Summary: Noted businessman and philanthropist Bertie Lubner of South Africa was the recipient of a Lifetime Achievement Award from Ben-Gurion University of the Negev during the 43rd Board of Governors Meeting earlier this month.

Start Date: 5/23/2013 9:00 AM

Summary: JTS students will have the option of pursuing an Israel studies track at BGU in the first semester of their second year under the auspices of BGU’s Israel Studies International Program (ISIP).

Start Date: 5/22/2013 2:00 PM

Summary: Prof. Haim Kreisel has announced the winners of the Fifth Goldstein-Goren Prize for the Best Book in Jewish Thought 2010-2012,

Start Date: 5/21/2013 10:00 AM

Summary: New Recommendation from BGU Researcher: Oncologists should be trained to talk about Death and Dying with their Patients

Start Date: 5/20/2013 12:00 PM

Summary: The Program is part of the University’s Community Action Department that runs a myriad of outreach programs in the area.

Start Date: 5/13/2013 1:00 PM

Summary: It appears that the labor market in the third sector is characterized by low-wages, part-time and temporary employment, and inequalities, just like in the business and government sectors.

Start Date: 5/13/2013 10:00 AM

Summary: The Swiss Institute for Dryland Environmental and Energy Research (SIDEER) was dedicated last week at the Sede Boqer campus of Ben-Gurion University of the Negev.

Start Date: 5/13/2013 9:00 AM

Summary: Ben-Gurion University has been awarded a prestigious Israeli Center of Research Excellence (I-CORE) for the Study of Conversion and Inter-Religious Encounters, as part of the Israeli government initiative to encourage stellar research.

Start Date: 5/13/2013 9:00 AM

Summary: Blair was one of six Cherie outstanding individuals upon which the University bestowed honorary doctorates last night.

Start Date: 5/8/2013 10:00 AM

Summary: Beit Fanny, a new WIZO daycare center, was dedicated at BGU on Monday for the benefit of faculty, staff and student families.

Start Date: 5/7/2013 12:00 PM

Summary: Asher Heled Esq. was confirmed as the new chairman of the Executive Committee of Ben-Gurion University by the Board of Governors during the 43rd Meeting on Monday.

Start Date: 5/6/2013 2:00 PM

Summary: BGU has announced that the following individuals will receive awards this coming Tuesday evening during this year’s 43rd Board of Governors Meeting.

Start Date: 5/5/2013 2:00 PM

Summary: BGU researchers have proven that chronic stress increases the susceptibility to an autoimmune disease similar to multiple sclerosis, which is characterized by damage to the nervous system in the brain.

Start Date: 5/1/2013 3:00 PM

Summary: The new CEO of Israel Chemical Ltd., Stefan Borgas, gave students from BGU's Guilford Glazer Faculty of Business and Management an overview of the rapid rate of global change and the risks and opportunities it represents on Wednesday, April 24th.

Start Date: 4/29/2013 10:00 AM

Summary: A delegation led by Prof. Ariel Novoplansky has toured the Galapagos Islands and has signed a cooperation agreement with the Directorate of the National Park.

Start Date: 4/25/2013 11:00 AM

Summary: Ben-Gurion University of the Negev will inaugurate the Swiss Institute for Dryland Environmental and Energy Research (SIDEER) on Wednesday, May 8, 2013 during its upcoming 43rd annual Board of Governors Meeting.

Start Date: 4/24/2013 12:00 PM

Summary: Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU) and Fox Chase Cancer Center (FCCC) in Philadelphia have received a two-year National Institutes of Health (NIH) research grant.

Start Date: 4/21/2013 2:00 PM

Summary: The Aaron Klug Integrated Centre for Biomolecular Structure and Function was dedicated on Thursday in the presence of British Nobel Laureate Prof. Klug’s family and H.E. British Ambassador to Israel Matthew Gould.

Start Date: 4/14/2013 10:00 AM

Summary: Mr. Philip ('Fiszel') Bialowitz addressed a class of graduate students at BGU on Tuesday April 9th about his participation in one of the most famous examples of Jewish resistance during the Shoah.

Start Date: 4/10/2013 3:00 PM

Summary: A BGU study using archer fish has demonstrated that the way animals and humans move their visual attention around is similar.

Start Date: 4/9/2013 12:00 PM

Summary: Three BGU students are presenting projects at the Sixth Annual Clinton Global Initiative University (CGIU) Conference, a non-partisan project of the William J. Clinton Foundation.

Start Date: 4/7/2013 11:00 AM

Summary: Prof. Iris Shai has been appointed as presidential adviser on the advancement of women in academia to BGU’s President Prof. Rivka Carmi.

Start Date: 4/7/2013 11:00 AM

Summary: The University of Chicago and BGU have signed an agreement to begin exploring a research partnership that would create new water production and purification technologies.

Start Date: 3/19/2013 3:00 PM

Summary: Dr. Ya’akov Gal designs intelligent agents – computers that understand how humans make decisions.

Start Date: 3/19/2013 12:00 PM

Summary: A recent article in the American Journal of Emergency Medicine describes the process of scientifically developing a structured tool for such a process in emergency departments following a mass casualty incident.

Start Date: 3/18/2013 1:00 PM

Summary: Imagine spending 72 hours setting up 50,000 dominos that take 7 minutes to tip over.

Start Date: 3/14/2013 10:00 AM

Summary: To avoid extinction, native species will rely increasingly on their ability to adapt to human-dominated habitats. Will the behaviors that evolved in natural circumstances help species make the transition? Or will they be maladaptive?

Start Date: 3/13/2013 12:00 PM

Summary: On March 14, BGU’s Guilford Glazer Faculty of Business and Management will conclude its year-long Business for Peace Competition with an Awards Ceremony honoring the three top projects.

Start Date: 3/11/2013 2:00 PM

Summary: Analysis of isotopic compositions of a single grain of a mineral, rather than of a bulk rock is required for detailed understanding of biogeochemical processes in an ancient ocean.

Start Date: 3/10/2013 2:00 PM

Summary: BGU and the University of Michigan (U-M) will forge a research partnership to collaborate on developing renewable technologies.

Start Date: 3/10/2013 11:00 AM