BGU | PRESIDENT'S REPORT 2024

NOTEWORTHY NEWS

The official launch of the Department of Occupational Therapy in January Tamar Zandberg Dovi Frances

ACADEMIC DEVELOPMENT BGU founded the National Institute for Climate Policy Research headed by former Minister of Environmental Protection Tamar Zandberg. The Institute aims to pioneer evidence-based policy solutions, ensuring sustainability and prosperity across all levels of governance and industry. BGU, together with venture capitalist Dovi Frances , is partnering with leading entities in the field of artificial intelligence to establish an initiative in Beer-Sheva called

The INSTITUTE (The Institute for Excellence in Cyber and Artificial Intelligence). The initiative will focus on four main areas: cybersecurity, healthcare, economy, and education. The first cohort of students the in BGU’s new Department of Occupational Therapy began their studies this year and are expected to help rectify a severe shortage of professionals in the field across the country, and especially in the Negev.

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