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May 16, 2012 – OSP is proud to share about The BGU Energy Initiative
The BGU Energy Initiative is bringing together multidisciplinary groups in emerging fields of energy research and development (R&D) from Ben-Gurion University of the Negev to create strategies for developing alternative and renewable energy sources. More »

May 7, 2012 – Hebrew professor says key is to focus on person, not language
Vardit Ringvald visualizes the acquisition of language as a spiral, not a line. It’s an idea she’s been wrapping herself, and her colleagues, around since she arrived at Brandeis 27 years ago. More »

May 3, 2012 – May 3rd Issue of the BGU OSP Newsletter is available online!
The BGU OSP newsletters gives readers the opportunity to see What's Hot on the OSP. More »

April 10, 2012 – BGU Hosts America Day on Campus
Celebrating strong ties between Israel and the United States, the day's events featured performances by the Philadelphia-based Rennie Harris Puremovement hip-hop dance troupe. More »

April 5, 2012 – Liza, a current student blogs about March!
Liza is attending spring semester on the Overseas Student Program of Ben‐ Gurion University of the Negev. She is from Reading, Pennsylvania and is earning her degree through the University of Pittsburgh. More »

April 2, 2012 – "I can finally say that I am home!" A student's blog while on the OSP
Cortnee Doll, a Junior at Washington College in Maryland shares her experience while on the Overseas Student Program of Ben-Gurion University of the Negev. More »

March 12, 2012 – BGU is Bringing Clean Water Innovations to the World
BGU Prof. Robert Marks is working with international researchers in Singapore to develop clean water technologies. More »

February 6, 2012 – Read about Liza's first month at BGU!
Liza is attending spring semester on the Overseas Student Program of Ben‐ Gurion University of the Negev. She is from Reading, Pennsylvania and is earning her degree through the University of Pittsburgh.  More »

January 18, 2012 – Taste of Israel; New Summer Minimester Course!
Enjoy an authentic taste of Israeli culture in our new Early Summer Minimester program highlighting the food and language of Israel.  More »

December 25, 2011 – BGU Students' Hip-Hopping Chanukah Video
Watch the Ben-Gurion University student's choir let by Dorit Talmi wish everyone a Happy Hanukah from the BGU Beer-Sheva Campus.  More »

December 14, 2011 – New Courses in Emergency Medicine now offered in English
The Overseas Student Program is now offering courses in Emergency Medicine. These courses include: Management of Mass Casualties Incidents, A Primer in Emergency Medicine and Human Behavior in Emergency Situations.  More »

November 28, 2011 – BGU Student Union implements new ways to include international students
The BGU Student Association is reaching out to the international students. In addition to the new English newsletter they have also launched a "Buddy System" to adopt foreign students.  More »

November 18, 2011 – Announcing the Launch of "What's Hot at BGU," the newsletter of the Ginsburg-Ingerman Overseas Student Program at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
It is our aim to keep you updated on the unique opportunities for international students at BGU, as well as to highlight some of the cutting edge research and academic programs currently taking place at our University.  More »

November 17, 2011 – New Class for Winter Session: The Fauna and Flora of the Negev
Between February 19 – March 1, 2012 The Fauna and Flora of the Desert Field Course, taught Professor Carmi Korin, will allow you to enter one of these zones- the desert. You’ll experience first hand, through a course of 4 field trips guided by experts, this unique environment, with its rare and common species of animals and plants. More »

October 7, 2011 – Prof. David Faiman Is Revolutionizing Solar Energy in Israel
BGU Prof. David Faiman, director of the Ben-Gurion National Solar Energy Center in Sede Boqer and chair of BGU's Department of Solar Energy and Environmental Physics, is profiled in the "Anglo File" section of Haaretz's English-language edition. More »

September 30, 2011 – Cortnee, A Current OSP Student Blogs About Her September at BGU
I have been to Israel twice before, but I still cannot get enough of this remarkable country. More »

August 26, 2011 – Reaching the Youth of Israel's Periphery
Ben-Gurion University of the Negev is mentioned as being part of a growing determination to change this reality. A 4-acre $40 million science park is slated to open in 2012 in Beer-Sheva on the BGU campus.  More »

July 20, 2011 – Washington College's Hillel Newsletter Profiles Mallory, a Recent OSP Student
“It's been one of the best experiences in my life,” enthuses Mallory Kahn-Johnston ’12 of her experience at Ben-Gurion University in Israel, where she spent this past spring as part of the College’s study abroad program. More »

June 24, 2011 – Arizona State University is now offering an exciting semester- or year-long study abroad experience at Israel’s Ben-Gurion University of the Negev!
For ASU students with interests in sustainability and environmental justice in arid lands, ASU offers exciting semester- or year-long study abroad. More »

April 13, 2011 – The College of New Jersey will offer new study-abroad program in Israel.
The College is partnering with Ben-Gurion University (BGU) in Be’er-Sheva, Israel for a new study-abroad opportunity, to be offered starting in Fall 2011. More »

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