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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 future of humanity.
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Mar 08, 2023...
Through the generous support of our donors, Weizmann scientists and students made 2022 another stellar year of innovative research. You can learn all about it in the 2022 Impact Report from the Weizmann Institute of Science.
This new, digital-only publication highlights the phenomenal people, incredible achievements, and vital research advances at the Institute this past year.A digital format helps us reduce our environmental footprint, allows us to share videos, animations, and links, and makes it easy to forward the report to friends and family.
Oct 18, 2023...
On October 18, 2023, Prof. Alon Chen, President of the Weizmann Institute of Science, and Prof. Roee Ozeri, VP for Development and Communications, hosted a special Zoom meeting to share an update with the global Weizmann community.
With attendees from Los Angeles to London, Toronto to Tel Aviv, Sydney to São Paulo, Prof. Chen offered his gratitude for the unwavering support, friendship, and solidarity shown to both Israel and the Weizmann Institute following the horrific events that befell Israel on October 7.
Nov 03, 2023...
On October 31, 2023, Prof. Rony Paz, Head of the Department of Brain Sciences at the Azrieli Institute for Brain and Neural Sciences at the Weizmann Institute, hosted a special Zoom for the global Weizmann community.
The first in a Zoom series called “Weizmann on the Home Front,” Prof. Paz’s discussion focused on “Trauma, Anxiety, and Post-Trauma in the Shadow of October 7.”
After expressing his gratitude for the valuable support from the international community, Prof. Paz shared his personal experience, his experiences as Dean of the Faculty in Biology, and a brief Weizmann management update (following the October 18 Zoom Israel at War: An update from the Weizmann Institute of Science). He also shared his scientific research relevant to the current circumstances, particularly the brain’s response to facing uncertainty and adverse events and the formation of trauma and post-trauma.
Nov 21, 2023...
On November 21, three scientists from the Weizmann Institute hosted the third installment of the “Weizmann on the Home Front" Zoom series for the global Weizmann Community. The topic was Israeli academia in wartime.
The conversation focused on the ripple effect the war is having on Israeli academia and on Israeli and Jewish academics around the world.
The speakers were Prof. Ruth Scherz-Shouval from the Department of Biomolecular Sciences, Prof. Michal Neeman from the Department of Immunology and Regenerative Biology, and Prof. Roee Ozeri, VP for Development and Communications.
Nov 02, 2023...
For the sixth consecutive year, the Weizmann Institute of Science has ranked among the top 10 research institutions in the world for scientific impact!
The Centre for Science and Technology Studies (CWTS) of Leiden University, the Netherlands (“Leiden Ranking”), has once again included Weizmann in their weighted (proportional) ranking, which is published annually. The Leiden Ranking evaluates the scientific performance of more than 1,400 research institutions worldwide. Scientific impact scores are based on the number and the proportion of publications that, when compared with other publications in the same field and the same year, belong in the top 10% most frequently cited. Purely quantitative, the Leiden Ranking does not use subjective surveys.
Nov 02, 2023...
Since Hamas launched its latest wave of terrorist attacks against the people of Israel, the alarming rise of antisemitic rhetoric, groups, and actions, particularly on the campuses of American colleges and universities, has reached the point of national concern. Too often, institutions of higher learning are failing to properly address these dangerous developments.
Among the concerned are friends, activists, and philanthropists of the American Committee for the Weizmann Institute of Science. Many of them are circulating this open letter, asking everyone to demand better of all colleges and universities and expressing their support for institutions like Weizmann.
Nov 27, 2023...
On November 27, Dr. Liat Ben David, CEO of the Davidson Institute of Science Education at the Weizmann Institute, hosted a special Zoom update for the global Weizmann community.
In this fourth installment in a Zoom series called “Weizmann on the Home Front,” Dr. Ben David led a conversation about how the Davidson Institute is supporting children and displaced families across Israel during the war.
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