I went to the Middle East with a group of faculty members and other students, including this faculty member that I spoke about, who by the way was also a Jewish and that was an important learning for me.
Apollo made a seven-figure investment in the initiative, includingfaculty fees and payments to design firm IDEO, which designed the class's website, according to George Lichter, who heads the Apollo unit overseeing the project.
It will fund the creation of The Joan and Irwin Jacobs Technion-Cornell Innovation Institute, including helping support faculty and graduate students, among other initiatives.