Beyond the Point of No Return

By Amanda Jaffe-Katz

Forty years ago, British theoretician Stephen Hawking, a physicist at Cambridge University, hypothesized that rather than being completely dark as their name implies, black holes should emit a faint glow of particles – known today as Hawking radiation.

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Ten years ago, on December 10th, 2004, Technion became home to Israel’s 1st Nobel Prizes in the natural sciences. Since then the Technion Nobel legacy has continued, with the 2011 Nobel Prize in Chemistry awarded to Distinguished Prof. Dan Shechtman, and the 2013 Prize in Chemistry awarded to Technion graduate Prof. Arieh Warshel.

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Ten years ago, on December 10th, 2004, Technion became home to Israel’s 1st Nobel Prizes in the natural sciences. Since then the Technion Nobel legacy has continued, with the 2011 Nobel Prize in Chemistry awarded to Distinguished Prof. Dan Shechtman, and the 2013 Prize in Chemistry awarded to Technion graduate Prof. Arieh Warshel.

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What happens when you introduce engineering students to 3rd world communities? Societies change and lives are saved, using engineering. Technion Professor Mark Talesnik, founder of the Israel’s “Engineers without borders” tells us that even “shit” can change the world we live in.
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What happens when you introduce engineering students to 3rd world communities? Societies change and lives are saved, using engineering. Technion Professor Mark Talesnik, founder of the Israel’s “Engineers without borders” tells us that even “shit” can change the world we live in.
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Distinguished Professors James P. Allison and Reinhard Genzel awarded Technion’s prestigious Harvey Prize.

Technion President, Prof. Peretz Lavie, awarded the Harvey Prize to Professor James P. Allison, prominent cancer researcher, and Professor Doctor Reinhard Genzel, internationally acclaimed astrophysicist, at a festive awards ceremony held at the Technion. Professor Allison, an immunologist from the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center in Huston, Texas, was awarded the Harvey Prize in Human Health, and Professor Doctor Reinhard Genzel, an infrared and submillimeter experimental astrophysicist from the Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics in Germany, was awarded the Harvey Prize in Science and Technology. Continue reading Harvey Prize Laureate Lectures 2015 →

Distinguished Professors James P. Allison and Reinhard Genzel awarded Technion’s prestigious Harvey Prize.

Technion President, Prof. Peretz Lavie, awarded the Harvey Prize to Professor James P. Allison, prominent cancer researcher, and Professor Doctor Reinhard Genzel, internationally acclaimed astrophysicist, at a festive awards ceremony held at the Technion. Professor Allison, an immunologist from the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center in Huston, Texas, was awarded the Harvey Prize in Human Health, and Professor Doctor Reinhard Genzel, an infrared and submillimeter experimental astrophysicist from the Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics in Germany, was awarded the Harvey Prize in Science and Technology. Continue reading Harvey Prize Laureate Lectures 2015 →