October 2011:
Distinguished Professor Dan Shechtman of the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry. Of the four Israeli scientists to have ever won the Nobel Prize, three are Technion professors
September 2011:
Our Ron Arad Lecture and Dinner was hugely successful raising money for personalised Cancer Research.
August 2011:
The latest Shanghai rankings just published:
Computer Science at the Technion – ranked 15th among the 500 leading universities in the world. The Technion is in 42nd place in Engineering and Technology
Computer science at the Technion was ranked as 15th in the world (among 500 universities) by the respected Shanghai Ranking published this week. Shanghai Jiaotong University published its list of university rankings – considered especially prestigious and reliable – http://www.shanghairanking.com/index.html. Harvard University tops the list, with MIT heading the engineering and technology rankings.
The Technion is ranked 42nd in the world in engineering and technology and among the 75 leading universities in life sciences, mathematics and chemistry.
The Shanghai Ranking debuted in 2003 and is intended to improve the level of Chinese universities by comparing them to the top 500 universities in the world. The ranking is based on objective criteria and numerous data. Among the criteria – the number of Nobel Prize and other prestigious award winners, the number of scientific papers published in the leading journals – Nature and Science and other performance relative to the size of the university. The comprehensive Chinese research examines 1000 universities, including the top 500 ones.
Technion President, Prof. Peretz Lavie, said that the high ranking of the Technion in the computer field explains high position of the state of Israel in global high tech. “Research that is now being completed shows that Technion graduates do indeed lead the high tech sector that is moving Israel’s economy forward,” he said. “It turns out that 76% of Technion graduates in the last two decades work in the country’s high tech industry, which is responsible for 51% of the state of Israel’s industrial exports. Of these graduates, 25% are CEOs or deputy general managers, 21% hold other types of management positions, 10% are team leaders and 12.6% are involved in R&D. 59 out of 121 Israeli companies whose shares are traded on NASDAQ were established or are managed by Technion graduates.”
February 2011 -
We are releasing a special BTS Focus Magazine this month!
We are now working on our new BTS Roadshow - please call BTS Office on 0207 495 6824 to organise a Roadshow for your community.
January 2011 -
Welcome to the British Technion Society's 60th Anniversary year! We have lots of exciting events planned, watch this space...
December 2010
New E-mail - bts62@britishtechnionsociety.org
GIFT AID - we are launching a campaign to get more people to tick for gift aid!
Diamond Anniversary - busy planning for our 60th anniversary next year, watch this space!
October 2010
18th - Our Ron Arad 9 Lecture and Dinner - was very successful and we raised nearly £200,000! Thank you to all our supporters.
19th - False alarms at European airports have prompted the European Union to award Technion University a $4.7 million grant to research how to improve security for travelers
September 2010
The countdown to our 'Robot Revolution' Lecture and Dinner begins!
Students get free lecture tickets.
06/09/2010
A successful evening with B'nei B'rith members, showing them our Roadshow.
August 2010
The Technion has been in the UK news for its leading research into detecting cancer early - read more below:
http://tinyurl.com/26gkf29
24/06/2010
Check out our Robot Competition
14/06/2010
The British Technion Society launches its Robot Competition Nationwide!
Check out our Facebook page for more details - click the link below!
http://tinyurl.com/2u4gdob
07/06/2010
A team of American and Israeli researchers has come up with a new method for the production of bulk quantities of one-atom-thick sheets of carbon called graphene, a development that could yield novel composites and touch-screen displays. If the method proves useful for making graphene fibers in bulk, it could drive down the cost of the ultrastrong carbon composites used in the aerospace, automotive and construction industries.
07/05/2010
Technion teams dominate Microsoft's Imagine cup Israel competition held in Rishon Lezion - which challenges worldwide to solve the world's toughest problems with Technology.
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08/04/2010
The Ninth Ron Arad Lecture and Dinner will be held on October 18th 2010.
23/03/2010
02/03/2010
Our Honorary Vice-President Winston S Churchill dies aged 69.
22/01/2010
18/11/2009
The Eighth Ron Arad Lecture and Dinner raises 100k