The memorial ceremony for Former Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin will be held on Monday, October 18 at 12 noon. The BIU President, Prof. Arie Zaban, Campus Rabbi Shlomo Shefer, and Student Union Chairman Reuven Lorenzi will speak at the event, which will also feature a biographical movie, “Everything is Personal” about Yitzhak Rabin and the major milestones in his life.
Some 100 international students and new immigrants (Olim) attended the Orientation Fair and Red Carpet, organized by Bar-Ilan University’s International School, on Sunday, October 10. The informative, fun and tasty event, which featured information stands, service desks, and short presentations by senior campus officials and the International School staff, as well as a drumming session and some ethnic Israeli food. Representatives of the Jewish Agency, the Israel Ministry of Absorption, CNEF – National Center of Francophone Students, and Nefesh B’Nefesh were also present at the event.
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, together with the Administration for Technological Infrastructure of the Ministry of Defense and Healthcare Israel of the Ministry of Health.
Two new dormitory towers on the Bar-Ilan campus are officially open! An event marking the occasion was held this week with the participation of Permanent Committee Chairman Shlomo Zohar, University President Prof. Arie Zaban, CEO Zohar Yinon, Deputy President Prof.
A number of Bar-Ilan computer science students won top prizes in the various competitions that are associated with the International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence (IJCAI) 2021.
Three of the sixty-four groups that participated in this year's contest were from Bar-Ilan University.
To this day, the Bavarian festival, Oktoberfest, which has already spread to many other locations around the world, is celebrated at the same site where the historic wedding was held.
Like a pinball game in the hands of a good player, a collection of obstacles randomly positioned can be sufficient to trap light without the need for an optical cavity. By adding amplification, at no cost, a mirrorless laser -- often dubbed "random laser" -- can be obtained.
Prof. Tuvia Peri, Director of the Community Clinic and the Danieli Clinic for Trauma and Loss at Bar-Ilan University’s Department of Psychology, writes about World Mental Health Day, which is marked on October 10.
Prof. Tuvia Peri, Director of the Community Clinic and the Danieli Clinic for Trauma and Loss at Bar-Ilan University’s Department of Psychology, writes about World Mental Health Day, which is marked on October 10.
As established by Israel Ministry of Health guidelines, entry onto campus is permitted by presenting the new ‘green pass’ only. Everything you need to know about green pass restrictions, validity of Covid tests, documents that need to be presented at the campus gates, can be found here.
