THE NIR SCHOOL OF THE HEART
The NIR School of the Heart
In Perfect Heart and With a Willing Mind
The NIR School of the Heart is a comprehensive experiential program aimed at enriching the academic, cultural, social, and personal development of promising teenagers throughout the Middle East. Our select group of students is offered a top-quality interactive education in the medical sciences, with an emphasis on cardiology, provided by world-class experts, and with access to first-rate facilities. By engaging curious young minds from several nationalities in a multi-cultural educational environment, the program aims to encourage the students to communicate and share their knowledge with one another, and to propagate that knowledge and spirit within their home communities. The NIR School looks forward to seeing its graduates become positive contributors to society, and hopes to play a constructive role in deepening cross-border social and professional relationships both for more than 20 years, the NIR School of the Heart has been a bright ray of hope in a region where prejudice and violence are present in the hearts of too many people.
The NIR School of the Heart is a comprehensive experiential program aimed at enriching the academic, cultural, social, and personal development of promising teenagers throughout the Middle East. Our select group of students is offered a top-quality interactive education in the medical sciences, with an emphasis on cardiology, provided by world-class experts, and with access to first-rate facilities. By engaging curious young minds from several nationalities in a multi-cultural educational environment, the program aims to encourage the students to communicate and share their knowledge with one another, and to propagate that knowledge and spirit within their home communities. The NIR School looks forward to seeing its graduates become positive contributors to society, and hopes to play a constructive role in deepening cross-border social and professional relationships both for more than 20 years, the NIR School of the Heart has been a bright ray of hope in a region where prejudice and violence are present in the hearts of too many people.
The NIR School was founded by Dr. Judith Richter, the CEO of Medinol, a medical device company, fulfilling her lifelong dream to promote knowledge and creativity among young people in the fields of science and medicine, and to encourage those students to build bridges across cultures through the process of learning.
The NIR School is a unique academic and social program, that assembles teenagers from different backgrounds to learn the basics of cardiology. Every year, the NIR School accepts students - Israelis, Palestinians and Jordanians - to learn and grow together. From the first moment they arrive, the program begins breaking down barriers by placing students in culturally diverse learning groups. The competitiveness between the groups and the passion to succeed, encourage collaboration within each group. The students experience and learn to respect cultural differences, overcome prejudices and understand that they are stronger and more innovative when they rely on each other.
The NIR School’s academic program was developed by Prof. Elazer Edelman from the Institute for Medical Engineering and Science at MIT. World-class cardiologists, from the United States and the Middle East, volunteer their time to travel to the region and teach. In addition to the basic scientific knowledge that they acquire, the students also work independently and are challenged to design new cardiologic solutions, in a way that sparks their imagination and creativity.
Despite times of great tension in the region, the NIR School has operated continuously, and today is proud to have more than 800 graduates. About 30% of Nir School graduates are pursuing careers as physicians or other medical-related professions.
The success of the NIR School of the Heart provides a new model that can be replicated in other regions or areas where conflict has formed a barrier to peace and cooperation. This academic, practical, and social education can build bridges wherever people face tension and prejudice. For more than two decades, NIR students, in the heart of the Middle East, have proven that opening hearts and greater understanding are possible.
The NIR School is a unique academic and social program, that assembles teenagers from different backgrounds to learn the basics of cardiology. Every year, the NIR School accepts students - Israelis, Palestinians and Jordanians - to learn and grow together. From the first moment they arrive, the program begins breaking down barriers by placing students in culturally diverse learning groups. The competitiveness between the groups and the passion to succeed, encourage collaboration within each group. The students experience and learn to respect cultural differences, overcome prejudices and understand that they are stronger and more innovative when they rely on each other.
The NIR School’s academic program was developed by Prof. Elazer Edelman from the Institute for Medical Engineering and Science at MIT. World-class cardiologists, from the United States and the Middle East, volunteer their time to travel to the region and teach. In addition to the basic scientific knowledge that they acquire, the students also work independently and are challenged to design new cardiologic solutions, in a way that sparks their imagination and creativity.
Despite times of great tension in the region, the NIR School has operated continuously, and today is proud to have more than 800 graduates. About 30% of Nir School graduates are pursuing careers as physicians or other medical-related professions.
The success of the NIR School of the Heart provides a new model that can be replicated in other regions or areas where conflict has formed a barrier to peace and cooperation. This academic, practical, and social education can build bridges wherever people face tension and prejudice. For more than two decades, NIR students, in the heart of the Middle East, have proven that opening hearts and greater understanding are possible.
In Perfect Heart and With a Willing Mind
The NIR School of the Heart is a comprehensive experiential program aimed at enriching the academic, cultural, social, and personal development of promising teenagers throughout the Middle East. Our select group of students is offered a top-quality interactive education in the medical sciences, with an emphasis on cardiology, provided by world-class experts, and with access to first-rate facilities. By engaging curious young minds from several nationalities in a multi-cultural educational environment, the program aims to encourage the students to communicate and share their knowledge with one another, and to propagate that knowledge and spirit within their home communities. The NIR School looks forward to seeing its graduates become positive contributors to society, and hopes to play a constructive role in deepening cross-border social and professional relationships both for more than 20 years, the NIR School of the Heart has been a bright ray of hope in a region where prejudice and violence are present in the hearts of too many people.
The NIR School of the Heart is a comprehensive experiential program aimed at enriching the academic, cultural, social, and personal development of promising teenagers throughout the Middle East. Our select group of students is offered a top-quality interactive education in the medical sciences, with an emphasis on cardiology, provided by world-class experts, and with access to first-rate facilities. By engaging curious young minds from several nationalities in a multi-cultural educational environment, the program aims to encourage the students to communicate and share their knowledge with one another, and to propagate that knowledge and spirit within their home communities. The NIR School looks forward to seeing its graduates become positive contributors to society, and hopes to play a constructive role in deepening cross-border social and professional relationships both for more than 20 years, the NIR School of the Heart has been a bright ray of hope in a region where prejudice and violence are present in the hearts of too many people.
The NIR School was founded by Dr. Judith Richter, the CEO of Medinol, a medical device company, fulfilling her lifelong dream to promote knowledge and creativity among young people in the fields of science and medicine, and to encourage those students to build bridges across cultures through the process of learning.
The NIR School is a unique academic and social program, that assembles teenagers from different backgrounds to learn the basics of cardiology. Every year, the NIR School accepts students - Israelis, Palestinians and Jordanians - to learn and grow together. From the first moment they arrive, the program begins breaking down barriers by placing students in culturally diverse learning groups. The competitiveness between the groups and the passion to succeed, encourage collaboration within each group. The students experience and learn to respect cultural differences, overcome prejudices and understand that they are stronger and more innovative when they rely on each other.
The NIR School’s academic program was developed by Prof. Elazer Edelman from the Institute for Medical Engineering and Science at MIT. World-class cardiologists, from the United States and the Middle East, volunteer their time to travel to the region and teach. In addition to the basic scientific knowledge that they acquire, the students also work independently and are challenged to design new cardiologic solutions, in a way that sparks their imagination and creativity.
Despite times of great tension in the region, the NIR School has operated continuously, and today is proud to have more than 800 graduates. About 30% of Nir School graduates are pursuing careers as physicians or other medical-related professions.
The success of the NIR School of the Heart provides a new model that can be replicated in other regions or areas where conflict has formed a barrier to peace and cooperation. This academic, practical, and social education can build bridges wherever people face tension and prejudice. For more than two decades, NIR students, in the heart of the Middle East, have proven that opening hearts and greater understanding are possible.
The NIR School is a unique academic and social program, that assembles teenagers from different backgrounds to learn the basics of cardiology. Every year, the NIR School accepts students - Israelis, Palestinians and Jordanians - to learn and grow together. From the first moment they arrive, the program begins breaking down barriers by placing students in culturally diverse learning groups. The competitiveness between the groups and the passion to succeed, encourage collaboration within each group. The students experience and learn to respect cultural differences, overcome prejudices and understand that they are stronger and more innovative when they rely on each other.
The NIR School’s academic program was developed by Prof. Elazer Edelman from the Institute for Medical Engineering and Science at MIT. World-class cardiologists, from the United States and the Middle East, volunteer their time to travel to the region and teach. In addition to the basic scientific knowledge that they acquire, the students also work independently and are challenged to design new cardiologic solutions, in a way that sparks their imagination and creativity.
Despite times of great tension in the region, the NIR School has operated continuously, and today is proud to have more than 800 graduates. About 30% of Nir School graduates are pursuing careers as physicians or other medical-related professions.
The success of the NIR School of the Heart provides a new model that can be replicated in other regions or areas where conflict has formed a barrier to peace and cooperation. This academic, practical, and social education can build bridges wherever people face tension and prejudice. For more than two decades, NIR students, in the heart of the Middle East, have proven that opening hearts and greater understanding are possible.