Idc herzliya

Israel's Reichman U. launches molecular biology, engineering institute

The Scojen Institute will engage in basic and applied research on various topics in the field of synthetic biology and related fields in state-of-the-art research laboratories.

|ByJUDY SIEGEL-ITZKOVICH
The Scojen Synthetic Biology Institute will be located in the new Drahi Innovation Building in Reichman University.
Israelis walking in front of the entrance to the Hebrew University of Jerusalem

Two-thirds of Israeli universities drop in global academic rankings

Institutions of higher learning in the West are being overshadowed by those in China, which is investing huge sums in teaching and research.

|ByJUDY SIEGEL-ITZKOVICH
THE WRITER presents chef Assaf Granit with the Branding Israel Award in 2020.

Why I chose Israel, and will continue to choose Israel - opinion

I CHOOSE Israel because I love the energy of this country. I choose Israel because I don’t need to actively practice Judaism and yet I’m very Jewish here, in the non-religious, more cultural sense.

|ByJOANNA LANDAU
The brain (illustrative).

New technology enables the blind to navigate - Israeli study

The findings might have implications for improving the detection and prevention of Alzheimer’s disease, as spatial deficits are a common early symptom.

|ByJUDY SIEGEL-ITZKOVICH

The Lounge: June 12, 2018

Last Thursday, the Azrieli Sarona Tower – for now the tallest tower in Israel – was officially inaugurated.

JUNE 11, 2018ByMICHAL GALANTI
From left, Liora and Mickey Federmann; and Tamar and Harel Beit-On

New govt program aims to provide free training, job placement in hi-tech

We Code aims to recruit young people from diverse populations – Arab-Israelis, Ethiopians, people with disabilities, ultra-Orthodox- as well as from the social periphery aged 25-30.

MAY 6, 2018ByLIDAR GRAVÉ-LAZI
High tech students 521

IDC Herzliya granted permission to apply to open PhD program

This marked the first time an academic institution that is not a university has been given the opportunity to apply to open a PhD program.

MARCH 20, 2018ByLIDAR GRAVÉ-LAZI
Interdisclipinary Center Herzliya logo

Grapevine: Jerusalem Calling

This week in social news.

FEBRUARY 6, 2018ByGREER FAY CASHMAN
Russia's President Vladimir Putin (R) meets with his Israeli counterpart Reuven Rivlin at the Kremlin in Moscow

BDS claims – an Ethiopian answer

The state has initiated affirmative action programs for higher education scholarships for Ethiopians, and my friends and I are using them.

DECEMBER 25, 2017ByITZIK REUVEN
RELIGIOUS LEADERS of the Israeli Ethiopian community take part in a ceremony marking the Ethiopian holiday of Sigd in Jerusalem in November.

Grapevine: Knight and day

Read up on this week's social news.

NOVEMBER 30, 2017ByGREER FAY CASHMAN
PRESIDENT REUVEN RIVLIN with Papal Nuncio Leopoldo Girelli.

Massive Iranian funding for anti-Israel terror groups revealed

The sums are shocking.

JUNE 23, 2017ByYONAH JEREMY BOB
HERTZI HALEVI

LIVE: Israeli leaders take the stage for final day of Herzliya Conference

Annual gathering of the top names in Israel's diplomacy and defense world being held Tuesday-Thursday.

JUNE 22, 2017ByJPOST.COM STAFF
Ehud Barak addresses the Herzliya Conference, June 16, 2016

Israel Diversity Initiative launches

“We hope that we can build something together and create an ethos of partnership.”

MAY 28, 2017ByGREER FAY CASHMAN
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First entrepreneurship BA launched at IDC

In the future, students will also be able to receive dual degrees in entrepreneurship and computer science.

FEBRUARY 22, 2017ByLIDAR GRAVÉ-LAZI
Photos from the Adelson School of Entrepreneurship at IDC Herzliya