American philanthropist and investor John Paulson announced this evening a donation of $250 million to the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. This is the largest donation ever given to the university. The university is designating the donation funds to support key strategic goals of the Hebrew University, including research and treatment, establishment of a new engineering faculty, expansion of activities in medicine and biomedicine, and advancement in trauma and post-trauma. In recognition of this donation, the university's historic campus will be named 'The Elaina and John Paulson Campus, Mount Scopus, Jerusalem.'

