Newswise — Despite continued barrages of rockets raining on Haifa, the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology re-opened Sunday, one week after it was closed. That means a community of Jews, Arabs, Christians and Druze are back working side-by-side at one of the world's leading science and technology universities.
* Why did the Technion " situated near Haifa Bay, where the majority of rockets are still landing " reopen?
* What are the researchers and employees thinking as they go to the campus each day?
* Who are the heroes whose actions inspire thousands of others?
WE CAN ARRANGE INTERVIEWS WITH:
- A student who refused to leave his deserted campus dormitory throughout the closure
- A researcher who went to his lab during the closure to work on experiments " even while rockets were raining just meters away
- The wife of one of the two kidnapped Israeli soldiers. She and her husband are both graduate students at the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology.
- An American student in her final year of studies in the Technion's American Medical School Program -- and her parents who live in Connecticut
- A Technion professor whose lab was damaged in one of the rocket attacks. He is also a world-renowned sleep expert. - Top Technion administration
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