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| + | The Academic Bridge Fellowship offers a fully-funded academic program for young Israelis at the [University of Pennsylvania][http://www.upenn.edu UPenn]. UPenn is one of the highest-ranked academic institutions in the world, with programs in wide-ranging fields, including science, engineering, medicine, law, business, humanities, social work, education, and numerous other fields of study.After October 7th, faculty from Penn organized a mission to express our solidarity with our friends and colleagues in Israel. In the face of the dramatic rise in anti-Israel sentiment on campus, we see cultural exchange as the best antidote to hateful views arising from a failure to know Israelis. We therefore initiated the Academic Bridge Fellowship program, which will provide young Israelis the opportunity to interact with faculty and students in an immersive setting, providing deep connections on North American campuses, beginning this summer at Penn and scaling, in future years, to other institutions. | ||
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US-Israel Academic Bridge Fellowship
The Academic Bridge Fellowship offers a fully-funded academic program for young Israelis at the [University of Pennsylvania]UPenn. UPenn is one of the highest-ranked academic institutions in the world, with programs in wide-ranging fields, including science, engineering, medicine, law, business, humanities, social work, education, and numerous other fields of study.After October 7th, faculty from Penn organized a mission to express our solidarity with our friends and colleagues in Israel. In the face of the dramatic rise in anti-Israel sentiment on campus, we see cultural exchange as the best antidote to hateful views arising from a failure to know Israelis. We therefore initiated the Academic Bridge Fellowship program, which will provide young Israelis the opportunity to interact with faculty and students in an immersive setting, providing deep connections on North American campuses, beginning this summer at Penn and scaling, in future years, to other institutions.
