tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2416507942212771837.post2466920605896035449..comments2009-12-11T09:09:12.586-05:00Jon Haberhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12635642285433915572noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2416507942212771837.post-44520645292452023472009-12-11T09:09:12.586-05:002009-12-11T09:09:12.586-05:00Oh its great that this students do such work, there are lots of things that already very attractive for investments in Israel- like high tech, but at the same time lots of brunches are not developed at all.ilona@israelhttp://samsonblinded.org/newsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2416507942212771837.post-32466815697341111052009-12-09T18:20:05.224-05:002009-12-09T18:20:05.224-05:00U of Michigan is not the only U.S. campus to be taking pro-active measures. Rice University in Houston recently founded the "Rice-Israel Initiative for Scholarly Exchange and Collaboration," a top-down initiative that promotes educational projects, and hopefully future economic ties, between Rice faculty and students and their counterparts at seven Israeli institutions. This is at a university (Rice) that is home to one of Edward Said's nephews, history professor Ussama Makdisi, who preaches BDS. Thus, the RIISE program is doing important work.Michael Dukenoreply@blogger.com