Tag: Education

A still from the new ISRAEL21c and iCenter movie, The Man Who Taught Me to Fly.

The Man Who Taught Me to Fly

ISRAEL21c and the iCenter launch a new video and lesson plan to celebrate the unique work of Israeli scientist and ornithologist Yossi Leshem.

Signing of the agreement on September 29 are, from left sitting, Prof. Gu Peihua of Shantou University and Prof. Peretz Lavie, president of the Technion; and standing, Frank Sixt, co-director of the Li Ka-shing Foundation; Lu Kun from the Embassy of the People’s Republic of China; Li Ka-shing Foundation co-director Solina Chau; Li Ka-shing; Governor Zhu Xioadan of the Guangdong Province; Israeli Minister of Science, Technology and Space Yaakov Peri; Danny Yamin, chairman of the Technion Council; and Technion Senior Executive Vice President Prof. Paul Feigin.

Technion campus to open in China

Chinese billionaire puts Israeli high-tech education on his Horizons, with a commitment to the Technion’s Israel campus and a new one in Shantou.

New mothers often worry about how much breast milk their babies are getting. Image via Shutterstock.com

Milk monitor for nursing moms

A novel Israeli invention, MilkSense, non-invasively measures how much milk an infant gets from the breast. A baby scale is included in the kit.

A member of IsraAid helping out local residents in the wake of Hurricane Sandy. Photo courtesy of IsraAID.

65 top ways Israel is saving our planet

Since 1948, Israel has set itself a task of finding creative solutions to the world’s most pressing problems. To celebrate Israel’s 65th birthday, ISRAEL21c looks at some of the best achievements.