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Larry Goodman Receives Lifetime Achievement Award for Philanthropy in Beer-Sheva
January 11, 2012
Philanthropist Larry Goodman was honored in December in Beer-Sheva with the city's 2011 Distinguished Citizen Award for Lifetime Achievement. more »


Gov. Quinn Is Building Bridges between Israel and Illinois
September 1, 2011
JUF News--Illinois Governor Pat Quinn spent a week touring Israel, culminating in the signing of a formal agreement on academic cooperation between BGU and the University of Illinois at Chicago. more »


Illinois Governor Pat Quinn Visits BGU
July 21, 2011
Gov. Quinn attended a signing ceremony for an agreement that promotes faculty and student exchange between BGU and the University of Illinois at Chicago. more »


BGU President Prof. Rivka Carmi Visits Cleveland
June 22, 2011
Prof. Rivka Carmi, M.D. brings Ben-Gurion University's message of making the desert bloom to Northeast Ohio. more »


Israeli Robots Wow Supporters
March 7, 2011
BGU’s Dr. Amir Shapiro demonstrated robots that can climb walls and navigate through tunnels too small or inaccessible to people. more »


Ben-Gurion University Creates Garden in Memory of Lillian Goodman
July 23, 2010
Ben-Gurion University has created a public garden in memory of Lillian Goodman, of Highland Park, IL, who passed away last November. To be known as the Lillian Goodman Garden, the venue encompasses 3,800 square feet and features trees and flowers, walking paths, and benches. more »


An Ideal Community
April 12, 2010
Jerusalem Report -- Developing the Negev is the clarion call of modern Zionism and a 40-year-old mission of Ben-Gurion University. But, is building new, small isolated communities the way to go? BGU's Prof. Alon Tal, a leading environmentalist says no. more »


Project Milwaukee: The Currency of Water
December 11, 2009
WUWM (Milwaukee Public Radio) (Radio Interview) -- Eilon Adar, director of BGU's Zuckerberg Institute for Water Research, discusses how Israel's water management strategies can help Wisconsin become a global hub for the water technologies industry. more »

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