Saving lives, fighting stigmas, discovering talent. Students and alumni of the Crown Family Social Entrepreneurship Program at Sapir’s Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship harness technology to change the way we live, and for the better.
Now, Israel’s Council for Higher Education has awarded cash prizes to help accelerate development three different projects – all created by Sapir students and graduates. Tomer Levy’s Multieye application, an AI based initiative to crowdsource information on road hazards and alert relevant authorities; Ella Luna Pleasance and Tamir Zahavi’s Out of Mind, a new RPG video game that helps gamers understand people who struggle with mental disorders; and Estar, a program that identifies outstanding gamers with the potential to lead national e-sports teams, conceived by Guy Amzaleg, Alex Berger, Michael Chan, Gina Ivanov, Danny Kugel and Bar Rafael.
Sapir’s Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship has become a nationally recognized innovation leader by using innovative, customized, interdisciplinary teaching methods to help students transform their ideas into entrepreneurial ventures that improve people’s lives.