On Feb. 22, the Council of the European Union recommended member nations open more broadly to travelers from outside of the EU as well — with the caveat that they have been vaccinated or have recently recovered. Prof. Cyrille Cohen, head of the Immunotherapy Laboratory at Bar-Ilan University shared his views. Read More.

Bar-Ilan University and Doral Group, an entrepreneurial company in the field of renewable energy, have signed a series of agreements for strategic collaboration. Doral will become a member of Bar-Ilan’s Energy and Sustainability Center and the entities will work to promote research, development, and commercialization of several issues, as well as identify and realize joint business opportunities in response to global challenges in the fields of renewable energy, climate, and environment. Read More.

Two new, state-of-the-art dormitory towers on Bar-Ilan University’s Ramat Gan campus were officially opened at an event marking the occasion during the university’s orientation week in October. Bar-Ilan’s dorms are highly in demand each year, so the new towers are a welcome addition to campus. Currently, there are 1,720 students from about 60 countries living in our dorms. Read More.    

Bar-Ilan University was one of several Israeli universities whose presidents and senior leadership met with Dr. S. Jaishankar, India’s Minister of External Affairs, recently to discuss opportunities for expanding and deepening academic ties between the two countries. Read More.

Researchers at Bar-Ilan University in Israel have unveiled a new therapeutic approach in the fight against hematological cancer. The study could provide an answer to types of hematological cancers for which no treatment has yet been found. Read More.

The Gonda Multidisciplinary Brain Research Center at Bar-Ilan University offers an international, research-oriented MSc and PhD program in Brain Sciences and an MSc program in Brain and Data Sciences. Watch the Video.

On October 10, Mental Health Day is observed around the globe and its importance is especially recognized during the Covid-19 pandemic period, when stress, anxiety and distress is on the rise, and many seek emotional relief. Prof. Tuvia Peri, Director of the Community Clinic and the Danieli Clinic for Trauma and Loss at Bar-Ilan University’s Department of Psychology, writes about World Mental Health Day. Read More.

Israel was the first country to vaccinate, the first to reopen, then the first to widely implement a booster shot. Now Israel is returning to life close to normal only six weeks after the peak of its worst COVID-19 wave yet. Read More.

A pilot to authenticate saliva-based (in place of swab-based) PCR tests has begun. The pilot is a collaboration between the Central Virology Laboratory at the Ministry of Health and Bar-Ilan University, as part of a joint endeavor to identify and develop new technologies in the framework of the national effort to combat COVID-19. Read More.

Some indirect connections can be made between climate change and COVID-19, say Israeli researchers. But Steve Brenner, a professor in the Geography and Environment Department at Bar-Ilan University says there is no definitive evidence or answer that it affects it one way or another. Read More.