Rehabilitating Prisoners with Philosophy Studies
Can Jewish philosophy help prisoners in the process of rehabilitation and release, and in their reintegration into society? Bar-Ilan University’s Department of Jewish Philosophy believes that the answer is “yes.” Students and faculty members in the department’s Jewish-Social Thought Program are holding a series of meetings with inmates who are in the process of rehabilitation, in the framework of the Maftehot (Keys) Hostel. Read More.
IDF’s Keren Hajioff is top candidate for Bennett’s English spokesperson
IDF Northern Command spokeswoman, Maj. Keren Hajioff, is the leading candidate to become Prime Minister Naftali Bennett’s spokeswoman for foreign media. Hajioff, 30, who has a Master’s degree in Political Communications from Bar-Ilan University, grew up in London and was a member of the religious-Zionist youth movement Bnei Akiva. She moved to Israel after a gap year at age 18. Read More.
Dr. Yossi Ben-Zion: Influential Physics Lecturer
Dr. Yossi Ben-Zion, deputy chair of the Department of Physics at Bar-Ilan University, has created a flexible and optimal digital learning environment for his students. As a result, he has three Excellence in Teaching awards from Bar-Ilan University and, in 2016, was selected by the BIU Student Union as one of 57 favorite lecturers in Israel. Read More.
BIU’s International MBA Program
Bar-Ilan University’s highly-acclaimed International MBA program will be opening its next class in March 2022. A few spaces are still available for the 15-month program. Don’t miss out on this opportunity to study in the heart of the Startup Nation with students from all over the world. BIU’s IMBA was the first MBA to be taught in English in Israel. Read More.
Students in Israel for Summer Science Research Internship
Eliana Farkas, 21, of Bergenfield spent her summer helping two Israeli graduate students investigate how chemotherapy treatment in breast cancer patients disrupts the composition of their gut microbiota… Her work in the lab of Dr. Nissan Yissachar at Bar-Ilan University was part of the 10th annual Summer Science Research Internship program, a joint Bar-Ilan University/Yeshiva University initiative. Read More.
A New Way to Treat PTSD?
Exposure to a traumatic experience can lead to post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), an incapacitating disorder in susceptible persons with no reliable therapy. A team of scientists from Israel’s Bar-Ilan University, led by Prof. Gal Yadid, of the Mina and Everard Goodman Faculty of Life Sciences and Gonda (Goldschmied) Multidisciplinary Brain Research Center, examined the question of PTSD in humans using an animal PTSD model. Read More.
Researcher urges NLP research focus on signed languages
Advancements in natural language processing (NLP) enable computers to understand what humans say and help people communicate through tools like machine translation, voice-controlled assistants and chatbots. But NLP research often only focuses on spoken languages. Kayo Yin, a Master’s student in the Language Technologies Institute, co-authored a paper on the subject with BIU researchers, Amit Moryossef and Yoav Goldberg as well as others from around the world. Read More.
Gila Bluth: International Student Leader
Gila Bluth, 24, is the incoming president of the Israeli Model United Nations Association (IMUNA) and an English Linguistics major, who is now completing her BA degree along with a teaching certificate at Bar-Ilan University. Gila, a Baltimore native who immigrated to Israel as a child, has just finished her term as president of the Bar-Ilan University Model UN Society (BarMUN). Read More.
ISF Grants Awarded to Four Faculty Researchers
Four researchers from Bar-Ilan University’s Azrieli Faculty of Medicine received the prestigious Israel Science Foundation (ISF) grant awards recently. They included Dr. David Enshell-Seijffers, Dr. Hava Gil-Henn, Prof. Omry Koren, and Dr. Meir Shamay. Read About their Research.
Pre-Pandemic Physiological Data Predict Mental State Under Corona
As the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on psychological well-being unfolds, few studies have focused on pre-pandemic physiological predictors which could identify and treat individuals at risk. A new Bar-Ilan University study has revealed that physiological information collected from individuals long before the onset of COVID-19 can predict mental well-being during the pandemic. Read More.
Israel’s COVID infections surge as government rolls out booster shots
With Israel experiencing its largest COVID-19 spike since February 2021, ABC Radio International discusses booster shots, waning immunity, infection among youth, herd immunity, and more with Prof. Cyrille Cohen, an immunity expert at BIU’s Goodman Faculty of Life Sciences and a member of the Advisory Committee for Clinical Trials on Vaccines at the Israel Ministry of Health. Listen to the interview.
