As a new academic year dawns, the MIT-Kalaniyot program is welcoming its second cohort of scholars to campus, expanding an innovative effort to build new connections between MIT and researchers from Israel.

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MIT-Kalaniyot, a program connecting MIT with Israeli researchers, is welcoming its second cohort of 11 scholars — seven postdoctoral fellows and four sabbatical scholars — for the 2026-27 academic year. Founded by MIT professors Or Hen and Ernest Fraenkel as a response to campus tensions over Middle East conflict, the program spans all five MIT schools and covers disciplines from quantum computing to modern history. The model has since been adopted by Columbia, Cornell, Harvard, Dartmouth, Penn, and USC. Founders aim to eventually establish Kalaniyot as a recognized MIT center with seed grant funding for cross-border research.

MIT-Kalaniyot program expands, with new cohort of scholars