{"id":301,"date":"2024-04-14T08:40:41","date_gmt":"2024-04-14T08:40:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/presidentreport.biu.ac.il\/?p=301"},"modified":"2024-05-27T08:05:12","modified_gmt":"2024-05-27T08:05:12","slug":"prizes-and-awards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/presidentreport.biu.ac.il\/index.php\/2024\/04\/14\/prizes-and-awards\/","title":{"rendered":"Prizes and Awards"},"content":{"rendered":"<!--themify_builder_content-->\n<div id=\"themify_builder_content-301\" data-postid=\"301\" class=\"themify_builder_content themify_builder_content-301 themify_builder tf_clear\">\n                    <div  data-parallax-bg=\"desktop\" data-css_id=\"okzo100\" data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_row themify_builder_row fullwidth tb_okzo100 tb_first tf_w\">\n                        <div class=\"row_inner col_align_top tb_col_count_1 tf_box tf_rel\">\n                        <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_column tb-column col-full tb_5kk0100 first\">\n                            <\/div>\n                        <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n                        <div  data-css_id=\"o7k7592\" data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_row themify_builder_row fullwidth tb_o7k7592 tf_w wow\" data-tf-animation=\"pulse\">\n                        <div class=\"row_inner col_align_top gutter-none tb_col_count_2 tf_box tf_rel\">\n                        <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_column tb-column col4-2 tb_scmu592 first\">\n                            <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_subrow themify_builder_sub_row tf_w col_align_top gutter-narrow tb_col_count_2 tb_rgiv584\">\n                <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_column sub_column col4-2 tb_ic8k584 first\">\n                    <!-- module image -->\n<div  class=\"module module-image tb_ac4l144 image-top   tf_mw\" data-lazy=\"1\">\n        <div class=\"image-wrap tf_rel tf_mw\">\n            <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1811\" height=\"2560\" src=\"https:\/\/presidentreport.biu.ac.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/107A7501-scaled.jpg\" class=\"wp-post-image wp-image-3229\" title=\"107A7501\" alt=\"Prof. Amnon Albeck\" srcset=\"https:\/\/presidentreport.biu.ac.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/107A7501-scaled.jpg 1811w, https:\/\/presidentreport.biu.ac.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/107A7501-212x300.jpg 212w, https:\/\/presidentreport.biu.ac.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/107A7501-724x1024.jpg 724w, https:\/\/presidentreport.biu.ac.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/107A7501-768x1086.jpg 768w, https:\/\/presidentreport.biu.ac.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/107A7501-1086x1536.jpg 1086w, https:\/\/presidentreport.biu.ac.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/107A7501-1449x2048.jpg 1449w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1811px) 100vw, 1811px\" \/>    \n        <\/div>\n    <!-- \/image-wrap -->\n    \n        <\/div>\n<!-- \/module image -->        <\/div>\n                    <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_column sub_column col4-2 tb_mje5585 last\">\n                    <!-- module text -->\n<div  class=\"module module-text tb_i1e8224   \" data-lazy=\"1\">\n        <div  class=\"tb_text_wrap\">\n        <h2>Message from the Rector<\/h2>    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- \/module text --><!-- module text -->\n<div  class=\"module module-text tb_qnsl592   \" data-lazy=\"1\">\n        <div  class=\"tb_text_wrap\">\n        <p>While Bar-Ilan leadership strives to instil the vision and provide the conditions for outstanding education and research, it is ultimately our faculty members who determine our level of excellence and impact. As the following list of accomplishments by those same faculty members makes clear, Bar-Ilan is privileged to be home to exceptionally talented academics who actively seek to make a difference\u2014on the lives of their students, in Israeli society, for the Jewish people, and for the world at large. It is my honor as rector, on behalf of the president and all of the University\u2019s leadership, to congratulate these researchers and scholars and thank them for making Bar-Ilan the transformative institution it is today.<\/p>    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- \/module text --><!-- module text -->\n<div  class=\"module module-text tb_3nug592   \" data-lazy=\"1\">\n        <div  class=\"tb_text_wrap\">\n        <h3><strong>Prof. Amnon Albeck<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Rector<\/p>    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- \/module text -->        <\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n                <\/div>\n                    <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_column tb-column col4-2 tb_vpwy408 last\">\n                            <\/div>\n                        <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n                        <div  data-css_id=\"tdd8190\" data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_row themify_builder_row fullwidth tb_tdd8190 tf_w\">\n                        <div class=\"row_inner col_align_top tb_col_count_1 tf_box tf_rel\">\n                        <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_column tb-column col-full tb_mq2o190 first\">\n                    <!-- module plain text -->\n<div  class=\"module module-plain-text tb_6jx9391 \" data-lazy=\"1\">\n        <div class=\"tb_text_wrap\">\n    <style>\n.container {\n              width: 100%;\n          height: 100%;\n        }\n        .confetti {\n          width: 7px;\n          height: 10px;\n          background-color: #cea457;\n          position: absolute;\n          left: 50%;\n          animation: confetti 10s ease-in-out -1s infinite;\n          transform-origin: left top;\n        }\n        .confetti:nth-child(1) {\n          background-color:#cea457; 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Baron Prize by the American Academy for Jewish Research, and the 2023 Jordan Schnitzer Book Award in the category of Medieval and Early Modern Jewish History and Culture for his book <em>Poisoned Wells: Accusations, Persecution, and Minorities in Medieval Europe, 1321-1422.<\/em>\n<\/div>\n\n<br\/>\n\n<div>\n<h1>Prof. Ittai Bar-Siman-Tov<\/h1> of the <strong>Faculty of Law<\/strong> on being selected to the board of the International Association of Legislation.\n<\/div>\n\n<br\/>\n\n<div>\n<h1>Prof. Sharon Gannot<\/h1> of the <strong>Alexander Kofkin Faculty of Engineering<\/strong> on being selected to chair the Data Science Initiative of the IEEE Signal Processing Society (SPS) and on his appointment as a founding member of a new initiative by the SPS Education Center\u2019s Editorial Board for gathering and making accessible educational material in signal processing and machine learning.\n<\/div>\n\n<br\/>\n\n<div>\n<h1>Dr. Limor Lavie<\/h1> of the <strong>Department of Arabic<\/strong> on being awarded the Bernard Lewis Prize by the Association for the Study of the Middle East and Africa (ASMEA) in Washington, D.C.\n<\/div>\n\n<br\/>\n\n<div>\n<h1>Dr. Moran Yadid<\/h1> of the <strong>Azrieli Faculty of Medicine<\/strong> on receiving a 2023-24 Zuckerman Faculty Grant.\n<\/div>\n\n<br\/>\n\n<div>\n<h1>Prof. Cyrille Cohen<\/h1> of the <strong>Mina and Everard Goodman Faculty of Life Sciences<\/strong> on his appointment as board member and head of the Israel Science Foundation\u2019s medical and biological fields.\n<\/div>\n\n<br\/>\n\n<div>\n<h1>Prof. Yoav Goldberg<\/h1> of the <strong>Department of Computer Science<\/strong>, <h1>Dr. Tali Gazit<\/h1> of the <strong>Department of Information Science<\/strong>, <h1>Dr. Ella Glikson<\/h1> of the <strong>School of Business Administration<\/strong>, and <h1>Dr. Ido Hartogsohn<\/h1> of the <strong>Program for Science, Technology, and Society<\/strong>, on being selected to the Young Scholars Forum in the Humanities and Social Sciences for 2023-24.\n<\/div>\n\n<br\/>\n\n<div>\n<h1>Dr. Ella Klik<\/h1> of the <strong>Program for Commentary and Culture Studies<\/strong> on being awarded a 2023-24 Azrieli Faculty Fellowship.\n<\/div>\n\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- \/module plain text -->        <\/div>\n                    <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_column tb-column col4-2 tb_gdmx10 last\">\n                    <!-- module plain text -->\n<div  class=\"module module-plain-text tb_mwuf489 \" data-lazy=\"1\">\n        <div class=\"tb_text_wrap\">\n    <style>\n\t\n\th1{\n\t\tdisplay:inline;\n\t\tfont-family:FedraSansBarilan-Medium;\n\t\tfont-size:17px;\n\t\tfont-weight:800;\n\t\ttext-transform: uppercase;\n\t\tcolor:#cea457;\n\t}\n<\/style>\n\n\n<div>\n<h1>Dr. Manal Totry-Jubran<\/h1> of the <strong>Faculty of Law<\/strong> on being awarded a Michael Biron Cegla Young Faculty Prize for Outstanding Paper.\n<\/div>\n\n<br\/>\n\n<div>\n<h1>Prof. Basilius Bawardi<\/h1> of the <strong>Department of Arabic<\/strong> on being awarded a prize by the Ministry of Culture and Sport in recognition of his contribution to the field of Arabic literature.\n<\/div>\n\n<br\/>\n\n<div>\n<h1>Prof. Elad Ben-Dror<\/h1> of the <strong>Department of Middle Eastern Studies<\/strong> on being awarded the 2022-23 Yitzhak Ben-Zvi Prize for his book <em>Road to Partition: UNSCOP and the Beginning of United Nations Involvement in the Israel-Arab Conflict.<\/em>\n<\/div>\n\n<br\/>\n\n<div>\n<h1>Eliaz Cohen<\/h1> of the <strong>Department of Comparative Literature<\/strong> on receiving the Levi Eshkol Award for Hebrew Literary Works.\n<\/div>\n\n<br\/>\n\n<div>\n<h1>Prof. Shmuel Feiner<\/h1> of the <strong>Israel and Golda Koschitzky Department of Jewish History and Contemporary Jewry<\/strong> on being elected to the Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities.\n<\/div>\n\n<br\/>\n\n<div>\n<h1>Prof. Sarit Kraus<\/h1> of the <strong>Department of Computer Science<\/strong> on receiving the prestigious IJCAI Award for Research Excellence.\n<\/div>\n\n<br\/>\n\n<div>\n<h1>Dr. Hanan Herzig Sheinfux<\/h1> of the <strong>Department of Physics<\/strong> on being awarded a four-year support grant for young faculty members in quantum technologies.\n<\/div>\n\n<br\/>\n\n<div>\n<h1>Dr. Hillel Mali<\/h1> of the <strong>Zalman Shamir Department of Bible<\/strong>, <h1>Dr. Binyamin Knisbacher<\/h1> of the <strong>Mina and Everard Goodman Faculty of Life Sciences<\/strong>, and <h1>Dr. Rotem Kahalon<\/h1> of the <strong>Azrieli Faculty of Medicine<\/strong> on being awarded a 2023-24 Alon Scholarship.\n<\/div>\n\n<br\/>\n\n<div>\n<h1>Prof. Shlomo Shpiro<\/h1> of the <strong>Department of Political Science and the School of Communication<\/strong> on his appointment to Germany\u2019s commission to reappraise the attack on Israeli athletes at the 1972 Munich Olympic Games.\n<\/div>\n\n<br\/>\n\n<div>\n<h1>Prof. Tamar Wolf-Monzon<\/h1> of the <strong>Joseph and Norman Berman Department of Jewish Literature of the Jewish People<\/strong> on her appointment to the Board of Directors of the National Library of Israel.\n<\/div>\n\n<br\/>\n\n<div>\nBar-Ilan University was selected from among Israel\u2019s universities for a grant for the establishment of a center for resilience and crisis intervention. The grant\u2019s submission and execution were headed by <h1>Profs. Noa Vilchinsky<\/h1> and <h1>Rivka Tuval-Mashiach<\/h1> of the <strong>Department of Psychology<\/strong>.\n<\/div>\n\n<br\/>\n\n<div>\n<h1>Prof. Ronit Kark<\/h1> of the <strong>Department of Psychology<\/strong> on being awarded the Anna Boyksen Fellowship from Technical University of Munich\u2019s Graduate School for a female researcher with outstanding achievements in the study of gender and diversity.\n<\/div>\n\n<br\/>\n\n<div>\n<h1>Prof. Ilanit Hasson-Ohayon<\/h1> and <h1>Ronit Kark<\/h1> of the <strong>Department of Psychology<\/strong>; <h1>Prof. Ehud Bodner<\/h1> of the <strong>Department of Social and Health Sciences<\/strong>; <h1>Profs. Liat Ayalon<\/h1>, <h1>Rachel Dekel<\/h1>, <h1>Orit Taubman-Ben-Ari<\/h1>, and <h1>Jonathan Rabinowitz<\/h1> of the <strong>Louis and Gabi Weisfeld School of Social Work<\/strong>; <h1>Prof. Chaim Noy<\/h1> of the <strong>School of Communication<\/strong>; <h1>Prof. Jonathan Fox<\/h1> of the <strong>Department of Political Science<\/strong>; <h1>Prof. Onn Shehory<\/h1> of the <strong>School of Business Administration<\/strong>; <h1>Profs. Shira Offer<\/h1> and <h1>Larissa Remnick<\/h1> of the <strong>Department of Sociology and Anthropology<\/strong> on their inclusion in the list of standardized citation indicators of the Elsevier and Stanford University data repositories.\n<\/div>    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- \/module plain text -->        <\/div>\n                        <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n                        <div  data-anchor=\"Postdoctoral&amp;GraduateStudents\" data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_row themify_builder_row tb_has_section tb_section-Postdoctoral&amp;GraduateStudents tb_igju258 tf_w\">\n                        <div class=\"row_inner col_align_top tb_col_count_1 tf_box tf_rel\">\n                        <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_column tb-column col-full tb_avuf258 first\">\n                    <!-- module text -->\n<div  class=\"module module-text tb_div329    wow\" data-tf-animation=\"fadeInDown\" data-lazy=\"1\">\n        <div  class=\"tb_text_wrap\">\n        <p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Postdoctoral and Graduate Students<\/p>    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- \/module text --><!-- module text -->\n<div  class=\"module module-text tb_rp73258    wow\" data-tf-animation=\"fadeInDown\" data-lazy=\"1\">\n        <div  class=\"tb_text_wrap\">\n        <p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Bar-Ilan is proud of its postdoctoral and graduate students for being recognized by means of the following awards and honors:<\/p>    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- \/module text -->        <\/div>\n                        <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n                        <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_row themify_builder_row tb_5pc4362 tf_w wow\" data-tf-animation=\"fadeIn\">\n                        <div class=\"row_inner col_align_top tb_col_count_2 tf_box tf_rel\">\n                        <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_column tb-column col4-2 tb_r6qg362 first\">\n                    <!-- module plain text -->\n<div  class=\"module module-plain-text tb_tciv362 \" data-lazy=\"1\">\n        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Jewry<\/strong>, <h1>Dr. Bnaya Gross<\/h1> of the <strong>Department of Physics<\/strong>, and <h1>Salwa Kaiyal<\/h1> of the <strong>Conflict Management, Resolution, &amp; Negotiation Program<\/strong> on being awarded a 2023-24 Fulbright Scholarship for postdoctoral researchers.\n<\/div>\n\n<br>\n\n<div>\n    <h1>Aviv Slobodkin<\/h1>, <h1>Royi Rassin<\/h1>, <h1>Alon Arab<\/h1>, and <h1>Eran Hirsch<\/h1> of the <strong>Department of Computer Science<\/strong> and <h1>Romi Goldner Kabeli<\/h1> of the <strong>Mina and Everard Goodman Faculty of Life Sciences<\/strong> on being awarded the three-year, 5th Annual Scholarship for Outstanding Doctoral Students in Data Science from the Israel Council for Higher Education.\n<\/div>\n\n<br>\n\n<div>\n    <h1>Miriam Shirel Karmon<\/h1> of the <strong>Mina and Everard Goodman Faculty of Life Sciences<\/strong> on being awarded a 2023-24 Scholarship for Outstanding Doctoral Students from Haredi Society.\n<\/div>\n\n<br>\n\n<div>\n    <h1>Esther Metuko<\/h1> of the <strong>Department of Criminology<\/strong> and <h1>Berhe Meklit<\/h1> of the <strong>Mina and Everard Goodman Faculty of Life Sciences<\/strong> on being awarded a 2022-23 Scholarship for Master\u2019s Degree with Thesis for Outstanding Students of Ethiopian Descent.\n<\/div>\n\n<br>\n\n<div>\n    <h1>Reut Plen<\/h1> and <h1>Dafna Levenberg<\/h1> of the <strong>Alexander Kofkin Faculty of Engineering<\/strong> on being awarded a 2023-24 Scholarship for Outstanding Women Doctoral Students in High-Tech Professions.\n<\/div>\n\n<br>\n\n<div>\n    <h1>Dr. Ariel Friedman<\/h1> of the <strong>Department of Chemistry<\/strong> on being selected as a 2023-24 Zuckerman STEM Leadership Postdoctoral Scholar.\n<\/div>\n\n<br>\n\n<div><br><\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- \/module plain text -->        <\/div>\n                    <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_column tb-column col4-2 tb_ix7f362 last\">\n                    <!-- module plain text -->\n<div  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Thesis for Outstanding Students from Arab Society.\n<\/div>\n\n<br>\n\n<div>\n    <h1>Odeya Shaz<\/h1> of the <strong>Department of Middle Eastern Studies<\/strong>, <h1>Annette Landes-Nagar<\/h1> of the <strong>Martin (Szusz) Department of Land of Israel Studies and Archaeology<\/strong>, and <h1>Omer Ahituv<\/h1> of the <strong>Israel and Golda Koschitzky Department of Jewish History and Contemporary Jewry<\/strong> on being awarded the 2023-24 Rotenstreich Scholarship for Outstanding Doctoral Students in the Humanities.\n<\/div>\n\n<br>\n\n<div>\n    <h1>Anat Lifshitz<\/h1> of the <strong>Faculty of Law<\/strong>, <h1>Asil Mansour Iraqi<\/h1> of the <strong>Department of Social and Health Sciences<\/strong>, and <h1>Miriam Kakon<\/h1> of the <strong>Azrieli Faculty of Medicine<\/strong> on being awarded a President of the State of Israel Scientific Excellence and Innovation Grant.\n<\/div>\n\n<br>\n\n<div>\n    <h1>Sapir Weitz Sobelman<\/h1> of the <strong>Department of Physics<\/strong> on being awarded a 2023-24 Azrieli Graduate Studies Fellowship in the natural sciences.\n<\/div>\n\n<br>\n\n<div>\n    <h1>Yishai Klein<\/h1> of the <strong>Department of Physics<\/strong> on being awarded a 2023-24 Fellowship for Outstanding Postdoctoral Fellows from Haredi Society.\n<\/div>\n\n<br>\n\n<div>\n    <h1>Israel\u2019s Computer Science Olympics team<\/h1>\u2014part of Bar-Ilan\u2019s Future Scientists Center\u2014and its coach <h1>Dr. Avshalom Elmalech<\/h1> on winning three gold medals.\n<\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- \/module plain text -->        <\/div>\n                        <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n                        <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_row themify_builder_row tb_9auf443 tf_w\">\n                        <div class=\"row_inner col_align_top tb_col_count_2 tf_box tf_rel\">\n                        <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_column tb-column col4-2 tb_n0fu443 first\">\n                    <!-- module image 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                   <div class=\"image-caption tb_text_wrap\">\n            The awards ceremony for the Rector\u2019s Prize for Scientific Innovation.        <\/div>\n        <!-- \/image-caption -->\n            <\/div>\n    <!-- \/image-content -->\n        <\/div>\n<!-- \/module image -->        <\/div>\n                        <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n<!--\/themify_builder_content-->\n\n<div class=\"pdfprnt-buttons pdfprnt-buttons-post pdfprnt-bottom-left\"><a href=\"https:\/\/presidentreport.biu.ac.il\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/301?print=pdf\" class=\"pdfprnt-button pdfprnt-button-pdf\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/presidentreport.biu.ac.il\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/301?print=print\" class=\"pdfprnt-button pdfprnt-button-print\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/presidentreport.biu.ac.il\/wp-content\/plugins\/pdf-print\/images\/print.png\" alt=\"image_print\" title=\"Print Content\" \/><span class=\"pdfprnt-button-title pdfprnt-button-print-title\">Print<\/span><\/a><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Message from the Rector While Bar-Ilan leadership strives to instil the vision and provide the conditions for outstanding education and research, it is ultimately our faculty members who determine our level of excellence and impact. As the following list of accomplishments by those same faculty members makes clear, Bar-Ilan is privileged to be home to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-301","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-teaching-and-learning","has-post-title","has-post-date","has-post-category","has-post-tag","has-post-comment","has-post-author",""],"builder_content":"<img src=\"https:\/\/presidentreport.biu.ac.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/107A7501-scaled.jpg\" title=\"107A7501\" alt=\"Prof. Amnon Albeck\" srcset=\"https:\/\/presidentreport.biu.ac.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/107A7501-scaled.jpg 1811w, https:\/\/presidentreport.biu.ac.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/107A7501-212x300.jpg 212w, https:\/\/presidentreport.biu.ac.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/107A7501-724x1024.jpg 724w, https:\/\/presidentreport.biu.ac.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/107A7501-768x1086.jpg 768w, https:\/\/presidentreport.biu.ac.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/107A7501-1086x1536.jpg 1086w, https:\/\/presidentreport.biu.ac.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/107A7501-1449x2048.jpg 1449w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1811px) 100vw, 1811px\" \/>\n<h2>Message from the Rector<\/h2>\n<p>While Bar-Ilan leadership strives to instil the vision and provide the conditions for outstanding education and research, it is ultimately our faculty members who determine our level of excellence and impact. As the following list of accomplishments by those same faculty members makes clear, Bar-Ilan is privileged to be home to exceptionally talented academics who actively seek to make a difference\u2014on the lives of their students, in Israeli society, for the Jewish people, and for the world at large. It is my honor as rector, on behalf of the president and all of the University\u2019s leadership, to congratulate these researchers and scholars and thank them for making Bar-Ilan the transformative institution it is today.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Prof. Amnon Albeck<\/strong><\/h3> <p>Rector<\/p>\n<container> \n <\/container>\n<h2 style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Prizes and Awards<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"#FacultyMembers\">Faculty Members<\/a> | <a href=\"#Postdoctoral&amp;GraduateStudents\">Postdoctoral &amp; Graduate Students<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Faculty Members<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Bar-Ilan warmly congratulates its faculty members for being recognized by means of the following awards and honors:<\/p>\n<h1>Prof. Zeev Zalevsky,<\/h1> dean of the <strong>Alexander Kofkin Faculty of Engineering<\/strong>, on receiving the 2023 IEEE Photonics Society Laser Instrumentation Award.\n<br\/>\n<h1>Dr. Nitzan Gonen<\/h1> of the <strong>Mina and Everard Goodman Faculty of Life Sciences<\/strong> on being awarded the Krill Prize for Excellence in Scientific Research.\n<br\/>\n<h1>Prof. Emeritus Eytan Gilboa<\/h1> of the <strong>Department of Political Science and the School of Communication<\/strong> on receiving the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Israeli Association for International Studies for his significant contribution to the study of international relations in Israel and abroad.\n<br\/>\n<h1>Prof. Emeritus Shlomo Havlin<\/h1> of the <strong>Department of Physics<\/strong> on receiving a medal from the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences.\n<br\/>\n<h1>Prof. Emeritus Nissan Rubin<\/h1> of the <strong>Department of Sociology and Anthropology<\/strong> on receiving the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Israeli Anthropological Association.\n<br\/>\n<h1>Dr. Tzafrir Barzilay<\/h1> of the <strong>Department of General History<\/strong> on being awarded the Salo W. Baron Prize by the American Academy for Jewish Research, and the 2023 Jordan Schnitzer Book Award in the category of Medieval and Early Modern Jewish History and Culture for his book <em>Poisoned Wells: Accusations, Persecution, and Minorities in Medieval Europe, 1321-1422.<\/em>\n<br\/>\n<h1>Prof. Ittai Bar-Siman-Tov<\/h1> of the <strong>Faculty of Law<\/strong> on being selected to the board of the International Association of Legislation.\n<br\/>\n<h1>Prof. Sharon Gannot<\/h1> of the <strong>Alexander Kofkin Faculty of Engineering<\/strong> on being selected to chair the Data Science Initiative of the IEEE Signal Processing Society (SPS) and on his appointment as a founding member of a new initiative by the SPS Education Center\u2019s Editorial Board for gathering and making accessible educational material in signal processing and machine learning.\n<br\/>\n<h1>Dr. Limor Lavie<\/h1> of the <strong>Department of Arabic<\/strong> on being awarded the Bernard Lewis Prize by the Association for the Study of the Middle East and Africa (ASMEA) in Washington, D.C.\n<br\/>\n<h1>Dr. Moran Yadid<\/h1> of the <strong>Azrieli Faculty of Medicine<\/strong> on receiving a 2023-24 Zuckerman Faculty Grant.\n<br\/>\n<h1>Prof. Cyrille Cohen<\/h1> of the <strong>Mina and Everard Goodman Faculty of Life Sciences<\/strong> on his appointment as board member and head of the Israel Science Foundation\u2019s medical and biological fields.\n<br\/>\n<h1>Prof. Yoav Goldberg<\/h1> of the <strong>Department of Computer Science<\/strong>, <h1>Dr. Tali Gazit<\/h1> of the <strong>Department of Information Science<\/strong>, <h1>Dr. Ella Glikson<\/h1> of the <strong>School of Business Administration<\/strong>, and <h1>Dr. Ido Hartogsohn<\/h1> of the <strong>Program for Science, Technology, and Society<\/strong>, on being selected to the Young Scholars Forum in the Humanities and Social Sciences for 2023-24.\n<br\/>\n<h1>Dr. Ella Klik<\/h1> of the <strong>Program for Commentary and Culture Studies<\/strong> on being awarded a 2023-24 Azrieli Faculty Fellowship.\n<h1>Dr. Manal Totry-Jubran<\/h1> of the <strong>Faculty of Law<\/strong> on being awarded a Michael Biron Cegla Young Faculty Prize for Outstanding Paper.\n<br\/>\n<h1>Prof. Basilius Bawardi<\/h1> of the <strong>Department of Arabic<\/strong> on being awarded a prize by the Ministry of Culture and Sport in recognition of his contribution to the field of Arabic literature.\n<br\/>\n<h1>Prof. Elad Ben-Dror<\/h1> of the <strong>Department of Middle Eastern Studies<\/strong> on being awarded the 2022-23 Yitzhak Ben-Zvi Prize for his book <em>Road to Partition: UNSCOP and the Beginning of United Nations Involvement in the Israel-Arab Conflict.<\/em>\n<br\/>\n<h1>Eliaz Cohen<\/h1> of the <strong>Department of Comparative Literature<\/strong> on receiving the Levi Eshkol Award for Hebrew Literary Works.\n<br\/>\n<h1>Prof. Shmuel Feiner<\/h1> of the <strong>Israel and Golda Koschitzky Department of Jewish History and Contemporary Jewry<\/strong> on being elected to the Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities.\n<br\/>\n<h1>Prof. Sarit Kraus<\/h1> of the <strong>Department of Computer Science<\/strong> on receiving the prestigious IJCAI Award for Research Excellence.\n<br\/>\n<h1>Dr. Hanan Herzig Sheinfux<\/h1> of the <strong>Department of Physics<\/strong> on being awarded a four-year support grant for young faculty members in quantum technologies.\n<br\/>\n<h1>Dr. Hillel Mali<\/h1> of the <strong>Zalman Shamir Department of Bible<\/strong>, <h1>Dr. Binyamin Knisbacher<\/h1> of the <strong>Mina and Everard Goodman Faculty of Life Sciences<\/strong>, and <h1>Dr. Rotem Kahalon<\/h1> of the <strong>Azrieli Faculty of Medicine<\/strong> on being awarded a 2023-24 Alon Scholarship.\n<br\/>\n<h1>Prof. Shlomo Shpiro<\/h1> of the <strong>Department of Political Science and the School of Communication<\/strong> on his appointment to Germany\u2019s commission to reappraise the attack on Israeli athletes at the 1972 Munich Olympic Games.\n<br\/>\n<h1>Prof. Tamar Wolf-Monzon<\/h1> of the <strong>Joseph and Norman Berman Department of Jewish Literature of the Jewish People<\/strong> on her appointment to the Board of Directors of the National Library of Israel.\n<br\/>\nBar-Ilan University was selected from among Israel\u2019s universities for a grant for the establishment of a center for resilience and crisis intervention. The grant\u2019s submission and execution were headed by <h1>Profs. Noa Vilchinsky<\/h1> and <h1>Rivka Tuval-Mashiach<\/h1> of the <strong>Department of Psychology<\/strong>.\n<br\/>\n<h1>Prof. Ronit Kark<\/h1> of the <strong>Department of Psychology<\/strong> on being awarded the Anna Boyksen Fellowship from Technical University of Munich\u2019s Graduate School for a female researcher with outstanding achievements in the study of gender and diversity.\n<br\/>\n<h1>Prof. Ilanit Hasson-Ohayon<\/h1> and <h1>Ronit Kark<\/h1> of the <strong>Department of Psychology<\/strong>; <h1>Prof. Ehud Bodner<\/h1> of the <strong>Department of Social and Health Sciences<\/strong>; <h1>Profs. Liat Ayalon<\/h1>, <h1>Rachel Dekel<\/h1>, <h1>Orit Taubman-Ben-Ari<\/h1>, and <h1>Jonathan Rabinowitz<\/h1> of the <strong>Louis and Gabi Weisfeld School of Social Work<\/strong>; <h1>Prof. Chaim Noy<\/h1> of the <strong>School of Communication<\/strong>; <h1>Prof. Jonathan Fox<\/h1> of the <strong>Department of Political Science<\/strong>; <h1>Prof. Onn Shehory<\/h1> of the <strong>School of Business Administration<\/strong>; <h1>Profs. Shira Offer<\/h1> and <h1>Larissa Remnick<\/h1> of the <strong>Department of Sociology and Anthropology<\/strong> on their inclusion in the list of standardized citation indicators of the Elsevier and Stanford University data repositories.\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Postdoctoral and Graduate Students<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Bar-Ilan is proud of its postdoctoral and graduate students for being recognized by means of the following awards and honors:<\/p>\n<h1>Noy Dekel<\/h1>, <h1>Yifat Levy<\/h1>, <h1>Mariam Masalha<\/h1>, and <h1>Adi Kaplan Irani<\/h1> of the <strong>Department of Arabic<\/strong> on being awarded a 2023-24 Scholarship for Outstanding Research Students in Language and Literature from the Arabic Language Academy.\n<br>\n <h1>Shira Ben-Simon<\/h1> of the <strong>Azrieli Faculty of Medicine<\/strong> on being awarded the 2023-24 Prof. Nehemia Levtzion Scholarship for Outstanding Doctoral Students from the Periphery.\n<br>\n <h1>Dr. Reut Zabag<\/h1> of the <strong>Department of Psychology<\/strong>, <h1>Dr. Rhona Burns<\/h1> of the <strong>Israel and Golda Koschitzky Department of Jewish History and Contemporary Jewry<\/strong>, <h1>Dr. Bnaya Gross<\/h1> of the <strong>Department of Physics<\/strong>, and <h1>Salwa Kaiyal<\/h1> of the <strong>Conflict Management, Resolution, &amp; Negotiation Program<\/strong> on being awarded a 2023-24 Fulbright Scholarship for postdoctoral researchers.\n<br>\n <h1>Aviv Slobodkin<\/h1>, <h1>Royi Rassin<\/h1>, <h1>Alon Arab<\/h1>, and <h1>Eran Hirsch<\/h1> of the <strong>Department of Computer Science<\/strong> and <h1>Romi Goldner Kabeli<\/h1> of the <strong>Mina and Everard Goodman Faculty of Life Sciences<\/strong> on being awarded the three-year, 5th Annual Scholarship for Outstanding Doctoral Students in Data Science from the Israel Council for Higher Education.\n<br>\n <h1>Miriam Shirel Karmon<\/h1> of the <strong>Mina and Everard Goodman Faculty of Life Sciences<\/strong> on being awarded a 2023-24 Scholarship for Outstanding Doctoral Students from Haredi Society.\n<br>\n <h1>Esther Metuko<\/h1> of the <strong>Department of Criminology<\/strong> and <h1>Berhe Meklit<\/h1> of the <strong>Mina and Everard Goodman Faculty of Life Sciences<\/strong> on being awarded a 2022-23 Scholarship for Master\u2019s Degree with Thesis for Outstanding Students of Ethiopian Descent.\n<br>\n <h1>Reut Plen<\/h1> and <h1>Dafna Levenberg<\/h1> of the <strong>Alexander Kofkin Faculty of Engineering<\/strong> on being awarded a 2023-24 Scholarship for Outstanding Women Doctoral Students in High-Tech Professions.\n<br>\n <h1>Dr. Ariel Friedman<\/h1> of the <strong>Department of Chemistry<\/strong> on being selected as a 2023-24 Zuckerman STEM Leadership Postdoctoral Scholar.\n<br>\n<br>\n<h1>Shira Kashnowand<\/h1> and <h1>Sharon Cohen<\/h1> of the <strong>Department of Psychology<\/strong> and <h1>Aharon Levy<\/h1> of the <strong>Louis and Gabi Weisfeld School of Social Work<\/strong> on being awarded a 2023-24 Scholarship for Master\u2019s Degree with Thesis for Outstanding Students from Haredi Society.<br>\n<br>\n <h1>Hiba Bishara<\/h1> and <h1>Salma Halabi<\/h1> of the <strong>Department of English Literature and Linguistics<\/strong> and <h1>Jawan Zeibaq<\/h1> and <h1>Saja Dabah<\/h1> of the <strong>School of Optometry and Vision Science<\/strong> on being awarded a 2023-24 Scholarship for Master\u2019s Degree with Thesis for Outstanding Students from Arab Society.\n<br>\n <h1>Odeya Shaz<\/h1> of the <strong>Department of Middle Eastern Studies<\/strong>, <h1>Annette Landes-Nagar<\/h1> of the <strong>Martin (Szusz) Department of Land of Israel Studies and Archaeology<\/strong>, and <h1>Omer Ahituv<\/h1> of the <strong>Israel and Golda Koschitzky Department of Jewish History and Contemporary Jewry<\/strong> on being awarded the 2023-24 Rotenstreich Scholarship for Outstanding Doctoral Students in the Humanities.\n<br>\n <h1>Anat Lifshitz<\/h1> of the <strong>Faculty of Law<\/strong>, <h1>Asil Mansour Iraqi<\/h1> of the <strong>Department of Social and Health Sciences<\/strong>, and <h1>Miriam Kakon<\/h1> of the <strong>Azrieli Faculty of Medicine<\/strong> on being awarded a President of the State of Israel Scientific Excellence and Innovation Grant.\n<br>\n <h1>Sapir Weitz Sobelman<\/h1> of the <strong>Department of Physics<\/strong> on being awarded a 2023-24 Azrieli Graduate Studies Fellowship in the natural sciences.\n<br>\n <h1>Yishai Klein<\/h1> of the <strong>Department of Physics<\/strong> on being awarded a 2023-24 Fellowship for Outstanding Postdoctoral Fellows from Haredi Society.\n<br>\n <h1>Israel\u2019s Computer Science Olympics team<\/h1>\u2014part of Bar-Ilan\u2019s Future Scientists Center\u2014and its coach <h1>Dr. Avshalom Elmalech<\/h1> on winning three gold medals.\n<img src=\"https:\/\/presidentreport.biu.ac.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Amnon.jpg\" title=\"Amnon\" alt=\"Rector Prof. Amnon Albek speaks at the Rector&#039;s Award for Scientific Innovation in May.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/presidentreport.biu.ac.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Amnon.jpg 2300w, https:\/\/presidentreport.biu.ac.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Amnon-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/presidentreport.biu.ac.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Amnon-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/presidentreport.biu.ac.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Amnon-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/presidentreport.biu.ac.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Amnon-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/presidentreport.biu.ac.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Amnon-2048x1365.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2300px) 100vw, 2300px\" \/> Rector Prof. Amnon Albek speaks at the Rector's Award for Scientific Innovation in May.\n<img src=\"https:\/\/presidentreport.biu.ac.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/240-10720YR-scaled.jpg\" title=\"240-10720YR\" alt=\"The awards ceremony for the Rector\u2019s Prize for Scientific Innovation.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/presidentreport.biu.ac.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/240-10720YR-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/presidentreport.biu.ac.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/240-10720YR-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/presidentreport.biu.ac.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/240-10720YR-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/presidentreport.biu.ac.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/240-10720YR-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/presidentreport.biu.ac.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/240-10720YR-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/presidentreport.biu.ac.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/240-10720YR-2048x1365.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/> The awards ceremony for the Rector\u2019s Prize for Scientific 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