Fall 2012
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30,000 GRADUATES
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Maximizing Potential at the Open University
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Cyber-Bullying: A Virtual Plague |
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Novel Methods for Genetic Testing |
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Isolating the TOR Gene
to Effectively Treat Cancer
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Forced Labor During the Holocaust |
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Research Day: 26 Research Topics |
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 Virtual Learning: Lectures that Don't Evaporate When the Lecturer Finishes |
| Mobile Applications that Put the OU in Your Pocket |
| Tablets In? Kindles Out?
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Entrepreneur's Club Goes
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Moscow in Ra'anana |
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Open University Foundation: New York Gala |
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Genocide Conference |
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Google @ 6th Chais Conference |
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"Israel's First Ladies" |
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"The Holocaust and Genocide as Wrought By Human Beings"
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"A Man Walks Home"
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In Celebration: 30,000 GraduatesA diverse group, Open University's graduates can be found in corporate boardrooms, on university faculties, as entrepreneurs, teachers, social workers, government officials, scientists, engineers, doctors. The Open University recently paid tribute to its 30,000 graduates. Meet some of them...Read more |
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Cyber-Bullying/newsletter-eng/: A Virtual Plague in the Lonely World of the Ex-Communicated
1 out of every 2 youngsters is either a cyber-bully perpetrator, victim or by-stander. These are the preliminary results of a research...
Read more Novel Methods for Genetic Testing |
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Thanks to Dr. Noam Shental's novel research for screening in large population groups, accurate, economical genetic testing for everyone is closer...
Dr. Ronit Weisman has isolated the TOR gene, a "master controller" of cell growth. She is now on the way to finding more effective treatments for specific types of cancer.
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Virtual Learning: Lectures that Don't Evaporate When the Lecturer Finishes
Surveying 17,828 students and lecturers, the Ofek Project presented novel ways for instructors to take full advantage of innovative technological advancements.
Read more Mobile Applications that Virtually Put the OU in Your Pocket
The Open University: Israel's first academic institution to enable its student body to connect to the University via their Androids and IPhones.
Read more Tablets In? Kindles Out?
The Open University's New Pilot Project
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Forced Labor During the Holocaust: Was There an Economic Purpose Behind It?
Dr. Idit Gil did not initially set out to research forced Jewish labor. But, when her father, an Auschwitz survivor, asked her to find out what happened to his older brother during the Holocaust, she began to uncover a wealth of information on a subject that, until now, had been barely analyzed.
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Research Day: 26 Research Topics
This year's Research Day introduced a new format: Ted Talks. Seven lectures, seven minutes apiece, given by seven lecturers. The focus: "All About Behavior." The results: informative and engaging.
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Entrepreneur's Club Goes International
Open University's first international branch of the Entrepreneur's Club opens in Silicon Valley.
Read more Moscow in Ra'anana
"The Open University surpassed all of our expectations" said Prof. Vitaly Minashkin, Vice-Rector for Academic Affairs of the Moscow State University of Economics, Statistics and Informatics, Russia's largest distanced educator.
Read more Open University Foundation: New York Gala
Open University Foundation honored Commonwealth Chief Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks, Ronnie Heyman and David Witt in a New York gala event.
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Genocide Conference"In spite of our progress in the fields of psychiatry and pharmacology...we really don't know why people commit mass murder..."Read more Google @ 6th Chais Conference
Mr. Santiago de la Mora, Director of Print Content Partnerships for Google in Europe, Middle East and Africa gave the keynote speech at Open University's Chais ConferenceRead more |