the jacobs technion-cornell institute is a joint academic venture between cornell and the technion that offers two-year master's degrees programs in which students focus on one of two "hubs", "connective media" and "health tech,"; as of 2017 a third hub called "urban life" was planned. graduates from the jacobs institute are awarded degrees by both cornell and technion. it also has a postdoc program called "runway" that supports postdocs seeking to start companies such as nanit and data incubator.