President Isaac Herzog and his wife, Michal, visited Bar-Ilan University today and met with University President Prof. Arie Zaban, Chairman of the Association of University Heads in Israel, university administrators, faculty and students.

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Prof. Liat Ayalon, of Bar-Ilan University's Weisfeld School of Social Work, is one of 50 individuals from around the world who have been recognized by the United Nations as part of the first ever Healthy Ageing 50: leaders transforming the world to be a better place to grow older.

Old age can actually be a good time in life, says Prof. Bodner, co-founder of Bar-Ilan University’s Graduate Program in Gerontology. For example, a phenomenon confirmed in many countries around the globe, is the "well-being paradox", which demonstrates that mental well-being does not decrease with age, and, in fact, can even improve. Another evident emotional benefit in the third age is the “positivity bias” – the tendency to focus on positive events and memories.

A bilateral agreement for energy cooperation between Israel and Morocco has been signed at Bar-Ilan University in the presence of Israeli Minister of Education Dr. Yifat Shasha-Biton, Head of the Liaison Office of the Kingdom of Morocco to the State of Israel H.E. Abderrahim Beyyoudh, Bar-Ilan University President Prof. Arie Zaban, a Morrocan delegation of senior officials and scientists, leading Israeli scientists from several universities, Israel Aerospace Industries Chairman of the Board Amir Peretz, and senior Israeli energy company officials.

Only about 20% of Israeli children between the ages of five and 11 have received a COVID-19 vaccine to date, according to the latest data published by the Ministry of Health.

Bar-Ilan University's Gonda (Goldschmied) Multidisciplinary Brain Research Center was recently awarded a €3.6 million Erasmus Mundus Joint Master’s (EMJM) grant for a groundbreaking Brain and Data Science graduate program, the first time an Israeli university has won this prestigious grant.

For the first time, academic scholars in vision science from around the country came together for an international conference organized by the Israel Vision Science Society and the School of Optometry and Vision Science at Bar-Ilan University. They conference highlighted the finest research taking place today in the field.