Adelson family makes ‘close to an eight-figure’ donation to Bar-Ilan University to establish eponymous Institute for Smart Materials

Adelson family makes ‘close to an eight-figure’ donation to Bar-Ilan University to establish eponymous Institute for Smart Materials

The Adelson Family Foundation made a “transformative gift” to the American Friends of Bar-Ilan University to help create the Israeli school’s Adelson Institute for Smart Materials, which will bring together different scientific areas to develop “successful and marketable products,” AFBIU said. The organization would not disclose the full amount of the donation, but a spokesperson told eJewishPhilanthropy that it was “close to an eight-figure gif…