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BGU PRESIDENT'S REPORT 2020

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NEW & NOTEWORTHY

 Rafael Advanced Defense Systems opened its R&D center at BGU’s Advanced Technologies Park. Pictured (L-R): President Prof. Daniel Chamovitz, Mayor Ruvik Danilovitz, Rafael Chairman Dr. Uzi Landau, CEO Yoav Har-Even, and executive VP Dr. Ran Gozali  Buzi Raviv, a graduate student at the French Associates Institute for Agriculture and Biotechnology of Drylands, hosted BGU Radio's "Podcast Production Course" graduation event

BGU Radio was launched with a new studio on the Marcus Family Campus in Beer-Sheva, after two years on the Sde Boker Campus. BGU Radio broadcasts as a podcast network produced by students, faculty, staff and the surrounding community. THE BGU ECOSYSTEM The first building on the IDF’s technology campus adjacent to the Advanced Technologies Park was dedicated. The campus will eventually occupy about 150,000 square meters of building space spread over 180 dunams. Beer-Sheva is the first city in Israel chosen to establish an innovation district , which will be centered around BGU.