BGU&U | SPRING 2022

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In March, head of Cyber@BGU Prof. Yuval Elovici spoke about cybersecurity in the financial sector as part of the “Insight & Impact” series. The event was moderated by David Klein of One Peak Partners and sponsored by the international law firm White & Case.

In June, Prof. Guy Ben-Porat , of BGU’s Dept. of Politics and Government, discussed the potential impact of Israel’s new unity government with A4BGU CEO Doug Seserman. In September, Prof. Nadav Davidovitch and Dr. Anat Rosenthal of the Dept. of Health Systems Management, spoke about “the Latest on COVID-19.”

In November, A4BGU members enjoyed a live virtual tour of David Ben-Gurion’s Sde Boker home in honor of Ben-Gurion Day.

In May, Argentinian Friends of BGU, together with Jewish organizations in Argentina and Mexico, hosted a webinar with BGU alum and SpaceIL founder Kfir Damari about the Beresheet mission.

In November, A4BGU members learned about BGU’s new School of Sustainability and Climate Change in a webinar with its head Prof. Yaron Ziv and researchers Prof. Sigal Abramovich and Prof. Osnat Gillor .

In August, the Argentinian Friends and the Latin American Jewish organization Hebraica conducted a live Zoom tour of Ben-Gurion’s hut.

In December, Prof. Nadav Davidovich spoke again, about “The Covid Omicron Variant.”

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