Tag: Innovation
New York’s Yeshiva University inaugurates Innovation Lab, in partnership with Israel
eshiva University announced the grand opening of the YU Innovation Lab, a collaborative learning space focused on creating a hands-on entrepreneurial environment where Israeli-based startups can grow their U.S. market potential while leveraging YU’s...
Israeli technology helps Sierra Leone schoolchildren drink clean water from air
The St. Joseph’s girls’ school in Sierra Leone’s capital of Freeport has received Israeli technology that produces fresh, safe-drinking water out of air.
The technology, which comes in the form of an atmospheric water generator...
Project on war veterans takes top award in second-annual Innovation Competition
The Adam and Gila Milstein Family Foundation announced the winners on Tuesday of its second annual Innovation Competition, which helps fund a never-been-done-before, out-of-the-box project, program or event to advance pro-Israel advocacy on college campuses...
Israel jumps to No. 5 on Bloomberg Innovation Index
Israel’s standing in this year’s Bloomberg Innovation Index drastically improved compared to 2018, with Israel moving up five spots to be ranked the world’s fifth-most innovative economy, the financial news network said this week.
South...
Inaugural Israeli Global Impact Awards given for humanitarianism
The first-ever “Global Impact Awards” were bestowed on Thursday at a gala event in Tel Aviv to those who have made a positive impact on society.
Israeli President Reuven Rivlin was in attendance.
“The winners here...
Milstein family launches second annual Innovation Competition for collegians
The foundation belonging to Israeli-American philanthropists Adam and Gila Milstein announced recently the 2019 Milstein Family Foundation Innovation Competition.
“We are looking for a never-been-done-before, out-of-the-box, pro-Israel initiative on campus and beyond—be it showing positive...
Thinking, writing, reworking and rewiring in the likes of Rube Goldberg
This Thanksgiving season, there are several opportunities to experience the legendary Rube Goldberg. The Rube Goldberg Cartoon Gallery features the cartoon “simple way to carve a turkey,” as well as many other classic whimsical inventions “for...