(New York Times) Danna Harman - A fourth of the Technion's 60,000 alumni who are of working age have, at one time or another, initiated a business, and a fourth are CEOs or vice presidents. The annual output of its graduates in high-tech industries is estimated to be at least $21 billion. Among inventions from Technion research labs: the memory stick, drip irrigation, the Parkinson's drug rasagiline, the Iron Dome air defense system, and instant messaging. Courses that combine business and innovation - like "Technological Entrepreneurship," taught by Dan Shechtman, a Nobel laureate in chemistry - are the most popular on campus.
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