Faculty Profile: Joshua Lipsitz
Prof. Joshua Lipsitz of BGU's Department of Psychology is a practicing clinician who specializes in short-term psychotherapy for people with clinical depression, chronic pain and social anxiety.
Solar Desalination System for Arid Land Agriculture
The BGU-developed solar-powered system uses nanofiltration membranes to treat the local brackish water.
BGU Researchers Successfully Test Solar Desalination System for ...
Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU) researchers have created a man-made oasis in the desert with the successful application of a solar-powered desalination system that provides water for irrigation in arid regions. The project was made possible with support from American Associates, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (Americans for Ben-Gurion University).
Rivka Carmi: A Leader for the Negev
A bright future for students and the Negev is reflected in the success story of the BGU's president.
BGU and Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center to ...
A collaboration to address the lack of medical devices designed specifically for children is being launched by Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center (CCH) in Ohio and Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU) in Beer-Sheva, Israel. The goal is to improve health outcomes for children by ensuring device design that is customized to meet children’s’ unique physiological differences and medical needs.
We Could Feed the World
BGU finds that the key to growing food in arid lands is a matter of "growing crops with less drops" of water.
New Supplement May Alleviate Calcium Deficiency and Accelerate ...
Prof. Amir Sagi of BGU’s Department of Life Sciences is advancing medical research by studying an unlikely population: crustaceans in Israel’s Arava region.
BGU Confers Honorary Doctoral Degree on Renowned Historian and ...
Ben-Gurion University of the Negev presented renowned historian, eminent scholar and author Deborah Lipstadt with a prestigious honorary doctoral degree at the 42nd Board of Governors Meeting today in Beer-Sheva, Israel. Since 1993, Prof. Lipstadt has been the Dorot Professor of Modern Jewish and Holocaust Studies at Emory University in Atlanta, where she founded the Tam Institute of Jewish Studies
NY Diabetes Researcher Receives Honorary Doctorate
BGU presented Dr. Jesse Roth, with an honorary doctoral degree at the 42nd Board of Governors Meeting.
Baltimore Philanthropist Toby Mower Donates $2 Million to ...
Baltimore philanthropist Toby Mower has donated $2 million to Americans for Ben-Gurion University to fund and develop the Toby Mower Curriculum for the Prevention and Treatment of Addiction, including endowing two presidential development chairs at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU).