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Mort Zuckerman

Mort Zuckerman at the third annual Daily News Hometown Heroes in Transit Awards at the Edison Ballroom, Jan. 29, 2015. Photo by Marc. A. Hermann/MTA New York City Transit.

Mort Zuckerman pausing millions in donations to Columbia University

The Jewish billionaire media mogul cited the school's “failure to address rising antisemitism.”

July 16, 2024

James Gertler, trustee of the Zuckerman Institute, and Richard Lester, associate provost for international activities at MIT, join with representatives from the seven American affiliates of Israeli universities as part of a new STEM partnership. Credit: Credit: The Zuckerman Institute.

STEM fund empowers MIT, seven Israeli universities to pursue joint research

MIT-Israel Zuckerman STEM Fund is awarding up to $30,000 for MIT faculty members to partner with colleagues at an Israeli institution.

May 16, 2019

Participants at the second annual Zuckerman STEM Leadership Program U.S.-Israel Symposium at the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology in Haifa on Nov. 7, 2018. Credit: Screenshot.

Recap of second annual Zuckerman STEM Leadership Program

The event featured topics such as stem-cell regeneration “for healing injuries, addressing neurological events and helping with aging,” as well as “how to fix a broken heart.” (Probably quite literally.)

Nov. 20, 2018