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Chairman’s Message 4 President’s Message 5 Growing Up in the Light of Excellence 6 New and Noteworthy 15 Facts and Figures 31 Campus Construction 36 Senior Administration 38 Recognizing Our Friends 39 Board of Governors 56 BGU Associates Organizations 60 President's Report 2019

FROM THE CHAIRMAN

We look forward every year to University administration to advance this opportunity to learn about and transform the Negev. new achievements, new scientific breakthroughs, new expansion projects, I am thrilled to welcome Prof. Daniel and new activities and accomplishments Chamovitz to his new position as by our faculty and students. BGU's seventh President and wish him success. These are exciting times, In recent years, BGU has paved the filled with opportunities and new way for Beer-Sheva's transformation beginnings, and I have every confidence into the nation's cyber capital and the that by working together harmoniously Negev's evolution into Israel's Silicon and communicating our message Wadi. With the construction of the compellingly, the worldwide Ben-Gurion North Campus, BGU will complete the University family will accomplish our crucial triangle linking the University, goals. the Advanced Technologies Park and the IDF's technology campus required My friends and fellow Governors, it has to accomplish our vision of a hi-tech been an honor and a pleasure to serve 4 ecosystem centered on BGU. as Chairman of the Board of Governors and I look forward to continuing my In May 2016 we launched the 2020 wholehearted support of the University. Vision 50th Anniversary Campaign, a It is with great pride that I sign this five-year international fundraising message and wish you well. operation with the goal of raising the $500 million needed to prepare the University for the expected influx of students in the wake of the IDF's move to the south, through the doubling of its physical size in Beer-Sheva. The legacy gift of the late Dr. Howard and Lottie Marcus, the largest single donation in history to an Israeli institution, will be instrumental in the execution of these plans for the North Campus.

Today, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev enjoys the highest rate of growth of any Israeli university. Its global academic ranking is impressive and, in certain fields, we are among the world’s leaders. The student body is involved in a wide variety of community outreach and social action projects and works in collaboration with the Alexander M. Goren PRESIDENT FROM THE 7 as Ben-GurionUniversityoftheNegev’s As Iwritethisnote,havebeenserving an areainwhich BGUalreadyhasa interdisciplinary academic teamwork, I believethatthiswillentail cultivating next 50yearsofnovelchallenges. and readytheUniversityfor the raise BGU'sstandingeven higher There ismuchworktobedone there isnotimetorestonourlaurels. As weapproachourgoldenjubilee, young people. the preferredplaceofstudyforIsrael’s mission, anditisthereasonthatBGU that BGUisclearlyidentifiedwithits University’s strength.Itisthereason BGU communityisthesourceof and aroundtheworld.Thisvibrant our manysupportersbothinIsrael administrative andtechnicalstaff, our facultymembers,students, I've encounteredateveryturn–of and motivatedbythecommitment tenure here,Ihavebeentouched In thefewshortmonthsofmy truly dependentonus. our University.Thus,Israel‘sfutureis with thedevelopmentandsuccessof Sheva's successisintimatelyentwined metropolis inBeer-Sheva;andBeer- a vibrant,diverseandprosperous success isdependentonbuilding developing theNegev;Negev’s our firstPrimeMinister’svisionfor Israel’s futuredependsonfulfilling Israel’s future.Themathissimple: history andessentialroleinensuring to identifytotallywithitsinspiring come toregardBGUasmyhome,and Yet inthisshorttime,Ihavequickly th Presidentforlessthanhalf ayear. upon. on thepaththatwehaveembarked be talkingaboutnewaccomplishments we willalready when wemeetnextyear, friendship fillmewithconfidencethat our 50 I amgreatlyoptimisticasweapproach international visitorsalike. "must visit"universityfornationaland will cementourreputationasthe region. Together,thesedevelopments accessible toallresidentsofour Negev, andtomakingaBGUeducation ecosystems ofBeer-Shevaandthe firmly committedtodevelopingthe higher learningwithasocialconscience, remain Israel'spremierinstitutionof sights onthefuture,wealsoneedto education possible.Aswesetour provide ourstudentswiththefinest new pedagogicalparadigms,and undergraduate education,embrace must reaffirmourcommitmentto research. Justasimportantly,we grants, andyieldgroundbreaking young minds,bringinlargecompetitive areas ofstrengthwillattractthebest boundaries. Centersofexcellencein refuse tobeconfinedbydisciplinary thinking studentsandresearcherswho generation ofindependent,forward- uniquely attunedtotheneedsofanew potential asanewkindofuniversity, between disciplineswillunleashBGU's distinct edge.Dismantlingbarriers Prof. DanielChamovitz th anniversary.Yoursupport and

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GROWING UP IN THE LIGHT OF EXCELLENCE 6 6 Sarah Abu-Kaf Raz Jelinek,itwasaworldawayfor 'home awayfromhome'fortheteenage Whereas Ben-GurionUniversitywasa the BGUstory. its environs;theirlifetrajectoriesreflect They allcameofageinBeer-Shevaand Community ActionDepartment. experience in law to oversee the University's Vered Saroussi-Katz misfortune intoopportunity,andinspired higher educationhelped commitment toexpandingaccess second cohort;agenerationlater,BGU's chance tostudybiologyintheUniversity's Varda Shoshan-Barmatzseizedthe Umm Batin. ARE OUR STORY OUR ARE STORIESTHEIR intheBedouintownof toharnessher Miki Malul

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8  Prof. Raz Jelinek in his lab

 High schooler Raz Jelink atop the Monument to the Negev Brigade in 1982

“It isn't an exaggeration to say that now BGU's Vice President for Research “YOU HAD A I grew up with BGU,” says Prof. Raz and Development - felt homesick for the SENSE HERE OF Jelinek, “I used to go folk dancing at city and the University. “Beer-Sheva was BOTH GROWTH the Bergmann campus when I was a undergoing a tremendous growth spurt AND RENEWAL, teenager. So, the University has been at the time,” he recalls, “with thousands COUPLED WITH A a part of my life for as long as I can of immigrants from the former Soviet SMALL-TOWN FEEL remember.” Union flowing into the city, many of AND A UNIVERSITY whom had significant backgrounds in THAT HAD HIGH “When I was about 13, I started coming science and research.” ASPIRATIONS to after-school science clubs on campus IN TERMS OF and that is when I knew I had found my EXCELLENT calling. We dissected frogs and mice, RESEARCH AND and there was a bird-watching group INNOVATION.” as well. We went to an open field at the edge of town, where you would often come across camels or sheep grazing. That field became the Marcus Family Campus. I drank it all in, and that sense of curiosity and fascination has never left me.”

A decade after leaving Beer-Sheva for his studies, Prof. Jelinek – a chemist, and children thebesteducation.” were mainlyconcerned withgivingtheir parents -immigrants fromMorocco- the developmenttownOfakim. “My Ranen, thenBeer-Sheva,and finally grew upinNegev,first Moshav Prof. VardaShoshan-Barmatz, who Sheva waslikeatthetime,” says “You’ve gottorememberwhatBeer- education inthecity,to210,000today. establishment ofaninstitutionhigher when thegovernmentapproved from 80,000residentsin1969, because they"grewup"together: defined bytheUniversity,largely The cityofBeer-Shevahaslongbeen Prof. Jelineksays. and Iknewwantedtobeapartofit,” had amissionandtonofpotential, excellent researchandinnovation.BGU that hadhighaspirationsintermsof a small-townfeelandUniversity growth andrenewal,coupledwith “So youhadasensehereofboth for economic, cultural andsocialgrowth. research that would also actasadriver Israel toserve asahubofscientific David Ben-Gurion's visionforsouthern the city'sfuture,andinPrime Minister university wasavoteofconfidencein David Tuviyahu Campus).Butthenew in aformerhotel,HiasHouse (today's research inthelifescienceswereheld For thefirstfewdecades,classesand Biology.” University andtheBGUDepartmentof degree jointlyawardedbytheHebrew later, IgraduatedwithaMaster's University oftheNegev.Twoyears class, in1971,ofwhatbecamethe for me.Iwasinthesecondgraduating Sheva answeredanimportantneed So thefoundingofauniversityinBeer- study biologyandbecomeascientist. be hard,butItookitasachallengeto my teacherswarnedmethatitwould dreamed ofanacademiccareer.One with aninterestinscience,and “I wasatalentedhighschoolstudent 1970 the UniversityofNegev, of undergraduatestudiesat classmates intheirfirstyear  FOR ME. IMPORTANT NEED AN ANSWERED BEER-SHEVA IN UNIVERSITYOF A “ THE FOUNDINGTHE VardaShoshan(left)and ”

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After postdoctoral studies in the US to Beer-Sheva. The University's main “WE NEEDED and establishing herself as an up-and- campus grew at a dizzying pace and STATE-OF-THE- coming bioenergetics researcher, Prof. enrollment topped 10,000. ART FACILITIES Shoshan-Barmatz returned to Israel TO ATTRACT in 1982 with offers for tenure-track Prof. Shoshan-Barmatz says the TOP-NOTCH research positions at the Weizmann confluence of events did more than RESEARCHERS AND Institute and the Hebrew University. merely bolster BGU's numbers and STUDENTS. THAT Like Prof. Jelinek, her Beer-Sheva roots infrastructure. It positioned the WOULD ALLOW US prevailed over what seemed at the time University as a force to be reckoned TO RAMP UP THE to be more prestigious opportunities. with in Israeli academia and gave it QUALITY OF OUR confidence to aspire even higher. RESEARCH.” “I wanted to be close to my parents. But even more importantly, I felt I could “My lab was still in Hias House in 2000, make a more meaningful contribution and we were getting ready to move by building my lab at BGU rather than at into our new building on the main any other university,” she recalls. campus. But, as the department chair, I didn't want to bring the outdated The arrival of talented young researchers equipment with us to our new building. 10 combined with two unrelated factors in I told the University administrators that the 1990s to propel BGU from its infancy we needed state-of-the-art facilities into a period of sustained growth: The to attract top-notch researchers and election of Prof. Avishay Braverman students. That would allow us to as the fifth president of the University, ramp up the quality of our research. and the collapse of the Soviet Union, Fortunately, they agreed, and we built which brought an influx of immigrants one of the finest laboratories in Israel,”

“I FELT I COULD MAKE A MORE MEANINGFUL CONTRIBUTION BY BUILDING MY LAB AT BGU RATHER THAN AT ANY OTHER UNIVERSITY.”

 Prof. Varda Shoshan- Barmatz in her lab at the National Institute for Biotechnology in the Negev neighboring towns.” I hadtohitchhike toschoolinoneofthe for boys.When Iwasinhighschool, consciousness inBedouin society, even education justisn’tpartof the cultureor about continuingmystudies. Higher year laterandIneverreally thought at 18,myeldestdaughterwas borna she recallswithasmile.“Igotmarried well havebeen10lightyearsaway,” drive frommyhouse,butitmightas “The Universitywasjusta10-minute higher education. but hadnoplanstocontinueon at herstudiesasahighschoolstudent, Beer-Sheva, Dr.SarahAbu-Kafexcelled Umm Batin,10kilometersnorthof Growing upintheBedouintownof to anotherlevel.” University's commitmenttoexcellence far greater,”sheexplains,“Itraisedthe for overadecade.“Thetruevaluewas (NIBN), whichShoshan-Barmatzled Institute forBiotechnologyintheNegev in theestablishmentofNational she recalls.Thatwasthefirststep

at thetime,”shesays. Bedouin womenstudentsoncampus It was1994;Ithinktherewerejustfive psychology andeconomicsprograms. did quitewell.Iwasacceptedtothe psychometric exams(IsraeliSAT’s)and encouraged metotry,too.Itookthe had startedstudyingatBGUandhe “But Iwaslucky,inthatmyhusband

EDUCATION. WORLD OF HIGHER THE IN SUCCEED THEY, TOO,CAN UNDERSTAND THAT BEGIN TO UNTIL BEDOUINS MATTEROF TIME “IT ONLY IS A her homeinUmmBatin Kaf (left)withrelativesoutside  Twelve-yearoldSarahAbu- campus  Dr.SarahAbu-Kafon ”

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Predictably, Abu-Kaf felt isolated. begin to understand that they, too, While her reading skills in Hebrew can succeed in the world of higher “COMBINING were good, her spoken language skills education.” ACADEMIC STUDY were weak. In addition, she was one WITH COMMUNITY of just a handful of students wearing No one could agree more than Adv. OUTREACH IS PART hijab. “Bedouin culture places a high Vered Saroussi-Katz, also a native of OF THE DNA OF OUR value on community, collectivism and Beer-Sheva and the director of BGU'S UNIVERSITY” especially on respecting our elders, Community Action Department. whereas Jewish Israelis feel free to “Combining academic study and challenge ideas and authority. I felt like community outreach is part of the DNA an outsider,” she explained. of our University,” she says. “Whether it’s a foreign-born student tutoring Still, the University was changing. In English as part of the Lillian and Larry 1997, just as Abu-Kaf was completing Goodman Open Apartments program her BA in psychology, Prof. Ismail or a professor in the Faculty of Health Abu-Saad and the late Robert Arnow Sciences teaching 'Introduction to founded the Robert H. Arnow Center Anatomy' to prisoners in the 'Windows

12 for Bedouin Studies and Development. onto Campus Dreams' program, social She began to see her ‘differentness’ as responsibility is part-and-parcel of the  Adv. Vered Saroussi-Katz in an asset that would allow her to study BGU experience at every level.” Deichmann Plaza her community both as an insider and from an academic perspective, and embarked upon graduate studies in clinical psychology dedicated to analyzing the needs of the Bedouin community in a rapidly changing world.

“The University had initiated a process of diversification, and began actively reaching out to the Bedouin world. I was proud to play a role in this process, helping to craft culturally-appropriate ways to help bridge the gaps.”

At present, there are more than 500 Bedouin students at BGU, more than 80 percent of whom are women, and Dr. Abu-Kaf is one of Israel’s leading experts on the impact of modernity on Bedouin culture and psyche. “It’s coming,” she says. “It is only a matter of time until the University begins to really understand the trove of human capital in the Bedouin community, and Bedouins themselves   CommunityActionthen... Andnow After growing upin Dimona, anisolated plan didnotinclude academicstudies. Like Prof.Abu-Kaf, Prof.MikiMalul'slife breadth anddepthtotheir research.” and researchersbringimportant on societyfromabove,our students instead ofanivorytowerthat looksout “By beingpartofadiversecommunity, is awin-winforall,”Saroussi-Katzsays. “To meitseemsclearthatthisapproach of economics, onasocietal level, and “Also, Iunderstood theimportance Faculty ofBusiness andManagement. Malul, nowDeanoftheGuilford Glazer far fromhome,”remembers Prof. faculty yetandIdidn'twant togoso but BGUdidn'thaveanengineering “I wouldhaveenjoyedengineering, department atBGU.Hechosethelatter. the Technion,andtoeconomics the structuralengineeringprogramat school grades,hewasacceptedto academic coursetoimprovehishigh to universityaswell.Afterapre- College, encouragedMikitoapply started studyingatSapirAcademic when Malul'solderbrother,whohad Unemployment turnedintoaboon later whenthefactoryclosed. His destinychangedtwoyears settle downthere. assumed thathewouldmarryand he completedhismilitaryservice,and work inalocalbottlingfactoryonce southeast ofBeer-Sheva,Malulfound desert townabout40kilometers STABILITY” LEADERSHIP AND TOUS PROJECT THAT ENABLES OF MATURITY ATTAINEDLEVEL A BUT ALSO WE'VE UNIVERSITY, 'YOUNG'OF A EXUBERANCE FULLOF THE “ WE'RE STILLWE'RE

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“AT HEART, THE UNIVERSITY IS THE SAME INSTITUTION THAT INSPIRED ME AS AN UNDERGRAD: A COMBINATION OF INTELLECTUAL RIGOR AND A MISSION TO SERVE AS A CULTURAL, SOCIAL AND EDUCATIONAL BEACON FOR ALL OF SOUTHERN ISRAEL.” 14

felt I could make a contribution in him as an undergrad: A combination of that area. So that's what I did. By the intellectual rigor and a mission to serve time I finished my MA, I knew I wanted as a cultural, social and educational to continue on for a doctorate, and I beacon for all of southern Israel.  Prof. Miki Malul, Dean of broadened my research by focusing on the Guilford Glazer Faculty of public policy and administration.” “When we talk about 'research Business and Mangement, at excellence,' what exactly do we mean?” work Thirty years after arriving on campus, he said. “I mean, academic publications  Early desktop computers Malul says that at heart, the University are valuable and important, but our at BGU is the same institution that inspired ultimate goal must be to have an impact far beyond the University. Why? Because, ultimately, discoveries must have a positive impact beyond the lab. This is true for every academic field.”

“As we approach our 50th anniversary, I'd compare it to a young person coming of age: We are in the process of refining and understanding our identity and place in the community. We're still full of the exuberance of a 'young' university, but we've also attained a level of maturity that enables us to project leadership and stability,” Prof. Malul says. NOTEWORTHY NEW AND COMPETITIVE EDGE.” GIVES OURUNIVERSITY A HUMAN CAPITAL IS WHAT OUR EXCELLENCE IN FIRST-YEAR UNDERGRADS, RESEARCHERS TOOUR TO FROM OUR USE. TOP TALENT YOU NEED INFRASTRUCTURE, BUT EDGE FACILITIES AND TO HAVE CUTTING- “BGU ISFORTUNATE Prof. DanielChamovitz,BGUPresident TOPUT THEM WORLD-CLASS

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 Amos Oz

The BGU community mourns the passing of Amos Oz, one of the greatest Hebrew authors of the

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Oz was identified with Ben-Gurion University and loved it with all his heart. As a professor in the Dept. of Hebrew Literature, he taught generations of students who drank thirstily from his wisdom. “Over the years I taught dozens of courses here, which were not really academic courses, but rather lessons in close reading, guided reading, reading in small sips,”  President Emerita Prof. said Oz at an event to mark his BGU inaugurated the Marcus Family Rivka Carmi and BGU retirement. “Maybe I thus managed Campus Sculpture Trail with the Galleries Curator Prof. Haim unveiling of three recent additions by to awaken a little appetite and Maor inaugurate the Marcus passion for literature in the hearts Family Campus Sculpture leading Israeli sculptors Yaakov Dorchin, of my students.” Trail with sculptor Yisrael Sigalit Landau and Yisrael Hadani. Hadani He received an honorary doctorate Trumpeter Itamar Borochov led a from the University in 2008. The very special performance of Jazz Amos Oz Archive housed at the legend Lionel Hampton's 1953 King Heksherim Research Institute for David Suite at BGU. The score for Jewish and Israeli Literature and the work Hampton composed after Culture holds thousands of items, visiting Israel was thought lost until including all his books in Hebrew it was rediscovered in 1995. It is now and all their translations into other languages, essays, and reviews from preserved in the Ben-Gurion Archives Israel and around the world. at the Ben-Gurion Research Institute for the Study of Israel and Zionism. ecosystem. confidence intheATPand theBGU August, 2018wasaclearvote of Negev's privatebondoffering in Unprecedented interestin tech personnel. building willhousesome800newhi- has begun.Whencompleted,thenew Advanced TechnologiesPark(ATP) Construction ofthe4 engineering andexactsciences. expected risethenumberofstudentsin of theIDFmovetoNegevand NIS 55million The GovernmentwillprovideBGUwith adjacent totheMarcusFamilyCampus. Southern Commandheadquarters, technology units,aswelltheIDF "smart campus"tohouseIDFadvanced agreement tobeginconstructionofa finalized withaMinistryofDefense The IDFmovetothesouthwas The BGUEcosystem to fundupgradesahead th buildingatBGU's Gav-Yam

community; andBioMedTech. data science,andmachinelearning community; DiSCo,adatamining, Brainstorm Riders,theBrainTech three entrepreneurialcommunities: aspiring entrepreneurs.Italsocreated students, researchers,andother tech hub established Entrepreneurship andInnovation The BengisCenterfor undergone traininginVCinvesting. is managedbystudentswhohave researchers andgraduates.Thefund startups formedbyBGUstudents, a venturecapitalfundfocusingon Yazamut 360° entrepreneurship, Yazamut360° to establishanew the CouncilforHigherEducation BGU wona Entrepreneurship Innovation and , asharedopenspacefor NIS 6milliongrant the Innovation-Gateway launched center for Cactus Capital from .

, ATP. and the BGU next to technology campus construction of its as the IDF begins growcontinues to BGU's ecosystem Research CenterattheATP a visittoBGU'sCyberSecurity President ReuvenRivlinduring Israeli Chamovitz, meets  BGUPresidentProf.Daniel Technologies Park  BGU'sAdvanced

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 Columbia University The Bengis Center hosted over 150 BGU and Google Israel to improve President Prof. Lee Bollinger lectures and workshops, 2 student digital government services. The team visited BGU to discuss competitions, 6 hackathons and 2 in second place, Trade-Marker, were academic collaborations. Pictured (L-R) Amb. Daniel cycles of the Inno-Negev technology invited to demonstrate their app at Shapiro, Prof. Limor acceleration program. Google headquarters in the US. Aharonson-Daniel, BGU Vice-President for Global The inaugural SilicoNegevBGU Engagement, President Prof. Academic Programs entrepreneurship festival for the Daniel chamovitz, Prof. and Activities Bollinger and his wife Jean Negev's community of innovators The number of courses taught in Magnano Bollinger, and Prof. and entrepreneurs included a startup English at BGU grew significantly: Safwan M. Masri, Columbia's competition with a NIS 500,000 9 departments from the Faculty of Executive Vice President for investment prize. Global Centers and Global Engineering Sciences now teach in Development English in their master's programs, as The application AppOtropus, a one-stop do the MBA Program and the Dept. of platform for legal guardians developed Economics. by BGU students, won the 'Students Innovating in the Public Sector 4.0.' competition. The competition, now in its fifth year, is a joint initiative of Medical Systems.' for SolvingChallenges inHealthand Entrepreneurship andInnovation on anewcourseentitled'Faculty, and managementcollaborated The facultiesofengineering, health Science. program withaspecializationin is launchinganewundergraduate The Dept.ofComputerScience Science andEngineering new undergraduateprogramin Systems Engineering The Dept.ofSoftwareandInformation ATP. Cyber SecurityResearchCenteratthe Nissim Malware Lab,headedby The DavidandJanetPolakFamily policy andreducinginequalitygaps. goal ofinfluencinghealthpromotion Promotion andHealthEquity established the The FacultyofHealthSciences International PrograminEnglish. and Managementlaunchedthe The GuilfordGlazerFacultyofBusiness , wasinauguratedaspartofthe Center forHealth announceda . Dr. Nir with the MBA

Data Data of Piraeus,ledbyProf.FoteiniAsderaki. and Government)attheUniversity Prof. SharonPardo Studies Research andTeachingofEuropean Jean MonnetCentreforExcellencein The ​ over thenext5years. engineering graduatestudentsatBGU provide scholarshipsfor50Cypriot Logicom PublicLtd. Academic Collaborations Humanities graduate levelcoursesin offer fournewundergraduateand The Dept.ofHebrewLiteratur Joint Eastern-Mediterranean wasestablishedatBGU,ledby . (Dept.ofPolitics of Cypruswill Digital e will competition, GreenEye SilicoNegevBGU startup  sites. clinical electivesat US performstudents to signed to allow MSIH 7 new agreements were the EU. Europe wereby funded mobilityfromand to staff andstudent agreementssupport to 35 new Erasmus+ Zimbabwe. Kazakhstan, the USand Germany, Italy, India, Australia, Canada,China, in Argentina, institutions yearacademic with weresigned this collaboration agreements 21 Academic Winnersofthe

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 Prof. Gal Meiri of the Leading Translational 9 new interdisciplinary research hubs National Autism Research at the Faculty of Health Sciences serve Center Medical Research The Negev Autism Center, headed as centers of excellence to tackle by Prof. Ilan Dinstein (Dept. of specific medical issues collaboratively, Psychology), was chosen by the Israeli employing both clinical and basic Ministry of Science and Technology to science research. become the National Autism Research Center. It will serve as the coordinating A research biobank headed by Prof. body for national studies on autism, Victor Novak (Faculty of Health create shared national databases and Sciences) and containing samples disseminate information to decision from Soroka University Medical Center makers and the general public. patients was established to support biomedical research. The National Knowledge Center for Rare / Orphan Diseases, was BGU will establish an interdisciplinary established at BGU in collaboration with institute focusing on translating Soroka University Medical Center. It is neuroscience research into advanced headed by Prof. Ohad Birk (Faculty of rehabilitation at the ALEH Negev Health Sciences and NIBN). Rehabilitation Village. Laboratory andmore. Taboola, Rafael, USAirForceResearch Canada, Orgenesis, DojobyBullGuard, Dynamics Robotics,ICL,Royal Bankof IBM, Cisco,Mekorot,Adama, General Lauder, Bayer,Netafim,Amdocs, Elbit, Microsoft, Pfizer,NEC,Intel, Estee include: Fujitsu,Samsung,Hutchison, New multinational andIsraelipartners collaboration agreements thisyear. BGN Technologies signed130industry and AppliedResearch Commercialization VR technologies Workshop atCDIexperience Healthy Placemaking  ParticipantsintheDigital Levy, VPatBGN Senior VPatRafael;andZafrir Technologies; Dr.RanGozli, Netta Cohen,CEOofBGN of Rafael,Dr.UziLandau; Pictured (L-R):Chairman agreement atCybertech2019. a majorcollaboration Systems andBGUsigned  RafaelAdvancedDefense analysis. cameras, cannabisplants, and data transmission, medicaldevices, smart new start-ups BGN Technologieslaunched applied researchanda65%successrate. number ofKAMINgrantspromoting transfer companieswiththelargest BGN leadsamonguniversitytechnology inthefieldsofenergy five agreements. technology licensing 38 agreements. lab tests andconsultancy 1000 BGN Technologies.to new inventions submitted 60

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NEW AND NOTEWORTHY 22  (L-R) Honorary PhD Honors Bestowed Green Campus awarded the Yehuda recipients Arno Gerlach, Imad On Ben-Gurion Day, BGU awarded Arad Life Achievement Award to BGU Telhami, Prof. Nili Cohen, alumnus Dr. Muhammad Al-Nabari for Anat Draigor, and Dr. Ilana honorary doctorates to legal scholar Dayan, with BGU Rector Prof. Prof. Nili Cohen, TV journalist Dr. promoting an environmental approach Chaim Hames, President Prof. Ilana Dayan, basketball legend Anat combining innovative technology with Rivka Carmi and BG Negev Draigor, Chairperson of the Association traditional Bedouin knowledge in the Award recipient Joe Moustaki of Friends of Beer-Sheva in Wuppertal, Wadi Attir project. Germany Arno Gerlach, businessman and social entrepreneur Imad Telhami Excellence Recognized and posthumously, to the inspiring Noted author Etgar Keret (Dept. of education leader and activist Rona Hebrew Literature) won the prestigious Ramon. Musician Joe Moustaki received Sapir Prize for Literature for his the Ben-Gurion Negev Award. collection of short stories, A Glitch at the Edge of the Galaxy. The University also bestowed an BGU's Israeli Hope honorary doctorate upon Robert Prof. Haim Maor (Dept. of the Arts, BGU Prize is part of Israeli Badinter, a French lawyer and politician, Galleries Curator) won the Ministry of President Reuven in recognition of his efforts on behalf Culture and Sports 2018 Arik Einstein Rivlin's Israeli Hope of human rights, civil rights and the Award for Veteran Artists in the visual initiative to create a transition to democracy in Eastern arts category. more inclusive Israeli Europe. society. President Emerita Prof. Rivka Carmi BGU awarded the firstIsraeli Hope will receive an Honorary doctorate from Prize to the Tech2Peace and Desert Brandeis University. Stars NGOs. Robotics andAutomation Early AcademicCareerAwardin Engineering) willreceivetheIEEERAS Dr. IlanaNisky Foundation. by theAlexandervonHumboldt Humboldt ResearchAward,presented Psychology) wontheprestigious Prof. AvishaiHenik Rabin. Understanding inMemoryofYitzhak Prize forthePromotionofJewish-Arab awarded the2018 Biochemistry andPharmacology)was Prof. RiadAgbaria(Dept.ofClinical 'Poverty AwareSocialWork'paradigm. her importantdevelopmentofthe from ESPAnetIsraelinrecognitionof received alifetimeachievementaward welfare intheStateofIsrael.Shealso contribution toshapingsocialworkand and SocialAffairsforheroutstanding was recognizedbytheMinistryofLabor and JackJ.SpitzerDept.ofSocialWork) Prof. MichalKrumer-Nevo and Art,FirstClass Austrian MedalofHonorforScience with itsmostprestigiousaward,the recognized bytheRepublicofAustria Foreign LiteraturesandLinguistics)was and ChinitaAbrahams-CurielDept.of Prof. (Emeritus)MarkGelber (Dept.ofBiomedical William Berelson . (emeritus,Dept.of . (CharlotteB. (Conrad 2019 and Infectious Diseases 2019. for Excellence inClinicalMicrobiology Sciences) received theESCMIDAward Prof. RonDagan 2018 byForbesIsrael. one ofthe50mostinfluential womenof and Resolution Program)wasnamed Dr. SarahAbu-Kaf(ConflictManagement entrepreneurship. ICA inIsraelPrizeforgroundbreaking of Prof.AmirSagi all-female prawnsdevelopedinthelab based ontechnologyforproducing established incooperationwithBGU Enzootic Ltd. Associates VillageinSedeBoqer. for theirdesignoftheAmerican category toLinenbergRozenArchitects its inauguralawardinthegreenbuilding The IsraeliArchitectsAssociationawarded Chemicals LTD competition organizedby promising socialinitiativeintheNegev" SB CampusRadio Academy ofArtsandSciences. honorary memberoftheAmerican of Physics)wasnamed an international Dr. OraEntin-Wohlman(emeritus,Dept. , abiotechcompany . (FacultyofHealth , receivedthe2018 wonthe"most Israel Campus Radio of twelvenewDJsjoiningSB  was honoredtwicethisyear  Prof.MichalKrumer-Nevo Prize forLiterature  EtgarKeretwontheSapir Prof.SimonBarakisone

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Omer Basha, a doctoral student in the Research) and her colleagues were Faculty of Health Sciences, won the awarded a $2 million BSF-NSF Grant for prestigious 2019 Rappaport Prize for a study titled "Are parasites in complex Excellence in the field of Biomedical communities more evolvable?" Research. Dr. Iris Idelson-Shein (Dept. of Jewish Prof. Eli Lewis (Chair of the Dept. History) was awarded a € 1.5 million, of Clinical Biochemistry and five-yearERC Starting Grant for Pharmacology) was honored by the research on translations of non-Jewish National Union of Israeli Students as texts into Jewish languages (Yiddish, one of ten Inspiring Lecturers. Hebrew, Ladino and Judeo-Italian) in early modern Europe. Dr. Sarab Abu-Rabia-Queder (Dept. of Education) received the Katan Prize Student Affairs for academic contributions to women's Over 3,000 students with special needs  BGU students celebrated Sigd, the Ethiopian Jewish empowerment from the Women's Spirit are enrolled at BGU. More than 1000 (Ruach Nashit) organization. holiday marking the staff members underwent training to community's dream to return

24 raise their awareness of students with to the land of Israel. The National Institute for Biotechnology in the Negev Building won the 2018 Design Award for Chyutin Architects in the public buildings category.

Notable Grants Prof. Orit Sivan (Dept. of Geological and Environmental Sciences) was awarded a € 2 million, five-yearERC Consolidator Grant for her work on methane-related iron reduction processes in sediments.

Prof. Shlomi Arnon (Dept. of Electrical and Computer Engineering) received a grant from the EU FET Open program for a new project harnessing quantum technology for the diagnosis of breast cancer.

Prof. Michael M. Meijler (Chair of the Dept. of Chemistry) won a DIP-DFG Grant for his research on chemical communication between bacteria.

Dr. Hadas Hawlena, (Swiss Institute for Dryland Environmental and Energy financial aid, and academicsupport. undergraduate studywithmentoring, and 25began theirfirstyearof skills runbythePre-Academic Center program emphasizingHebrew language accepted toayear-longpreparatory Over 80Bedouincandidates were Israelis topursuehighereducation. program toencouragemoreBedouin launched The OfficeoftheDeanStudents Ethiopian origin. students and7PhDof undergraduate students,29master's Ethiopian origin.BGUcurrentlyhas71 support programsforstudentsof expanded financialandacademic The OfficeoftheDeanStudents other institution. rate andwithhigherscoresthanany national certificationexamsatahigher BGU Accountingstudentspassedthe was upgradedtoaccommodatethem. disabilities andUniversityinfrastructure 'GatewaytoAcademia',a from theIsraeliSpaceAgency. from southernIsraelwithassistance in 2018withfemalehighschoolstudents Space International.Theprojectbegan an internationalcollaborationcalledShe Facility, recentlywentglobal,launching at BGU'sEarthandPlanetaryImage satellite imagingresearchapplications science projectforthedevelopmentof 'She Space',auniqueeducationalspace Outreach Camel' a newmascot:'Davidthe  satellite images and validationoftheVENµS measurements forcalibration perform groundtruth  'SheSpace'students TheStudentUnionhas

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 Space week at the Ilan The Rothschild Cube launched Cube Bedouin high school students from the Ramon Youth Physics Center Online, a virtual interactive platform Negev region learned about lab work for social action, knowledge sharing and conducted field research projects and creation, extending access to its at the Zuckerberg Institute for Water expertise globally. Research's 'A Drop in the Desert' outreach program. The Student Union and the Community Action Dept. launched 'Have No Fear,' A national team of high school students a semester-long program for students who trained at the Jusidman Science interested in working together to heal Center for Youth won 2 gold medals rifts in Israeli society. and 3 silver medals at the International Physics Olympiad in Lisbon, Portugal, taking 8th place overall. youth facilitiesthroughout Beer-Sheva. local schoolstoincludespecial needs program expandsmedical training at outreach programcalledShaharim student organization,launched anew ASRN, theFacultyofHealthSciences Municipality. Nature inIsraeland the Beer-Sheva with theSocietyforProtectionof outreach program,incollaboration Nature,' alocalenvironmentaleducation Green Campus Mental HealthCenter. collaboration withtheBeer-Sheva a not-for-profit The Dept.ofPsychology introduction tomedicinecourse. Marcus FamilyCampus,completedan bringing prisoninmatestothe Campus Dreams,' The fourthclassof issponsoring'Urban community clinic a uniqueprogram 'Windows onto launched in . The coffee cupsoncampus. to reducewaste, particularlysingle-use working together withGreenCampus A newstudentgroup,'Plastic,' is among urbancampuses. 152 universities and oneofthe BGU wasagain Sustainability global UIGreenMetricranking and66 nd outof719 universities onthe intheworld.Itranked most sustainable ranked firstinIsrael

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Photo: YasmeenKashkush the Dept.ofLifeSciences by Prof.Khalil Kashkush of a specialprogramarranged became scientistsforaday,in students fromQalansawe  Fifthandsixthgrade tackle environmentalissues brought activiststogetherto  GreenCampusDay

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Notable Contributions Beer-Sheva native Moshe Hogeg BBK Charitable Fund, a donor-advised granted ten scholarships to the Dept. of fund of the Jewish Community Computer Science, designated for both Foundation of Los Angeles, awarded BA and MSc students for the duration of a substantial grant to initiate the BBK their degrees, preferably for Beer-Sheva Scholarship Fund at BGU. natives and distributed equally between men and women. The Rivka Carmi Endowment Fund for Women’s Academic Achievement was The Israel American Foundation established by AABGU in honor of BGU facilitated the bequest of the estate of President Emerita Prof. Rivka Carmi Helen Oken which provided a generous with gifts from supporters from across gift to the Center for Multidisciplinary the US and Canada. Research in Aging.

Max Gitter of New York, NY, an AABGU Judge Leon Kaplan, an AABGU national national board member, generously board member from Los Angeles, CA, donated a home and property in renewed his support of the Reflective Lebanon, NY. Parenting Program initiated by 28 Dr. Naama Atzaba-Poria of the Dept. of Paul Grayson of Silver Spring, MD, left Psychology. a generous unrestricted bequest to the University. Alex and Ann Lauterbach of Encino, CA, provided a generous donation A cancer research fund designated to support the laboratory of newly to the research of leading cancer recruited researcher Dr. Benyamin researcher Prof. Varda Shoshan- Rosental at the Jacob Blaustein  Participants at the Annual Barmatz, was established thanks to the Institutes for Desert Research. Event Honoring Col. Ilan Ramon and the STS-107 Crew estate of Sarita and Elmer Gross from and Assaf Ramon Delaware, USA. The BGU Racecar Development Laboratory will be named in memory of Mauricio (Gabriel) Levi, thanks to support from the Lia and Ennio Levi estate of Israel.

The generous bequest of Ethel Lena Levy will name the Ethel Lena Levy Laboratory for Agriculture Research at the Jacob Blaustein Institutes for Desert Research.

A generous gift from Nat Levy of Bellaire, TX will name a lobby, in memory of Jill Levy, of a student housing building in the Undergraduate Student Village on the North Campus. to namethelobby oftheHomeland Jackie Steg The estateof Security. Professorial ChairforHomeland IL establishedthe Judith andErnestSimon disadvantaged engineeringstudents. significant scholarshipfundfor Mountainside, NJestablisheda The SchwarzFoundation Institute forWaterResearchattheBIDR. research laboratoryattheZuckerberg Long Beach,CA,willestablishadoctoral Schulman and A generous donationfromSidney contribution tothedevelopmentofBGU. to PresidentEmeritaProf.Carmi'smajor Foundation ofCanada,willpaytribute generously donatedbytheSchulich Housing ComplexCourtyard, The RivkaCarmiGraduateStudent Governors. Harry servesontheBGUBoardof chair oftheBGUBoardGovernors. the AABGUnationalboardandavice- security research.Carolisamemberof made asignificantdonationtocyber Carol D.andHarrySaal University. generous unrestrictedbequesttothe Joseph Ronell at theBIDR. Zuckerberg InstituteforWaterResearch Charina EndowmentFund provided agenerousgrantfromthe Richard Menschel left agenerous bequest Solomon (Shlomo)and ofOceanside,CA,lefta Howard Schulmanof Simon Family ofNewYork,NY, ofPaloAlto,CA, ofEvanston, of forthe Natalie ZinnHaar. on theNorthCampusinmemoryof in theUndergraduateStudentVillage have namedtwostudenthousingunits Robert andEdithZinn Science andTechnology the IlseKatzInstituteforNanoscale auditorium wasnamedforthemat established in2003.Inaddition,an Fellowship endowmentfund,originally bequest toexpandtheirMaster's estate inSwitzerlandleftagenerous The AliceandRolfWiklund-Schneider in ComputerScience CA establishedthe Holly andJeffreyUllman Campus. Security InstituteBuildingontheNorth Scharf-Ullman Chair . ofHouston,TX, . ofStanford,

of MaterialsEngineering Schvartzman's lab in the Dept. Bhingardive inDr.Mark  PhDstudentViraj

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BGU's five-year strategic plan for internationalization was approved by the CHE and implementation has begun.

 Exchange student Maya James from Maryland and BGU PhD student Haneen Shibli during a visit to Haneen's village in the Galilee 30 Photo courtesy of Haneen Shibli

Internationalization Maya was curious to learn more about The number of BGU Last semester, PhD student and all aspects of Israeli society, so Haneen students studying "internationalization ambassador" invited her home to spend a weekend abroad as part of their Haneen Shibli shared her apartment at with her family. Maya was overwhelmed degree more than the Eric F. and Lore Ross Student Village by the generous welcome she received tripled in the past year. with three young American women in Shibli, and later wrote, “All my host spending a semester at BGU’s Dept. families insisted they were doing the BGU International of Politics and Government. Haneen, bare minimum, but did not realize this won the only Israeli a Bedouin from the northern village meant everything to me during my coordinated project in of Shibli on the slopes of Mt. Tabor, is toughest moments in Israel.” the EU call for capacity building projects 2018. researching the accessibility of health services among Bedouins in the Negev The WILLIAM project at the School of Public Health. aims to (1) create an international campus A newcomer to Beer-Sheva herself, she with a supportive and found the experience empowering. welcoming environment She forged a special bond with Maya for international James from Georgetown University: “I students studying never thought we would have so much abroad in Israel (2) in common,” she said. “We look so foster an international different but our experiences are so climate for local Israeli similar: as members of minority groups students. striving to be part of society; as women making our own way in the world.” FIGURES AND FACTS research centers interdisciplinary UNIVERSITY ONE and units departments academic 51 70 2,752 positions faculty andstaff students 20,345 campuses 5 INSPIRING

Sede Boqer Beer-Sheva 3 1 5 4 5 2 Eilat

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DISTRIBUTION OF STUDENTS BY FACULTY AND DEGREES 2017−2019

Humanities Natural Engineering Health Business and Desert Kreitman Ben-Gurion Brain and Social Sciences Sciences Sciences Management Studies Graduate Institute Sciences Sciences School School** 32 2018-19 Bachelor’s 3472 2186 4761 2223 1076 117 Master’s 1091 281 853 575 1223 84 26 9 Ph.D. 504 309 390 259 55 127 93 17 Post-Doc 93 105 51 27 2 58 12 Non-Degree 157 189 10 20 4 1 Teaching 158 Certificate Total 5434 2875 6136 3023 2375 266 105 30 144 TOTAL 20,388 ACTUAL TOTAL* 20,345 2017-18 Bachelor’s 3,639 2,211 4,646 2,103 1,021 Master’s 1,227 291 859 568 1,277 87 22 Ph.D. 499 277 366 257 58 124 106 Post-Doc 71 98 47 16 3 50 12 Non-Degree 159 58 215 14 23 1 1 Teaching 159 Certificate Total 5,703 2,929 6,050 2,904 2,380 256 118 23 TOTAL 20,363 ACTUAL TOTAL* 19,490

Please note: The student numbers include all students studying at BGU in Beer-Sheva, Sede Boqer, and Eilat, in both degree and non-degree programs. They do not include international students, students in academic prep courses, the Air Force pilot program, and auditors. The above figures refer to first semester only.

* Actual number of students enrolled does not match total because there are students enrolled in multiple faculties or pursuing multiple degrees. ** Up until the 2017-18 academic year, students enrolled in the Inter-faculty Brain Sciences School were included in Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences numbers. 33 various outreachprograms of studentsvolunteer in 0.0 20.0 40.0 60.0 80.0 100.0 120.0 TOTAL INVESTMENTINRESEARCH(USDM) Other externalsources Competitive grants % 2015/16 16.0 19.0 32.7 31.1 BGU researchfunding Non-competitive grantsand other sources 2016/17 18.1 14.3 33.6 31.9 to study atBGU'sEilat campus increase inundergraduate applications 45 % 2017/18 20.1 18.7 38.8 35.3 (to promoteinnovativeresearch) ISF BIKURAPROGRAMGRANTS (CHE awardforyoungfaculty) SCIENCES ANDENGINEERING ALON FELLOWSHIPSIN in oneyear growth inresearchfunding 7 20 graduate students increase inthe numberofnew % % countries 50 from over students International researchers to BGU awarded national grants out of7 3 researchers to BGU awarded fellowships national out of11 4

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FACTS AND FIGURES

2018/19 Overall University Budget (NIS/USD Thousands in Current Prices)

Operating Budget Research Budget Development Special Programs Total Budget Budget NIS USD NIS USD NIS USD NIS USD NIS USD EXPENDITURES 1,312,000 354,595 300,000 81,081 78,563 21,233 131,412 35,517 1,821,975 492,426 INCOME 1,312,000 354,595 300,000 81,081 78,563 21,233 131,412 35,517 1,821,975 492,426

University Operating Budget 34 2017/2018 2018/2019 NIS M USD M % NIS M USD M % % change INCOME Planning & Budgeting Committee 940.6 254.2 73.6% 969.1 261.9 73.9% 3.0% Tuition and Dorms 200.7 54.2 15.7% 206.1 55.7 15.7% 2.7% Contributions 6.0 1.6 0.5% 6.0 1.6 0.5% 0.0% Endowment Funds 50.0 13.5 3.9% 50.0 13.5 3.8% 0.0% Other Income 76.9 20.8 6.0% 77.3 20.9 5.9% 0.6% Transfer from Funds 3.9 1.1 0.3% 3.4 0.9 0.3% -12.2% TOTAL 1,278.1 345.4 100.0% 1,312.0 354.6 100.0% 2.7%

EXPENDITURE Salaries 932.1 251.9 72.9% 950.6 256.9 72.5% 2.0% Fellowships & Student Assistance 79.6 21.5 6.2% 82.0 22.2 6.2% 2.9% Teaching & Research Expenses 52.8 14.3 4.1% 56.7 15.3 4.3% 7.4% Institutes & Research Centers 37.5 10.1 2.9% 42.4 11.5 3.2% 13.1% Computing Expenses 15.3 4.1 1.2% 17.1 4.6 1.3% 12.0% Library Expenses 28.5 7.7 2.2% 29.6 8.0 2.3% 4.1% Administration 27.1 7.3 2.1% 27.1 7.3 2.1% 0.1% Maintenance 98.0 26.5 7.7% 99.5 26.9 7.6% 1.5% Financing 7.2 1.9 0.6% 7.0 1.9 0.5% -3.2% TOTAL 1,278.1 345.5 100.0% 1,312.0 354.6 100.0% 2.7%

NIS/USD exchange rate: 3.70 3.70 0.0% Higher Education Budgeting Index 126.5 132.41 development; specialprojects; pendingdesignation. institutes; fellowships andscholarshipsoutsidetheoperating budget;faculty * Designation ofDonations Various: Leadership training; communityinvolvement;support forcertaincenters/ Endowments Research Construction Scholarships 14.5% 9.3% 6.3% General 5.2% 24.5% 40.3% Various * released on endowmentfunds heldintheU.S.byand onbehalfofAABGU. million incomereleased fromtheMarcusFund;and$1,144,379 (4%)income represents theincome distributedonendowmentsheldinIsrael (3.5%);$22.04 funds heldbyandon behalfofAABGU.)|2017/18interestincome figureabove of AABGU.(Thefigure doesnotincludeapproximately$23.97 millionintrust approximately $50.92millioninendowment fundsheldintheUSbyandonbehalf rates. |Endowmentbalanceincludes$451.72million intheMarcusFundand |Allfiguresareapproximateduetofluctuating exchangeandinterest Estate. charges. |Contributionfiguresinclude:$274.4million receivedfromtheMarcus Notes: Contributionfiguresaregrossand donotreflectlocalfundraising at Work2017/18Year-EndFigures Our WorldwideFamilyofAssociates Endowment Fund Balance (asof30/9/18) Interest IncomefromEndowments Contributions Received $752,882,055 $318,742,048 $34,487,315

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CAMPUS CONSTRUCTION

Our highest priority continues to be the development of the North Campus. Construction of the first buildings, for the Undergraduate Village, has begun. 36

 The Esther and Michel Completed this Year Work to Begin Soon Halpérin Student Center at • Renovation of two buildings at the • Sports and Recreation Center Sede Boqer Zlotowski Dormitory Complex expansion  The Graduate Student • Renovations of the Brain and • North Campus Energy Center Dormitories Cognitive Sciences Building • The Cyndi and Max Mintzberg (Marcus Family Campus) Research Institute for the Study of  Construction work on the Israel and Zionism Building and the Lorry I. Lokey Chemistry Under Construction Cyndi and Max Mintzberg Ben- Building • Lorry I. Lokey Chemistry Building Gurion Archives Building (Marcus Family Campus) • Graduate Student Dormitories (Beer-Sheva) • Undergraduate Student Village (North Campus) • Renovation of two buildings of the Zlotowski Dormitory Complex • Medical simulation and classroom building for the Field Family Foundation Simulation Center (Marcus Family Campus) • North Campus development, utilities tunnels and underground infrastructure The UniversityFootprint(insquare meters)* ** * Marcus Family Campus ** Including the FacultyofHealth Sciences(FOHS/Soroka hospitalcampus). The areaspecifiedis basedonvalidleaseagreementswiththe IsraelLandAuthorityandthelandowners. David TuviyahuCampus Beer-Sheva Dormitories Sede BoqerCampus Bergmann Campus North Campus Sports Center Eilat Campus Other 13,211 14,681 48,671 49,959 56,900 59,429 191,980 • • • • • • • Future Projects • • • • Under Design Gate ofInnovation (North Campus) (North Campus) International ConferenceCenter (FOHS/Soroka campus) laboratories building Health Sciences research Sciences (MarcusFamilyCampus) Library forEngineeringand Natural (Marcus FamilyCampus) University Art Gallery (North Campus) Structural Engineeringbuilding Engineering (MarcusFamilyCampus) Family BuildingforBiotechnology Chemistry BuildingandtheGuzik Plaza between theLorryI. Lokey (North Campus) Computer Sciencebuilding (North Campus) classroom building Innovation and entrepreneurship (North Campus) Homeland Security building (FOHS/Soroka campus) supported bytheAdelisFoundation BGU-Soroka JointResearchBuilding 264,714 313,897

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SENIOR ADMINISTRATION

Alexander M. Goren Adv. Asher Heled Prof. Daniel Prof. Chaim David Bareket Chairman of the Outgoing Chairman of Chamovitz (Harvey) Hames Vice President and Board of Governors the Executive Committee President Rector Director-General

Prof. Raz Jelinek Prof. Limor Prof. Steve Rosen Prof. Dan Blumberg 38 Vice President and Aharonson-Daniel Vice President for Vice President for Dean for Research & Vice President for External Affairs Industrial and Regional Development Global Engagement Development

Prof. Amos Katz Prof. Avi Levy Prof. Miki Malul Prof. Amit Schejter Prof. Michal Dean - Faculty of Dean - Faculty of Dean - Guilford Glazer Dean - Pinchas Sapir Shapira Health Sciences Engineering Sciences Faculty of Business and Faculty of Humanities Dean - Faculty of Management and Social Sciences Natural Sciences Photo: Jeffery Tholl

Prof. Noam Prof. Dudy Bar-Zvi Prof. Moshe Kaspi Prof. Yaniv Poria Prof. Gal deBotton Weisbrod Dean - Kreitman Dean of Students Academic Director Deputy Rector Director - Jacob School of Advanced Eilat Campus Blaustein Institutes for Graduate Studies Desert Research Every efforthasbeenmadetoensure thattheinformationincludedhereisaccurateandreflectswishes ofindividualdonors. YOU.THANK EXCELLENCE FOR STRIVING TOAND CONTINUE FULFILL PROMISE ITS TOBGU ENABLES YOUR SUPPORT and supporters recognizes itsfriends of theNegev Ben-Gurion University

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Ofra Zimbalista, Lone Climber, 2014, cast bronze

The Kahn Foundation, Israel PRESIDENT’S Harold Irving Korn, M.D. and May Elting Korn, 40 United States PILLARS Daniel E. Koshland, Jr., United States Irene and Hyman Kreitman, United Kingdom https://in.bgu.ac.il/en/associates/Pages/Pillars.aspx Lorry I. Lokey, United States Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel Foundation, Fondation Adelis, Israel United States Joan W. and Robert H. Arnow, United States Dr. Howard W. and Lottie R. Marcus, United States Milada Ayrton, Switzerland Marco and Louise Mitrani, United States Arnold M. Bengis, United States and United Kingdom Keren Moshe, Switzerland Yoda Léon and Luna Benoziyo Negev Foundation Dr. Aron Bernstein, Poland and United States Helen Nichunsky, United States Jacob and Hilda Blaustein Foundation, United States Edgar D. de Picciotto, Switzerland Norbert and Hannah Blechner, United States Richard and Jeanne Pratt, Australia The Crown and Goodman Families, United States Rashi Foundation Dr. and Mrs. Heinz-Horst Deichmann, Germany The Marc Rich Foundation, Switzerland The Helen Diller Family Foundation, United States Eric F. and Lore Ross, United States Dr. David Cos Eisenstein, United States The Skirball Foundation, United States Dr. and Mrs. Paul Feher, France Samuel and Helene Soref Foundation, United States Ruth Flinkman-Marandy and Behrouz Marandy, Zoltan Toman, United States United States Elsa Weinberg, Israel Guilford and Diane Glazer, United States Carole and Marcus Weinstein, United States The Joyce and Irving Goldman Family Foundation, Anita and Henry Weiss, United States United States Wolfson Family Charitable Trust and Wolfson Goldstein – Goren Family, United States and Italy Foundation, United Kingdom Lillian and Larry Goodman Foundations, United States Suzanne M. Zlotowski, United Kingdom The Guzik Family Foundation, United States Roy J. Zuckerberg Family Foundation Helmsley Charitable Trust, United States Hannah Litvin CohenandRobertMarcCohen, Tampa,FL Fanny Cohen Kohn, Caracas,Venezuela Aron ChilewichFamily,USA The ChaisFamilyFoundation, LosAngeles,CA Rothermel L.Caplan,Lebanon, PA Dr. HubertBurda,Munich, Germany I/m/o Naftali & Anni Bronicki,Mordechai&Miriam Wander The BrinkFamily,Belgium Jim &LizBreslauerandFrankParlato,LongBeach,CA Rhoda Boyko,NewYorkCity,USA The CameliaE.BotnarFoundation,Switzerland Fondation BonaTerra,Genève,Suisse Hannah andNorbertBlechner,NewYork,NY The JacobandHildaBlausteinFoundation Martin andRenaBlackman,NewYork Famille DanièleetMauriceBidermann,Paris,France Dr. AronBernstein,PolandandUnitedStates Hilda andManascheBenShlomoFoundation Yoda LéonandLunaBenoziyo Eric andIlleanaBenhamou,Saratoga,CA Bengis Family,CapeTown/NewYork Dr. BerylBearint,PortSt.Lucie,FL Rhoda andJordanBaruch,Washington,D.C. Bank LeumiLe-IsraelB.M. Azrieli Foundation,Canada-Israel Milada Ayrton,Lausanne Isaac andCarolAuerbachFamilyFoundation,PA Robert andJoanArnow,UnitedStates The AmericanJewishJointDistributionCommittee I/m/o RitaH.Altura,AlturaFamily,LosAngeles,CA The AlonFamilyFoundation,Saratoga,CA Dr. andMrs.SamL.Agron,Montville,NJ Kurt S.Adler,LosAngeles,CA Fondation Adelis Chinita andConradAbrahams-Curiel,London S. DanielAbraham BEN-GURION SOCIETYMEMBERS Alice &RolfWiklund,Vandoeuvres,Switzerland Holly andJeffreyUllman,Stanford,CA Schulich Foundation,Toronto,Canada David &JanetPolakFoundation,BeverlyHills,CA Cyndi andMaxMintzberg,Canada Charina EndowmentFund NEW MEMBERS2019 https://in.bgu.ac.il/en/associates/Pages/BGSociety.aspx SOCIETY BEN-GURION Amy andMarcFeldstein,Washington,DC Gertrude andLouisFeilFamily Dr. andMrs.PaulFeher,Paris,France George EvensFamily,Antwerpen Evens Family(Oliwenstein,Olivennes),Worldwide Maks andRochelleEtingin,NewYork,NY M. Ernst,Paris Tamara andArielElia Harry T.andShirleyW.Dozor,Philadelphia,PA Doron FoundationforEducationandWelfare Ing. PedroDondisch,Mexico Helen DillerFamily,California Prof. UteDeichmann,Omer,Israel Dr. andMrs.Heinz-HorstDeichmann Riki andCobyDayanFamily,LosAltosHills,CA,USA Crown Family,Chicago,Illinois Elizabeth andSidneyCorob,London,England The SamCohen(Windhoek)ScholarshipsTrust Sir JohnandLadyCohen,GreatBritain Eris &LawrenceFieldFamilyFoundation,BeverlyHills,CA Helmsley Charitable Trust The ThomasO. HechtFamily Fay andBert Harbour Esther andMichelHalpérin, Geneva,Switzerland Ivan andVilmaHalaj,Rancho PalosVerdes,CA In memoryofParentsFira & EfimbyNahumGuzik,CA Bella andYosefGuzickDresner, Beer-Sheva Monroe Guttmann Charitable Foundations, Pittsburgh, PA The MarionandAaronGuralFoundation,NewYork Ruth andMauriceGrosman The FraidaGreenhillFdn.,UnitedStates Allen Greenberger,Chicago,IL Ned andAnitaGoodman,Toronto,Canada Lawrence andLillianGoodman,Chicago,IL Ellis GoodmanFamilyFoundation,Chicago,IL Leslie andSusanGonda(Goldschmied)Fdn.,CA Stella andA.Goldstein-Goren The Goldstein-GorenFamily Richard andRhodaGoldman,SanFrancisco,CA The IrvingGoldmanFoundationInc.,USA Diane andGuilfordGlazer,BeverlyHills,CA Max andElisabethGitter,NewYork,NY Stan andArleneGinsburg,Philadelphia,PA Dr. CarlGans,Austin,Texas Nathan Galston,LosAngeles,California Lis Gaines,NewYork,NY Rachel "Peggy"Freeman,Brooklyn,NY Edy andSolFreedmanFamily,NewYork Estelle S.Frankfurter,NewYork,NY Albert andPatriciaFrank,Chicago,IL Ruth ElaineandStanFlinkman,SantaMonica,CA Fondation Flamme,Genève,Suisse

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Rosalind Henwood, Boca Raton, FL Frances Herbolsheimer, LaSalle, IL In Memory of Benzion Sundel Hersch, Anne & Harry Phlyssa (Phlyp) Zfira and Efraim Ilin, Israel Koshland, Eileen and Ira Ingerman Family Foundation, Penna Spring for the Intel Israel Negev, 2006, ISEF - International Sephardic Education Fdn. steel (gift of Rachel and Max Javit, Boca Raton, FL the artist) The Kahanoff Foundation, Calgary/Tel Aviv Kahn Family Fund for Humanitarian Support Richard and Edythe Kane, Sarasota, FL Ilse Katz Liebholz, Geneva Keren Moshe, Geneva, Switzerland Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung, Germany Koret Foundation, San Francisco, CA Harold Irving Korn, M.D. and May Elting Korn, NY Prof. Daniel E. Koshland, Jr., UC Berkeley, CA Irene and Hyman Kreitman, Great Britain Douglas and Judith Krupp, United States George and Lizbeth Krupp, United States Philip and Bernice Krupp, United States Bernice and Morton Lerner, Salisbury, NC Marjorie and Gustave Levey, Houston, TX, USA Velva G. and H. Fred Levine, Houston, TX Sophie and Stephen Lewar, Toronto, Canada

42 Eng. Max and Dr. Gabriele Lichtenberg, Israel/FL Regina and Simon Liebermann, New York, NY Leonard Litwin, Great Neck, NY Lorry I. Lokey, Atherton, CA Bertie and Hilary Lubner and Family, South Africa Jill and Peter Luck-Hille, London In memory of Samuel, Bertha, Louis and Henry Malakoff Barbara and Morton Mandel, Cleveland, Ohio Mayer Mani and Family, France Dr. Howard W. & Lottie R. Marcus, Rancho Bernardo, CA Elias and Frances Margolin, San Diego, CA State of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany Ralph S. Martin, Doris Springer Martin and Allen B. Rabin Dr. and Mrs. Ronald Oelbaum, Toronto, Canada The Mauerberger Foundation Fund, Solm Yach, z"l Abraham Ben David Ohayon, Geneva, Switzerland Evelyn Metz Estate, New York, NY Helga and Walter Oppenheimer, Los Angeles, CA Joseph and Rebecca Meyerhoff, Baltimore, MD Bernard Osher Jewish Philanthropies, San Francisco, CA Famille Minkoff, Geneva Harold and Claire Oshry, United States Louise and Marco Mitrani/Mitrani Fdn., USA Markus and Sara Pajewski and Joseph Parker, USA The Moriah Fund Nahid and Mansour Parsi, Los Angeles, CA Alberto Nissim Moscona, Mexico Mary and Marvin Paul, Toronto, Canada Moshal Scholarship Program Jack Pearlstone Charitable Trust, Baltimore, MD Dr. Morton and Toby Mower and children Robin and Mark Edgar D. de Picciotto, Geneva David and Inez Myers Foundation, Cleveland, Ohio Ferdinand and Ursula Piëch Michel et Balbina Naftali Richard and Jeanne Pratt, Melbourne, Australia Belle and Murray Nathan, New York, NY Rashi Foundation - Rachi Fondation Dr. Philip and Sima Needleman, St. Louis, Missouri In memory of Howard Rauberger, New York Negev Foundation Raphael Recanati Family Foundation, New York/Israel Helen Nichunsky, Los Angeles, CA Herbert Rosen, New York, NY Eric andSheila Samson Milton E.and Frieda Salen,Brooklyn,NY Rubin Salant,Renee,Camille, Robin,and Edmond andLilySafra Harry andCarolSaalFamily Foundation,PaloAlto,CA In memoryofIrmaandWilliam Rulf,London,UK Lisa andMichaelRubenstein, SanFrancisco,CA Raphael andShelleyRothstein,PalmBeach,FL Eric deRothschild,inmemoryofDr.TamarGolan The CaesareaEdmondBenjamindeRothschild Betty andArthurRoswell,Bridgewater,NJ Eric F.andLoreRoss,PalmBeach,FL Dora & Leonard Rosenzweig, Rosenzweig-Coopersmith Claire andEmanuelG.Rosenblatt,PalmBeach,FL SOCIETY BEN-GURION Grandchildren Foundation Fdn

Roy andBarbara Zuckerberg Suzanne M.Zlotowski, Geneva Adelene Zlotowski,London Ruta andDr.FelixZandman, Phila.andTelAviv Toni YoungandFamily,New York,NY Solly YellinandFamily,South AfricaandIsrael Yad Hanadiv,Jerusalem Martin andElsWyler,Clarens,Switzerland The WolfsonFamilyCharitableTrust Charles WolfsonCharitableTrust,London Hermine Drezner&JanWinkler,PalmBeachGardens, FL Aileen EpsteinWhitman,ChesterCounty,PA,USA Richard Weiss,DaytonaBeach,FL Henry andAnitaWeissFamily,LosAngeles,CA Carole andMarcusWeinstein,Richmond,VA Elsa Weinberg,GabyAvronandHillelCherni,Israel The WeilerFamily,NewYork,USA Stanley D.andNikkiWaxberg,NewYork Bernat andIlonaWachs,Singapore Ed andMiriamVickar,Winnipeg,Canada Flory andFelixVanBeek,NewportBeach,CA Gerda KnopfTworogerandJohnTworoger,NY,USA Kenneth andMarshaTucker,IL Zoltan andMariaToman Herbert A.andVivianB.Thaler,Baltimore,MD Laszlo N.TauberFamilyFoundation Joey andTobyTanenbaum,Toronto,Canada Dr. AnneTanenbaum,Toronto,Canada George Swift,SanFrancisco,CA Natan AdlerStier,I/M/OhismotherSaraMoses Harry SternFamilyFoundation,Philadelphia Ruth andRobertSt.John,Washington,D.C. Jack J.andCharlotteSpitzer,UnitedStates Soref-Breslauer TexasFoundation Samuel andHeleneSoref Katja B.Goldman&MichaelSonnenfeldt,USA Rudolf andInger-MaSonneborn Eta andSassSomekh,LosAltosHills,CA Frances FohsSohnandFred Elaine, IrvingandSarahSklar,NewYork Skirball Foundation Caroline andArnoldSimon,Omer,Israel Judith andMurrayH.Shusterman,Abington,PA George Shrut,Lausanne/Boston Jacob Shochat,Mahwah,NJ The HarryandAbeShermanFoundation,London David andFelaShapellFamily,BeverlyHills,Calif. Alvin andLeanorSegal,Montreal,Canada Roberta andErnestScheller,Jr.,Villanova,PA Brian andAvronaSchachter,Toronto,Canada Ryoichi Sasakawa,SasakawaFoundation,Japan

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NEGEV SOCIETY FOUNDERS

For the full list of Negev Society members https://in.bgu.ac.il/en/associates/Pages/Founders.aspx https://in.bgu.ac.il/en/associates/Pages/NSociety.aspx NEW FOUNDERS 2019 TAMAR NEW MEMBERS 2019 Fonds de dotation AFER The Alvin Blum Family, Baltimore, MD The Bendit Family, Baltimore, Maryland Sylvia A. Brodsky, Blue Bell, PA Drs. Gail & Lawrence Berkove and Family, Michigan Paul E. Grayson and Family, Silver Spring, MD Cecile Bittkower, New York, NY Natalie Zinn Haar The Broad Family, Port Washington, NY Sonya and Stephen Hurst, Foster City, CA Estate of Bill Danczinger, Toronto, Canada Ann and Alex Lauterbach, Los Angeles, CA Arlene and Robert Davis, Delaware Mr. and Mrs. Thomas F. Pick, Chicago, IL Electra Bnia, Israel Miriam Aaron Roland, Montreal, Canada Robert Elman, Montreal, Canada Grace & Martin Rosman, Annapolis, MD & Sarasota, FL Max Foigel, Highland Park, NJ Sharon and David Shine, Boca Raton, FL Hedda A. and Stanley N. Gold, Petaluma, CA Suse Seegall Smetana, San Francisco, CA Morris & Rosalind Goodman, Montreal, Canada Paul E. Grayson and Family, Silver Spring, MD ARAVA NEW MEMBERS 2019 Sarita and Elmer Gross, Israel ADAMA Agricultural Solutions Ltd. Zahava Haenosh, Houston, Texas Ethel Lena Levy, Reseda, CA Ina and Lewis Heafitz, Boston, MA Jill and Nat Levy Maria Herskovic, Los Angeles, CA Isidore C. & Penny W. Myers Foundation Moshe and Inbal Hogeg, Israel Arthur Rath, Queens, NY Lia and Ennio Levi, Israel Joseph Ronell, Oceanside, CA Dotan Malkiely, Lehavim, Israel 44 Ruth E. and Dr. Wm. Hy Ross Fndtn. Edna and Mark Mendelson and Family, Vancouver, Canada Montreal, Canada Sidney and Howard Schulman, California Moscona Family Sallie and Stanley Needles, Elkins Park, PA ESHKOL NEW MEMBERS 2019 Arthur Rath, Queens, NY Bezek, Israel Joseph Ronell, Oceanside, CA Cecile Bittkower, New York, NY Samowitz Foundation Trust, Longboat Key, FL Sam & Beatrice Epstein Foundation, Boynton Beach, FL Ida Sands, Sherman Oaks, CA Julia Fischer, Los Angeles, CA Dr. Saul Unter, New York, NY Esther Safran Foer & Albert A. Foer, Washington, DC Abie Werth, Shreveport, LA Sandra and James Freedman, Plymouth, MA Morris Berger Ed. Trust, Milt Zegerman Trustee, NY In Memory of Leena & Erwin Groner's Parents Sarita and Elmer Gross, Israel Elizabeth & David Grzebinski, Houston, Texas Sophie Halpérin, Paris, France Michael Karton and Barbara Heller, Vancouver, BC LIVING LEGACY Iranian American Jewish Federation of New York The Israel Institute, Washington, DC SOCIETY Lia and Ennio Levi, Israel For the full list of Living Legacy Society members Michele S. and Robert C. Levin, Bala Cynwyd, PA https://in.bgu.ac.il/en/associates/Pages/Legacy.aspx Joanne Moore, Tel Aviv, Israel Moscona Family NEW MEMBERS 2019 Madeline and Eugene Pargh, Boca Raton, FL Judith Bartnoff & Eugene Sofer, Washington, DC Roche Pharmaceuticals (Israel) Ltd Deborah Blank, Albany, CA Sandra L. Rohde, Chicago, Illinois Karla J. Baer Cohen, Glendale, CA Samowitz Foundation Trust, Longboat Key, FL William Fidelholtz, Fremont, CA Jessica andJeffreyRum,Potomac,MD Norman J.&SarahZacherRosenberg,Campbell,CA Rabbi ShimonPaskow,ThousandOaks,CA Dr. MikeMichaels,Pennsylvania Max A.Kelley,SunCity,Arizona Philip GoldsteinandCathyDobbsGoldstein, Hedda A.andStanleyN.Gold,Petaluma,CA San Rafael,CA Aviv Anson) in memoryof family Anson (gift ofthe 2008, iron Andromeda, Dan Reisner,

Sir LeonBagritChairinComputer-BasedGlobal Samuel AyrtonChairinMetallurgy– Milada AyrtonChairinPediatrics– Yaakov andPoriahAvnonChairinHolocaustStudies– Joan andRobertArnowChairinAstrophysics– Rita AlturaTrustChairinComputerSciences– Pending incumbent S.Y. AgnonChairinContemporaryHebrewLiterature Chinita andConradAbrahams-CurielChairinApplied PROFESSORIAL CHAIRS https://in.bgu.ac.il/en/associates/Pages/Academic-Chairs.aspx CHAIRS Prof. Galia Neuropsychology Avidan – Rivka CarmiChairforAdvancement ofWomen’s Isaac andElizabethCarlinChairinPublicHealth Canada ChairinNear-EasternArcheology– Miles andLillianCahnChairinFoodSecurityPlant Boyko ChairinSalineWaterIrrigation– Blechner ChairinJewishTraditionandValues– Martin andRenaBlackmanChairinBrainResearch– Aron BernsteinChairinJewishHistory– Stephen andEdithBergerChairinPhysicalMetallurgy– David BergandFamilyChairinEuropeanHistory– Graham BeckChairinQuantumScienceandTechnology– Industry andScientificDevelopment– Prof. YanivGelbstein Prof. EliHershkovitz Prof. RenéePoznanski Prof. DavidEichler Prof. ShlomiDolev Established bytheGermanAssociates– Signal Processing– Leadership inAcademia theFieldof Epidemiology – Prof. StevenA.Rosen Science – Pending incumbent Prof. UriEhrlich Prof. MichalHershfinkel Pending incumbent Prof. EliAghion Prof. Chaim(Harvey)Hames Prof. MichaelMond Prof. StanleyR.Rotman Prof. MichaelFriger Prof. DanielChamovitz Prof. YigalMeir

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Sigalit Landau, People and Hollow Rock, 2013, cast bronze (gift of Carole and Marcus Weinstein) 46

CHAIRS Chilewich Family Chair in Studies in Social Integration Dr. Heinz-Horst Deichmann and Ruth Deichmann (in memory of Yonatan Netanyahu - Entebbe) – Chair in Surgery – Prof. Julie M. Cwikel Prof. Gideon Sahar Dr. Lillian Chutick and Dr. Rebecca Chutick Chair in Dr. James and Ahuva Desnick Chair in Ophthalmology – Pediatric Medicine – Prof. Tova Lifshitz Prof. David Greenberg Helen and Sanford Diller Family Chair in Chemical Israel Cohen Chair in Mechanical Engineering – Physics – Prof. Gal De Botton Prof. Ehud Pines Lady Cohen Chair in Chemical Engineering Processes – Jack Dreyfus Chair in Psychiatry (Unit for Phenytoin Prof. Oren Regev Research) – Sir John and Lady Cohen Chair in Business and Prof. Hagit Cohen Industrial Management – Albert Einstein Chair in Theoretical Physics – Prof. Dvir Shabtay Prof. Ram Brustein Abraham Cutler Chair in Education – Yosef Erteschik Chair in Information Systems Engineering – Prof. Ismael Abu-Saad Prof. Yuval Shahar Lady Davis Chair in Mechanical Engineering – Maks and Rochelle Etingin Chair in Desert Research – Prof. Avi Levy Pending incumbent Deichmann-Lerner Chair in Gynecology – Irene Evens Chair in Inorganic Chemistry – Prof. Eyal Sheiner Prof. Ira A. Weinstock Dr. Heinz-Horst Deichmann Chair for Distinguished Visiting Professors in Business Ethics Miriam Martha HubertChairinJewishThought – Nat HolmanChairinSport Research– Hoffer/Vickar ChairinPsychiatry – Benzion SundelHerschChairinCommunityHealth Sidonie HechtChairinGeriatrics– Eugene HechtChairinClinicalPharmacology– Jules HarrisChairinOncology– Samuel andMiriamL.HamburgerChairinthe Michel HalpérinChairinGlobalLawandPolicy– Werner J.andCharlotteA.GunzburgerChairforthe Hy GreenhillChairinTheoreticalandAppliedMechanics– Dr. MorrieM.GelfandChairinObstetricsand Melvin FusfeldChairinPathology– Gerda FriebergChairinAgriculturalWaterManagement– Estelle S.FrankfurterChairinSephardicStudies– Frankel FamilyChairinEnergyandChemical Fraida FoundationChairinDiabetesResearch– Ruth Flinkman-MarandyandBenMarandyChairin Aaron FishChairinMechanicalEngineering–Fracture Lawrence W.andMarieFeldmanChairinPhysiology– Reuben andFrancesFeinbergChairinElectro-Optics– Andre FeherChairforthePreventionof Prof. Haim(Howard) Kreisel Prof. Michael Bar-Eli Pending incumbent and PrimaryCare– Pending incumbent Prof. Sofia Schreiber-Avissar Prof. SamuelAriad Integration ofImmigrantCommunities– Prof. DaniFilc Study ofInfectiousDiseases– Prof. ReuvenSegev Gynecology – Pending incumbent Prof. MosheSagi Prof. HavivaPedaya Engineering – Prof. AssafRudich Quantum PhysicsandNanotechnology– Mechanics – Prof. AmosKatz Prof. DanSadot Cardiovascular Diseases– Prof. AyaBiderman Prof. JuliaMirsky Prof. RonDagan Prof. EitanLunenfeld Prof. YoavTsori Prof. RonFolman Prof. HaimKalman Prof. YaakovHenkin Milken Family FoundationChairinMathematics – Mayman ChairinFamilyMedicine – Luck-Hille ChairinElectrical Engineering– Lubner FamilyChairinChild Health and Development– Anna andSamLopinChairinHistory– David LopatieChairinPsychology– Sidney LiswoodChairinHealthManagement– Harry LevyChairinGeography– Dr. SamandEdnaLemkinChairinRockMechanics– Kunin-Lunenfeld ChairinMedicalSciences– Joseph H.KruppChairinCancerImmunobiology– Gussie KruppChairinInternalMedicine– Solomon andAbrahamKrokChairinEntrepreneurial Hyman KreitmanChairinBio-Energetics– Kreitman FoundationChairinPediatricGenetics– Dr. HaroldKornChairforInternalMedicine– Phyllis andKurtKilstockChairinEnvironmental Dr. HermanKesselChairinEpidemiology– Carole andBarryKayeChairinAppliedScience– Earl KatzFamilyChairinAlgebraicSystemsTheory– Albert KatzChairinCell-DifferentiationandMalignant Paul IvanierChairinManagementEconomics– Dr. LyonelIsraelsChairinHaematology– Lynn andLloydHurstFamilyChairinUrbanStudies– Prof. DanielBerend Prof. PesachShvartzman Prof. HaimPermuter Pending incumbent Pending incumbent Prof. NachshonMeiran Prof. AvishaiGoldberg Prof. TalSvoray Prof. YossefHodaraHatzor Prof. DoronZahger Pending incumbent Prof. VictorNovack Management – Prof. VardaShoshan-Barmatz Prof. Ohad Birk Prof. DanBuskila Physics ofAridZones– Prof. IrisShai Prof. RazJelinek Pending incumbent Diseases – Prof. AnerSela Prof. JosefKapelushnik Prof. OrenYiftachel Prof. GadRabinowitz Prof. EhudMeron Prof. Angel Porgador

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Philip S. Morse Family Chair in Clinical Studies in Rheumatology in memory of the Mushacki and Nochimowski Families – Ofra Prof. Mahmoud Abu-Shakra Zimbalista, Dr. Morton and Toby Mower Chair in Shock-Wave The Choir, Studies – 2014, cast Prof. Oren Sadot bronze Israel and Bernard Nichunsky Chair in Desert Agriculture – Prof. Dudy Bar-Zvi Lily and Sidney Oelbaum Chair in Applied Biochemistry – Prof. Amir Sagi Claire and Harold Oshry Chair in Biotechnology – Prof. Smadar Cohen Rabbi W. Gunther Plaut Chair in Manufacturing Engineering – Prof. Yael Edan Alain Poher Chair in Hydrogeology and Arid Zones – Pending incumbent Dr. Helena Rachmanska-Putzman (née Rancman) Chair in Neurology – Prof. Alon Friedman Edward and Bertha Rose Chair in Desert Meteorology – Prof. Yosef Ashkenazy Davide and Irene Sala Chair in Homeland Security

48 Research – Prof. Yuval Elovici Eric Samson Chair in Advanced Materials and Processing – Prof. Yuval Golan Scharf-Ullman Chair in Computer Science - Pending Incumbent CHAIRS Ernest Scheller, Jr. Chair in Innovative Management – Bennie Slome Chair for Wildlife Management and Prof. Oded Lowengart Conservation – Benjamin Schwartz Chair in Agricultural Biology – Prof. Boris Krasnov Prof. Gideon Grafi Milton (Mickey) and Frimette Snow Chair in David and Dorothy Schwartzman Chair in Community Nanotechnology – Development – Prof. Amichai Vardi Prof. Vered Slonim-Nevo Clara and Alejandro Stransky Chair in Nephrology – Samuel Sebba Chair in Geological Sciences – Prof. Yoram Yagil Prof. Jiwchar Ganor Benjamin Swig Chair in Optoelectronics – Shane Family Chair in Education – Prof. Joseph Rosen Prof. Avi Assor Anne Tanenbaum Chair in Engineering George Shrut Chair in Human Performance Thermodynamics – Management – Prof. Eugene B. Zaretsky Prof. Tal Oron-Gilad Myles Thaler Chair in Plant Genetics – Anna and Harry Singer Chair in Yiddish Studies – Prof. Michal Shapira Prof. Jonatan Meir Marsha and Kenneth Tucker Chair in Economic Irving Isaac Sklar Chair in Endocrinology and Cancer – Development – Pending incumbent Prof. David Wettstein John A. Ungar Chair in Biotechnology – Prof. Ariel Kushmaro Zlotowski Chair forAlgebra– Zlotowski ChairinCognitive Neuropsychology– Abraham andBessieZacks ChairinNeurobiology– Abraham andBessieZacksChairinBiomedical Solly YellinChairinLithuanianandEastEuropeanJewry – Sumner T.WhiteChairinFinance– Carole WeinsteinChairinInformationSystems Stanley D.andNikkiWaxbergChairinAdvanced Prof. YoavSegev Prof. GolanShahar Prof. FredLibersat Engineering – Prof. EdwardFram Pending incumbent Engineering – Materials – Prof. JosephKost Prof. BrachaShapira Prof. RachelYerushalmi-Rozen Edgar dePicciotto CareerDevelopmentChair in Dr. RaquelH.NewmanCareer DevelopmentChairin Pending incumbent Belle andMurrayNathanCareerDevelopmentChair in Franklin NasseryCareerDevelopmentChairinCardiology – Elias andFrancesMargolinCareerDevelopmentChair Dr. GabiandEng.MaxLichtenbergCareer Dr. SamandEdnaLemkinCareerDevelopmentChair Lapin-Garner CareerDevelopmentChairinClinical D.E. KoshlandJr.FamilyCareerDevelopmentChairin Dr. Yaniv Engineering Brick – D.E. KoshlandJr.FamilyCareerDevelopmentChairin Ilse KatzCareerDevelopmentChairinHealthSciences Michael FeigeCareerDevelopmentChairinIsraeli Gerson EpsteinCareerDevelopmentChairinHospice Pending incumbent Norbert BlechnerandFriendsCareerDevelopment Joan BakerCareerDevelopmentChairinBasicMedical CAREER DEVELOPMENTCHAIRS Evelyn MetzMemorialResearchChairinArt– Norman BankResearchChairinDesertArchitecture– RESEARCH CHAIRS Cancer Therapeutics andImaging– Environmental Hydrologyand Microbiology– Neurobiology – Pending incumbent in EnvironmentalDesertStudiesandResearch– Development ChairinSurgery– in MiddleEastStudies– Surgery – Desert Studies– Advanced TechnologiesinElectrical&Computer Research – Society – and PalliativeCare– Chair inEastEuropeanJewishCulture– Research – Prof. NiritBen-AryehDebby Pending incumbent Dr. NivPapo Dr. AnatBernstein Dr. NuritAgam Dr. ZviPerry Dr. OritOuaknine-Yekutieli Dr. YaelRefaely Dr. MichalSegoli Dr. RoiGazit Dr. BenHerzog Dr. YanPress Dr. NetaSal-Man

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Edgar de Picciotto Career Development Chair in Systems Immunology – PARTNERS IN Dr. Tomer Hertz Alice and Seymour Powers Career Development Chair DEVELOPMENT in Basic and Clinical Oncology – Pending incumbent NAMED PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT Rosen Family Career Development Chair in Judaic Campuses Studies – Marcus Family Campus Dr. Menashe Anzi David Bergmann Campus William and Jean S. Schwartz Career Development David Tuviyahu Campus Chair in Community Health Professions – Dr. Ygal Plakht Dormitory complexes Ralph Selig Career Development Chair in Information American Associates Village at Sede Boqer Theory – Eric F. and Lore Ross Student Village Dr. Natan Rubin Zlotowski Dormitory Complex Murray and Judith Shusterman Career Development Chair in Microbiology – Buildings Dr. Shimon Bershtein Alon Building for Hi-Tech Herman Silver Career Development Chair in Neonatology – Joan W. and Robert H. Arnow Building – AA Village Dr. Eilon Shany Jacqueline Ann Ayrton Sports Hall Sonnenfeldt-Goldman Career Development Chair in Samuel and Milada Ayrton University Center Desert Research – Frances C. Herbolsheimer Building – AA Village Dr. Vered Tzin Maks and Rochelle Etingin Building – AA Village Helen Ungar Career Development Chair in Desert Stephen and David Breslauer Archaeological Hydrogeology – Laboratory Building

50 Dr. Scott Hansen Boyko Research Building Zehava and Chezy Vered Career Development Chair in Caroline House – Health Sciences Student Center Alzheimer’s and Neurodegenerative Diseases – Gershon Cherni Classroom and Cultural Complex Dr. Deborah Toiber Sir John and Lady Cohen Building Harry Walsh, Q.C. Career Development Chair in Jewish Cukier, Goldstein-Goren Building Law and Morality – Deichmann Building for Community Action Pending incumbent Deichmann Building for Mathematics Mendel Wasserman Career Development Chair in Ruth and Heinz-Horst Deichmann Building for Health Desert Studies – Professions Dr. Oded Berger-Tal Ruth and Heinz-Horst Deichmann Classroom and Elaine S. and Alvin W. Wene Career Development Chair Computer Lab Building in Biotechnology Engineering – Ruth and Heinz-Horst Deichmann Sciences Building Dr. Miriam Amiram Helen Diller Family Center Joseph and May Winston Career Development Chair in Pedro Dondisch Building for the Ben-Gurion Heritage Chemical Engineering – Institute and Research Center Dr. Ronen Berkovich Raquel Dondisch Education Building Roy J. Zuckerberg Career Development Chair in Water Edy’s House – Ma’agan Beer-Sheva Community Center Research – Cancer Care Project Dr. Edo Bar-Zeev Ariel Elia Medical Building George Evens Family Auditorium PRESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT CHAIRS Beit Fanny – WIZO Day Care Center BGU Toby Mower Presidential Development Chair in Bâtiment de Recherche Clinique, Fondation "Flamme" Addiction Prevention and Treatment – Ruth Flinkman-Marandy and Ben Marandy Dr. Orli Grinstein-Cohen Multidisciplinary Research Laboratory Building Toby Mower Presidential Development Chair in Diane and Guilford Glazer Building Addiction Prevention and Treatment – David and Rosa Goldberger Building Ms. Miriyam Farkash Cyndi andMaxMintzbergBen-GurionArchivesBuilding W.A. MinkoffSenateHall Minkoff FamilySenateCourt Foyer desEtudiantsFondationSimonetJeanne Jack, JosephandMortonMandelInstituteforSocial Lorry I.LokeyChemistryBuilding Marjorie andGustaveLeveyDormitoryBuilding Herbert H.LehmanBuilding Philip andBerniceKruppBuilding Kreitman-Zlotowski ClassroomBuilding Kreitman Building Jusidman ScienceCenterforYouth Henwood-Oshry LifeSciencesTeachingLaboratories Esther andMichelHalpérinStudentCenteratSedeBoqer Nahum andAnnaGuzikBuilding Guzik FamilyBuildingforBiotechnologyEngineering Guzik FamilyAuditoriumBuilding Pesla TomanGutmanBuilding Grosman BuildingforGeology Sam GorovoyBuilding Ida (Babe)GoodsteinBuilding Larry GoodmanFamilyAdministrationBuildingfor (Hanna) Mani Leadership Building Building Engineering Sciences iron galvanized 2007, Pathways, Houses and Forum with Dorchin, Yaacov Sir JohnandLady CohenSwimmingPools Jerry J.Cohen RadiobiologyLaboratory Charlotte and EvelynCohenFloor Niusia andAronChilewich Square Frances BrodyLaboratory Jim andLizBreslauerBridge Jim BreslauerPavilion Simon BondPhysiologyWing Marcel Bleustein-BlanchetLectureHallsWing Berelson Field Benhamou TechnologyHall Benhamou IncubationCenter Bona TerraFoundationWalkway Avraham BaronArtGallery Samuel AyrtonSportsPavilion Robert H.ArnowStudentCenterforBedouinWomen Adelis Garden Abrahams-Curiel Auditorium Stanley andJeanneAbensurMolecularCell Facilities Zlotowski StudentCenter Zlotowski StudentAdministrationBuilding Zlotowski ClassroomComplex Zlotowski Building Edith &RobertZinnandNanHaarBuilding–AA Henry andAnitaWeissFamilyBuildingforAdvanced Carole andMarcusWeinsteinSoftware Weiler-Arnow MedicalEducationBuilding Oscar andRayWarschawBuilding Toman FamilyDepartmentofLifeSciencesBuilding Soref-Breslauer TexasFoundationBuilding–AAVillage Samuel SorefSchoolofMechanicalEngineeringBuilding Forest Goldman-SonnenfeldtBuildingforSolarEnergy George ShrutDormitories Harry andAbeShermanBuilding Spitzer-Salant BuildingfortheDepartmentofSocialWork Sacta-Rashi BuildingforPhysics Harold H.PosterBuilding David PosnackBiologyBuilding Edgar dePicciottoFamilyNationalInstitutefor Abraham BenDavidOhayonBehavioralSciences Cyndi andMaxMintzbergBen-GurionResearch Biology TeachingLaboratory Village Research Security Building Information SystemsEngineeringandCyber and EnvironmentalPhysics Biotechnology intheNegev(NIBN)Building Complex Institute fortheStudyofIsrael&ZionismBuilding

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Corob Center for Medical Sciences Maxwell and Queenie Cummings Plaza Deichmann Plaza Deutsche Telekom Laboratories at BGU Michael Diller Teaching Pool Raquel Dondisch Amphitheater for the Ben-Gurion Heritage Institute and Research Center Harry T. and Shirley Dozor Medical Research Pavilion Gerson Epstein Physiology Wing M. Ernst Wing Field Family Foundation Medical Simulation Center Regina and Charles Fisher Gallery Shirley and William R. Fleischer Foundation New Fruit Research Laboratory Stan Flinkman Foyer Stan and Ruth Elaine Flinkman Microscopy Wing French House Dormitories Nathan Galston Floor Dr. Carl Gans Herpetology Library Sidi and Peter Gluck Water Flow and Transport Laboratory Barbara Goldenberg Apartments – AA Village Fanny and Louis Goldman Dining Room Joyce Goldman Auditorium Melvin Goldstein Laboratory for Environmental

52 Hydrology Leslie and Susan Gonda (Goldschmied) Wing for Diabetes Research and Education Greenpark International Greenhouse Guzik Family Antiquities Pathway Dr. Harold Hamer Multiple Myeloma Research Lab Helmsley Charitable Trust Robotics Room Sharon Houminer Garden Rachel and Max Javit Satellite Ground-Receiving Station Morris Kahn Laboratory of Human Genetics Carole and Barry Kaye Mall Israel Chatar and Lola Blum Kohen Dormitory Wing David Lopatie General Reference Section of the Prof. Daniel E. Koshland Jr. Promenade Central Library Kreitman Fellows Common Room Mexico Bridge Kreitman Plaza Meyerhoff Courtyards – AA Village Landau Family Microalgal Biotechnology Laboratory Mitrani Residences for Scientists Racecar Development Laboratory in Memory of Michel and Balbina Naftali Research Laboratory Wing Mauricio (Gabriel) Levi Belle and Murray Nathan Library Reading Room and Velva G. and H. Fred Levine Regenerative Medicine Archeological Gallery and Stem Cell Research Laboratory Walter and Vera Obermeyer Apartments – AA Village Robert A. & Shirley P. Levitt Field Laboratory for Solar Ronald and Annette Oelbaum Laboratory in Life Sciences Energy Storage Yosef Ben David Ohayon Psychology and Behavioral Ethel Lena Levy Laboratory for Agriculture Research Sciences Auditorium Lewar Cardiology Research Laboratory Markus and Sara Pajewski Laboratory for Plant Dr. Gabriele and Eng. Max Lichtenberg Floor Tissue Culture Regina and Simon Liebermann Dorm Entrance Ferdinand Porjes Student Dormitory David Posnack Biology Wing Roberta andErnestScheller, Jr.FamilyFoundation Jane SchapiroLibrary Brian andAvronaSchachter FamilyStudentDormitory Barnett N.andAugustaSalen FamilyWing Harry andCarolSaalAuditorium Rubenstein FamilyLaboratory Vlasta LampelRoubickovaVisitorsLounge Rothschild Cube Eric F.andLoreRossLectureHall Eric F.andLoreRossAtriumforCommunityAction Claire andEmanuelG.RosenblattDormitoryWing Edith andLouisReitmanSportsPark Ilan RamonYouthPhysicsCenter DEVELOPMENT PARTNERS IN Entrance Plaza and Enrichment Dayan) and Coby (gift ofRiki aluminum painted cast 2018, Matisse), Dancers (after Levinstein, The Dorit Leon andMathilde RecanatiSchoolforCommunity Kreitman SchoolofAdvanced GraduateStudies Albert KatzInternationalSchool forDesertStudies Joyce andIrvingGoldmanMedical School Schools Pinchas Sapir Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences Guilford GlazerFacultyofBusinessandManagement Faculties NAMED ACADEMICUNITS/PROGRAMS Zlotowski StudentActivitiesArea Zlotowski NeurosciencesWing Yaffa andEzraYeruchamCancerResearchLaboratory Alice &RolfWiklund-SchneiderAuditorium Henry andAnitaWeissFamilyFloor Weiss FamilyLaboratoryforNanoscaleSystems Miriam andEdVickarInformationCenter Vickar Auditorium Gerda andJohnTworogerGarden Gerda andJohnTworogerAuditorium Hyman andFanyaTowerDormEntrance Herbert andVivianThalerLaboratoryforStress Thaler UndergraduateLaboratoryinLifeSciences Sara TadmorAuditorium Ruth SytnerAuditorium Harry SternFamilyPsychobiologyClinicalResearch Staschower Plaza Joya ClaireSonnenfeldtAuditorium Sarah SklarMolecularOpto-ElectronicsLaboratory Elaine andSarahSklarMolecularCellBiology Sklar FamilyOpticsComplex Francine andAbdallahSimonFoyer Herman SilverandDr.LeeWinstonLaboratory Judith andMurrayH.ShustermanWingofthe Murray H.ShustermanGateofKnowledge George ShrutConferenceRoom Harry andAbeShermanFoundationGuestHouse David andFelaShapellFamilyDesalination Sidney andHowardSchulmanSoilWater Hirsch andRosaSchneiderAuditorium Tonia andAlvinSchmerbachDormEntrance Roberta andErnestScheller,Jr.FamilySurface Health Professions Physiology ofPlants Pavilion Teaching Laboratory Medical Library Research Laboratory Laboratory Analysis Lab

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Tamar Golan Africa Centre PARTNERS IN Goldstein-Goren Center for Jewish Thought Morris Goldstein – Benefactor of the Department of DEVELOPMENT Economics Benzion Sundel Hersh Center of Community Health Institutes and Primary Care Jacob Blaustein Institutes for Desert Research Chaim Herzog Center for Middle East Studies and Feher Institute for Public Policy and Management Diplomacy French Associates Institute for Agriculture and Hurst Family Center for Community Leadership Biotechnology of Drylands Development Hubert H. Humphrey Institute for Social Ecology Isan Center for Comparative Medicine Ilse Katz Institute for Nanoscale Science and Paul Ivanier Center for Research in Robotics and Technology Production Management Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel Institute for Social Lord Jakobovits Center for Jewish Medical Ethics Leadership Aaron Klug Integrated Centre for Biomolecular Dr. Louis Nathanson Radiological Institute Structure National Institute for Biotechnology in the Negev (NIBN) Jacques Loeb Centre for the History and Philosophy of Swiss Institute for Dryland Environmental and Energy the Life Sciences Research Martin-Springer Center for Conflict Studies and Zuckerberg Institute for Water Research Negotiation Phillippe Monaster Center for Economic Research Departments Newman Desertification Communication Center Conrad and Chinita Abrahams-Curiel Department of Pearlstone Center for Aeronautical Engineering Studies Foreign Literatures and Linguistics Moshe Prywes Center for Medical Education Goldstein-Goren Department of Jewish Thought Sidney R. and Esther Rabb Center for Holocaust and

54 Avram and Stella Goldstein-Goren Department of Redemption Studies Biotechnology Engineering Gershon Rivlin Computerized Information Center Albert Katz Department of Dryland Biotechnologies Erna and Georg R. Rothstein Child Development Center May Elting Korn Department of Health in the Community Edmond J. Safra Center for the Design and Engineering Marco and Louise Mitrani Department for Desert Ecology of Functional Biopolymers Harry and Abe Sherman Oncology Department Els Wyler Center for the Peaceful Utilization of Natural Charlotte B. and Jack J. Spitzer Department of Social Work Resources Wyler Department of Dryland Agriculture Zandman Center for Microelectronic Thick Film Alexandre Yersin Department of Solar Energy and Technology Environmental Physics Zlotowski Center for Neuroscience

Centers Programs S. Daniel Abraham International Center for Health and Sylvia A. Brodsky Psychological Walk-In Service Nutrition Ginsburg-Ingerman Overseas Student Program Bengis Center for Desert Aquaculture Lillian and Larry Goodman Open Apartments Program Bengis Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation Keren Moshe Leadership Training Program Doris and Bertie Black Center for Bioenergetics in Sol A. Leshin BGU-UCLA Joint Research Program Life Sciences Mandel Social Leadership MBA Program Jacob Blaustein Center for Scientific Cooperation Toby Mower Curriculum for the Prevention and Blechner Center for Catalysis and Process Development Treatment of Addiction M.R. Bloch Center for Research in Coal Technology Pratt Foundation Fellowships Hubert Burda Center for Innovative Communications Woodman-Scheller Israel Studies International Program Cashvan Equine Center Corob Center for Medical Sciences J.R. Elyachar Center for Studies in Sephardi Heritage Lynne and William Frankel Center for Computer Sciences Moshe David Gaon Research Center for Ladino Culture David Hirschhorn GraduateStudiesFellowship Fund Herzog Center Fund Rosalind Henwood ScholarshipFund Halaj FoundationScholarship Fund Bella andJoseph Guzick-Dresner MemorialScholarship Alice andHaroldGreenberger MemorialScholarship Goodman FamilyFundforGraduate&Post Goldstein-Goren JewishThoughtDept.Fund Avram &StellaGoldstein-GorenBiotechnology Joyce &IrvingGoldmanFamilyMedicalSchoolFund Irving GoldmanScholarshipFund for DoctoralStudents Guilford GlazerFacultyofBusinessandManagement Ginsburg-Ingerman Fund French AssociatesInstituteforAgriculture& Estelle FrankfurterFund Fohs FoundationUndergraduate&Graduate Marc &AmyFeldsteinGraduate StudentScholarshipFund Feil FamilyFoundationMD/PHDFellowshipFund Eileen &LouisDubrovskyDoctoral/Post-Doctoral Crown FoundationScholarshipFundforGraduate Hannah LitvinCohenUndergraduateScholarshipFund Blechner CenterforCatalysisFund Fund fortheGraduateCenterDesertStudiesat Blaustein InternationalCenterforDesertStudiesFund Jacob BlausteinDesertResearchInstituteFund Aron BernsteinFundforAgricultureStudentsand Ben-Gurion CentennialFund Jordan BaruchStemCellResearchFund Robert H.ArnowFundforBedouinStudents Robert ArnowFund(AABGU) Robert ArnowFund https://in.bgu.ac.il/en/associates/Pages/Endowment.aspx For alistofthemainendowmentfunds FUNDS ENDOWMENT MAJOR Fund Fund Research atAlbertKatzIntl.School Engineering Dept.Fund Fund Biotechnology ofDrylands Scholarship Fund Cancer FellowshipFund Students inScience,Math&Technology Blaustein Institutes Desert Research Zlotowski Fund Wyler FundforExtensiveDrylandAgriculture Elsa WeinbergBuildingMaintenanceFund Jack D.WeilerFellowshipsFund Ilona &BernatWachsFund Zoltan TomanMedicalResearchFund Zoltan TomanLibraryFund Zoltan TomanGeneralResearchFund Zoltan TomanEquipmentFund Maria &ZoltanTomanFundforAcademicExcellence Herbert &VivianThalerVisitingScientistsFund Gate ofAliyaFundinMemoryYosefTekoah President's FundforExcellenceinMemoryofSamuel Helene K.SorefFund Eta &SassonSomekhScholarshipFund Jack H.SkirballFundforMedicalSchool Sasakawa YoungLeadersFellowshipFund(SYLFF) William &IrmaRulfFund-CentrefortheStudyof Howard RaubergerScholarshipFund Marion WolcottPlotnickScholarshipsforTraining Pearlstone CenterforAeronauticalEngineering Mansour &NahidParsiFund Markus &SaraPajewskiScholarshipFund Bernard OsherJewishPhilanthropiesScholarshipFund David &InezMyersFndt.LifeSciencesRecruitment Toby andMortMowerFundinNursing Mitrani /TekoahFund Marco &LouiseMitraniScholarshipFund Louise MitraniCenterforDesertEcologyFund Middle EastEyeResearchInstitute(MEERI)Fund Howard &LottieMarcusBGUDevelopmentFund Philip KruppScholarshipFund Kreitman FamilyFoundationFund Kreitman FoundationFellowshipFund Prof. DanielKoshlandFundforResearch May EltingKornScholarshipFund Albert KatzGraduateDesertStudyFund Richard A.&EdytheKaneScholarshipFund Paul IvanierCenterforAutonomousRoboticsFund & HeleneSoref International Health European Politics&Society Family Doctors Studies Fund Retention Fund

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BOARD OF GOVERNORS

CHAIRMAN Alexander M. Goren, United States

DEPUTY CHAIRMAN Lloyd Goldman, United States

CHAIRMEN EMERITUS Roy J. Zuckerberg, United States

VICE-CHAIRPERSONS Ofra Zimbalista, Walls and Stephen Breslauer, United States Trumpets, 2014, Sir Ronald Cohen, United Kingdom aluminum Ellen Marcus, United States Carol Saal, United States Suzanne Zlotowski, Switzerland Prof. Michal Shapira, Dean, Faculty FOUNDING MEMBERS CHAIRMAN OF THE of Natural Sciences Yehoshua Zimra, Israel EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE Prof. Amos Katz, Dean, Faculty of Adv. Asher Heled, Israel Health Sciences PUBLIC REPRESENTATIVES TO Prof. Miki Malul, Dean, Guilford THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE 56 VICE-CHAIRPERSONS OF Glazer Faculty of Business and Dr. Younis Abu-Rabia, Israel THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE Management Micha Dapht, Israel Dvora Tomer, Israel Prof. Dudy Bar-Zvi, Dean, Kreitman Elie Elalouf, Israel Aharon Yadlin, Israel School of Advanced Graduate Moshe Haba, Israel Studies Dr. Esther Luzzatto, Israel EX-OFFICIO MEMBERS Prof. Noam Weisbrod, Director, Moshe Olenik, Israel Prof. Daniel Chamovitz, President Jacob Blaustein Institutes for Israella Oron, Israel Prof. Chaim Hames, Rector Desert Research Ido Ruzolio, Israel Prof. Dan Blumberg, Vice President Prof. Moshe Kaspi, Dean of Justice Jacob Türkel, Israel for Industrial and Regional Students Development MEMBERS Prof. Limor Aharonson-Daniel, HONORARY MEMBERS Sylvain Abitbol, Canada Vice President for Global Prof. Dov Bahat, Israel Nachum Admoni, Israel Engagement Prof. Avishay Braverman, Israel Yehiel Admoni, Israel Prof. Raz Jelinek, Vice President Prof. Rivka Carmi, Israel Kher Albaz, Israel and Dean for Research and Prof. Chaim Elata, Israel Dr. Muhammad Al-Nabari, Israel Development Prof. Nachum Finger, Israel Zvi Alon, United States David Bareket, Vice President and Nissim Gaon, Switzerland Eliyahu Amir, Israel Director-General Maj. Gen. (res) Shlomo Gazit, Israel Dr. Micha Angel, Israel Prof. Steve Rosen, Vice President Prof. Zvi HaCohen, Israel Moshe Arkin, Israel for External Affairs Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks, United Joshua Arnow, United States Prof. Gal deBotton, Deputy Rector Kingdom Amb. Colette Avital, Israel Prof. Avi Levy, Dean, Faculty of Dr. Eric Samson, South Africa Meir Avital, Israel Engineering Sciences Caroline Simon, Israel Prof. Haim Aviv, Israel Prof. Amit Schechter, Dean, Prof. Avraham Tamir, Israel Avner Azulay, Israel Pinchas Sapir Faculty of Prof. Jimmy Weinblatt, Israel Eytan Barak, Israel Humanities and Social Sciences Prof. David Wolf, Israel Dr. Rhoda Baruch, United States Lucien Y.Bronicki,Israel Bruce Bronfman,Canada David Brodet,Israel James Breslauer,UnitedStates David Breslauer,UnitedStates Benjamin Breslauer,UnitedStates Rachel Brem,UnitedStates Henry Brem,UnitedStates Regina Boxer,Canada Rebecca Boukhris,Israel Polina Bosca,Italy Dr. JosefBollag,Switzerland Martin Blackman,UnitedStates Danièle Bidermann,France Yitzhak Bezalel,Israel Pierre Besnainou,France Ann Berger,UnitedKingdom Yechiel Bentov,Israel Terry Bensimon,Israel Prof. GilbertBenhayoun,France Eric Benhamou,UnitedStates Shmuel Bendror,Israel Raya StraussBendror,Israel Alon Ben-Gurion,UnitedStates Jacob Ben-Ezry,Israel Prof. HaroldBaum,United glass andstone 1999, wood, Balloon isFar), Utopia (TheBig At theEndof Ilan Averbuch, Kingdom Aaron Fish,Canada Gary Fine,Canada Lawrence N.Field,UnitedStates Rochelle Etingin,UnitedStates Robert Equey,Switzerland Robert Elman,Canada Victor Elias,Canada Huguette ElhadadCharvit,Israel Sandra Dwek,UnitedKingdom Prof. RaymondA.DwekCBE,FRS, Arie Dubson,Israel Gideon Dover,Israel Prof. CharlesA.Dinarello,United Prof. UteDeichmann,Israel Jacob Dayan,UnitedStates Ruvik Danilovich,Israel Reuben Croll,Canada Esther Coopersmith,UnitedStates Jordan Cohen,Canada Joseph Ciechanover,Israel Jacqueline Charles,United Eric Charles,UnitedKingdom Eliezer Carmel,Israel United Kingdom States Kingdom Micha Harish,Israel Lionel Halpérin,Switzerland Esther Halpérin,Switzerland Dr. NahumGuzik,UnitedStates Yitzhak Gurevitch,Israel Prof. ThomasGuggenheim, Daniel Guggenheim,Switzerland Ben Guefen,UnitedStates Maurice Grosman,France Asher Grinbaum,Israel Micaela Goren-Monti,Italy Lawrence Goodman,UnitedStates Prof. RichardGoldstein,United Dorian S.Goldman,UnitedStates Stanley D.Ginsburg,UnitedStates Hervé Giaoui,France Eric Ghebali,France Lic. BorisGerson,Mexico Lis Gaines,UnitedStates Prof. SaulFriedländer,Israel Prof. JacobFrenkel,Israel Alain Fraiberger,Switzerland Ruth Flinkman-Marandy,United Switzerland States States

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Joanne Harrington, United States Douglas Krupp, United States Prof. Philip Needleman, United Dr. Thomas O. Hecht, Canada Martin Landau, United Kingdom States Prof. Ehud Houminer, United Stephen Lawi, Switzerland Klaus Netter, Switzerland States Sarita Lehavi, Israel Meir Nissensohn, Israel Dr. Steve Hurst, United States Dalia Lev, Israel Annette Oelbaum, Canada Yoram Hurvitz, Israel Prof. Jacques Lewiner, France Mitchell Oelbaum, Canada Ahouva Ilan, Israel Yaacov Lifshitz, Israel Paul Ohana, France Ira Ingerman, United States Zvi Livne, Israel Abraham B.D. Ohayon, Switzerland Irit Izakson, Israel Lorry L. Lokey, United States Yoram Oron, Israel Paul Jacobs, Q.C., Canada Ron Lubash, Israel Suzanne Oshry, United States Hon. William Joel, United States Galia Maor, Israel Harold Paisner, United Kingdom Dr. Josef Joffe, Germany Ehud Marom, Israel Judith Paisner, United Kingdom Prof. Joshua Jortner, Israel Georges Mayer, Israel Martin Paisner CBE, United Obadia Kalai, Israel Francis C. Minkoff, Switzerland Kingdom Mathilde Kandiyoti, Belgium Oren N. Most, Israel Amb. Aviezer Pazner, Israel Dalia Katzman-Prashker, Israel Dr. Morton Mower, United States Nitza Drori Peremen, Israel Arieh Kleinman, Israel Toby Mower, United States Prof. Yitzhak Peterburg, Israel Doron Kofman, Israel Larry Nachshen, Canada Dana Porter Rubinshtein, Israel Alain Köstenbaum, Switzerland Suzanne Nash, United States Dan Propper, Israel Michael L.Wyler, TheNetherlands Gérard Worms, France Wayne Woodman, UnitedStates Martin Wolf,CBE,UnitedKingdom Dr. ThomasE.J.deWitt,United Prof. MeirWilchek,Israel Dr. MichaelWest,UnitedStates Donna WeissLam,UnitedStates Marcus Weinstein,UnitedStates Carole Weinstein,UnitedStates Peter (Pedro)Weinreb,Israel Elsa Weinberg,Switzerland Prof. DanielWeihs,Israel Alan Warshawsky,Israel Zwi Waldman,Israel Holly Ullman,UnitedStates Prof. IlanTroen,Israel Yaakov Terner,Israel Joey Tanenbaum,Canada Irona Taic,Israel Dr. AltonI.Sutnick,UnitedStates Dan S.Suesskind,Israel Eytan M.Stibbe,Israel Prof. Dr.HeinrichStrotmann, Prof. DanielSternheimer,France Michael Sonnenfeldt,UnitedStates Amb. Dr.OvadiaSoffer,Israel Dr. JoelSinnreich,Switzerland Ernest Simon,UnitedStates Dr. ZviShtauber,Israel Jacob Shochat,UnitedStates Col. (res)GideonShani,Israel Ofer Sela,Israel Aviva Segev,Israel Leanor Segal,Canada Alvin Segal,Canada Zeev Schoenberg,Israel Dr. YairC.Schindel,Israel Ernest SchellerJr.,UnitedStates Peter Schechter,UnitedStates Jean-Louis Sarbib,UnitedStates Maj. Gen.(res)Dr.Yom-TovSamia, Rubin Salant,UnitedStates Lite Sabin,UnitedStates Harry Saal,UnitedStates Avi Ruimi,Israel Yacov Rozen,Israel Haim Rosen,Israel Prof. YvesQuéré,France States Germany Israel Prof. AmnonBesser Prof. NadyaGurevich Prof. YifatMiller Prof. JihadEl-Sana Prof. SigalAbramovich Prof. ShlomiDolev Prof. GennadyZiskind Prof. RachelYerushalmi-Rozen Prof. JosephTabrikian Prof. YanivGelbstein Prof. TalOron-Gilad Prof. BrachaShapira Prof. SmadarCohen Prof. YaelEdan Prof. YoramYagil Prof. EliHershkovitz Prof. ItshakMelzer Prof. EliLewis Prof. MahmoudHuleihel Prof. JacobGopas Prof. NadavDavidovitch Prof. MichalHershfinkel THE SENATE REPRESENTATIVES OF David Znaty,France Adelene Zlotowski,Israel Mayer Zaga-Galante,Mexico Toni Young,UnitedStates Shlomo G.Yonas,Israel Meir Yitzhak-Halevy,Israel Zvi Yemini,Israel Estelle Yach,SouthAfrica Prof. MenahemYaari,Israel Tobiasse) Catherine Faust- steel (giftof painted stainless 1997, cutand Saltimbanques, The Acrobats/Les Theo Tobiasse,

Dalit Solomon-Kfir EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE SECRETARY TOTHE Orly Perez BOARD OFGOVERNORS LIAISON OFFICERTOTHE Noam Sharabi Yaron Klein Shir Bogner Adi Aharoni THE STUDENTS REPRESENTATIVES OF Dr. EphraimShoham-Steiner Dr. MichalBar-AsherSiegal Prof. AleanAl-Krenawi Dr. NoamTirosh Dr. SarabAbu-Rabia-Queder Prof. EfratHuss Prof. IlanDinstein Prof. GuyBen-Porat Prof. IlanitGavious Dr. HilaRiemer Dr. StavRosenzweig Prof. NuritZaidman Dr. ShirliBar-DavidMichaeli Dr. NoemiTel-Zur Dr. IrisVisoly-Fisher Prof. AmitGross Prof. ItzhakMizrahi Dr. DeborahToiber

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BGU ASSOCIATES ORGANIZATIONS

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