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| Bar-Ilan Receives #1 Ranking
 This year, BIU was ranked #1 among Israeli universities in five major areas. The Science Citations Index rated BIU's Advanced Materials Research Publications - the foundation of nanotechnology - #1 in Israel and #3 in the world. The University's Louis and Gabi Weisfeld School of Social Work was rated #1 by the Council for Higher Education in Israel. BIU was also ranked #1 in Clinical Psychology and Public Economics. BIU's Law graduates achieved the highest average grade of all students in the country. |
| Nano Pioneer Develops New, Efficient and Cost Effective Solar Energy Cell
 Using nano-based methods, Prof. Arie Zaban, Head of Bar-Ilan University's Nanotechnology Institute, created a solar cell that is 100 times bigger than his previous design. In a recently patented technique, Prof. Zaban demonstrated how metallic wires mounted on conductive glass form the basis of solar cells which produce electricity as efficiently as conventional methods, but cost far less. Prof. Zaban
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| Blind Bar-Ilan MA Student Succeeds
 In 2004, during second-year final exams for his BA studies at Bar-Ilan, Guy, then 33-years old, permanently lost his eyesight.
This blindness, the result of complications associated with Diabetes, had a profound impact on the life of this soon-to-be young father. Turning to Bar-Ilan's Social Action Unit, the two partner's worked together to meet his special needs.
This is Guy's story and the second part in our special series on Bar-Ilan's Social Action Unit.
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Koschitzky Family Dedicates Jewish History Department
On October 12, 2008, Bar-Ilan University proudly hosted the Koschitzky Family of Toronto for the dedication ceremony of the Israel and Golda Koschitzky Department of Jewish History.
More than 140 friends, family members and colleagues gathered from Canada, the United States, Israel and Europe to pay tribute to Mrs. Golda Koschitzky for her tireless support of the Jewish people and for her generous contribution to Bar-Ilan. Her gift will ensure the success and growth of the largest Jewish History department in the world.
Bar-Ilan is grateful for the continued support of Mrs. Koschitzky and the Koschitzky family and we look forward to sharing in many more simcha's together.
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Knesset Passes Historic Gender Equality Law Initiated by BIU Rackman Center
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Rabbi Rackman, 98, BIU Chancellor Emeritus, Passes Away in New York
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Prof. Rynhold
President Obama and the Middle East Challenge
by Prof. Jonathan Rynhold,
Senior Research Fellow at the BESA Center at Bar-Ilan University
Barack Obama's general outlook on foreign policy is the opposite of George W. Bush's approach. He has enunciated a clear program for Middle East policy based on multilateralism and negotiations to deal with Iran,
Iraq and the Arab-Israeli conflict.
In reality he will have to make tough choices about what to prioritize and do when other countries reject the US approach. The most important challenge he faces concerns Iran, rather than the Arab-Israeli conflict.
So what is the outlook for Obama's foreign policy on Iraq, Iran, the War on Terror and the Arab-Israeli Arena? And what are the implications for Israel?
One of the main themes of Obama's campaign was "change," including a rejection of George W. Bush's "ideological" approach to foreign policy, in favor of "pragmatism."
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