Marking one month since the October 7 terror attack in southern Israel, Bar-Ilan University held a ceremony to remember the victims and say a prayer for the hostages with the hope that they would be returned home safely and soon. The Bar-Ilan community lost 34 members of its community and since then, the university has provided continuous emotional support to the families. Bar-Ilan University President, Prof. Arie Zaban (center left) with Maayan Zin (center right) At an assembly on campus on November 7, guest, Maayan Zin, spoke about her daughters, Dafna (15) and Ella (8), who were abducted from their...

Bar-Ilan University's Begin-Sadat Center for Strategic Studies (The BESA Center), in partnership with the Department of Political Studies and Bar-Ilan University's International School, hosted a briefing over Zoom for the foreign diplomatic community in Israel almost two weeks after the brutal, unprecedented terror attack committed by Hamas on Israel's southern communities around the Gaza strip. The briefing's objective was to provide the diplomatic community with a deeper understanding of the political and strategic implications of the Israel-Hamas war. Approx. Thirty-five senior officials and military attachés participated in the briefing, including representatives from Turkey, the Netherlands, Rwanda, Spain, the EU, the...

Twenty-eight undergraduates from North America participated in the Bar-Ilan University-Yeshiva University’s 12th annual Summer Science Research Internship Program this past summer. A joint Bar-Ilan University-Yeshiva University initiative, the program enables students to gain hands-on experience in emerging scientific fields while being mentored by some of Israel's finest scientists. During the seven-week research experience, the students conduct intensive internships in the University's STEM research laboratories with faculty members from BIU’s Institute for Nanotechnology and Advanced Materials (BINA), Gonda (Goldschmied) Multidisciplinary Brain Research Center, Alexander Kofkin Faculty of Engineering, Mina and Everard Goodman Faculty of Life Sciences, and the Departments of Mathematics,...

Students from various Czech universities visited Bar-Ilan University (BIU) in August 2023 to learn about BIU’s award-winning, revolutionary research in energy and sustainability. The visit was part of the Czech Republic’s Neuron and IOCB Tech Internships grant program, which concentrates on the application, commercialization, and transfer of scientific understanding. The students (mostly undergraduate) were welcomed to BIU by Prof. Moshe Lewenstein, BIU’s Deputy President, and Prof. Shulamit Michaeli, Vice-President for Research, who gave them an overview of the various STEM faculties and departments as well as some of the innovative research being conducted by some of the top scientists in...

Agreement paves the way for joint undergraduate degree program in physics and student exchange Bar-Ilan University’s Physics Department and Beijing Normal University (BNU) have signed a cooperation agreement for a joint undergraduate degree program and student exchange. The new program will offer students a joint BIU-BNU Bachelor's degree in Physics, with studies taking place at both universities. L-R: Dr. Yossi Ben-Zion and Prof. Tu Zhanchun shake after signing the agreement The agreement was signed in Beijing by Dr. Yossi Ben-Zion, Deputy Chairman of BIU’s Department of Physics, and Prof. Tu Zhanchun, Communist Party Secretary of the BNU Department of Physics....

Bar-Ilan University’s Martin (Szusz) Department of Land of Israel Studies and Archaeology (LISA) and International School partnered with Concordia University’s Azrieli Institute of Israel Studies and Department of Political Science to create an inspiring and unique faculty-directed program in Israel, which took place in July and August 2023. This Israel-Canada collaboration, the first since Bar-Ilan University (BIU) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Concordia University last year, resulted in a joint three-week trip around the country with 11 undergraduate students from Canada, who had registered for the summer elective course, “Special Topics in Comparative Politics,” and was led by...

Recently, about 40 academics and staff members from 11 universities in 10 European countries visited Israel for Bar-Ilan University’s annual International Partners’ Week. The six-day week was packed with interesting and innovative presentations and discussions as well as a variety of social events for everyone involved. Delegates were welcomed by BIU’s president, Prof Arie Zaban, and heard opening remarks from Prof Amnon Albeck, BIU’s rector, and Zohar Yinon, BIU’s CEO. Heads of faculties and departments presented some of the research centers (see links below) and the cutting-edge research taking place, and gave tours of the facilities. These included the Multidisciplinary...

Universities, by their very nature, are huge institutions with many different faculties and departments and hundreds of academic and other staff. Therefore, it’s not surprising that most academic staff from one faculty haven’t met their counterparts in another. Bar-Ilan University (BIU) is well-known for bringing academics together through multidisciplinary programs and impact centers – and creating collaborations with international universities on the same basis. Recently, a BIU delegation combining nine different faculties and departments visited the University of Kent in Canterbury, UK, a valuable experience for everyone who attended. Staff from the University of Kent Engagement Directorate Office with the...

As part of the UK’s Global Business Innovation Program (GBIP), business leaders working in the global community of industrial clean growth visited Bar-Ilan University last month. The visit was organized and led by Innovate UK, Innovate UK EDGE, and the British Embassy in Israel. The goal of the visit was for the companies to use it as “an opportunity to engage with key stakeholders from the clean growth tech industry, hear cutting-edge ideas, discover new interests, and network with other professionals who share a similar appetite for forward-focused collaboration.” The nine companies represented included Bartech, Bohr Green Energy, CCell Renewables,...

Bar-Ilan University is highly committed to expanding its research and innovation activities and has, in recent years, adopted the "impact-driven" approach in academic research where multidisciplinary teams of Bar-Ilan University researchers work together to address pressing challenges facing Israel and the world. Through the establishment of new multidisciplinary “Impact Centers”, Bar-Ilan is revitalizing and modernizing academic instruction and expanding advanced study programs. Bar-Ilan’s Impact Centers focus on a wide range of subjects that may have social, economic, political, cultural, technological, and medical implications. These include Network Science, Quantum Entanglement Science and Technology (QUEST), Applied Cryptography and Cybersecurity, Energy and Sustainability,...