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HOT OFF THE PRESS ACADEMIC NEWS Prof. Rafi Melnick, IDC Provost Eric Zimmerman, IDC Academic Secretary A sampling of the exciting and varied academic news of IDC Herzliya – much of which is global in nature, highlighting that IDC Herzliya is a truly international research university. THE GROWING STATURE OF IDC AND ITS FACULTY APPOINTMENTS AND PROMOTIONS The following faculty members were recently promoted: Prof. Alon Klement Law Associate Professor Prof. Dan Segal Business Associate Professor Prof. Orit Tykocinski Psychology Associate Professor Dr. Yair Amichai-Hamburger Communications Senior Lecturer Dr. Tal Katz Navon Business Senior Lecturer Dr. Eran Halperin Government Senior Lecturer The following new faculty members were recently appointed: Dr. Tamar Saguy Psychology Dr. Gilad Hershberger Psychology Dr. Eran Halperin Government Dr. Nadine Baudot-Trajtenberg Business Administration Prof. Yair Tauman Business Administration Dr. Liat Hadar Business Administration Ms. Daphne Barak Richmond Law Mr. Liav Orgad Law Dr. Guy Hoffman Communications (beginning Sept 2010) Of the many successes had by our students and alumni, one worth mentioning is that Shani Ross, from the Lauder School of Government, Diplomacy & Strategy, received offers for two United Nations internships – one from the 1267 Committee, which is attached to the Secretary General’s office, and another from the Counter- Terrorism Committee Executive Directorate (CTED). After careful consideration, Shani chose CTED. We are all extremely proud of her. Another great success occurred recently when IDC’s team won the National Competition in International Humanitarian Law, organized under the auspices of the International Committee of the Red Cross. Virtually all Israeli universities and colleges take part in this competition, and IDC participated this year for the first time, bringing together students from the law and government schools. A significant number of foreign delegations continue to visit us. The list includes top-notch global institutions of higher education that have come to IDC to learn of our unique model of higher education and to forge Additionally we welcome the following research associates to the New School of Psychology: Ben Shahar, Itzhak Aharon (Gingy), Yulia Golland, Michael Davidovitz and Amnon Rolnick In June of this year, keeping up our tradition of recognizing excellence in research, five faculty members were singled out for their work during the past year; each was awarded a monetary prize and a framed certificate of appreciation. This year’s awardees are: Dr. Gurit Birnbaum, Psychology Dr. Lior Barshack, Law Dr. Eran Halperin, Government Prof. Dan Segal, Business Administration Dr. Tami Tamir, Computer Science IDC EXCELS WITHIN THE GLOBAL ARENA 32 < IDC Winter 2010 concrete agreements with us. The list includes: Mark S. Wrighton, chancellor, WUSTL, USA Michael R. Cannon, chief counsel, WUSTL, USA Yannis Yortsos, dean, School of Engineering, USC, USA Casa Sefarad- Israel. Dr. Harold Caballeros, rector, Universidad San Pablo Guatemala (one of his daughters has since started to study here as a full-degree student!) Mr. Johnny Mack, CEO, Realizing the Dream, Inc. Delegation of Students, Ibrahim Interfaith Dialogue Project to the Middle East IDC’S TEAM WON THE NATIONAL COMPETITION IN INTERNATIONAL HUMANITARIAN LAW, ORGANIZED UNDER THE AUSPICES OF THE INTERNATIONAL COMMITTEE OF THE RED CROSS. VIRTUALLY ALL ISRAELI UNIVERSITIES AND COLLEGES TAKE PART IN THIS COMPETITION
MORE GLOBAL ACADEMIC PARTNERSHIPS In recent months, IDC Herzliya has signed a few important bilateral agreements with leading international institutions of higher education. These include: Washington University St. Louis, USA (Computer Science); Fundação Getulio Vargas, Brazil (Law); and LUISS (Liberà Università Internazionale degli Studi Sociali), Italy (General). These follow the partnerships already IDC FACULTY VISIT WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY ST. LOUIS: Washington University St. Louis: Our relationship with Washington University St. Louis is strengthening. We are working to conclude several agreements; more on this in my next column. Recently, as noted above, the WUSTL president, general counsel and other academics have visited us. In addition, several of our faculty members have traveled to St. Louis. Prof. Itai Sened, professor of Political Science and director of the Center for New Institutional Social Science at WUSTL, shares his experiences of visiting IDC faculty: “The highlight of Dr. Berzin’s visit was a very well received lecture on the use of Algae in the transfer of CO2 into bio-fuel. The lecture was followed by a series of meetings that are on the verge of serving as a solid foundation for future research cooperation between our institutions. Professor Berzin has helped us conclude the work on an NSF grant proposal that, if approved, will allow us to run a major conference on renewable energies at IDC in January of 2011. In addition we are currently engaged in high level discussions of how to translate the success of Professor Berzin’s visit into practical steps towards exciting research projects. Professor Mikulincer only spent 24 hours with us but left a remarkable imprint on our academic community. We are already working on student exchange programs at the undergraduate level and at the Ph.D. level. Through a meeting with Jim Wertsch, director of the McDonnell Academy, Professor Mikulincer has initiated future collaboration with other international institutions, partners in the McDonnell Academy. Finally, Professor Mikulincer planted some important seeds of future research that are bound to lead to great things. Professor Rubinstein gave two consecutive lectures on our campus both of which filled to capacity (as did the lecture by Professor Berzin). He met the most significant leaders of the local Jewish Community in St. Louis. We are looking forward to strengthen these relationships as the Jewish Community in St. Louis is learning to appreciate the unique place of IDC in Israel’s higher education scene. As you know, Professor Rubinstein always leaves the most significant impression on those who meet with him hOt Off the Press AcADemic news in place with Koc University (Turkey); Sabanci University (Turkey); Duke University (USA); the Université Libre de Bruxelles (Belgium); University of Ottawa; University of Turin; Universitat Pompeu Fabra (Barcelona); Charles University (Prague); Hong Kong University; George Mason University; University of Toulouse, Syracuse (USA); University of Pennsylvania (USA), SMU (Singapore) and more. and Washington University as well as the Jewish Community in St. Louis were no exceptions. Ongoing exchanges between Professor Rubinstein and some of our leading Law Professors are going to be conducive to many projects to come. In addition it was yet another opportunity for us to introduce our current IDC McDonnell scholar in Jacob Shwergold who shined in all of these events as he is turning to be yet another outstanding success for the collaboration of IDC and Washington University in the McDonnell International Scholar academy.” EXCHANGE STUDENTS AT IDC Student Mobilities 2009-2010: This year exchange students from the following institutions are spending a semester at IDC Herzliya: NALSAR, India; University of Ottawa, Canada; Hong Kong University; Duke University, USA; The Wharton School, USA; SMU, Singapore; Groupe ESC Lille; Sabanci University, Turkey; and Emory University, USA. IDC STUDENTS TROTTING THE GLOBE WHERE? University of Ottawa, Canada; Hong Kong University; Duke University, USA; SMU, Singapore; Sabanci University, Turkey; Tsinghua University, China; Pompeu Fabra, Spain; Charles University, Prague; and George Mason University, USA. IDC Winter 2010 > 33
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