Innovation Excellence

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IWP 2022
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DAI 2023
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Archeology
Meet our U.S. fellows in Israel
Meet our Israeli fellows in the U.S.
Tzipi Horowitz-Kraus

Article

Exploring the characteristics of neural circuits that underlie language and reading acquisition in children with language and reading difficulties due to a neurobiological source
Dr. Tzipi Horowitz-Kraus, 2011 Israeli Postdoctoral Fellow. Currently Director of the Educational NeuroImaging Center (ENIC) in the Department of Education in Science and Technology at Technion
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Clear Vision for Optics - Valeri

News

Researchers develop a faster, cheaper method to produce customized optical components for a variety of applications in corrective eyewear, medical imaging and virtual reality
Principle investigator, Professor Moran Bercovici is a Fulbright Alumnus and Dr. Valeri Frumkin, is a 2019 Fulbright Israel Postdoctoral Fellow, currently completing his research at MIT
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Memory webinar

Event

Fulbright webinar on Memory
Memory, a thought-provoking concept, was the topic of our virtual, transdisciplinary roundtable discussion, featuring Fulbright Israel scholars. Among the issues raised were the impact of technology on memory, shared memories, dreams and memory triggers.
Dr. Nana Ariel

Article

When we meet on-line, what kind of rhetoric are we facing? What kind of choices do we have? As face-to-face communication moves to meeting online, how do we choose our words and adjust our speech to fit these new formats?
Dr. Nana Ariel, Fulbright postdoctoral fellow 2016. Currently Dr. Ariel is a lecturer of rhetoric in the faculty of Humanities at Tel Aviv University.
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Open Mic event

Event

Fulbright Alumni Open Mic Event
At our Arab community get-together, Fulbright alumni shared their riveting stories with representatives of Arab organizations, academic institutions, fellow Fulbrighters and members of the community.
Orientation 21

Event

Where can a Zodiac chart, on a Helios mosaic floor, depicting the figure of the Greek Sun god Helios, be found?
Addressing U.S. Fulbright fellows, during their orientation, Senior Scholar Fellow, Dr. Alexei M. Sivertsev, showed how in the Roman era cities Beit She'an, Scythopolis, and Hammat Tiberias were home to many ethnic, religious, and linguistic groups.
Tamar Ben Shaanan

Blog

Neuroimmunology - the reciprocal interactions between immunity and the nervous system
Tamar Ben Shaanan, 2017 Israeli Postdoctoral Fellow
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Rachel Sarig

News

Israeli researchers, among them Dr. Rachel Sarig, from Tel Aviv University, have identified an unknown type of ancient human that lived more than 100,000 years ago, which they named the "Nesher Ramla Homo type".
Fulbright Alumna, Dr. Rachel Sarig, is one of researchers to discover new human species
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Making an Impact - Alumni achievements till Sept 21

Publication

The past year's Fulbright Israel Alumni achievements
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Tamar Rotman book

News

Dr. Tamar Rotman has published her first book, focusing on hagiographical collections that were written during the sixth and seventh centuries in Italy, Gaul and Spain.
Dr. Tamar Rotman, a 2020 Israeli Postdoctoral Fellow, currently at Columbia University, has had her first book published by Amsterdam University Press
Wael Abu-'Uksa

Article

It's not just a matter of semantics - the relation between language and the theory of democracy
Dr. Wael Abu-'Uksa, 2012 Israeli Postdoctoral Fellow. Currently an Assistant Professor in the Department of Political Science at The Hebrew University in Jerusalem
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Ronit Satchi-Fainaro

News

Israeli researchers 3D-bioprint an entire active tumor that will enable faster tumor diagnoses, help provide swifter treatment for patients, and more accurate drug developments
Professor Ronit Satchi-Fainaro, 2001 Israeli Postdoctoral Fellow. Currently she is Director of the Cancer Biology Research Center at Tel Aviv University. Photo courtesy of Tel Aviv University
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oree holban

Blog

The Fulbright experience - a time to dream, reflect, meditate, study, explore and create
Oree Holban, 2015 Master's Degree Fellow
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75th anniversary

Event

Innovation, Trailblazers, FULBRIGHTERS...75th Anniversary
Since its inception in 1946, over 400,000 people, in more than 160 countries, have participated in the Fulbright Program, fostering mutual understanding between the United States and partner nations to advance ideas in a world we share.
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Blog

Challenging male dominance in the field of Conflict Resolution
Rachael Costello, 2020 U.S. Master's Degree
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April 2021 newsletter

Publications

65 years of activity and accomplishments in Israel
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PDO

Event

Pre Departure Orientation for Fulbright Israeli fellows
In late June, a Pre Departure Orientation was held for the Israeli fellows. Sessions included academic and cultural adjustments, as well as other issues pertaining to relocation in the U.S.
Split Screen - Arts

Blog

Fulbright Split Screen - The Arts
Created by Fulbright commissions from around the world, our new section focusing on the arts
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