Summer 2012
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Blind Date with the Open University |
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"The Open University: A Superior Training Ground for Professional Success" |
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From Tractor Driver to Master's Degree |
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A Family Affair |
| TECHNOLOGY |
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Digital University: Mobile Digital Books Project |
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Is Technology Tromping the ABC's? |
| INITIATIVES - LANGUAGE |
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Arabic-Speaking Students Study in Arabic |
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Sao Paulo University Students Learn About Israeli Society in Spanish |
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Conference at Cambridge University |
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Cambridge in Ra'anana |
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American Friends: The Open University Foundation |
| HIGHLIGHTS |
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Dr. Milly Perry |
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Prof. Yoav Yair
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Prof. Yoram Eshet
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Aviel Atias
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Laurence Berry
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Edna Tal
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SuperBrands Israel
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Prof. Judith Gal-Ezer
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Co-editors: Elissa Allerhand, Ilene Bloch-Levy Photographer: Gideon Markowitz Graphic Designer: Laura Grinberg Web Manager: Batsheva Engelberg-Behr Web Master: Sonia Pechersky |
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Getting Hotter All the Time
The world is getting hotter. But, Israeli summers are getting hotter twice as fast. What does this mean? Open University's Dr. Baruch Ziv headed up a team of colleagues to plot out Israel's meteorological future.
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Israeli Cinema: Perverting the Image of Holocaust Survivors
Why does Israeli fiction cinema present a perverted, even cruel image of Holocaust survivor? Open University's Dr. Liat Steir-Livny's newest book offers some controversial food for thought.
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Can We Split Our Attention?
Open University's Dr. Nurit Gronau's latest research sheds new light on how our brains filter information, how they prioritize, and how they digest our surroundings.
Read more Video Screening for ADD
Most people would look at the thousands of bits of information that any media player retains and junk it. Not, however, Open University's Dr. Tal Hassner. He is using this data to change how neurological screenings for ADD are handled.Read more |
Violent Digital Games: Are They Just a Game?
One topic researchers have an insatiable appetite for is violent digital games. Results from a recent pilot study, conducted by master's student Tami Dubi under the supervision of Prof. Yoram Eshet-Alkalai and Dr. Sigal Eden, offer relief to worried parents and educators.Read more The Sun's Cycles
Will cell phones stop working? Will spy satellites be sabotaged? Are there any extra precautions we can take with manned space satellites?
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Blind Date with the Open UniversityWhat makes Ronit Harpaz's story exceptional is that she lost her vision in the middle of her academic studies.Read more 
From Tractor Driver to Master's DegreeFor two years, Mishael Chaikin would have his Open University books propped up against his tractor's steering wheel.Read more |
"The Open University: A Superior Training Ground for Professional Success"Dr. Liran Edelist, CEO of Top-It credits the Open University with his professional success.Read more 
A Family AffairMeet the Ben-Aharon's. Mom and two sons just graduated together from Open University.Read more |
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Digital University: Mobile Digital Books Project
Is the Open University to Become Totally Digital? That is the question behind the University's Mobile Digital project, now in the third stage of a pilot project and including more than 200 students from six of the University's most popular courses.
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Is Technology Tromping the ABC's?
We use powerpoint, excel, google, email, twitter, SMS, Facebook, blog. We are technologically advanced. But, is that enough? No, according to Dr. Yoram Kalman, digital technology researcher and senior lecturer at the Open University.
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Arabic-Speaking Students Study in Arabic
When your mother tongue is not Hebrew, managing in a Hebrew-based academic environment is difficult, at best. The Open University is breaking down language barriers for Arab students throughout Israel.
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Sao Paulo University Students Learn About Israeli Society in Spanish
Sao Paulo and Open University's newest collaboration has produced a new video course in Spanish, extending the University's reach to include other Latin American universities.
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Graduation CeremoniesRead more
The 7th Chais ConferenceRead more
Evening in Honor of
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Visit by NASA Astronaut, William S. McArthur, Jr.Read more
Exhibition: "Fireworks Blossoming in the Winter"Read more
"Psychic Numbing of Genocide"Read more |
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