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AI is from Mars, Human Cognition is from Venus: Understanding AI and human problem-solving, and building bridges of communication between them

Date & hour: 18 December, 2023 14:30-16:00

Lecturer: Dr. Ofra Amir, Assistant Professor, Data and Decision Sciences, the Technion - Israel Institute of Technology

Location: Sidney Musher Building for Science Teaching
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Announcements & Prizes

We mourn the death Dr. Marcel Frailich Kaploon

Date & hour: 18 October, 2023 9:30

The Weizmann Institute of Science family, the Department of Science Teaching and the Science and Technology in Junior High School group mourn the death of Dr. Marcel Frailich Kaploon, who was murdered in the terror attack on Kibbutz Beeri.
Marcel, a PhD graduate of the department, was a central pillar in the Science and Technology in Junior High School group - developing learning and teaching materials and actively participating in the professional development of teachers.
We send our sincere condolences to her family in this difficult time and join them in their grief.
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All departmental activities have been suspended until further notice

Date & hour: 11 October, 2023 10:00

Dear Friends,

Given the current situation, all departmental activities have been suspended until further notice.

The resumption of our activities is pending instructions as will be provided by the Home Front Command.

We all hope for better days.

The following is a list of contact persons and phone numbers which can be useful in these times.
1. :National Emergency Portal
  https://www.oref.org.il/en
2. The Social Services staff
  Dr. Stavit Kochva
  054-4763872
  stavit.cochva@weizmann.ac.il
3. Other assistance, available outside the Institute:
  - Ministry of Education hotline: *6552, extension 5
  - ERAN (Emotional First Aid) association: on phone 1201
  - SAHAR (online mental support) aid and attentive listening on the web:
    on the website www.sahar.org.il
  - NATAL (war and terror related trauma) association: 1800363363
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Congratulations to Tanya Nazaretsky and Rotem Israel-Fishelson who won the 2023 prize for outstanding Ph.D. graduates in their transition to postdoctoral training in Science Education abroad

Date & hour: 06 June, 2023 15:45

The prize committee decided to award this year's prize to two winners:

Tanya Nazaretsky, who recently completed her doctoral studies under the supervision of Giora Alexandron at the Weizmann Institute of Science, and recently started a postdoc in Tanja Käser's lab at EPFL, Switzerland.
Rotem Israel-Fishelson, who recently completed her doctoral studies under the supervision of Arnon Hershkowitz at Tel Aviv University, and recently started a postdoc in David Weintrop's laboratory at the University of Maryland, USA.

Congratulations and best wishes for continued success in their academic endeavors to both the award winners and the other excellent candidates who submitted an application.