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the pleasure of hosting them again this year. Academy mem bers, Nobel Prize winner Prof. Avraham Hershko, the Tech nion, and Prof. Nira Liberman, Tel Aviv University, delivered two fascinating lectures on biochemistry and psychology re spectively. The discussion was led by the academy’s president, Prof. David Harel. The Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities comprises 131 of Israel’s most distinguished scientists and scholars. Its goals are to enlist as its members distinguished scholars and scientists resident in Israel; to cultivate and promote scholarly and scientific endeavor; to advise the government on activities relating to research and scientific planning of national signif icance; to maintain contact with parallel bodies abroad; to ensure the representation of Israeli scholarship and science at international institutions and conferences; to publish writings calculated to promote scholarship and science; and to engage in any other activity serving the aforesaid objectives.

Marking step towards building the home of Food Tech in the Galilee, an agreement between Tel Hai and the Stella and Yoel the first

The signing of the agreement between Tel-Hai and The Stel la and Yoel Carasso Family Foundation – Beyachad

Carasso Family Foundation, Beyachad, has been signed. This brings about the realization of what will become the home of the National Food Institute and of all academic and research activities related to food and Food-Tech at Tel Hai College. The Carasso Center for Food Science will be built on Tel Hai’s western campus with the generous donation of the Beyachad Foundation. The new center will serve as a nexus of innovation and re search, bringing together academia, the food industry, and Food-Tech entrepreneurs under one roof. The center will play a vital role in the advancement of Food-Tech and Agro-Tech, both locally and globally. The Beyachad Foundation has been fulfilling the longlasting philanthropic tradition of the Carasso Family. The family’s strong commitment to creating and maintaining partnerships in Israeli society, is reflected in the foundation’s name – Beyachad – which, in Hebrew, means together. We are proud and honored to have established such a close and meaningful partnership, and we deeply appreciate their support and con tribution to the growth and development of Tel-Hai College, the Eastern Galilee and of Israel as a whole.

The 9th Annual Food Science Con ference - In addition to the new and

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exciting food innovations introduced at the conference, the representative of the Ministry of Economy and Industry an nounced the business partner: the Avnon Group, that will join us in operating the National Food Institute, together with the MIGAL Galilee Research Institute. The National Food Insti tute will be housed in the Carasso Center for Food Science.

New Academic Programs:

ö Organizational Behavior, M.A. Department of Social Sciences & Humanities ö Design and development of learning and teaching, M. Ed. Department of Education and Teaching ö Developmental Psychology, M.A. Department of Social Sciences & Humanities

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