Major honors, prizes, and institutional achievements.
The Technion has been awarded the Yigal Allon Prize for 2026, presented by the Palmach Generation (Dor HaPalmach) Association to individuals and institutions that embody vision, leadership, pioneering spirit, and an exceptional contribution to society and the country.
At a festive ceremony held last night, President Isaac Herzog awarded the Presidential Medal of Honour to Prof. Hossam Haick of the Wolfson Faculty of Chemical Engineering
Prof. Debbie Lindell of the Technion’s Faculty of Biology has been elected to membership in the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO).
A paper by Technion researchers has received the prestigious R.W.P. King Award from the IEEE Antennas and Propagation Society (AP-S), part of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), the world’s largest professional organization for electrical and electronics engineers.
Technion researchers Prof. Moran Bercovici, Prof. Graham de Ruiter, and Prof. Michael Krueger have been awarded ERC Proof of Concept (ERCPoC) grants by the European Research Council (ERC).
Prestigious Technion alumni medal to be awarded to IAI Chairman Boaz Levy and NVIDIA CTO Michael Kagan. The Technion awards the medal to alumni who have achieved exceptional accomplishments in science, medicine, engineering, technology, and architecture.
Distinguished Professor Yitzhak Apeloig, president of the Technion from 2001 to 2009, has passed away. Prof. Apeloig, a faculty member in the Schulich Faculty of Chemistry, was a world-renowned chemist who received prestigious awards, international medals, honorary degrees, and membership in leading scientific societies
The Technion held a festive appreciation evening for student reserve duty service members, wounded students, and disabled IDF veterans.
Two Israeli universities rank among the world’s top 10 for the number of undergraduate alumni who founded startups that raised venture capital, according to the latest ranking released by Andreessen Horowitz, also known as a16z, one of the world’s largest and most influential venture capital firms.
The Technion – Israel Institute of Technology has announced the establishment of the Max and Desiree Blankfeld Endowed Prize for Transformative Innovation in Aerospace, made possible through a generous gift from Max and Desiree Blankfeld of Houston, Texas.
This Technion antisemitism panel discusses it persisting in U.S. academia for decades, calling for open dialogue and institutional change to combat this crisis.
As part of its centennial Board of Governors meeting, Technion confers honorary doctorates in a celebratory ceremony, honoring leaders who’ve significantly contributed to science and society.
