American Friends of the Open University of Israel

09/19/2024

Celebrating the Excellence and Diversity of Our 2024 Graduates - The Open University of Israel

09/19/2024

Celebrating the Excellence and Diversity of Our 2024 Graduates - The Open University of Israel

04/30/2024

Recent events on U.S. college campuses have deeply concerned many, including the leadership of Israel's top nine research universities. Here's a joint letter from these presidents, including Prof. Leo Corry of the Open University, expressing solidarity and offering support to Israeli and Jewish students and faculty during these challenging times.

08/14/2023

Noa Ben Israel, a student of the "High School Academy" program at the Open University, won a bronze medal in the European Olympiad for girls in computer science.

Noa is a student for a bachelor's degree in computer science, and a student at the "Ahad Ha'am" six-year high school and Pat High School, a member of the Israeli team in the Olympics, which took place this year in Sweden with the participation of 186 participants from 53 countries.

Also participating in the Israeli team were Yael Ginzburg, a high school student near the University, who won a bronze medal, Ma'ayan Salomon, a student at Atzmon Segev High School, who won a bronze medal, and Leah Geva Brut, a student at the Green Village School and Boarding School.

The Ministry of Education and Future Scientists - The Maimonides Foundation's Center for the Advancement of Gifted and Outstanding Students are leading the training of Israel's national teams to participate in the International Science Olympiads. The Israeli team of computer scientists was trained at the University Center for Youth - Bar-Ilan University.

Dear Noa, we are proud of you!

08/14/2023

Naa Ben Israel, a student of the "High School Academy" program at the Open University, won a bronze medal in the European Olympiad for girls in computer science.

Naa is a student for a bachelor's degree in computer science, and a student at the "Ahad Ha'am" six-year high school and Pat High School, a member of the Israeli team in the Olympics, which took place this year in Sweden with the participation of 186 participants from 53 countries.

Also participating in the Israeli team were Yael Ginzburg, a high school student near the University, who won a bronze medal, Ma'ayan Salomon, a student at Atzmon Segev High School, who won a bronze medal, and Leah Geva Brut, a student at the Green Village School and Boarding School.

The Ministry of Education and Future Scientists - The Maimonides Foundation's Center for the Advancement of Gifted and Outstanding Students are leading the training of Israel's national teams to participate in the International Science Olympiads. The Israeli team of computer scientists was trained at the University Center for Youth - Bar-Ilan University.

Dear Noa, we are proud of you!

06/06/2023

"Powerful & non obvious scientific ideas, once internalized, usually become blindingly obvious. This makes it hard to appreciate just how innovative a well known idea has been in the past" by Ilya Sutskever, Chief Scientist, OpenAI

Join - Ilya at AFOUI event

A stellar afternoon golf & tennis outing at one of metro-NYC’s best country clubs, followed by evening cocktails & reception. Join one or both events.

05/22/2023

SAVE THE DATE! Golf & Tennis Outing at One of Metro-NYC’s Best Country Clubs

11:30 AM Welcome and light lunch
1:00 PM Golf Tee-Time / Tennis Court Time
5:30 PM Cocktails & Reception, including a brief presentation and featuring comments from OUI alumnus Ilya Sutskever, PhD, co-founder and Chief Scientist at OpenAI, developer of ChatGPT

Get Tickets below
https://afoui.org/event/event-by-israels-largest-university-at-rockrimmon-country-club

05/17/2023

Research at the Open University of Israel 2023

The Open University of Israel is actively involved in interdisciplinary research aimed at tackling the global challenge posed by unsustainable living habits and their consequences for the planet’s future. Through various research endeavors, scholars are seeking solutions and advocating for a healthier and more environmentally friendly future. Key areas of research encompass reducing the economy’s dependence on primary resources, addressing air pollution resulting from the growing number of vehicles, investigating oceanic carbon cycles, enhancing climate models for more accurate predictions, advancing sustainable materials and processes, comprehending the synthesis of organic nanomaterials at high temperatures, and examining the portrayal of the climate crisis on social media. The Open University of Israel strives to contribute to global sustainability efforts and make a positive impact on both present and future generations.

https://afoui.org/research-at-the-open-university-of-israel-2023

Uncategorized Research at the Open University of Israel 2023 Byadmin May 15, 2023May 15, 2023 The Open University of Israel is actively involved in interdisciplinary research aimed at tackling the global challenge posed by unsustainable living habits and their consequences for the planet’s future....

09/25/2022

While we are celebrating the Jewish new year, we are pleased to share with you a sample of The Open University of Israel's achievements.

We wish you all Shana Tova.

This is "sikum shana (short) Eng.mp4" by The Open University of Israel on Vimeo, the home for high quality videos and the people who love them.

08/21/2022

Meet 33-year-old Mathieu Cohen, a four-time honorary president who completed both his bachelor’s and master’s degree studies with high honors in the Department of Sociology, Political Science and Communication at the Open University, and will soon begin research on democracies in decline (Democratic Decay) doctoral studies at the University of Leiden Holland, department Its politics is ranked 20th in the world according to the QS ranking.

His master’s thesis in the program for the outstanding in interdisciplinary democracy studies at the Open University, dealt with the ideology of the political right in Israel and parts of it were published as articles in international journals. Now he is in the middle of the process of translating it into English, and turning it into a book about the Israeli right. When published, it will be Matthew’s third book.

Along with diligently publishing and participating in conferences, Mathieu works through various publishers, including the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), to edit and provide professional opinions on academic articles that are published through them.
But most importantly, he and his partner are expecting a firstborn son to be born in the coming months. good time!

Mathieu says: “The Open University is a special and valuable institution for me. Not only because it provides an opportunity for everyone to learn from anywhere and at any time, but because of its academic level and the opportunities it provides for professional and academic progress. Specifically, the political science department is one of the best in the country, produces excellent publications and employs excellent and diverse researchers that I had the honor to learn from and work under over the years.

For details on the outstanding program:

https://academic.openu.ac.il/sociology/democracy/pages/researchprogram.aspx

08/15/2022

Two researchers from the Department of Sociology, Political Science and Communication, at the Open University, won for the first time an Erasmus+ research grant for education and higher education named after Jean Monnet on behalf of the European Union Jean Monnet Module. The only one to win this grant.

Dr. Hila Zahavi and Dr. Sara Kahn-Nissar won the research grant for the development of a variety of courses dealing with the interface between European studies and international relations.

Dr. Hila Zahavi is a teaching coordinator who coordinates several courses in international relations. As part of her role, Hila won the teaching innovation award. Hila found a creative way to bring Europe to the classroom, and to bring together theory, current events and real people. She brought the Israeli students together with European students and together we discussed in burning issues on the agenda of the European Union.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=298ixmplajc&t=44s
There is no doubt that Hila’s high abilities in the field of teaching contributed to the win.

The win was also made possible in light of Dr. Sarah Kahn-Nisser’s comprehensive and in-depth research on the institutions of the Union. Dr. Kahn Nisser is an expert in international relations, her research focuses on the ways in which the international community, including the European Union, promotes human rights. Dr. Kahn-Nisser wrote the book “The European Union: History, Institutions and Policy” published by Lamda Limad which is a basic book for understanding relations in Europe in the 21st century> https://sheilta.apps.openu.ac.il/pls/dlamdal/lamda.perut?p_katalog=108015066

By the way, Jean Omer Marie Gabriel Monnet (1888-1979) is considered the father of the European Union and the one who weaved a lot of “behind the scenes” work in order to create understandings between the many governments for the creation of the Union.

Good luck to Sarah and Hila!