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Free Eye Exams for Soldiers and Survivors

Free Eye Exams for Soldiers and Survivors

After 7th October, many residents of the south ran from their homes without their glasses or contact lenses. For soldiers, shrapnel, glass and other particulates in the eye can cause permanent...

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Bar-Ilan Launches Emergency Trauma Hotline

Bar-Ilan Launches Emergency Trauma Hotline

Many Israelis are currently suffering disabling, even life- threatening, stress, trauma and anxiety. To this end, Bar-Ilan has launched a hotline for psychological support. Staffed by volunteer...

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BESA Welcomes UK Delegation

BESA Welcomes UK Delegation

In September, Bar-Ilan's BESA Centre welcomed researchers and experts from RUSI (Royal United Services Institute) and Exeter University for a strategic dialogue on modern warfare. Discussions...

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Mazel Tov… Dr Yael Shapira

Mazel Tov… Dr Yael Shapira

Mazel tov to Dr Yael Shapira from Bar-Ilan's Department of Linguistics and English Literature on receiving an Israel Science Foundation (ISF) grant for her research focusing on a forgotten author...

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Gaming Heals Depression

Gaming Heals Depression

Gaming was used to break negative thinking patterns in a research by Prof. Moshe Bar from the Gonda Multidisciplinary Brain Research Centre at Bar-Ilan. Prof. Moshe Bar has discovered a way to use...

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Supporting Mental Resilience after Stillbirth

Supporting Mental Resilience after Stillbirth

A study at the BIU Department of Psychology in collaboration with Hadassah Ein-Karem medical centre, focuses on stillbirth, and aims to support the mental resilience of women after trauma. The death...

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JCoSS Student Presented Bar-Ilan Award

JCoSS Student Presented Bar-Ilan Award

JCoSS student, Gabriella Wilton, has been presented with a Bar-Ilan Award at this year's JCoSS Awards Ceremony. The award was presented to Gabriella for her work as a Holocaust education ambassador....

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Necromancy Rituals in Jerusalem Cave

Necromancy Rituals in Jerusalem Cave

Rare archaeological findings by Bar-Ilan's Prof. Boaz Zissu offer a glimpse into mysterious customs from 1,700 years ago. In a stunning archaeological discovery, a team of researchers from Bar-Ilan,...

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VR Glasses to Increase Empathy

VR Glasses to Increase Empathy

At Bar-Ilan's UnBox entrepreneurship centre, a virtual reality initiative is being developed to increase empathy between people. The VR technology has the ability to make users share feelings and...

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Introducing Golda… The Robotic Guide Dog

Introducing Golda… The Robotic Guide Dog

Discover the future of AI technology with Golda, the ground-breaking robotic guide dog developed by Dr. Mirsky at the Computer Science Lab at Bar-Ilan. Golda is set to revolutionize the lives of the...

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