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Bar-Ilan University

Bar-Ilan University has 10 faculties: Engineering, Humanities, Social Sciences, Life Sciences, Exact Sciences, Law, Education, Jewish Studies (the largest of its kind in the world), Medicine (the only faculty located on its own campus in Safed) and the Interdisciplinary Studies Unit (Mechina Program). In addition, the university is home to more than 70 research institutes covering a vast array of fields. It is the academic home of 24 Israel Prize laureates and many other researchers who have won international awards and recognition. Bar-Ilan is one of Israel’s largest and fastest-growing universities.
It is about “leveraging emerging technologies in artificial intelligence and robotics to rapidly transform scientific discovery into real-world solutions,” said Jessica Feldan, CEO of American Friends of Bar-Ilan University.
The first-of-its-kind Israeli institute will focus on cancer research, organ and tissue printing, AI for medical data analysis, medical robotics and genetic engineering.
“He was a dream builder—and we’re just getting started,” said Rabbi Mitchell Wohlberg, president of the Haron Dahan Foundation, of the late self-made businessman Aharon Dahan.
“This institute will drive the breakthrough technologies needed to position Israel at the forefront of global energy innovation,” said Israeli Minister of Energy and Infrastructure Eli Cohen.
He describes the school as “a beacon of excellence, a place where tradition and innovation meet, where Jewish values are woven into the fabric of world-class research and education.”
Award will be given to political science professor Robert Putnam in recognition of his outstanding contributions as a public intellectual.
The Adelson Institute is poised to rapidly transform ideas into smart materials and, by extension, into successful and marketable products
“One out of every two students on the dean’s list is a reservist—double their proportional representation in the student body,” said Arie Zaban, the school’s president.
With $6.6 million in funding from the Helmsley Charitable Trust, top academic and industry researchers will collaborate on climate solutions by developing and scaling up clean energy storage devices for commercialization.