Each month, Bar-Ilan University hosts a variety of webinars, info sessions, and open days. We have a calendar on our website that will keep you informed about these events and provides a registration link for each one. Please visit our website calendar to find one that is suitable for your needs and feel free to get in touch with us for further information. You can also book a personal Zoom meeting with our representatives by clicking here. Our MSc in Physics Open Day was postponed from last month and will now be held on April 8, 2021. You can read about this event here. Read about our exciting lecture...

The European Union’s program for Education, Training, Youth, and Sport, known as Erasmus+ (or Erasmus Plus), offers opportunities for international cooperation across these four sectors to foster cooperation and bridge the worlds of education and work to tackle the skills gaps we are facing. In the March issue of the Bar-Ilan University International School’s newsletter, we discussed Erasmus+ Mobility, a program for student and faculty exchange. You can read about it here. This month, we will focus on the various Erasmus+ projects and partnerships that enable Bar-Ilan University to collaborate with international universities and organizations. They include various Capacity-Building Projects, a Strategic...

Bar-Ilan University’s International School has been an active partner in Erasmus+ since 2014. This program is the European Union’s premier initiative to support education and training through various projects between the universities in partner countries. These include the Erasmus+ International Credit Mobility (ICM) or Student Mobility (exchange) program, Capacity-Building Projects (CBP), Strategic Partnerships, and more. Erasmus+ programs offer students and staff the opportunity to study and teach in higher education institutions abroad. Over the past seven years, Bar-Ilan University has sent or received more than 1500 participants to or from partner institutions across Europe, with an emphasis on those with...

A complex algorithm, maintained in part by Bar-Ilan University epidemiologist, uses popular Google searches to predict which English towns are headed for outbreaks — 17 days ahead. According to Bar-Ilan University’s Prof. Michael Edelstein, who co-authored the research, the best chance of tackling health emergencies such as the Covid-19 pandemic is to detect them early in order to act early. “Using innovative approaches to disease detection such as analyzing internet search activity to complement established approaches is the best way to identify outbreaks early,” he said. Read More

A rare coin bearing the head of the Roman Emperor Antonius Pius and dating from 158–159 C.E. was found during a training exercise by an Israel Defense Forces soldier on the southern end of Mount Carmel. “The coin discovered is one of the municipal coins minted in the city of Geva Philippi, also known as Geva Parashim,” said Dr. Avner Ecker, a lecturer in classical archaeology at Bar-Ilan University’s Department of Land of Israel Studies and Archaeology. In the Roman period, cities (poleis) were granted the right to mint their own coins. The year marked on the coin is the...

As usual, February was a busy month with some exciting events taking place. We can’t tell you about everything, so we’ll just talk about two of the larger and more entertaining ones. Read More     

This May, Dr. Tal Zaks, noted chief medical officer of Moderna, will be granted an honorary doctorate from Bar-Ilan University for his company’s development of a coronavirus vaccine. Read More

For more than 70 years, peace between Palestinians and Israelis has eluded the most dedicated and experienced negotiators, and the conflict continues to claim victims on both sides. Therefore, before plunging into another attempt, the Biden administration would be well advised to take a step back and learn the lessons of this bleak history. Prof. Gerald M. Steinberg, emeritus professor of Political Science and Conflict Management at Bar-Ilan University, shares his opinion in this article. Read More

Bar-Ilan University’s International School will host an online panel discussion with medical experts from Bar-Ilan and Meuhedet Health Fund at its second annual Attachés Conference. The theme: Israel’s experience with and response to COVID-19, an unwavering vaccination strategy and its implementation, and a look at what lies ahead. Read More       Study in Israel: Bar-Ilan University – CHE Magazine: February 2021

A collaboration of researchers from Bar-Ilan University, Harvard University, and MIT have created a molecular “Google map” of the brain. The newfound technology will now enable scientists to enlarge tissues and detect the precise location of RNA molecules within them. Read More