Ben-gurion university

At Yazamut 360, students build ventures, take risks, and shape the future of Israel’s job market

Ben-Gurion University’s entrepreneurship center turns hands-on experience, failed prototypes, and student-led communities into career-changing skills.

An event at Yazamut 360: "A mission bigger than academia itself.”
An illustration of a mother feeding a baby a bottle of formula.

What a strand of hair may reveal about the bond between mother and child

THE SITE of a 1,400 year old church at Nitzana National Park.

'Wealthy religous center': Mosaics, ancient Byzantine church discovered at Nitzana National Park

UEFA Champions League screening event at the student house at Ben-Gurion University

Delivery app launched at Ben-Gurion University


More products to be produced with less material, pollution, fewer byproducts - BGU study

With these findings, those reactions could become more efficient – producing more products with less material, byproducts, pollution, and energy. 

 Photo from the experiment at the Swiss Light Source synchrotron

What do bats, priests, and rabbis have in common? - study

Researchers used passages from the Babylonian Talmud and Christian texts from the 1st to the 6th centuries to analyze parallels in narrative.

  Mother bat holding baby bat

Unconventional: A student couple's surprising wedding venue revealed

Students Meir Shmuel and Gali Bar-Sela tied the knot at the Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, creating an unforgettable experience.

 Meir Shmuel and Gali Bar-Sela at a wedding at Ben Gurion University

Israeli female students win prize for innovative ventilator tech

The four winners were Or Halevi, Yael Shoham, Hadas Vardi and Karin Friedkin. 

 Or Halevi, Yael Shoham, Hadas Vardi and Karin Friedkin.

Israeli cancer breakthrough says which patients should get immunotherapy

Since anti-PD1 is the leading immunotherapy treatment in cancer patients, such an achievement can impact the quality of life of thousands of cancer patients worldwide every day.

 Finding ways to stop the progression of cancer (Illustrative).

A4BGU’s CEO shares his views on 21st-century Zionism

"For Zionism to survive and Israel to thrive, we need a new, compelling rallying cry to mobilize a new generation around what 21st-century Zionism truly stands for,” Seserman said. 

 Cap: Doug Seserman, CEO of Americans for Ben-Gurion University.

Two-thirds of Israeli universities drop in global academic rankings

Institutions of higher learning in the West are being overshadowed by those in China, which is investing huge sums in teaching and research.

 Israelis walking in front of the entrance to the Hebrew University of Jerusalem

BGU psychologist leads international team on socially responsible guidelines

Reggev and his international colleagues have published 10 simple rules for socially responsible science in the latest issue of PLOS Computational Biology.

Ben Gurion University

Lenovo announces new innovation center in Ben-Gurion Unviersity

Lenovo announced this week the establishment of an innovative complex in collaboration with the Cyber Center of Ben-Gurion University.

 A Lenovo laptop computer is displayed with the Microsoft Windows 7 operating system at a computer store in Hong Kong November 5, 2009

Israeli scientists find groundbreaking approach for treating Alzheimer’s - study

An Alzheimer's treatment proposed by Israeli scientists targets mitochondrial gatekeeper, controlling deterioration of cells.

 Alzheimer's disease (illustrative).