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JUN 2023 Gala Dinner in Geneva

The Swiss friends of BGU held a highly successful gala dinner attended by 200 participants from the Geneva Jewish community. The event featured six BGU researchers who showcased their work on topics ranging from chemistry and environmental studies, to entrepreneurship and cyber security. The keynote address was delivered by BGU alumnus Avi Issacharoff, creator of the acclaimed Israeli TV show Fauda .

Swiss Gala. L-R: BGU VP Jeff Kaye, Dr. Uri Roll, Dr. Nina Kamennaya, Arielle Herzog Hadida, Avi Issacharoff, BGU President Prof. Daniel Chamovitz, Michaël Darmon, Lionel Halpérin, President of the Swiss Friends, Prof. Yuval Elovici, and students Avital Wagner, Sarah Winkler, and Shir Levy. Photo: Jeremy Philippe

UK

JUN 2023 Safeguarding Our Digital Age: Homeland Security in the 21st Century Prof. Dan Blumberg was interviewed by British journalist Jonathan Sacerdoti at an event co-hosted by the Ben-Gurion University Foundation and Rosenblatt, a law firm in London. Jonathan Sacerdoti is a member of the inaugural cohort of the Halutz Initiative for Global Leadership and Simon Walton, our co-host from Rosenblatt, is from the second Halutz cohort.

L-R: Hannah Allen, Louis James Zlotowski-Merran, a trustee of BGUF, Simon Walton, Prof. Dan Blumberg, Liv Sperber, Dr. Natalie Lancer, and Jonathan Sacerdoti. Photo: BGUF

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