Bar-Ilan University cultivates talented researchers and invites them to apply for the prestigious Presidential Fellowship, which enables doctoral students to devote all their time and energy to research.
With the resurgence of COVID-19, and the emergence of particularly contagious variants such as Delta and Delta Plus, Israelis are asking whether there is a need for a third vaccine. 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, believes that it’s too early to determine whether a third booster shot is necessary.
BIU’s Faculty of Law hosted the online conference of the International Academy of Commercial and Consumer Law on July 14-15, 2021. Scholars from the United Kingdom, Canada, the United States, Switzerland, Spain, Singapore, Mexico, Japan and Israel spoke on a range of topics, including:
The Price Elasticity for Bankruptcy: Estimating a Demand Curve for Financial Relief
UK Business Restructurings and International Recognition Post Brexit and Post Covid?
The Edmond de Rothschild Foundation is making the largest single donation in its history – NIS 180 million, to expand the Azrieli Faculty of Medicine at Bar Ilan University and to promote teaching and research.
The Azrieli Faculty of Medicine strongly believes that research and medical education go hand in hand. As such the Faculty hosts an annual conference on translational research, which applies targeted research to specific issues that arise in hospitals and clinics.
How can 150 thousand rubber bands help rehabilitate a compromised neural network? What happens to phobic water drops? And how are both related to the human psyche? Can 16 violinists prove the Chaos Theory?
Scientists and artists ventured on an exploratory journey that culminated in collaborative works now on display at the new Fetter Nanoscience and Art Museum at Bar-Ilan University's Institute of Nanotechnology and Advanced Materials.
The 29th Annual Conference of the Research Institute of Human Factors in Road Safety, in cooperation with the Bar-Ilan Center for Smart Cities, was held online on Thursday, July 8. Researchers in the areas of road safety and smart cities, Israeli Knesset members, judges, academicians, public activists, and people from the industry took part in the conference.
The conference focused on such topics as:
Pedestrian Safety in the Smart City in the Digital Age with post-COVID-19 Findings
Bar-Ilan University warmly welcomes 26 undergraduate students from the United States and Argentina who are participating in the tenth annual Summer Science Research Internship Program. A joint Bar-Ilan University/Yeshiva University initiative, the program enables students to gain hand-on experience in emerging scientific fields while being mentored by Israel's finest scientists.
On Sunday, July 4, the 2021 spring semester exam period will begin. All exams will be held on campus, except in a few exceptional cases where students received prior notice from their departments.
Bar-Ilan University’s International School has announced the launch of four new degree programs taught entirely in English: A Multidisciplinary BA in Jewish Studies, an MA in Jewish Philosophy, an online MA in Religious and Middle Eastern Politics, and an MA in Classical Studies.
