IN THE PRESS
ASPER-HUJI Innovate was awarded the prestigious international prize: "Outstanding Emerging Entrepreneurship Center" at the annual conference of the Global Consortium of Entrepreneurship Centers in Higher Education (GCEC). The Hebrew University shares this award alongside Yale University and East Carolina University. The GCEC includes 300 Universities from around the world and the prize is presented once a year.
Gustavo Mesch, rector of University of Haifa, said: “The true mission of an academic institution is to give students the tools and means to develop innovative solutions and learn how to implement them. “Our goal is to enable every student at Haifa University to understand and reach their potential.”
The University of Haifa is buoyed on by perpetual innovation and enterprise. In 2019, it debuted the Haifa Innovation Labs, or, as students know it, the HIL — a program that nurtures entrepreneurship by combining academics with hands-on experience. Open to all students, it aims to design a better world through courses on topics such as business planning for start-ups; the innovation process for new products; and developing interpersonal skills.
The University of Haifa has become the latest Israeli university to launch a student venture capital fund, seeking to boost entrepreneurship on campus by investing in start-ups run by students, academics and recent graduates. The HIL Fund was established by the University of Haifa Innovation Labs (HIL) in partnership with fresh.fund.
A special slide that will make food purchased in the deli accessible to consumers sitting in wheelchairs, a special device for carrying bags when buying and a hearing solution that will make it easier for visually impaired people to purchase in stores - these were some ideas raised by students studying at HIT Entrepreneurship and Innovation.
A special guest arrived last week at the accelerator that was recently inaugurated at HIT Holon Institute of Technology. Miguel Torrogressa, who serves as the digital director of the Futbol Club Barcelona, hosted the venue and introduced the start-ups and startups to some of the club's digital moves, and the platforms aimed at contributing to the fan experience as well as the team's profits.