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The Hebrew University of Jerusalem was co-founded by Albert Einstein and Chaim Weizmann in July 1918. Its cornerstone was laid on the 24th of July 1918, and the campus on Mount Scopus was officially opened on the 1st of April 1925.
Fifteen Nobel Prize winners have been affiliated with the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, including 8 alumni and teachers. The university has also been affiliated with two Fields Medalists and three Turing Award winners.
During the 1948 Arab-Israeli War, the Mount Scopus campus was cut off from Jerusalem following the April 1948 Hadassah medical convoy massacre, in which 79 people were killed. British soldier Jack Churchill coordinated the evacuation of 700 Jewish doctors, students, and patients from the site, and classes were moved to 40 different buildings across the city.
Albert Einstein left the Hebrew University his personal papers and the copyright to them in his will. The Albert Einstein Archives contain some 55,000 items, including personal notes and love letters. In March 2012, the university announced it had digitized the entire archive.
Yissum Research Development Company is the Hebrew University's technology transfer company, founded in 1964. It handles licenses and patents for the university's researchers and has founded more than 80 spinoff companies, including Mobileye, OrCam, and BriefCam.
On the 31st of July 2002, a bomb was detonated at the Frank Sinatra International Student Center cafeteria during lunch hour. Nine people were killed, five Israelis, three Americans, and one dual French-American citizen, and more than 70 were wounded. World leaders including Kofi Annan and President George W. Bush issued statements of condemnation.