fall 2013
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New Chancellor: From the Supreme Court to the Open University |
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A New President for the Open University |
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A Celebration: Lord Woolf's 80th Birthday |
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Graduation Ceremonies |
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A Fighter Pilot and Researcher of Nanometer Threads |
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27 Years Old and Co-Founder of a Multi-Million Dollar Company |
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OUI Now MOOCs |
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Digital MBA |
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Once App on a Time |
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The Eighth Chais Conference |
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Caregivers, Caregiving and Emotional Intelligence |
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Exodus: The Real Story |
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Practical Solutions for Students with Disabilities |
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Project 100: A Program for Arab Minorities |
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Enriching Immams |
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A Taste of Academia: Coffee, Beer and Professors |
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OUI Students Argue Best |
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Inauguration of Academia in High School |
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American Friends of Open University |
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US Ambassador Visits OUI |
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Prof. Sara Guri-Rosenblit
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Prof. Miri Soroujoun
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Prof. Bat-Zion Iraqi-Klorman
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Dr. Yuval Eylon
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Prof. Yagil Levy
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Dr. Tzahi Weiss
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OUI in National Survey
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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, Royi Gumprich |
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New Chancellor: From the Supreme Court to the Open University The Open University of Israel's Council appointed President of the Israeli Supreme Court (ret.) Dorit Beinisch as the new Chancellor of the Open University. Supreme Court Chief Justice (ret.) Dorit Beinisch recently assumed the positions of Chancellor and Chair of the Council, following the retirement of Lord Woolf.Read more |
A New President for the Open University
Jacob (Kobi) Metzer, Professor (Emeritus) of Economics at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, was appointed to serve as the eighth President of the Open University of Israel, replacing Professor Hagit Messer-Yaron, who will be assuming the position of Deputy Chair of the Council for Higher Education.
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A Celebration: Lord Woolf's 80th Birthday
"It is an honour to be paying tribute to you on your 80th birthday and much more so to follow in your footsteps as the Chancellor of the Open University of Israel, the role you have so ably filled for eight years, with distinction, insight and talent… I have always had the greatest admiration for your singular qualities, among them, your special caring for the individual, for social advancement and assistance to those who were lacking, and the efforts you devoted to addressing these needs."Dorit Beinisch, President of the Supreme Court of Israel (ret) Chancellor, The Open University of Israel Read more |
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A Fighter Pilot and Researcher of Nanometer ThreadsD., a reservist fighter pilot, is doing his doctorate at the Weizmann Institute of Science. His brother is doing his post-doctorate at Berkley, and his sister her post-doctorate at Harvard. Besides their family name, the other thing that they all have in common is that they all studied at the Open University of Israel.Read more |
27 Years Old and Co-Founder of a Multi-Million Dollar CompanyOpen University of Israel graduate, Amit Avner founded Taykey, a multi-million dollar operation. He founded his first company, when he was 15. Today, at the 'ripe old age of 27' Amit is the only Israeli to make it to the prestigious 2013 Under 30 CEO of Most Influential Young Entrepreneurs USA list.Read more |
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Graduation Ceremonies
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OUI Now MOOCs
MOOCs is the hottest trend in higher education across the globe. And, now the Open University...
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Digital MBA
Digitalization has taken a major leap forward at the Open University'. The Shoham Center has recently digitalized 150 books in 38 courses for 7,000 students, including texts for the University's entire MBA track.
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Once App on a Time
Dr. Tal Hassner, of the Department of Computer Sciences, an expert on computer vision, is always thinking about new ways to apply computer vision to a wide berth of areas. Dr. Hassner took some time out recently to 'have a bit of fun' and within three weeks produced a new application which took first place in a Tel Aviv competition. Now he has his eyes set on Sao Paulo.
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The Eighth Chais Conference
"When it comes to technology, most people overestimate it in the short term and underestimate it in the long term."
Sir Arthur C. Clarke, science fiction author, inventor and futurist, and most famous for his science fiction novel, 2001: A Space Odyssey. Read more |
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Caregivers, Caregiving and Emotional Intelligence
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Exodus: The Real StoryErase just about whatever you remember from the Leon Uris book, "Exodus" and the eponymous movie made by Otto Preminger with handsome Paul Newman as the hero. Just about none of it is true. Historian and Prof. Aviva Halamish of Open Univ ersity of Israel's Department of History, Philosophy and Judaic Studies was on hand to explain the actual facts -- no less thrilling than the novel or movie -- all based on her in-depth research. Read more |
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Project 100: A Program for Arab Minoritiess A high priority on Israel's agenda is the integration of Arab high school graduates in higher education. However, with a plethora of academic and lingual obstacles facing Arab students, is this priority within our reach? The Open University of Israel thinks so.Read more |
Enriching Immams
The Open University of Israel's division for the Advancement of Educators launched a new program this year to enrich leadership skills among religious Moslem Immam educators.
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Making the University Accessible to Everyone: Practical Solutions for Students with Disabilities
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A Taste of Academia: Coffee, Beer and Professors
In cafes, bars, restaurants and clubhouses throughout Ra'anana hundreds of residents sat back and relaxed while listening to Open University of Israel's faculty speak about spiders and Spiderman, bacteria, lasers, influential wives of Prime Ministers, Arab-Jewish relations and humous, information overload, aliens…and the list goes on. OUI changed the venue, but not the quality or extent of information.
Read more OUI Students Argue Best
In more modern times, debating club members have made their way to the upper echelons of world leadership among them: Tony Blair, Barack Obama, Bill Clinton and Bibi Netanyahu. So, when OUI students take first place in the national debating competitions... Read more |
Inauguration of Academia in High School
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