A4BGU Gourmet Kosher Extravaganza Celebrates 20 Years
“I’m so fortunate and blessed to be part of this institution. To be able to support a place that is inclusive of all and an innovative, game-changer on the global stage," said Deborah Bergeron, A4BGU Philanthropic Relationship officer.
Jewish Press: BGU to Honor Dr. Chelsea Clinton
May’s honor for Dr. Clinton, a changemaker in the field of global health, will come on the heels of A4BGU’s April 23 event, “Celebrating the Remarkable 3: Pioneering Medical Science.” The annual event will be hosted by social media star, Dr. Mike.
Prestigious SBIFF to Screen “Who Are the Marcuses?”
The feature film documentary “Who Are the Marcuses?” reveals the mystery behind a Long Island couple who made a $500 million gift to Ben-Gurion University of the Negev.
Benin Scholars Program Helps Low-Income Students Attend BGU
The sale of a two-and-a-half-acre plot of land in Jerusalem, owned by the estate of the late Albert Benin, may soon enable thousands of low-income Israeli students to receive scholarships to the nation’s top universities, including BGU.
BGU Professor’s Idea Could Change NASA’s Energy Plan
“I developed a concept and performed all the quantitative estimates that an engineering staff at a space agency would want to review,” BGU Emeritus Professor Jeffrey Gordon said.
Israeli Researchers Turn Bugs Into Fertilizer and Biodiesel
“What we are doing is genetic engineering of this amazing creature called black soldier fly and we are trying to gain more oil in order to get it commercially viable for biofuels production.”
-Julia Segalin Nemets, CEO of BGU's Oazis Accelerator
Study Finds Low Income Israelis Get Double Dose of Long Covid
“It’s well known that infections affected poorer people worse than others, and now this research shows that long COVID also disproportionately affects them,” Dr. Stav Shapira of BGU's Faculty of Health Science tells The Times of Israel.
BGU’s Program Spurring Next Generation of Entrepreneurs
“Entrepreneurship is now an integral part of what the university offers to students, we believe it is essential in today's world,” Dana Gavish, founder of Yazamut360, told i24NEWS.
How BGU Alumnus Tal Peretz is Using AI to Change the Way We Work
An alumnus of BGU, Tal Peretz is no stranger to the power of AI. Following his experience with the revolutionary effect of these tools in a wide range of contexts and industries, Tal is now dedicated to bringing AI to people.
JNS: Archaeologists Find 2,200-Year-Old Lead Bullet
Israeli researchers recently discovered a lead projectile possibly linked to the story of Hanukkah. BGU Prof. Yulia Ustinova decoded the inscription found on the ancient bullet.