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Researchers at the Weizmann Institute of Science in Rehovot, Jan. 5 2011. Photo by Doron Horowitz/Flash90.

Israeli academia climbs in international rankings

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Three Israeli universities appear in the 2023 Academic Ranking of World Universities' top 100 list that the ShanghaiRanking Consultancy published on Tuesday. The Weizmann Institute of Science in Rehovot climbed to No. 67 from last...
Israelis play in the springs and waterfalls of Snir Park in the Snir Valley, near the Jordan River, May 22, 2023. Photo: Ayal Margolin/FLASH90

Israel, water and the next 100 years

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Did you know that if you put a bucket in your backyard in Israel to capture rain water, the water belongs not to you but to the state? That was one of the interesting tidbits...
Lottie and Howard Marcus. Source: Courtesy of Americans for Ben-Gurion University.

Documentary on largest-ever gift to Israel to screen at international film festival

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A documentary that reconstructs the lives of Holocaust survivors Lottie and Howard Marcus, who made the largest-ever charitable donation to an institution based in Israel, will screen at the Santa Barbara International Film Festival...
The newly discovered star Earendel. Photo courtesy of NASA, ESA, Brian Welch (JHU), Dan Coe (STScI); image processing by NASA, ESA, Alyssa Pagan (STScI).

Hubble spots farthest star ever seen

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The farthest individual star ever seen was recently detected by the Hubble Space Telescope in a collaboration including researchers from Israel’s Ben-Gurion University of the Negev. The newly detected star, dubbed “Earendel” (“morning star” in...
A kindergarten in Moshav Yashresh, Israel, Oct.18, 2020. Photo by Yossi Aloni/Flash90.

Did COVID lockdowns harm children’s immune systems?

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A cross-section study published earlier this month by Israeli researchers has raised the question of whether lockdowns and social distancing changed something in the human immune system, especially that of children. In the months after...
Magen David Adom paramedics and a senior EMT practice a procedure on a high-tech mannequin. Credit: Courtesy.

Magen David Adom, Ben-Gurion University announce academic affiliation

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Magen David Adom and Ben-Gurion University of the Negev are affiliating in an academic initiative designed to improve training for paramedics and emergency medical technicians, as well as improve the quality of pre-hospital emergency...
The graves of first Israeli Prime Minister David Ben-Gurion, and his wife, Paula, near their residence in Sde Boker in the Negev Desert. Credit: David Shankbone/Wikimedia Commons.

Ben-Gurion Day to honor Jewish state’s founding father, host of Israeli achievers

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Ben-Gurion University of the Negev will commemorate Ben-Gurion Day on Nov. 10 with an awards ceremony attended by Israeli President Isaac Herzog on the BGU Marcus Family Campus. On the same day, Americans for...
From left: Ben-Gurion University of the Negev vice president for global engagement professor Limor Aharonson-Daniel; BGU president professor Daniel Chamovitz; and BGU rector professor Chaim Hames at the signing ceremony of a Memorandum of Understanding (Mou) between BGU and Université Internationale de Rabat, Sept. 14, 2021. Credit: Courtesy.

Ben-Gurion University to team with second academic institution in Morocco

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Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU) in Israel and Université Internationale de Rabat (UIR) in Morocco signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to collaborate on the study of Moroccan Jewry, in addition to research and education. A...
Mohammed VI Polytechnic University in Morocco. Credit: Courtesy.

Israeli universities to partner with Moroccan tech school for joint research, degrees

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Mohammed VI Polytechnic University (UM6P) in Morocco is working on agreements with two Israeli universities so far to promote academic collaboration. The Hebrew University of Jerusalem penned an understanding with the institution on Aug. 10,...
Philip Gomperts (center) with Lottie and Howard Marcus, who donated $400 million to Ben-Gurion University of the Negev. Credit: American Associates, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev.

American Associates of Ben-Gurion University honor $650 million fundraiser

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South African-born Philip Gomperts had been working for American Associates of Ben-Gurion University (AABGU) of the Negev for several years when he asked a donor if she had any neighbors who might be willing...