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.

Prof. Moshe Lewenstein, Deputy President of Bar-Ilan University, was one of a skeleton staff who came to work every day for the past 18 months, a time when there were often very few people on campus. He opened the International School’s Red Carpet Orientation Day with a popular sentiment. “For me, it’s a wonderful day, and it’s a wonderful day because it’s the first time in a long time that I’ve come to campus and it’s full of students.” Read More    

Patients once sidelined by skeptical doctors will now be given the right to claim a state allowance. Roni Rothler, Director of the Disability Rights Clinic at Bar-Ilan University, told The Times of Israel that “this development will make people with fibromyalgia automatically recognized for disability stipends, which will enable them to take far better care of themselves”. Read More.

Bar-Ilan University has a new Faculty of Education. Previously the School of Education, its status was recently upgraded to a faculty, a move that was made possible thanks to the academic excellence of Bar-Ilan’s education staff members. Read More.

Thinking of getting pregnant? You might want to adjust your timing based on the weather. New research from Bar-Ilan University and other academic institutions has shown a connection between extreme cold and hot outdoor temperatures and low birthweight. Read More.

Dr. Limor Meoded Danon, from BIU’s Azrieli Faculty of Medicine, was a recipient of the Shimon Peres Prize on October 6, 2021. The Shimon Peres Prize is granted for innovative projects that promote diversity and multiculturalism. Read More.

Bar-Ilan University’s International School would like to wish all its Jewish readers a Shana Tovah u’Metuka (a good, sweet year), well over the Fast, and Chag Sameach (happy holidays) for Sukkot and Simchat Torah. Read More         Unique Joint Master’s in Brain and Data Science Launched

Every summer, for the past 25 years, a large group of students, researchers, and volunteers from Israel and abroad has been excavating at the archaeological site of Tell-es-Safi/Gath, situated between the Israeli cities of Ashkelon and Beit Shemesh. This summer, the team, led by Prof. Aren Maeir, director of the Institute of Archaeology at Bar-Ilan University and a professor in the Martin (Szusz) Department of Land of Israel Studies and Archaeology, held the project’s last excavation season. Research at the site will continue in the coming years, but if further excavations are carried out, the scope will be limited. To...

Galilee Medical Center’s Department of Surgery A, its management, and the Azrieli Faculty of Medicine Bar-Ilan University, with which the medical center is affiliated; the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in New York, and Gulf Medical University in Ajman (GMU), United Arab Emirates, recently held an online bariatric surgery seminar, featuring internationally-recognized experts. Read More.

Two coins dating back some 2,000 years were found in the Binyamin region of the West Bank during an archaeological survey conducted by Bar-Ilan University and the Binyamin Regional Council. The coins date back to the period of the Jewish revolts against the Romans. Read More.