Otzmot Empowerment Program

Otzmot Empowerment Program

This first-of-its-kind program in Israel has been developed by Hefziba Lifshitz-Vahav, associate professor in the Faculty of Social Sciences who also heads the MA track in Intellectual Disabilities at the Pinkhos Churgin School of Education at BIU. She decided to...
BIU Scientists Mentor US Students

BIU Scientists Mentor US Students

The 2015 ‘Summer Science Research Internship’ program group on the Bar-Ilan campus. (Credit: Faith Baginsky) Ariella Levie, a Stern College for Women student from Teaneck, is spending her summer working in Prof. Haim Cohen’s lab to research a gene...
Presidential Awards

Presidential Awards

Awards to be Presented on May 14th in Israel As it celebrates its 60th anniversary, Bar-Ilan University (BIU) has inaugurated the Presidential Award of Distinction. The University has chosen six Americans to receive this Award – Eli Hirmes, of Lawrence, NY and Bal...
Otzmot Empowerment Program

Ruderman Award to BIU Otzmot Program

“The Ruderman Prize in Inclusion has truly become an international recognition of excellence for the inclusion of people with disabilities in our worldwide Jewish community,” said Jay Ruderman, President of the Ruderman Family Foundation. “It is our...
Most Influential Israeli Women

Most Influential Israeli Women

Israeli Magazine’s “100 Most Influential Women” in Israel List Names More Bar-Ilan University Women in Academia and Education Categories than Any Other Israeli University Bar-Ilan University (BIU) had the highest number of women recognized in Women...
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