The University of Haifa announced plans on Monday to establish a new graduate school, following receipt of one of the school’s largest-ever single gifts.
The Bloom School of Graduate Studies, named after Boston-based businessman and philanthropist Bradley M. Bloom, will be located in new quarters within the University of Haifa’s main Mount Carmel campus. Professor Irit Akirav from the university’s department of psychology will serve as its founding dean.
“The Bloom School of Graduate Studies will serve as an academic magnet for students who are intellectually independent, driven by a curiosity and willing to take chances in creating scholarship unrestrained by boundaries,” said University of Haifa president and professor Ron Robin.
Bloom is chairman of the university’s board of governors. In 1986, he co-founded Berkshire Partners, a private equity firm with more than $20 billion in assets under management.