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Founded in 1944, the American Committee for the Weizmann Institute of Science develops philanthropic support for the Weizmann Institute in Israel, and advances its mission of science for the benefit of humanity.
May 24, 2021... With their 65th wedding anniversary approaching in June, Rosa and Harris Weinstein decided to mark the occasion with a gift to the Weizmann Institute. The couple believes deeply in the Institute’s vital mission, but their reasons are more personal. They wanted to honor Dewey Stone, one of the American Committee’s earliest visionaries who helped realize Dr. Chaim Weizmann’s dream of a world-class scientific research institution in Israel.
https://weizmann-usa.org/news-media/video-gallery/a-glimpse-of-the-weizmann-institute/
Jul 12, 2021... Catch a glimpse of the Weizmann Institute’s beautiful, garden-like campus where scientists are working to solve the greatest challenges of our time.
https://weizmann-usa.org/news-media/news-releases/celebrating-excellence/
Nov 09, 2021...
REHOVOT, ISRAEL—November 9, 2021—The Weizmann Institute of Science bestowed honorary PhDs upon seven individuals on Monday, Nov. 8, in recognition of their career and personal achievements. The degrees were presented during a ceremony held in-person and broadcast virtually as part of the 73rd Annual General Meeting of the International Board.
Weizmann Institute President Prof. Alon Chen congratulated and conferred the degrees on the honorees, who participated in the ceremony both in person in the Michael Sela Auditorium on the Weizmann campus, and from their homes around the world. The hybrid nature of the event echoed the “borderless” theme selected for this year’s International Board events.
https://weizmann-usa.org/news-media/feature-stories/weizmann-tops-2021-leiden-ranking-again/
Dec 06, 2021...
For the second year in a row, the Weizmann Institute of Science was ranked amongst the world’s top ten research institutions!
Specifically, the Institute was ranked eighth for research quality by the Centre for Science and Technology Studies (CWTS) of Leiden University, the Netherlands (“Leiden Ranking”). It is also one of only two institutions outside the United States in the top ten (the other is the École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Switzerland, ranking ninth). Other institutions in the top ten include Harvard, Stanford, Princeton, Berkeley, Rockefeller, MIT, and Caltech.
https://weizmann-usa.org/news-media/video-gallery/creating-new-knowledge-for-everyone/
Dec 21, 2021... The Vera and Chaim Weizmann Honor Society closed out 2021 with a virtual event for Honor Society members with updates on The Institute’s remarkable achievements of the past year, and to preview some exciting projects on the horizon.
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