November 2021
BIU has announced a new $75 million, comprehensive program to help transform diabetes care in the region and spur innovations in treatment and prevention world-wide.
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October 18, 2020
A team at BIU has obtained approval for a clinical trial to mitigate lung injury and the need for artificial respiration & ventilator support in COVID-19 patients.
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June 1, 2020
American Friends of Bar-Ilan University (AFBIU) is pleased to announce the appointment of Dr. Nina Hanan as its new Chief Executive Officer (CEO).
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March 19, 2020
A letter from Prof. Arie Zaban, President of Bar-Ilan University, about the Coronavirus and the status of the University at this time.
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September 2019
A daughter of a Holocaust survivor, Prof. Judith Tydor Schwartz, who directs Holocaust research at Bar-Ilan, has brought forward a ram’s horn trumpet and her father’s account of the power of belief amid death.
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August 2019
Five years after the Yazidi genocide in August 2014, when ISIS captured thousands of Yazidi women and children and sold them into sexual slavery, Israel has not forgotten, and Bar-Ilan University researchers are trying to find ways to help.
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August 2019
Distinguished Bar-Ilan University Professor Schlomo Havlin has been awarded the prestigious Israel Prize In Physics. The prize committee noted that “of all Israeli scientists, Prof. Havlin is the most cited by scientists around the world.”
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June 2015
The Lookstein Center for Jewish Education at Bar-Ilan University and the UJA Federation of New York joined forces to present a “What’s Up Israel: Consultation” event for Jewish high school educators, which featured two of the Jewish world’s leading advocates for strengthening Israel-education programs at all levels.
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April 2015
As it celebrates its 60th anniversary, Bar-Ilan has inaugurated the Presidential Award of Distinction. The University has chosen six Americans to receive this Award – Eli Hirmes, Laurie Moskowitz Hirsch, Dr. Don Lebell, Gary Ran, Dr. Joseph D. Rosenblatt, and Alice Neuman Schoenfeld.
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December 2014
Bar-Ilan University Prof. Pnina Klein, winner of the 2011 Israel Prize in Education Research, died on November 27th following a battle with cancer. Prof. Klein, who was 69, oversaw numerous US projects that improved the lives of children at risk.
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November 2014
VP of Citigroup Bank discusses the benefits of his BIU education. Says studies in economics and jewish studies compliment each other.
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June 2014
Within the next 35 years, Israel will have approximately 12 million Jews out of 18 million Jews worldwide. This prediction was made by BIU Prof. David Passig, a futurist and author of the best-selling books The Future Code and 2048, during his recent visit to New York City.
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November 2012
Never one to shy away from taking on challenging issues within Orthodox Jewry, world-renowned Talmud scholar at Bar-Ilan University Rabbi Prof. Daniel Sperber spoke to an overflow crowd on October 18th at The Jewish Center in New York City about “Why Modern Orthodoxy is True Orthodoxy.”
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August 2012
Bar-Ilan University in Israel and Yeshiva University (YU) bring together academics and rabbis to discuss the impact of the thoughts of Rabbi Joseph B. Soloveitchik, a major proponent of Torah Umadda, combining the best of Torah scholarship with the best of secular wisdom.
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July 2012
American Friends of Bar-Ilan University joins with other Israeli universities for the first time in sponsoring a float at the Celebrate Israel Parade in New York City.
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July 2012
New BIU Medical School Dean Prof. Ran Tur-Kaspa made his first official visit to the United States on June 26th 2012. The reception held at the Lotos Club in Manhattan was attended by members of the American Friends of Bar-Ilan University (AFBIU) Board and prominent leaders.
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