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BGU Professor’s Idea Could Change NASA’s Energy Plan

January 4, 2023

Tags: Alternative Energy

“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

December 30, 2022

Tags: Alternative Energy, Research News, Sustainability & Climate Change

“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

December 28, 2022

Tags: Medical Research

“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

December 16, 2022

Tags: Business & Management, Leadership, Awards & Events

“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

December 13, 2022

Tags: Robotics & High-Tech

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

December 12, 2022

Tags: Israel Studies, Culture & Jewish Thought, Social Sciences & Humanities

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.

A4BGU CEO: Why Bring Ben-Gurion Day to the USA?

December 2, 2022

Tags: Israel Studies, Culture & Jewish Thought, Negev Development & Community Programs

In his latest piece for The Times of Israel, Doug Seserman explains, "Ben-Gurion was an idealist but also a pragmatist. He said: 'The fate of Israel depends on two things: on her strength and on her righteousness.'"

JWeekly: Israel’s Top Space Scientists Visit the Bay Area

November 3, 2022

Tags: Medical Research

Three of Israel's leading space scientists, including BGU's Dr. Oren Shriki, joined a special panel in San Francisco on October 25 about scientific innovation and space. The event was attended by over 700 people.

Jewish Standard: BGU & NJIT Unveil Joint Institute

October 3, 2022

Tags: Homeland & Cyber Security, Robotics & High-Tech

A4BGU CEO Doug Seserman sees potential for the project, calling the joint institute “21st century Zionism at its best,” a powerful platform to “demonstrate Israel’s value to the world” in counterpoint to the BDS movement in the academic arena.