September 16 marks International Day for the Preservation of the Ozone Layer, which was first proclaimed by the United Nations General Assembly in 1994, commemorating the date, in 1987, of the signing of the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer. The purpose of marking this date is to limit the production and use of anthropogenic (man-made) chemical substances that caused the ozone hole.

On October 30, 1957, the draining of the Hula lake and swamp by the Jewish National Fund (JNF) was completed. The processes that have taken place since then are an important lesson in nature conservation. Dotan Rotem, a doctoral student in Bar-Ilan’s Department of Geography and Environment and a landscape ecologist at the Israel Nature and Parks Authority, briefly presents the story of the rare habitat.

 At a ceremony celebrating ten years since its establishment in the heart of the northern Israeli city of Safed, the Azrieli Faculty of Medicine of Bar-Ilan University this week awarded MD degrees to 92 new physicians. 

Bar-Ilan University celebrates the 63 researchers who have been awarded highly competitive grants from Israel’s National Science Foundation (ISF), totaling in 75 million NIS. From artificial intelligence to archaeology, the awards span nearly every faculty, and reflect the growing recognition of Bar-Ilan’s leadership in groundbreaking science.

Dr. Chana Kranzler from the Faculty of Life Sciences and Dr. Eylon Yogev from the Department of Computer Science have been awarded the 2025 Krill Prize. This prestigious award is granted to outstanding early-career researchers whose breakthroughs have the potential to impact all of our lives.