Named in honor of statesman and diplomat Oswaldo Aranha (1894-1960), who headed the Brazilian delegation to the UN in 1947 and actively supported the creation of the Israel, funds for this residential neighborhood was donated by Brazilian media man Adolfo Bloch (1908-1995).
The building was named for US donors, is the principal structure in the Physics complex, and houses the Particle Physics and Condensed Matter Physics Departments.
Named for New York donors, was initially used to house a laboratory for animal diagnostics and pathology. With the opening of Lorry I. Lokey Preclinical Research Facility, this building was converted to serve the Institute’s library administration.
Initially named for Terence and Mathilda Kennedy of the UK, this building was refurbished in 2000, the building was refurbished and renamed the Michael Kern Building, in honor of a donor from Castle Rock, Colorado.
A gift of Adolf Marcus and his sons Steve and André Marcus of Switzerland, this building houses Weizmann Institute scientists.
Formerly the home of the Electron Microscopy Unit, today houses offices and labs for neurobiology.
This institute is but one example of quick response to scientific challenges enabled by philanthropic support. Sixty-four giant motor-driven mirrors – each measuring 7x8 meters – track the sun and concentrate its energy onto a 52-meter-high central receiving tower. The mirrors follow the sun’s position relative to the earth for every second of the year. Science emerging from this facility is at the basis of a number of technologies in commercial solar energy applications.
Architect Moshe Harel designed the tower jointly with Israeli sculptor and environmental artist Dani Karavan, in order to transform it from a merely functional experimental structure – the tallest on campus – into a powerful aesthetic statement.
This large facility for solar energy research was established with the support of over 400 hundred Canadian donors, and represents the largest collective gift of Institute friends, a huge community fundraising effort. The major donors, who led the drive with magnanimous gifts, are recognized at the site and on the adjacent grounds, headed by the Beck, Bronfman, Campbell, Dennis, Hendeles, James, Kay, Masters, Perkell, Posluns, Rose, Schouela, Steinberg and Tanenbaum families.
Additional support was provided by German industries.
A gift of William and Lynne Frankel of Philadelphia, PA.
