About the U.S.-Israel Center on Innovation and Economic Sustainability
The U.S.-Israel Center on Innovation and Economic Sustainability (U.S.-Israel Center) empowers entrepreneurs in San Diego and Israel to jointly examine and address factors in the success of startup companies, innovation, and sustainability. The U.S.-Israel Center organizes two immersion programs, one for Rady School students to experience and learn about the Israeli market and culture, and one that brings students from the Rady School and Israel together to immerse themselves in San Diego's startup environment.
The creative collaboration fostered by the center has the potential to make a significant global economic impact.
Established in 2012, the U.S.-Israel Center pairs Rady School of Management students with graduate students from a collection of Israeli universities, including:
- Tel Aviv University
- Hebrew University
- Technion - Israel Institute of Technology
- Beer Sheva University
- IDC Herzliya
Faculty Leaders
Ayelet Gneezy
Professor of Behavioral Sciences and Marketing Carol Lazier and Family Endowed Chair in Social Innovation and Impact, Faculty Director for Center for Social Innovation and Impact (CSII), Director of U.S.-Israel Center on Innovation and Economic Sustainability (USIC) agneezy@ucsd.edu
Uri Gneezy
Professor of Economics and Strategy Epstein/Atkinson Endowed Chair in Behavioral Economics ugneezy@ucsd.edu
