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Loneliness surged while suicidal thoughts declined after October 7, new study finds

Analysis of 17,523 helpline chats reveals unexpected shift in mental health concerns during national crisis

 This stress will eventually cost you your health
Prof. Moriah Ellen

“We know what works”: BGU’s amazing research that you’ve yet to hear about

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Midlife weight loss shows metabolic benefits but sparks brain inflammation in BGU - study

Dr. Esther Luzzatto,  public activist, social impact leader, and businesswoman.

Dr. Esther Luzzatto to receive Ben-Gurion Award from BGU


Will Israeli journalists need to change how they report the news? - study

Will journalists in Israel have to learn new skills in order to better report the news?

‘JOURNALISM HAS a unique position to bridge the disparate sectors of society.’

BGU program teaches students whose parents lacked higher education

BGU has announced a new program called First for a Degree to help make higher education more accessible regardless of socioeconomic status.

 Ben-Gurion University graduates.

More products to be produced with less material, pollution, fewer byproducts - BGU study

With these findings, those reactions could become more efficient – producing more products with less material, byproducts, pollution, and energy. 

 Photo from the experiment at the Swiss Light Source synchrotron

What do bats, priests, and rabbis have in common? - study

Researchers used passages from the Babylonian Talmud and Christian texts from the 1st to the 6th centuries to analyze parallels in narrative.

  Mother bat holding baby bat

Unconventional: A student couple's surprising wedding venue revealed

Students Meir Shmuel and Gali Bar-Sela tied the knot at the Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, creating an unforgettable experience.

 Meir Shmuel and Gali Bar-Sela at a wedding at Ben Gurion University

Israeli female students win prize for innovative ventilator tech

The four winners were Or Halevi, Yael Shoham, Hadas Vardi and Karin Friedkin. 

 Or Halevi, Yael Shoham, Hadas Vardi and Karin Friedkin.

Israeli cancer breakthrough says which patients should get immunotherapy

Since anti-PD1 is the leading immunotherapy treatment in cancer patients, such an achievement can impact the quality of life of thousands of cancer patients worldwide every day.

 Finding ways to stop the progression of cancer (Illustrative).

A4BGU’s CEO shares his views on 21st-century Zionism

"For Zionism to survive and Israel to thrive, we need a new, compelling rallying cry to mobilize a new generation around what 21st-century Zionism truly stands for,” Seserman said. 

 Cap: Doug Seserman, CEO of Americans for Ben-Gurion University.

Two-thirds of Israeli universities drop in global academic rankings

Institutions of higher learning in the West are being overshadowed by those in China, which is investing huge sums in teaching and research.

 Israelis walking in front of the entrance to the Hebrew University of Jerusalem

BGU psychologist leads international team on socially responsible guidelines

Reggev and his international colleagues have published 10 simple rules for socially responsible science in the latest issue of PLOS Computational Biology.

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