Technion-Israel Institute of Technology Vice President Boaz Golany, left, and President Peretz Lavie presented former New York Michael Bloomberg with an honorary doctorate at the American Technion Society Gala March 15 at the Plaza Hotel. Bloomberg was cited for his key role in bringing Technion to New York City; the Israeli institute is partnering with Cornell University on an applied science and engineering campus now under construction on Roosevelt Island.
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