Dear Friends, Supporters, and Parents,
I hope this finds you well and having a good summer.
Please enjoy our August newsletter below.
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Leslie Skyba
Executive Director
American Friends of Reichman University |
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Parasol Foundation Scholarship for
Ukrainian Women at RRIS
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Reichman University launches the Parasol Foundation Scholarship Program for Ukrainian Women, providing scholarships to women from the war-torn regions of Ukraine who can no longer attend university in Ukraine and could not otherwise attend the university for financial reasons, with the aim of empowering and educating these students. Four exceptional women students will become Parasol Foundation Scholars and begin their undergraduate studies in STEM subjects this August. All of the women taking up the scholarships will be nurtured and supported by the University throughout their degrees to ensure they flourish and succeed in their studies.
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Register Now for ICT's 21st Conference
September 11th-15th, 2022
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The International Institute for Counter-Terrorism (ICT)'s 21st Annual World Summit on Counter-Terrorism will take place from September 11 through 15, 2022 at Reichman University, in Herzliya, Israel. ICT's 21st World Summit of Counter-Terrorism will focus on the cumulative counter-terrorism knowledge (practical and academic) that Israel has gathered throughout the years, whether confronting different terrorist threats or
its counter-terrorism experience in different fields.
Israel has become a global benchmark for a democratic country facing decades of diverse terrorism challenges by developing new counter-terrorism doctrines, modus operandi, and technologies. These topics and others will be discussed by top Israeli and international experts (scholars, heads of security and intelligence agencies, political decision-makers, and others) in keynote addresses, workshops, and plenary sessions.
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Lauder School of Government, Diplomacy & Strategy Ranked
in the Shanghai Ranking
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Reichman University Students Compete in
Israel's Maccabiah Games
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Delayed by a year due to the Coronavirus pandemic, the 21st Maccabiah games were held in Israel in July. And the experience gearing up to be a live-changing event for the thousands of athletes from all over the world, who’re preparing to take part.
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“XR for the People” Symposium at Reichman University
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In June, the symposium “XR for the people” was held at Reichman University – a unique and innovative conference led by Prof. Doron Friedman, head of the Advanced Reality Lab at the School of Communications, who said: “I am willing to bet that in 20 years we will look back and try to understand how our world turned completely upside down.”
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The conference covered developments in the fields of VR, AR and the “metaverse,” with an emphasis on the human factor, and included several lectures and demonstrations. It opened with a unique demo by Australian philosopher David Chalmers, VR researchers Mel Slater from Barcelona and Prof. Doron Friedman, head of the Advanced Reality Lab at Reichman University’s School of Communications – and Albert Einstein; they all met in a virtual world to discuss Chalmers’s new book, Reality +, which addresses philosophical questions arising from virtual worlds. Among other things, Chalmers maintains that there is no fundamental difference between “reality” and “virtual reality,” and that even if people spend most of their time in virtual reality in the future, they can still have meaningful lives.
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Reichman University setting up VC fund for its graduates
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Reichman University in Herzliya is setting up a venture capital fund that will invest mostly in startups founded by its graduates. The fund already has $30 million in commitments from investors which are to be allocated to pre-Seed and Seed investments in startups founded by students, even during their studies.
Investors in the new fund include VC fund Pitango and the innovation and investment arm of the Schestowitz Group.
The university will not be investing money in the fund, but will serve as a General Partner (GP) and receive 2% in commission fees and a 20% success fee as is accustomed in the VC world. With the university being a non-profit organization, the profits from the fund will be placed in an endowment fund being set up by the university in a model similar to that of many rich universities in the U.S. who manage billions of dollars in funds.
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Israel has what to be proud of’
Prof. Amnon Rubinstein, Winner of the EMET Prize
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| PROF. AMNON RUBINSTEIN, senior faculty member of the Harry Radzyner School of Law at Reichman University and recipient of the EMET Prize for his contributions to the social sciences (Credit: DAVID SALEM) |
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For 20 years, the EMET Prize, known as the “Israeli Nobel Prize,” has been awarded for excellence in academic and professional achievements that have made a significant contribution to Israeli society. The award ceremony was held last month in the presence of then-prime minister Naftali Bennett, who presented the prize to the 2022 laureates, who received the award in three categories: social sciences, life sciences and the humanities.
“The prize is a sign of a long career and a journey that I began as a student at the Hebrew University,” says Prof. Rubinstein, professor of law and senior faculty member of the Harry Radzyner School of Law at Reichman University, who was awarded the EMET Prize for his contributions in the field of social sciences. “After my university studies, I continued to the Knesset, where I was a member for 25 years and served in various positions as a minister in the government for 20 years,” he says.
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Reichman University is the 2021-2022 ASA champion
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Reichman University has been ranked first out of 30 academic institutions in the Academic Sport Association (ASA)’s general ranking. After two years during which the university’s sporting activities faced many challenges due to the pandemic, this year the sports department succeeded in re-establishing 30 teams, made up of students from all of the university’s schools, competing in 30 different sports. A total of about 300 students are active in the sports department, about 120 of whom are women.
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RRIS Student of the Month: Hannah Sabbagh
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"Hi! My name is Hannah Sabbagh, I'm 19 years old and a first year Psychology student at RU. I was born and raised in Guatemala City. After finishing high school I decided to take a gap year in Israel as a way to connect with young Jewish people from around the world. Throughout my time here I knew Israel was the place I wanted to be in. I am very happy about taking the step to study at Reichman University. The student life, amazing people, interesting classes, diverse opportunities and the positive environment that surrounds us makes me very excited to be here and for what is to come in the next years."
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