About Us
Founded in 1944, the American Committee for the Weizmann Institute of Science develops philanthropic support for the Weizmann Institute in Israel, and advances its mission of science for the future of humanity.
May 10, 2015...
Avital Dery. (photo credit:GUY NIR FOR ISRAEL ACADEMY OF THE SCIENCES AND ARTS)
Thirty-two-year-old Avital Dery, a doctoral student in physics at the Weizm ... Read more
Dec 17, 2018...
(l-r) Profs. Ilan Koren, Yoav Schechner, and Klaus Schilling are inventing a new way of imaging clouds
REHOVOT, ISRAEL—December 17, 2018—Ten satellites, ea ... Read more
https://weizmann-v8.euwest01.umbraco.io/news-media/news-releases/small-institute-outsized-impact/
Jun 19, 2019... REHOVOT, ISRAEL—June 19, 2019—“Size is not everything,” proclaims a Nature press release today. “Some smaller institutes are punching above their weight.” This ... Read more
Jul 09, 2018... REHOVOT, ISRAEL—July 9, 2018—The Weizmann Institute of Science has placed ninth in an international ranking of research quality. This is the second time that th ... Read more
Mar 16, 2012...
From left are Women of Vision honorees Jen Klaassens, Cristina Mata, Michelle Bernstein and Mindy Shrago. (Submitted photo)
Though they work in different ... Read more
Apr 12, 2019... On April 2, Patricia Gruber presented the 13th annual Gruber Award for Scientific Excellence to the Weizmann Institute’s Dr. Sivan Refaely-Abramson. Established ... Read more
https://weizmann-v8.euwest01.umbraco.io/news-media/in-the-news/alien-arsenic-life-discredited/
Jan 02, 2013... Two years ago, at a press conference that drew wide attention, scientists described a newfound microbe in California’s Mono Lake that flouted life’s basic instr ... Read more
Aug 15, 2016... Basel, August 15, 2016 - Today Novartis announced that six scientists will receive the 2016 Novartis Prizes for Immunology at the upcoming 16th International Co ... Read more
Jan 16, 2018... MADRID, Jan. 16, 2018/ The BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Award in the Information and Communication Technologies category goes, in this tenth edition, ... Read more
Oct 07, 2009... October 7, 2009—The American Committee for the Weizmann Institute of Science congratulates Prof. Ada Yonath on receiving the 2009 Nobel Prize in Chemistry and ... Read more