BGU PRESIDENT'S REPORT 2021

BGU PRESIDENT'S REPORT 2021

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NOTEWORTHY NEWS

The 7 th International Drylands, Desert and Desertification Conference took place virtually in November 2020 with over 2,400 participants and 160 speakers from 109 countries. NOTABLE CONTRIBUTIONS A bequest from the Estate of Robert Bergida of Los Angeles, CA will support research in the areas of Parkinson’s disease, skin cancer, late onset Tay-Sachs disease and Holocaust studies.

LEVERAGING BGU’S STRENGTHS IN DESERT STUDIES BGU established the School of Sustainability and Climate Change . BGU and ABAN Group Ltd. signed an agreement to build an agricultural research institute in Chennai, India under the academic auspices of BGU. A cluster of institutions focusing on desert tech is being planned with Arizona State University and Khalifa University in Abu Dhabi.

 BGU's Vice President for Global Engagement Prof. Limor Aharonson Daniel and President Chamovitz signed an agreement with the ABAN Group in India via Zoom.

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undergraduate students participated in entrepreneurial activities 2,000