Awards and Citations Received by the University Bar-Ilan's University is the recipient of numerous awards, citations, prizes and grants for its valuable contributions in diverse areas such as education, brain research, law, psychology, exact sciences, social sciences, archeology, communication and co-existence, scientific research, engineering, and, of course, Jewish studies, including research of issues such as Hungarian Jewry, and Sephardic Jewry before the expulsion from Spain.
These awards and prizes have been given by a wide range of bodies and institutions. The following are among the most recent:
Prof. Doron Aurbach, of the Department of Chemistry, is the recipient of two prestigious honors in recognition of his pioneering research: the Award in Battery Technology from the U.S-based Electrochemical Society for his development of novel rechargeable batteries and the science behind them; and recognition as one of the most cited Israeli authors of scientific papers in the world by the international Institute for Scientific Information, which publishes reference databases and identifies researchers who have made an outstanding impact in their field. Prof. Aurbach is the only Israeli material scientist in this category to appear on the prestigious international list.
Dr. Eli Barkai, of Bar-Ilan University's Department of Physics, was awarded the Krill Prize for Excellence in Scientific Research for 2006.
Prof. Emeritus Hillel Barzel, of the Department of Jewish Literature, was awarded the Yizhar Prize for his book A History of Hebrew Poetry: Vol.6: Prophetic Expressionism – Uri Zvi Greenberg, Isaac Lamdan, Mattityahu Shoham (Sifriat Poalim, with the assistance of Bar-Ilan University, 2005).
Bar-Ilan Professors Vice President for Research Harold Basch and former Vice President for Research Shmaryahu Hoz, and the Technion’s Prof. Eli Altus and doctoral student Lior Itzhaki have discovered a material 40 times harder than diamonds by using nanotechnology. They have published their findings in the Internet edition of the world’s most influential chemistry journal, Angewdte Chemie.
Prof. Judy Baumel, of the Department of Jewish History, was awarded the Reuven & Edith Hecht Prize for her book Perfect Heroes: The Yishuv Parachutist from World War II and the Collective Zionist Memory (Sde Boker Publishing, 2005)
Prof. Elisheva Baumgarten, of the Department of Jewish History and the Genders Studies Program, was awarded the Koret Jewish Book Award for her book Mothers and Children.
Bar-Ilan University marked World AIDS Day by honoring Dr. Robert Gallo, the eminent scientist who became world famous two decades ago when he co-discovered that the HIV virus was the cause of AIDS. Bar-Ilan’s Safdié Institute for AIDS and Immunology Research (C.A.I.R. Institute) bestowed the Dr. Tovi Comet Walerstein Science Award for 2005 upon Dr. Gallo, in recognition of his pioneering research in the field of human retrovirology and his outstanding achievements that opened up entire new approaches in the treatment of cancer and AIDS.
Prof. Moshe Kaveh, Bar-Ilan University President, received an honorary doctorate from Yeshiva University at YU’s first Israel Colloquium. The Colloquium was a celebration of Torah U’Madda and its relevance to life in Israel. Prof. Kaveh was recognized as an internationally renowned physicist and a key individual who has made a difference in Israel.
Prof. Ya’acov Klein, of the Departments of Hebrew and Semitic Languages and Bible was one of 4 senior scientists admitted recently to the Israel Academy of Sciences and the Humanities at a ceremony at the residence of Israel President Moshe Katsav. Prof. Klein is one of the world’s leading experts in ancient Sumerian culture and Mesopotamian literature.
Prof. Amos Kloner, of the Martin (Szusz) Department of the Land of Israel Studies and Archaeology, has been awarded the 2005 EMET Prize (for Arts, Science and Culture) for archaeology. The EMET is the only prize to operate under the auspices of the prime minister and is considered Israel’s “Nobel Prize.”
Dr. Avi Kober, Deputy Director of the Department of Political Studies, was awarded the Tel Aviv University Jaffe Center for Strategic Studies Tshetshik Prize for Strategic Studies on Israel's Security.
Dr. Bracha Kramarski, of the Churgin School of Education, has won several prestigious grants from the Chief Scientist in the Ministry of Education. She is currently the Chief Researcher of the Program for International Students Assessment of Reading, Mathematics and Science Literacy (PISA). The research is conducted by the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) with the participation of 40 countries. Dr. Kramarski also received numerous grants from the Center for Learning Science (Malam) for research and development of projects in mathematics education.
Dr. Yoram Louzoun, of the Department of Mathematics, was awarded the Krill Prize for Excellence in Scientific Research for 2005
A first-of-its kind study published in the current issue of Neuropsychologia reveals that different brain areas are activated in order to understand poetry and everyday language. The study was conducted by Bar-Ilan University doctoral student Nira Mashal, as part of an intensive research project led by Prof. Miriam Faust, Chairman of Bar-Ilan University’s Department of Psychology and director of the brain and language laboratories at the University’s Gonda (Goldschmied) Multidisciplinary Brain Research Center.
Prof. Zemira Mevarech, former Bar-Ilan University Vice Rector, was awarded the Landau Prize for Education and a grant to conduct research in the Program for International Students Assessment of Reading, Mathematics and Science Literacy (PISA).
Dr. David Schwartz, Chairman of the Information Systems Division and an assistant professor at the Graduate School of Business Administration, is the editor of the recently published Encyclopedia of Knowledge Management (Idea Group Publishing), an all-inclusive source of coverage related to the past, present, and emerging directions of knowledge management.
Prof. Ora Schwartzwald, of the Department Hebrew and Semitic Languages, was appointed to the advisory board of the Hebrew Language Academy.
Prof. Shlomo Spitzer, of the Department of Jewish History, was awarded the Hungarian Sandor Scheiber Prize for his research on Hungarian Jewry.
Prof. Eli Vakhil, of the Department of Psychology, was appointed Deputy Editor of the Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society (JINS).
Dr. Yaron Harel, of the Koschitzky Department of Jewish History, received the 2,009 Zalman Shazar Award for Reserch in Jewish History.
Prof. Aharon Gedanken, of the Department of chemistry, earned the Israel Vacuum Society Award for 2,009.
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