BGU PRESIDENT'S REPORT 2021

BGU PRESIDENT'S REPORT 2021

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NOTEWORTHY NEWS

 The Helen Diller Family Center is lit up to mark the beginning of the 2020-21 academic year.  Zvika Schwimmer, CEO of Electra Consumer Products, and BGU President Prof. Daniel Chamovitz signed a collaboration agreement for studies and research on sustainability.

A generous gift from Carole and Marcus Weinstein of Richmond, VA, supporting the President’s Faculty Recruitment Fund enabled BGU to hire Dr. Shira Chapman , an outstanding young scientist in the emerging field of quantum physics. Contributions to this fund give BGU a competitive edge in offering comprehensive research packages to attract the best and brightest researchers. Electra Consumer Products Ltd. provided a generous gift that will fund research and scholarships allocated to environmental engineering students.

Keren Kayemeth Le’Israel Jewish National Fund made a generous contribution to provide scholarships for life sciences and computer science students who have committed to live in the Negev for at least one year after their graduation.

ENTREPRENEURSHIP, INNOVATION AND COMMERCIALIZATION

Development of Beer-Sheva’s Innovation District continues through expanding partnerships and collaborations.

BGU is ranked 46 th among the world’s top 50 VC backed universities * #46 * According to the PitchBook University Report. ›

with 285 entrepreneurs

who founded 251 companies ›

raising $4.5 B in funding

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