferences, rejections of articles for publication and grants to Israeli researchers, and more, all of which could seriously harm Israel’s scientific and economic standing

Advanced Manufacturing

New NIS 4 million program to promote research collaborations between manufacturers and academic institutions

The Israel Innovation Authority and the Ministry of Economy and Industry are behind the new program

כנס אקדמיה פאנל כמה האקדמיה שווה אילאיל אמיר כסיף, מנהלת המרכז להשכלה גבוהה-תעסוקה, מייסודה של קרן אדמונד דה רוטשילד וידאו

“More employers choose to focus on hard skills and less on academic background”

24.05.22|Calcalist

Ilil Amir-Kasif, the Director of the Center for Higher Education and Employment, founded by the Edmond de Rothschild Foundation, was speaking during Calcalist’s “Academia that Works” conference

"We have to educate people for jobs that have not yet been created”

22.05.22|Adrian Filut

According to Prof. Andreas Schleicher, Director for Education and Skills at the OECD, academia needs to adapt to the labor market, and the state needs to subsidize higher education

Anna Pellivert Yissum Technology

To spur innovation, tech ecosystems can’t afford to overlook academia

09.08.21|Anna Pellivert

Curiosity Driven Research born from academia is vital in order to keep the best minds tackling the biggest questions in science.

Tel Aviv University establishes first Israeli AI and data science academic branch

The center aims to promote multidisciplinary research collaborations with other universities around the world

איור יונתן פופר תיאור: נזק מדיה חברתית הייטק

This research was sponsored by Amazon: How ‘Big Tech’ is compromising academic integrity

06.10.20|Viki Auslender

After ‘Big Tobacco’ and ‘Big Oil,’ it is now the tech giants’ turn to try their hand at influencing the public debate by contributing to research institutes

ד"ר דנה בר און Dr. Dana Bar-on

Teva is recruiting Israeli academia to help produce its next breakthrough drug

You reap what you sow: The pharmaceutical giant is partnering up with researchers to try and find the next Copaxone

אוניברסיטה הטכניון טכניון חיפה

Israeli Academic Institutions Quickly Adjusted to Remote Learning and There Is No Turning Back

03.04.20|Shahar Ilan

Once campuses were shut down nationwide in mid-March, it took a little over a week for all academic institutions in Israel to shift their curriculum, almost in its entirety, to the web

מנואל טרכטנברג פרופסור ל כלכלה ב

Israeli Economist Manuel Trajtenberg Joins Academic Networking Platform Treebute

21.01.20|Hagar Ravet

Treebute uses an artificial intelligence-powered search engine to analyse scientific literature, and patent and medical databases, aiming to make resources generated by academia accessible to entrepreneurs and industrial players

העיר ניו יורק מלמעלה

Yeshiva University Launches Joint New York Innovation Lab, With Hebrew University as Strategic Partner

21.05.19|Meir Orbach

The lab, located on Yeshiva University’s campus, will help Israeli startups looking to expand to the U.S. market make connections within New York’s tech and business environment

מימין לוק דירינג ממיסדי VineUp דניאל כהן מנכל Graduway

Alumni Outreach Company Graduway Acquires Academic Mentoring Startup VineUp

VineUp develops web and mobile apps that allow students and alumni to share their experience within a closed network

Royal Bank of Canada Invests $2 Million in Israeli Academic Cybersecurity Research

The bank invested in research on artificial intelligence and machine learning applications for cybersecurity at the Ben-Gurion University of the Negev

אוניברסיטת חיפה זירת הבריאות

Founder of Business Wire Donates $10 Million to Israel’s University of Haifa

30.05.18|Tofi Stoler

The donation will be used for the founding of a new campus consisting of at least four buildings at the port and downtown area of Haifa