Announcing the Dawn of a New Movement
At its core, the nonpartisan movement aims to strengthen ties between the American Diaspora and Israel. Americans for Ben-Gurion University opens its arms to those who believe the world is simply better off with Israel in it.
Renewable Research Energy Center to Be Established in Southern Israel
The Arava Group, initiated by BGU and the Eilat-Elot municipality, recently won a tender from the Israeli Ministry of Industry, Trade and Labor to establish and operate a technology…
Avigad Vonshak is BGU’s New Dean of International Academic Affairs
Professor Avigad Vonshak, director of the Ben-Gurion Research Institute for the Study of Israel and Zionism and former director of the Jacob Blaustein Institutes for Desert Research (BIDR), has…
Drink Milk and Lose More Weight
A new weight loss study conducted by BGU researchers reveals that dieters who consumed milk or milk products lost more weight than those who consumed little to no milk…
Male and Female Medical Students View Skin Cancer Differently
Survey of Florida medical students shows a significant disparity among future M.D.s in their attitudes and knowledge of skin cancer.
American Women are Happier Going to Church than Shopping on Sundays
BGU Study Reveals American Women are Happier Going to Church than Shopping on Sundays.
Researchers Receive US-AID MERC Grant for Water Purification Project with the Palestinian Authority
Ben-Gurion University of the Negev’s (BGU) Dr. Moshe Herzberg and Prof. Mohammed Saleem Ali-Shtayeh of the Biodiversity and Environmental Research Center (BERC) in Nablus received a significant US-AID MERC…
Professor Ron N. Apte Awarded the 2010 Elkeles Prize for Outstanding Scientist in the Field of Medicine
Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU) Professor Ron N. Apte has been awarded the 2010 Samuel and Paula Elkeles Prize for Outstanding Scientist in the Field of Medicine.
BGU Researcher Awarded Grant from Leukemia & Lymphoma Society
Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU) Professor Varda Shoshan-Barmatz has been awarded a three-year, $600,000 grant from the U.S. Leukemia & Lymphoma Society to develop target-specific, anti-cancer drugs.
Ben-Gurion University of the Negev Researchers Identify Risks of Hypertension in Young Adults
July 27, 2010 – Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU) researchers reveal in a new, large-scale study that “normal” blood pressure at age 17 can still predict hypertension at…