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MORE GLOBAL ACADEMIC PARTNERSHIPS
In recent months, IDC Herzliya has signed a few important bilateral
agreements with leading international institutions of higher education.
These include:
Washington University St. Louis, USA (Computer Science); Fundação
Getulio Vargas, Brazil (Law); and LUISS (Liberà Università Internazionale
degli Studi Sociali), Italy (General). These follow the partnerships already
IDC FACULTY VISIT WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY ST. LOUIS:
Washington University St. Louis: Our relationship with
Washington University St. Louis is strengthening. We are
working to conclude several agreements; more on this in
my next column. Recently, as noted above, the WUSTL
president, general counsel and other academics have
visited us. In addition, several of our faculty members
have traveled to St. Louis. Prof. Itai Sened, professor of
Political Science and director of the Center for New
Institutional Social Science at WUSTL, shares his
experiences of visiting IDC faculty: “The highlight of
Dr. Berzin’s visit was a very well received lecture on
the use of Algae in the transfer of CO2 into bio-fuel.
The lecture was followed by a series of meetings that are on
the verge of serving as a solid foundation for future research cooperation
between our institutions. Professor Berzin has helped us conclude the
work on an NSF grant proposal that, if approved, will allow us to run a
major conference on renewable energies at IDC in January of 2011. In
addition we are currently engaged in high level discussions of how to
translate the success of Professor Berzin’s visit into practical steps towards
exciting research projects.
Professor Mikulincer only spent 24 hours with us but left a remarkable
imprint on our academic community. We are already working on student
exchange programs at the undergraduate level and at the Ph.D. level.
Through a meeting with Jim Wertsch, director of the McDonnell Academy,
Professor Mikulincer has initiated future collaboration with other
international institutions, partners in the McDonnell Academy. Finally,
Professor Mikulincer planted some important seeds of future research that
are bound to lead to great things.
Professor Rubinstein gave two consecutive lectures on
our campus both of which filled to capacity (as did
the lecture by Professor Berzin). He met the most
significant leaders of the local Jewish Community in
St. Louis. We are looking forward to strengthen these
relationships as the Jewish Community in St. Louis is
learning to appreciate the unique place of IDC in Israel’s
higher education scene. As you know, Professor Rubinstein
always leaves the most significant impression on those who meet with him
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in place with Koc University (Turkey); Sabanci University (Turkey);
Duke University (USA); the Université Libre de Bruxelles (Belgium);
University of Ottawa; University of Turin; Universitat Pompeu Fabra
(Barcelona); Charles University (Prague); Hong Kong University; George
Mason University; University of Toulouse, Syracuse (USA); University of
Pennsylvania (USA), SMU (Singapore) and more.
and Washington University as well as the Jewish Community in St. Louis
were no exceptions. Ongoing exchanges between Professor Rubinstein and
some of our leading Law Professors are going to be conducive to many
projects to come. In addition it was yet another opportunity for us to
introduce our current IDC McDonnell scholar in Jacob Shwergold who
shined in all of these events as he is turning to be yet another outstanding
success for the collaboration of IDC and Washington University in the
McDonnell International Scholar academy.”
EXCHANGE STUDENTS AT IDC
Student Mobilities 2009-2010: This year exchange students from the
following institutions are spending a semester at IDC Herzliya:
NALSAR, India; University of Ottawa, Canada; Hong Kong University;
Duke University, USA; The Wharton School, USA; SMU, Singapore;
Groupe ESC Lille; Sabanci University, Turkey; and Emory University,
USA.
IDC STUDENTS TROTTING THE GLOBE WHERE?
University of Ottawa, Canada; Hong Kong University; Duke University,
USA; SMU, Singapore; Sabanci University, Turkey; Tsinghua University,
China; Pompeu Fabra, Spain; Charles University, Prague; and George
Mason University, USA.
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