This is an excerpt of an article by Iris Kamenev, who is finishing her first year as a student at
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By Lindsay Fendt, a 2019 AABGU Murray Fromson Journalism Fellow Smithsonian Magazine — When the Israeli winemaker Eran Raz decided
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Israel21C — The $21.4 million Collaborative Water-Energy Research Center is set to be led by Northwestern University of Chicago and
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Ynet.com — In response to a shortage of personal protective equipment on the front lines of the COVID-19 crisis, an
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No Camels — The Israeli government approved a series of new directives meant to roll back restrictions put in place
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The Jerusalem Post — Israel has started analyzing wastewater for the novel coronavirus to estimate the number of infections at
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Dr. Colin Fields graduated from BGU’s Medical School for International Health (MSIH) in 2010. Currently he is a sub-investigator on
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The Jewish Press — As clinical trials trudge along in the global effort to find effective treatments for COVID-19, a
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News Medical — With the worldwide focus on coronavirus prevention and transmission, a new type of air filter that self-sterilizes and
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The Jerusalem Post — Ben-Gurion University researchers have developed an algorithm-based test that can speed COVID-19 testing eightfold and help
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(Updated May 5) On March 12, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev President Prof. Daniel Chamovitz announced the BGU COVID-19 Response
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The Times of Israel — BGU researchers have developed surface coatings based on nanomaterials, with both antiviral and antibacterial properties,
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The Jerusalem Post — Carolina Tannenbaum-Baruchi, a public health doctoral student in BGU’s Faculty of Health Sciences, designed a new
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Dr. Tobin Greensweig (MSIH ’14) was already an engineer before he started medical studies at BGU’s Medical School for International
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ISRAEL21c — It doesn’t take an expert to see that the coronavirus pandemic has left the global economy gasping for
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Newsweek — Ben-Gurion University scientists suggest future coronavirus outbreaks could be tracked using sewage water. In a preliminary study, the
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The Media Line — As airlines prepare to resume flights to Israel and other countries in coming weeks, carriers’ reputations
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Excerpted from Haaretz — This past Purim, in late March, a delegation of kabbalists and rabbis from Jerusalem flew over
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The Media Line — The coronavirus pandemic could spark a revolution in the use of drones in the medical sector,
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Green Prophet — Prof. Itzik Mizrahi, of BGU’s Department of Life Sciences and a member of the National Institute for Biotechnology in
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FOX News — FOX News recently visited BGU to interview Prof. Gabby Sarusi. He developed a one-minute electro-optical test using
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Gary S. DeBode was elected president of American Associates, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (AABGU) at a board meeting held
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The Times of Israel — As Israel’s Energy Ministry considers raising the country’s 2030 renewable energy target from 17% to
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The Jerusalem Post — “The novel coronavirus, SARSCoV-2, spread across the globe, reminding people that regardless of borders, race, religion,
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The Jerusalem Post — In a scientific breakthrough, a research team, headed by Dr. Assaf Zaritsky from BGU’s Department of Software
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NoCamels — As lifeguards return to work in Israel, a new artificial intelligence (AI) system developed by BGU students could
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The Algemeiner — Dr. Tal Zaks, a BGU alum who is now the chief medical officer of Moderna, one of
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NoCamels — The National Autism Research Center of Israel at BGU announced it will launch a national database in collaboration with
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The Jerusalem Post — A long term study from BGU on epidemic outbreaks found that while research on infectious coronavirus disease
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The New York Times –A BGU research team has pioneered a new coronavirus testing procedure, which is faster and more
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The Jerusalem Post — Can consuming your own microbiome from your feces help you maintain weight loss? A new study
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The Jerusalem Post — Medical devices that are vulnerable to cyberattacks and computer viruses now have a new line of
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ISRAEL21c — Wastewater containing coronavirus may be a serious public health threat, according to a new global study led by
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The Jerusalem Post — Prof. Mark Last, a member of BGU’s Department of Software and Information Systems Engineering and director of
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Forbes — If there’s one thing a hospital patient doesn’t want to think about as they prepare for a medical scan
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NPR’s The Loh Down on Science podcast features BGU research findings from Dr. Shelly Levy-Tzedek, head of the Cognition, Aging and
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Intermountain Jewish News — Israel’s first prime minister, David Ben-Gurion, was a huge believer in the potential of the Negev
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Haaretz — In an interview with Haaretz, social psychologist, neuroscientist, and BGU lecturer, Dr. Tomer Bakalash, explains what happens to
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BEER-SHEVA, Israel and RABAT, Morocco, September 14, 2021 – Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU) in Israel and Université Internationale
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Yahoo! Lifestyle — A new study published in the European Journal of Internal Medicine conducted by researchers from BGU and
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Morocco World News — Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU) in Israel and the Rabat International University (UIR) in Morocco
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Israel21C — Tikva Bracha, 2021 recipient of BGU’s William Berelson Prize for the Promotion of Jewish-Arab Understanding in Memory of
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CNN – “What we have done is miniaturized the radar instrument,” Rei Goffer, a BGU alumnus, former pilot in the
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VICE — Researchers have found a new and surprisingly simple method for bypassing facial recognition software using makeup patterns. A
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Jewish Link — Artificial sweeteners found in many foods, sports supplements and beverages could be causing long-term digestive disease and
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Israel21C — The Dead Sea has been shrinking at an alarming pace, losing more than a meter (some 40 inches)
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Oregon Jewish Life — With a new academic appointment and the upcoming Center for the Study of a Shared Society, Ben-Gurion
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The Jerusalem Post — Israel is experiencing a dire shortage in occupational therapists. Ben-Gurion University of the Negev is creating
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The Jerusalem Post — As the climate crisis continues to threaten many services that plant communities provide to humans, including
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The Times of Israel — Japanese IT multinational Fujitsu is partnering with BGU to launch a new cybersecurity center in
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