AFHU News Winter 2023

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AMERICAN FRIENDS OF THE HEBREW UNIVERSITY
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The Paulson Family Foundation
Donates $27 Million for Hebrew
University School of Computer
Science and Engineering Building
thus expanding and upgrading the school’s
learning spaces and research laboratories.
The new building will feature state-of-the-art
education facilities including approximately 75,300
sq ft. (7,000 m2) of special laboratories, teaching
rooms, office space, and computer stations in the
labs and open areas.
“Over the last decade, we have increased
threefold the number of students at the School
of Computer Science and Engineering,” said Prof.
Asher Cohen, President of the Hebrew University.
“The current complex, which comprises three
buildings, will be at full capacity by the end of
2024. Construction of this fourth building will
enable us to meet the huge demand for the
outstanding hi-tech personnel that the University
produces. The Paulson Family Foundation’s
generous donation will allow us to continue
supporting the Israeli hi-tech industry in the best
possible way.”
The Paulson Family Foundation was founded in
2009 by John Paulson, President of Paulson &
Co., a global investment company. The Foundation
invests in education, science, health, culture, and
the arts.
are on campus around the clock, with modern
learning and research spaces to the highest
international standards. It will also be the home of
an AI research center that we are in the process
of establishing.”
L-R Amb. Yossi Gal, John Paulson, and President Professor Asher Cohen
The Hebrew University of Jerusalem announced
an unprecedented $27 million donation from the
Paulson Family Foundation for the construction of
a new building within the Rachel and Selim Benin
School of Computer Science and Engineering,
located on the Edmond J. Safra Campus in the
Givat Ram neighborhood in Jerusalem.
The donation will improve and enrich the
experience of Hebrew University’s students and
researchers, who are in high demand in the Israeli
and international hi-tech industry. The Hebrew
University’s School of Computer Science and
Engineering is the birthplace of some of the
world’s leading hi-tech companies, including
Mobileye and Lightricks.
The gift from the U.S.-based Paulson Family
Foundation will enable the construction of the
fourth building in the computer science complex,
“Israel’s quality higher education is largely
responsible for the country’s technology boom
and rapid economic development,” said Paulson,
who is Founder and Chairman of the Paulson
Family Foundation. “This gift will ensure that the
Hebrew University has the resources to meet
the growing demand for computer science and
engineering education.”
“We are immensely grateful to the Paulson Family
Foundation for this generous donation, which will
significantly improve the learning and research
experience of our students and researchers, who
are influencing the future of our field on a daily
basis,” says Prof. Sara Cohen, Dean of the School
of Computer Science and Engineering. “The new
building will provide these sharpest of minds, who
Prof. Sara Cohen
According to Joshua Rednik, Chief Executive
Officer, American Friends of the Hebrew
University, “This is a truly transformational gift
from one of America’s most successful investors.
His contribution to developing the next generation
of computer scientists is a worthy endeavor that
will advance the industry at a global level and
especially within the State of Israel.”