A times of Israel article featured Kalaniyot and specifically the Columbia chapter: "In the US, a group called Kalaniyot is working to deepen ties with Israeli academia by bringing young early-career academics from Israel to top American universities. The name is the Hebrew word for anemones, the flowers that bloom in southern Israel. First launched by faculty members at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Kalaniyot has now expanded to include such schools as Harvard and Columbia, with plans to expand further in the coming year.”
Miriam Elman, Executive Director of the Academic Engagement Network, said: “The universities like this program a lot. They want to provide more educational opportunities for students, and they don’t support an academic boycott. We engage with thousands of university administrators every year, and I have yet to meet a single administrator on a US campus who supports the idea of an academic boycott. What they want is more educational programs like this for students, to bring more Israelis to learn with them.
