BGU | PRESIDENT'S REPORT 2023

PHYSICAL ACADEMIC DEVELOPMENT and NOTEWORTHY NEWS

The visitors center at the Cyndi and Max Mintzberg Ben-Gurion Research Institute for the Study of Israel & Zionism Building and the Ben-Gurion Archives in Sde Boker Students moving Ben-Gurion Archives documents into their new home

BEN-GURION ARCHIVES OPENS

The Ben-Gurion Archives has reopened in the state-of-the-art Cyndi and Max Mintzberg Building on the Sde Boker campus. The Archive, which houses an extensive collection of materials written by and about Israel’s first prime minister David Ben-Gurion, is jointly operated by BGU and the Ben-Gurion Heritage Center, and includes items formerly kept by the IDF and State Archives. The Ben-Gurion Research Institute for the Study of Israel and Zionism and the Azrieli Center for Israel Studies also moved into the new building. IDF OPENS SOFTWARE AND CYBER SCHOOL IN NEGEV The state-of-the-art I​DF Communications Branch School for Software and Cyber Security was dedicated this August at the Advanced Technologies Park (ATP). The move will advance collaboration between the IDF school, BGU and the hi-tech companies in the ATP. Some 1,000 soldiers were transferred to Beer-Sheva as part of the move.

L-R: Beer-Sheva Mayor Ruvik Danilovich, former IDF Chief of Staff Lt.-Gen. Aviv Kochavi, President Chamovitz, and Gav-Yam Dir.-Gen. Avi Jacobovitz cut the ribbon for the IDF’s new Software and Cyber Security School at the ATP. Photo: IDF Spokesperson's Unit

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