Outreach to Youth
Exposure to academia at an early age can have a major influence on young people’s lives. This is particularly true for youngsters from Israel’s social and geographic periphery, and for girls who are generally not encouraged to pursue technological fields. To counter this trend, TAU runs several national projects for youth aimed at fostering excellence and creating a connection with the University. The projects boost the youngsters’ chances of applying and being accepted to university later on.
Naming Opportunities
- Pioneers Learning Program at Youth University: A new technological innovation complex at TAU’s Youth University Wing in the Check Point Building will provide engaging learning experiences through programs that integrate virtual and augmented reality, robotics, scientific escape rooms, interactive and immersive learning rooms and the use of advanced AI tools. Funding will support equipment purchase, programming and development, as well as subsidizing activities for specific target groups (such as periphery youth, etc.) within the complex.
- Arts Oriented Youth: The Katz Faculty of the Arts is launching a program for gifted high school pupils from diverse communities, especially the periphery, as a means to discover and cultivate talent and present a path to academic arts studies.
- Youth University Wing: The Wing spans 4 floors of the Check Point Building and serves as the state-of-the-art home of TAU’s Youth University, Israel’s largest hub for youth education and technological training. It includes classrooms, labs, informal study areas and a planetarium.
- Youth University: Naming of the Youth U will associate the donor’s name with science enrichment and educational opportunities for 15,000 to 20,000 school pupils per year, including from Israel’s periphery.
- Galleries and Other Sub-Units at The Steinhardt Museum of Natural History: The museum teaches about the natural world and the environment, and sparks curiosity and the spirit of scientific discovery among youth from across Israel.
