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Ceremony Laying the Cornerstone for the Hi-Tech Park on the Edmond J. Safra Campus

3 September, 2020

The Gav-Yam Company, the Hebrew University, the Municipality of Jerusalem and the Jerusalem Development Authority have laid the Cornerstone for the Hi-Tech Park in the presence of the Mayor of Jerusalem, Mr. Moshe Lion; the CEO of the Gav-Yam Company, Mr. Avi Yakobovich; the President of the Hebrew University, Prof. Asher Cohen; the Chairman of the Planning and Budgeting Committee, Prof. Yaffa Zilbershats; the Chairman of the IDB Group, Mr. Eduardo Elsztain; the Chairman of the Gav Yam Company, Mr. Alejandro Elsztain (participated via zoom) and the Director General of the Jerusalem Development Authority, Mr. Eyal Haimovsky.

For the first time in Israel there is an industrial hi-tech park located within the campus of an academic institution.  The Park will spread over thirty dunams and will include four buildings, an overall space of about 270 thousand sq.m. The Park will be constructed as an innovative and green park which meets the international standards of planning and environment, which include CLASS A buildings, with high LEED Standards, one of the most advanced among hi-tech parks in Israel.  The existence of the Park within the Hebrew University’s grounds will enable inclusion of students of the Hebrew University and alumni in the work of hi-tech already in the course of their studies.

The President of the Hebrew University, Prof. Asher Cohen, said: “This is a breakthrough, for the first time in Israel there is a huge commercial complex for advanced and innovative industries on a university campus. I am proud that the Hebrew University led with this line of thinking and unique accomplishment with the encouragement of the Mayor of Jerusalem and the Jerusalem Development authority. This HUJI Hi-Tech Park will enable research and daily scientific ties between the University’s researchers and the forefront of advanced industry in Israel. Here students and alumni of the Hebrew University from the fields of engineering, exact sciences, computer sciences and data sciences as well as students from many additional fields will be able to study and work together. This step will lead and advance hi-tech industry in Jerusalem and provide many employment opportunities in Jerusalem. This Park has already stirred much interest among leading hi-tech companies as well as companies that are just starting out. We anticipate that in a few short years thousands of employees, researchers and students will come to the Hebrew University everyday to work in the HUJI Hi-Tech Park while based on breakthrough research generated on the Hebrew University’s campus”.

 

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The President of the State visited The Hebrew University

18 June, 2020

Against the background of ground-breaking activity in the fight against the corona virus, this morning the President of the State, Mr. Reuven Rivlin, visited the research laboratories (in the Edmond and Lily Safra Brain Sciences Center).  The tour took place on the Edmond J. Safra Campus, accompanied by the President of the Hebrew University, Prof. Asher Cohen, and the Vice President for Advancement and External Relations, Mr. Yossi Gal.

Recently the Hebrew University’s researchers together with additional researchers made ground-breaking progress in the fight against the corona virus.  They developed a new and more efficient method for corona screening, based on materials that for the most part are available in Israel and significantly cheaper, and screen at a higher speed.  This achievement enabled the testing laboratory of the Hadassah Hospital and the Hebrew University to carry out over 100,000 tests thus far.

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The President told the researchers that he is aware of the fact that the research being competitive is a positive engine for success but he added:  “Today I meet with you, our best brains in the Hebrew University, and recently I met with our best brains in the Biological Institute.  I also held such meetings in Ichiilov, also in Soroka, and I must tell you friends, you are not in competition with each other, and this is not a race in which one must be first.  We are in a marathon and if we don’t all reach the goal, we will find ourselves in great difficulty.  Reach out for joint research.  Only professionals can do that.  We will overcome, but please – let us join together, that will certainly be faster.”

The President of the Hebrew University, Prof. Asher Cohen said:  “ Today we presented to the President of the State of Israel, a graduate of the Hebrew University, a small part of the break-through research being carried out in the University.  Research and science being carried out in Israel, and in Jerusalem in particular, are the pride of Israel and the factors that drive the Israeli economy to the forefront of innovation and world entrepreneurship.  The corona crisis strongly emphasizes the importance of scientific research and its results in Israel and around the world and the need to invest in resources to advance it.”

 

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Ceremony honoring 100 years of knowledge creation

12 June, 2018

A ceremony in tribute of 100 years of knowledge was held on June 12, 2018. The ceremony took place at the residence of the President of the State of Israel, in Jerusalem, and featured laureates of the Nobel Prize, Turing award, Fields Medal, Israel Prize, Emet Prize, Wolf Prize, Rothschild Prize and Gödel Prize.

In the picture, from left to right: Amb. Yossi Gal – Vice President of the University for International Relations and Resource Development, Mr. Reuven (Rubi) Rivlin – President of the State of Israel, Prof. Asher Cohen – President of the University. 

 

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Rededicating the Cornerstone Ceremony

12 June, 2018

 

A ceremony rededicating the cornerstone was held on June 12, 2018, in honor of the 100th year since the cornerstone laying in 1918. The event featured friends of the Hebrew University from Israel as well as from around the world, who brought gifts in tribute to the University's success and growth of the last 100 years.

During the ceremony, the University's administration placed a scroll with their vision for the University's next 100 years in a time capsule.

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Opening Convocation of the 81st Meeting of the Board of Governors

9 June, 2018

The Convocation in honor of the opening of the 81st meeting of the Board of Governors was held on June 11, 2018, at the Rothberg Amphitheater on the Mt. Scopus campus and included the graduation ceremony of the Doctors of Philosophy of the University.