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Ben-Gurion University to launch Israel’s first school of sustainability, climate change Ben-Gurion University to launch Israel’s first school of sustainability, climate change A multidisciplinary approach will strengthen research being carried out in numerous fields, including water, food security, clean energy, environmental engineering, public health and social justice. Student volunteers from Ben-Gurion University, including President Professor Daniel Chamovitz, help clean up tar from the Nitzanim beach after the catastrophic oil spill in the Mediterranean off the coast of Israel in Fe...

Silicon Valley technology entrepreneur and philanthropist Nahum Guzik has donated $25 million to Israel’s Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, the university announced in a press release Wednesday. The announcement came from American Associates, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, a philanthropic organization that supports the institution, which declared the Guzik gift to be the second largest “single gift commitment” in its history. The donation will fund a new Guzik Cultural Center, a multi-use complex featuring a 900-seat music hall and auditorium, as well as a visitors’ center, acc...