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President's Report 2018 Chairman’s Message 4 President’s Message 5 Senior Administration 6 BGU by the Numbers 8 Building BGU 14 Innovation for the Startup Nation 16 New & Noteworthy 20 From BGU to the World 40 President's Report Alumni Community 42 2018 Campus Life 46 Community Outreach 52 Recognizing Our Friends 57 Honorary Degrees 88 Board of Governors 93 Associates Organizations 96

BGU Nation Celebrate BGU’s role in the Israeli miracle

Nurturing the Negev 12 Forging the Hi-Tech Nation 18 A Passion for Research 24 Harnessing the Desert 30 Defending the Nation 36 The Beer-Sheva Spirit 44 Cultivating Israeli Society 50

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From the From the Chairman President

Israel’s first Prime Minister, David Ben–Gurion, said:“Only Apartments Program, it is worth noting that there are 73 This year we are celebrating Israel’s 70th anniversary and Program has been studied and reproduced around through a united effort by the State … by a people ready “Open Apartments” in Beer-Sheva’s neighborhoods, where acknowledging our contributions to the State of Israel, the the world and our students are an inspiration to their for a great voluntary effort, by a youth bold in spirit and students live and actively engage with the local community Negev, and the world, even as we count up to our own neighbors, encouraging them and helping them strive for a inspired by creative heroism, by scientists liberated from the through various cultural and educational activities. jubilee, just two years away now. We have much to be better future. It is an innovation that is as current now as it bonds of conventional thought and capable of probing deep proud of! was when it was launched forty years ago. Our numerous into the special problems of this country … we can succeed Beer-Sheva’s Advanced Technologies Park, established in programs expanding access to education have been highly in carrying out the great and fateful task of developing the partnership with the University, is home to international From a tiny institution housed in borrowed space, we have successful. Indeed, one of our major undertakings over the South and the Negev.” and Israeli hi-tech and cyber security companies for prospered and grown into an internationally renowned past year has been to ensure that the University complies which BGU provides the best and brightest employees. university with some 20,000 students and over a thousand with new accessibility legislation, making infrastructure As this year’s Board of Governor’s Meeting highlights The University played a major role in the IDF’s decision to academic faculty. We are busy preparing for another influx changes, expanding services at the Dean of Students and the State of Israel’s 70th anniversary, it affords us the move its technology intelligence units to the Negev and of students as the IDF’s major technology and intelligence completing a major overhaul of our websites and systems opportunity to reflect on what makes Ben-Gurion University build its Hi-Tech Center and Communications R&D facility units complete their move south. Work at the North so that even more people can study and grow here. of the Negev a Zionist enterprise and how we, its governors, adjacent to the ATP and the Marcus Family Campus. Campus site, which will nearly double the University’s can help advance and promote it around the world. footprint in Beer-Sheva, is continuing apace, to ensure that Being part of Ben-Gurion University’s continued prosperity I don’t know of any other research institution that is we have sufficient classrooms, dorms and laboratories to and growth is a calling, as well as an honor, that I answered Ben-Gurion University of the Negev was created 48 so well invested and so profoundly committed to the accommodate an expected 4,000 additional students. when I came to the University and the Negev over forty years ago by government decision, with the mandate prosperity and well-being of its surrounding population years ago. The University is at present searching for my of bringing development to the south. This founding as BGU has been under the management and leadership Ben-Gurion University of the Negev was charged with successor, and until I can pass on the torch, I remain principle, that a university will make a difference in of its President, Prof. Rivka Carmi. As Chairman of the the mission of developing the Negev, and we have done committed to nurturing this flourishing oasis of learning the community, has defined and shaped BGU since Board of Governors it has been my privilege to work side just that! The University has played a major role in the and increasing our forward momentum into a very bright its inception. Today the University is a catalyst for by side with her and I want to thank her heartily for her exponential growth and flourishing of the city of Beer- future. unprecedented innovation and growth and plays a central hard work and dedication to the realization of David Ben- Sheva, while at the same time pursuing innovative research role in the development of industry, agriculture and Gurion’s vision. Rivka Carmi is the epitome of modern of the highest caliber. In particular, BGU and its world- This year’s President’s Report, like the Board of Governors education in the Negev. Zionism and an example to us all. class faculty have been the catalyst driving the recent tech Meeting, celebrates our achievements and contributions in boom in Israel’s south. Thanks to the innovation ecosystem research and beyond. I know they will fill your hearts with Ben-Gurion University conducts groundbreaking research As Governors of this University, our major roles are we have created around us, there are thousands more pride and I encourage you to share that pride with your in fields that include desert and water research, bio- the promotion of the achievements of this outstanding jobs and opportunities available for both our graduates friends as you regale them with tales of the University in and nanotechnology, robotics, neuroscience, medical institution in our respective countries and raising the and neighbors, thus contributing to making the Negev’s which you play such an essential part. research, cyber security, quantum research, Israel funds to support its research activities. Leading up to our population more prosperous and resilient than ever before. studies, Jewish thought, Hebrew literature and more. BGU 50th anniversary, I kindly ask you to intensify your efforts That growth will continue as the Advanced Technologies Thank you for your continued friendship and support. researchers are making an impact on people’s lives in the to raise awareness of the University and to ensure the Park continues to expand. Indeed, a recent study by Without you, we could never have realized Ben-Gurion’s Negev, throughout Israel and around the world. continued success of our beloved BGU by enlarging our Columbia University’s School of International and Public vision. circle of worldwide donors and raising the funds necessary Affairs has cited the “cyber cluster” surrounding BGU as one However, it is not only the research and scholarly for the development of the North Campus. of three successful case studies worldwide from which to achievements of our students and faculty that contribute learn about “Cybersecurity as an Engine for Growth.” to the advancement of the Negev. More than 6,000 students are involved in a wide variety of community One of our greatest achievements is the innovation in and social projects in the region. As we celebrate the community outreach, which began almost from the very 40th Anniversary of the Lillian and Larry Goodman Open Alexander M. Goren start. The Lillian and Larry Goodman Open Apartments Prof. Rivka Carmi 6 President's Report 2018 Ben-Gurion University of the Negev - BGU Nation 7

Senior Administration

Prof. Amos Katz Prof. Michal Shapira Prof. Avi Levy Prof. Chaim Dean - Faculty of Dean - Faculty of Dean - Faculty of (Harvey) Hames Health Sciences Natural Sciences Engineering Sciences Dean - Pinchas Sapir Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences

Alexander M. Goren Roy J. Zuckerberg Robert H. Arnow Prof. Oded Lowengart Prof. Boris Zaltzman Prof. Yaniv Poria Prof. Dudi Bar-Zvi Chairman of the Chairman Emeritus Chairman Emeritus Dean - Guilford Glazer Director - Jacob Blaustein Acting Director Dean - Kreitman Board of Governors of the Board of of the Board of Faculty of Business and Institutes for Desert Eilat Campus School of Advanced Governors Governors Management Research Graduate Studies

Adv. Asher Heled Prof. Rivka Carmi Prof. Zvi HaCohen Dr. Osnat Ohne Prof. Yuval Golan Dr. Paula Kabalo Prof. Iris Shai Chairman of the President Rector CEO - National Institute for Director - Ilse Katz Director - Ben-Gurion Presidential Adviser on Executive Committee Biotechnology in the Negev Institute for Nanoscale Research Institute for the the Advancement of Science and Technology Study of Israel & Zionism Women in Academia

Prof. Dan Blumberg David Bareket Prof. Steve Rosen Prof. Avishay Goldberg Prof. Limor Prof. Gad Rabinovich Prof. Angel Porgador Prof. Moshe Kaspi Vice-President and Vice-President Vice-President for Deputy-Rector Aharonson-Daniel Vice-Rector Deputy Vice-President Dean of Students Dean for Research & and Director-General External Affairs Vice-Rector for International and Dean for R&D Development Academic Affairs 8 President's Report 2018 Ben-Gurion University of the Negev - BGU Nation 9

BGU By the Numbers

Distribution of Students by Faculty and Degrees 2016−2018 TOTAL EXTERNAL RESEARCH FUNDING TOTAL INVESTMENT IN RESEARCH ($US M) ($US M) Humanities Natural Engineering Health Business and Desert Kreitman Ben- and Social Sciences Sciences Sciences Management Studies Graduate Gurion 97.0 97.1 98.3 98.9 97.9 Sciences School Institute 94.3 82.0 82.9 81.3 79.8 15.7 15.1 19.1 16.0 18.1 2017-18 79.2 19.8 13.4 11.4 74.5 17.0 Bachelor’s 3,639 2,211 4,646 2,103 1,021 11.4 13.8 Master’s 1,227 291 859 568 1,277 87 22 9.8 82.0 82.9 70.6 81.3 79.2 79.8 Ph.D. 499 277 366 257 58 124 106 67.9 67.8 64.7 65.9 66.0 74.5 Post-Doc 71 98 47 16 3 50 12 Non- 159 58 215 14 23 1 1 Degree Teaching 159 Certificate Total 5,703 2,929 6,050 2,904 2,380 256 118 23 TOTAL 20,363 ACTUAL TOTAL* 19,490 2016-17 Bachelor’s 3,775 2,098 4,503 2,023 1,064 Master’s 1,240 264 816 521 1,319 97 24 Ph.D. 463 284 340 243 70 125 121 2011/12 2012/13 2013/14 2014/15 2015/16 2016/17 2011/12 2012/13 2013/14 2014/15 2015/16 2016/17 Post-Doc 45 97 53 20 3 43 4 Non- 150 111 197 14 26 4 Grants and contracts Total external research funding Degree Other sources BGU research funding Teaching 297 Certificate Total 5,909 2,847 5,844 2,785 2,482 269 125 24 Percentage of Grants by Faculty 2016/17 TOTAL 20,285 ACTUAL TOTAL* 19,378

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 Airforce 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.

Senior Academic Faculty 2017/18

39% 21% 17% 11% 11% 1% Faculty of Faculty of Faculty Pinchas Sapir Jacob Blaustein Guilford Glazer New faculty Total faculty Engineering Natural of Health Faculty of Institutes Faculty of hires 2017/18 members Sciences Sciences Sciences Humanities for Desert Business and and Social Research Management 48 878 Sciences 10 President's Report 2018 Ben-Gurion University of the Negev - BGU Nation 11

BGU by the Numbers

University Operating Budget

2015/2016 2016/2017 2017/2018 NIS M $ M % NIS M $ M % NIS M $ M % % change INCOME Planning & Budgeting Committee 882.5 226.3 72.2% 909.6 236.2 72.9% 940.6 254.2 73.6% 3.4% Tuition and Dorms 204.1 52.3 16.7% 202.3 52.6 16.2% 200.7 54.2 15.7% -0.8% Contributions 13.7 3.5 1.1% 13.5 3.5 1.1% 6.0 1.6 0.5% -55.6% Endowment Funds 50.0 12.8 4.1% 50.0 13.0 4.0% 50.0 13.5 3.9% 0.0% Other Income 69.3 17.8 5.7% 69.6 18.1 5.6% 76.9 20.8 6.0% 10.4% Transfer from Funds 3.3 0.8 0.3% 2.8 0.7 0.2% 3.9 1.1 0.3% 39.5% TOTAL 1,222.9 313.6 100.0% 1,247.8 324.1 100.0% 1,278.1 345.4 100.0% 2.4%

EXPENDITURE Salaries 907.8 232.8 74.2% 919.7 238.9 73.7% 932.1 251.9 72.9% 1.3% 2017/18 Overall University Budget (NIS/US$ Thousands in Current Prices) Fellowships & Student Operating Budget Research Budget Development Budget Special Programs Total Budget Assistance 70.1 18.0 5.7% 73.1 19.0 5.9% 79.6 21.5 6.2% 9.0% NIS M $ M NIS M $ M NIS M $ M NIS M $ M NIS M $ M Teaching & Research Expenditures 1,278,100 345,432 300,000 81,081 76,317 20,626 126,069 34,073 1,780,486 481,213 Expenses 43.7 11.2 3.6% 46.6 12.1 3.7% 52.8 14.3 4.1% 13.3% Income 1,278,100 345,432 300,000 81,081 76,317 20,626 129,049 34,878 1,783,467 482,018 Institutes & Research Centers 39.2 10.1 3.2% 39.4 10.2 3.2% 37.5 10.1 2.9% -4.8% Computing Expenses 13.4 3.4 1.1% 15.0 3.9 1.2% 15.3 4.1 1.2% 1.9% Our Worldwide Family of Associates at Work 2016/17 Year-End Figures Library Expenses 28.3 7.3 2.3% 29.5 7.7 2.4% 28.5 7.7 2.2% -3.5% Administration 28.8 7.4 2.4% 31.5 8.2 2.5% 27.1 7.3 2.1% -14.0% Total Maintenance 83.7 21.5 6.8% 85.8 22.3 6.9% 98.0 26.5 7.7% 14.2% Contributions Received $60,293,523 Financing 7.8 2.0 0.6% 7.2 1.9 0.6% 7.2 1.9 0.6% -0.2% Interest Income from Endowments $8,450,560 TOTAL 1,222.9 313.6 100.0% 1,247.8 324.1 100.0% 1,278.1 345.5 100.0% 2.4% Endowment Fund Balance (as of 30/9/16) $489,105,935

Notes: Contribution figures are gross and do not reflect local fundraising charges | Contribution figures include $14.6 million income released from the Marcus Estate and NIS/$ exchange rate: 3.90 3.85 3.70 -3.9% $848,990 (4%) income released on endowment funds held in the U.S. by and on behalf of AABGU | All figures are approximate due to fluctuating exchange and interest rates | Higher Education Endowment balance includes $190.23 million in the Marcus Fund and approximately $48.28 million in endowment funds held in the U.S. by and on behalf of AABGU. (The figure does not include approximately $21.4 million in trust funds held by and on behalf of AABGU.) | 2016/17 interest income was calculated at approximately 3.0%. Figure above Budgeting Index 127.2 126.5 126.5 represents only the income distributed on endowments held in Israel. 13

Israel’s 70th anniversary celebrations give us an  As BGU celebrated Nurturing opportunity to rejoice over BGU’s role in the Israeli its first decade, it the Negev: miracle. The nation’s founders viewed science as a key became the stage component of the Zionist enterprise, and David Ben- for one of the most Sustaining Gurion had a particular vision about the role of academia significant moments in Israel’s history: the in the south: he dreamed of an institution of higher the Nation historic visit of Egyptian education that would drive the development of the Negev President Mohamed and be a light unto the nations. Israel today is a “start-up” Anwar El-Sadat (right,  The University of the nation, a global leader in innovation and forward thinking, with BGU President Negev was established and Ben-Gurion University of the Negev epitomizes this Yossef Tekoah) on May by government mandate “can do” spirit. 27, 1979, as part of the in 1969. When David Camp David Accords. Ben-Gurion passed away Since its establishment, Ben-Gurion University of the in 1974, the institution Negev has embraced its mission to lead the nation’s south was renamed in his to growth and prosperity, and has played a key role in honor. advancing research, education and social empowerment in Beer-Sheva, the Negev, the State of Israel and the world.

We invite you to delve into the pages of this report and be inspired by our accomplishments. 14 President's Report 2018 Ben-Gurion University of the Negev - BGU Nation 15

Building BGU

Our highest priority The University’s highest priority is the development capital project is the development and and construction of construction of the North Campus, where the North Campus future generations of BGU students and researchers will live, study and work.

Preparatory work is underway for the Undergraduate Village. The complex will for the North Campus, which includes Future Projects consist of 580 apartments in 14 buildings, connecting the campus to a natural gas • A new plaza between the Lorry I. Lokey providing on-campus housing for 1,000 supply. This project is in the planning stages Chemistry Building and the Guzik students. The University is currently and will be completed by October 2021. Family Building for Biotechnology putting out a tender for a contractor, and Engineering plans on completing the project by the In today’s rapidly changing world, a • Homeland Security Institute 2021-22 academic year. modern university’s infrastructure must • Structural engineering building allow for constantly evolving technologies • University art gallery In addition, we are busy with basic and malleable spaces, which can be used • Library for engineering and natural infrastructure work on the Energy Center and reconfigured as needs change. We are sciences and an underground utilities tunnel system continuously improving and upgrading our • Health sciences research laboratories existing facilities. This year we focused on building building labs designated for new faculty • International conference center recruits, renovating existing research and • Classroom building teaching facilities and improving overall  Murray H. Shusterman Design and Planning • Generic labs building campus accessibility. Gate of Knowledge • The Cyndi and Max Mintzberg Ben- • Additional cyber security research Gurion Research Institute for the Study building  Earthworks at the North Completed this Year Campus site of Israel and Zionism Building and the • Murray H. Shusterman Gate of Cyndi and Max Mintzberg Ben-Gurion Knowledge  The newly inaugurated Archives Building • Renovation of two sections of the third building at the ATP • North Campus Energy Center and Zlotowski Dormitory Complex utilities tunnels  Campus construction • North Campus earthworks • The third building at BGU’s Advanced Work to Begin Soon Technologies Park • Medical Simulation and Classroom • Renovations of the Esther and Michel Building, to house the Field Family Halpérin Student Center, Sede Boqer Foundation Medical Simulation Center • Undergraduate Village on the North Under Construction Campus • Lorry I. Lokey Chemistry Building • BGU-Soroka joint research building • Graduate Student Dormitories supported by the Adelis Foundation • Renovation of the Brain and Cognitive • Sports and Recreation Center Sciences Building expansions 16 President's Report 2018 Ben-Gurion University of the Negev - BGU Nation 17

Researchers Patents Israel per 1,000 employed per capita #3 in innovation Innovation Startup out of 139 countries Nation #1 for the #1 in R&D investments as Startup % of GDP

Engineers PhDs Nation per capita per capita

BGU is the heart The State of Israel leads the world in a of regional, national and international Innovation Labs, where student and alumni The vibrant hi-tech ecosystem surrounding of Beer-Sheva’s number of important metrics. Israel has entrepreneurship. entrepreneurs receive support and guidance the University, mainly at the Advanced innovation ranked third (out of 139 countries) in in developing their ideas into successful Technologies Park adjacent to the Marcus ecosystem innovation in the World Economic Forum BGN Technologies, BGU’s technology transfer startups. Family Campus, continues to grow and Index of Innovation and Technology for the company, plays a key role in this expanded flourish. The ATP’s third building was past several years.* It ranks first in PhDs per offering. BGN brings research and innovation A range of University initiatives, dedicated in February 2018, marking, capita and first in patents per capita in the from the lab to the market and supports most notably the Bengis Center for among others, the arrival of Israel’s Rafael world!** The nation is also first in the world collaborations and entrepreneurship Entrepreneurship and Innovation at the Advanced Defense Systems and the in the number of researchers per 1,000 among researchers and students. Over the Guilford Glazer Faculty of Business and expansion of IBM and Wix’s R&D activities employed, first in the number of engineers past decade, BGN has focused on creating Management, ensures that the next in Beer-Sheva. Just four years ago there per capita, and first in R&D expenditure as long-term partnerships with multinational generation of business leaders, scientists were about 100 hi-tech employees in a percentage of GDP!* corporations such as Deutsche Telekom, and entrepreneurs have all they need to Beer-Sheva; today there are over 2,500 Dell-EMC, IBM and Lockheed Martin, securing succeed by offering unique educational engineers and researchers working at more BGU recognizes that its role is not only value and growth for the University as well programs, activities, services and than 70 tech companies within the ATP, to educate students and provide them as the Negev as a whole. It has signed over collaborative opportunities. For example, and their number is expected to grow to with knowledge and academic skills, but 300 partnership agreements in the past five the Inno-Negev Accelerator Program, jointly more than 10,000 in the coming years. This also to help them acquire the necessary years. In 2017, BGN reached a milestone launched with BGN in 2016 to provide is just one reason why the government’s “tools” to start their own initiatives. as it registered its 1,000th patent request support and tools to entrepreneurs in Digital Israel Initiative is launching its Smart Thus, the University has expanded its in the University’s name. To date, BGN the pre-seed stage, began its third cycle Cities initiative in Beer-Sheva and the IDF * World Economic Forum investment in cultivating innovation Technologies has established over 100 in March 2018. Four of the teams that is relocating some of its most advanced Global Competitiveness Report 2017-2018 and entrepreneurship, following its startups and has initiated technology hubs, completed the second cycle have raised hi-tech units to a campus adjacent to the ** OECD strategic goal of becoming a facilitator incubators and accelerators, such as the BGU seed investment of approximately $5m. University and the ATP.

 BGN Technologies’ new $500m VP of Entrepreneurship, New Dana Gavish Fridman, will 100 at the ATP connect the vast array of R&D activities at BGU and BGN, Raised 2014 2018 launch new partnerships, and in external funding for 100 hi-tech 2,500 hi-tech market BGU as a key player in Startups BGN-involved startups employees in employees the national entrepreneurship established by BGN Technologies Beer-Sheva within the ATP arena 18 19

Forging the Hi-tech Nation

(Cyber) Securing the Nation In the 21st century, hi-tech has become more central to Israel’s economy than any other branch of industry. BGU is right there at the forefront of the Startup Nation, at the center of a thriving hi-tech ecosystem focused primarily on cyber security. As the Advanced Technologies Park adjacent to the University grows and prospers in collaboration with our researchers and students, opportunities open up for residents of the Negev and the entire nation.

The Sky is (No Longer) the Limit BGU is playing a central role in the country’s transformation into a micro-satellite powerhouse. Venµs, a micro-satellite weighing 586 pounds (265 kilograms) launched in August 2017, was jointly designed by BGU, the Israel Space Agency and the French Centre National d’Etudes Spatiales to monitor climate change.

Israel’s first nanosatellite, BGUSAT, was also launched last year, in mid-February, in collaboration with Israel Aerospace Industries and the Israel Space Agency. We see a bright future for BGU aerospace research just over the horizon.

Get Up and Go Robotics Robotics research at BGU is everywhere – from  HydroCamel II, an autonomous underwater autonomous submarines to physiotherapy and vehicle developed by Prof. rehabilitation, to archer fish, agricultural robots, Hugo Guterman service robots, micro-robots and things that Photo: Yoav Lindmann might sound like pure science fiction.  BGUSAT, Israeli academia’s You name it; we’re probably working on it. first nanosatellite, supported by Rachel and Max Javit The ABC Robotics Initiative coordinates BGU’s Illustration: Israel Space Agency interdisciplinary robotics research and is transforming BGU into a powerhouse in a cutting-edge field of research that can truly affect people’s lives. 20 21

New and Noteworthy

Physical Development  The Guzik Family Building The Murray H. Shusterman Gate of for Biotechnology Engineering Knowledge, welcoming those entering  Dr. Paula Kabalo, campus from Rager Blvd., was completed. Prof. Rivka Carmi, and Cyndi and Max Mintzberg lay the The third building at BGU’s Advanced cornerstone for the Cyndi and Technologies Park was dedicated. Max Mintzberg Ben-Gurion Research Institute for the Study of Israel and Zionism The Guzik Family Building for Building and the Cyndi and Biotechnology Engineering was Max Mintzberg Ben-Gurion inaugurated in April. Archives Building  Prof. (Emer.) Elisha Qimron, The nation’s highest honor, the laureate of the Israel Prize in Jewish Studies 2018 Israel Prize in Jewish Studies for The Staschower Plaza was established in 2018, was bestowed upon loving memory of Sussman and Sabina Prof. (Emer.) Elisha Qimron of Staschower, the parents of Paul Paltiel the Dept. of Hebrew Language, a Staschower of Los Altos Hills, CA. globally recognized scholar of the The Esther and Michel Halpérin Student Dead Sea Scrolls. Center at Sede Boqer was established thanks to a generous donation from The cornerstone was laid for the Cyndi Velva G. and H. Fred Levine, of Houston, Esther Halpérin. The new Center will serve and Max Mintzberg Ben-Gurion Research Texas, have named the Central Laboratory the multicultural student community, Institute for the Study of Israel and at the Regenerative Medicine and Stem reflecting the late Michel Halpérin’s love Zionism Building and the Cyndi and Max Cell Research Center in the new Guzik of students and his commitment to desert Mintzberg Ben-Gurion Archives Building Family Building for Biotechnology research. at Sede Boqer. Engineering.

Work has begun on a new dormitory The University’s first international dorms Beer-Sheva’s double helix bridge to the complex for graduate students with 129 in Beer-Sheva were opened in the Eric F. ATP won the long span category of the units, adjacent to the Zlotowski Dormitory and Lore Ross Student Village. The new triannual Footbridge Awards. Complex. dorms house students from 20 countries. 22 President's Report 2018 23

 Artist Phlyp Koshland (left) installing her sculpture, “Lateral New and Motion,” with Olek Muszynski, of Eighth Day Design, in the lobby of the Edgar de Picciotto Family Noteworthy NIBN Building

“The Dancers” (after Matisse) by Dorit University of Illinois President Tim Killeen Levinstein, donated by Riki and Coby signed a Memorandum of Understanding Dayan of Los Altos Hills, CA as a tribute to with BGU during a visit by an academic Prof. Rivka Carmi, was installed in the Ita and trade delegation led by Illinois and Eitan Dayan Garden. Governor Bruce Rauner.

Thirty etchings by Ephraim Moses Lilien, The Faculty of Health Sciences and the best known for his iconic drawing of unique residential rehabilitative facility Theodore Herzl standing on the balcony for children, Aleh Negev-Nahalat Eran, in Basel at the first Zionist conference, signed an academic affiliation agreement were donated by Rachel Dundi Sachs opening the village for research and of Montreal, Canada, in memory of her clinical training. mother Vita Weintraub. BGU and Universität der Bundeswehr Prof. Noam (Norman) Stillman, München (The German Armed Forces Schusterman-Josey Professor and Chair University) signed a Memorandum of of Judaic History at the University of Understanding on future collaborations. Oklahoma, donated 15,000 volumes on the history of North Africa to the Noam An MOU was signed with Astana and Yedida Kalfon Stillman Collection at International Financial Center from  The historic Israeli flag Art and Collections the Zalman Aranne Central Library. Kazakhstan. from 1948 purchased by The historic flag created by Rebecca AABGU President Toni Young A permanent exhibition celebrating the The Root of the Matter Knowledge (Ezra Gorodesky delivers it to Affachiner on May 14, 1948, the day David President Prof. Rivka Carmi) Ben-Gurion proclaimed the establishment achievements of 12 remarkable women Center, established by the Ministry of the State of Israel, was purchased by Nobel Prize laureates was installed in of Agriculture as part of the Eugene AABGU President Toni Young on behalf of Staschower Plaza. Kandel Knowledge Centers, is a multi- the Ben-Gurion Archives. institution, interdisciplinary agro-tech New Collaborations project led by researchers at the French The sculpture “Lateral Motion” by Phlyp Israel Police and BGU launched the Associates Institute for Agriculture and Koshland was installed in the lobby of Center for Computational Criminology, a Biotechnology of Drylands in Sede Boqer. the Edgar de Picciotto Family National joint initiative to develop advanced cyber, Institute for Biotechnology in the Negev big data and artificial intelligence tools to Dr. Zvi Citron of the Dept. of Physics Building. fight crime with the help of BGU’s leading  “Day and Night,” by Lev Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker led is representing BGU in the ATLAS cybersecurity experts. Syrkin, was donated by a mission that signed an agreement for collaboration at the Large Hadron Collider “Day and Night,” a glazed ceramic mosaic Nahum Guzik and installed in collaboration on water-related applied at the CERN international laboratory in the Guzik Family Building for by Lev Syrkin z”l , was donated by Amdocs Israel and BGU launched the Biotechnology Engineering research between Wisconsin’s Water Geneva, Switzerland. Dr. Nahum Guzik of Mountain View, CA, joint Amdocs – Ben-Gurion University Council and the Zuckerberg Institute for and installed in the Guzik Family Building Research Laboratory to cultivate Water Research. for Biotechnology Engineering. cooperation in the areas of artificial intelligence, machine learning and cyber BGU, the University of Arizona and Carole and Marcus Weinstein of security. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de Richmond, VA donated the sculpture titled México signed a trilateral agreement to “People and Hollow Rock” by Israeli artist cooperate on research, innovation and Sigalit Landau. entrepreneurship. 24 25

A Passion for Research

Israel is known as a research powerhouse, celebrated for its countless achievements. Thanks to Ben-Gurion University’s recognized leadership in a range of fields, it was chosen as the location of several key national research institutes and centers. These include the National Institute for Biotechnology in the Negev, the Ben-Gurion National Solar Energy Center, and the national CERT. Collaborative multidisciplinary work here and across the University is carried out with unique passion and dedication.

The Ben-Gurion Research Institute for the Study of Israel and Zionism (BGRI) at BGU’s Sede Boqer campus is home to the highest concentration of Israel Studies scholars in the world. Its interdisciplinary approach offers unique insights into both the nation’s history and the dilemmas we face today. BGRI is also home to the Ben-Gurion Archives, the equivalent of a presidential library. The cornerstone for a state-of-the-art new home for the institute and the archives was recently laid, thanks to the generosity of Cyndi and Max Mintzberg. 26 President's Report 2018 Ben-Gurion University of the Negev - BGU Nation 27

New and Noteworthy

The School of Public Health is being established in the Faculty of Health Sciences. Headed by Prof. Nadav Davidovich, the School will encompass the present departments of Public Health and Health Systems Management, as well as the Graduate Program in Emergency Medicine.

The Department of Structural Engineering inaugurated its M.Sc. Program in three tracks: structural engineering, construction management and soil and foundation engineering.

A new M.Sc. Program in Ecology, Conservation and Management in two study tracks (Evolutionary Ecology; and Nature Conservation and Management),  BGU’s online edX course The Blankstein family of Winnipeg, was launched at the Albert Katz on Kabbalah, led by Prof. Canada, has provided major support International School for Desert Studies. Boaz Huss of the Goldstein-  Scientists participating in for the Research without Borders The BGU RADAR Center and the Toby New Academic Programs Goren Department of Jewish the D-Mars inter-university Mower Curriculum for the Prevention Thought, is hugely popular cooperative project between St. Boniface “Developing Modernized Curricula on simulated Mars habitat and Research Activities around the world Hospital and BGU. Immigrants’ and Refugees’ Lives,”a three- project in the Negev desert and Treatment of Addiction, in A new cutting edge Quantum Technology cooperation with the University of Lab, headed by Prof. Ron Folman year multinational and multidisciplinary Colorado, the Colorado State Dept. of (Ruth Flinkman-Marandy and Ben Two Massive Open Online Courses DEMO research project led by Prof. Public Health and Environment, and the Marandy Chair in Quantum Physics and (MOOC) funded by the Digital Israel Julia Mirsky of the Charlotte B. and Jack Colorado Trust, held a symposium on Nanotechnology), was dedicated. Initiative were launched on the prestigious J. Spitzer Department of Social Work, “Health Implications of Marijuana Use: edX platform: “Environmental Protection received a prestigious EU Erasmus+ grant. The Colorado Experience for Informed The Negev Autism Center, a collaboration and Sustainability,” with 1,600 students Decision-Making in Israel.” The symposium between scientists from BGU and from 134 countries; and “Introduction to A new course cluster on “Jews and was generously supported by Drs. clinicians from Soroka University Medical Kabbalah,” a surprise hit, with over 2,000 Christians under Islam,” headed by Dr. Morton and Toby Mower of Colorado and Center, established the Negev hospital- students from around the globe, from Orit Vaknin-Yekutieli (Dr. Sam and Edna Maryland. university-based (HUB) autism database, Brazil and Japan to Syria and Iran. Lemkin Career Development Chair in one of the most unique autism databases Middle East Studies) was launched. BGU and Northwestern University signed in the world. The Guilford Glazer Faculty of Business an agreement to collaborate on water and Management opened an intensive BGU’s Eilat campus is offering several new research. Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel The first facility in Israel that simulates a one-year International MBA Program. degree programs and courses, including participated in the signing at the opening Mars habitat was constructed in February an M.A. program in Public Policy and an of the WATEC 2017 conference in Tel Aviv. south of Mitzpe Ramon in the Negev A new joint B.Sc. track in Mathematics M.N. in Nursing. desert. The D-Mars project manager is and Physics was launched. Dr. Hillel Rubinstein, a post-doctoral fellow at BGU. 28 President's Report 2018 29

New and Noteworthy

 Conferment Ceremony of Honorary Doctoral Degrees, New Academic Chairs the Ben-Gurion Negev Award The Michel Halpérin Chair in Global Law and the President's Award, Ben-Gurion Day 2017 and Policy was established in memory of the late Michel Halpérin of Switzerland.  Cardinal Kurt Koch of the Vatican was awarded the Carole and Marcus Weinstein of Ladislaus Laszt Ecumenical Richmond, VA have made a commitment and Social Concern Award to inaugurate the Rivka Carmi Chair for the Advancement of Women in Excellence Recognized Academia in 2019. BGU was ranked first in sustainability among Israeli institutions and 151st from New Scholarship Funds among over 600 universities worldwide, The Ariane de Rothschild Women’s according to the UI GreenMetric World Scholarships, established by the University Ranking. Rothschild Caesaria Foundation and matched by BGU, will provide scholarships The Department of Hotel & Tourism to BGU women doctoral students to Management was ranked 42nd globally in  Participants in the joint Middle East Ultrasonography for the address the under-representation of the field of hospitality on theShanghai Palestinian-Israeli course, Management of Shock, a joint Palestinian- women researchers. Global Ranking of Academic Subjects for "Middle East Ultrasonography Israeli course organized by students at the 2017. for the Management of Shock" Joyce and Irving Goldman Medical School Other Notable Bequests was held at Soroka University Medical The late Esther Herlitz of Tel Aviv The Guilford Glazer Faculty of Business Center. bequeathed her estate to establish the and Management was ranked 200th in Herlitz Family Endowment Fund for Ben-Gurion University of the Negev the world in the field of management The Helmholtz International Research Down Syndrome Research. Herlitz, bestowed honorary doctoral degrees and according to the Shanghai Global Ranking School HI-SCORE is a new bi-national Israel’s first female ambassador, a Knesset the Ben-Gurion Negev Award on eight of Academic Subjects 2017. program for PhD students focusing on member and Israel Prize laureate, served remarkable individuals on Ben-Gurion Day solar energy research at German and as a BGU board member for 32 years. 2017: Beer-Sheva Mayor Ruvik Danilovich, Prof. Haviva Pedayah (Estelle S. Israeli universities. The Israeli coordinator jurisprudence scholar Prof. Ruth Frankfurter Chair in Sephardic Studies) of the program is Dr. Iris Visoly-Fisher of Honors Bestowed by BGU Gavison, computer scientist and Turing was awarded the prestigious Gershom the Alexandre Yersin Department of Solar Cardinal Kurt J. Koch, President of the Award laureate Prof. Shafi Goldwasser, Scholem Prize for the Study of Kabbalah. Energy and Environmental Physics. Vatican’s Commission for Religious communication studies pioneer Prof. Relations with the Jews, and of the Elihu Katz, Israeli artist Sigalit Landau, The Path to Knowledge Program at the A joint BGU-MIT two-week intensive Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian pianist Menahem Pressler, and architect Dept. of Community Action received an research program in Agricultural Unity, received the Ladislaus Laszt Moshe Safdie. Prof. Amos Richmond award for excellence from the Ministry of Microbiology, organized by Prof. Itzhak Ecumenical and Social Concern Award. received the Ben-Gurion Negev Award. Social Affairs and Social Services. Mizrahi of the Dept. of Life Sciences and This year, the University also bestowed Otto Cordero at MIT was held at BGU. The inaugural Shaul Ben-Simhon Prize the President’s Award for the first time. Prof. (Emer.) Raphael Bar-El of the for the Study of North African Jewry The inaugural recipients were Eliezer Guilford Glazer Faculty of Business and was bestowed upon UCLA’s Prof. Aomar Carmel and Devorah Tomer, long-serving Management received an honorary Boum. members of the Executive Committee. doctorate from the State University of Ceará in Brazil. 30 31

Harnessing the Desert to Benefit the World

The University’s world-class desert research center in Sede Boqer is a true pioneering endeavor. At a time when global warming, desertification and competition over scarce resources pose unprecedented challenges for humanity, scientists at the Jacob Blaustein Institutes for Desert Research (BIDR) help the State of Israel make the most of its desert regions. The Institutes serve as an R&D arena for solutions to living and surviving in resource-scarce environments that are being applied around the world. Over the past 50 years, the BIDR have become a global beacon for researchers working on solar energy; desert architecture; desert ecology; desert agriculture; desalination; microalgae cultivation; hydrology and much more.

Water for life Water scarcity is one of the most pressing issues for the Middle East and the world at large, from Cape Town to London. BGU’s efforts in this area were led by Prof. Sidney Loeb, pioneer developer of reverse osmosis, and by Israel Prize laureate Prof. Ora Kedem, who founded the Department of Desalination and Water Treatment at the Zuckerberg Institute for Water Research in Sede Boqer. Their work on flexible membranes that could be applied in reverse osmosis has truly revolutionized the desalination industry and made it possible to scale-up on a massive scale. Today Israel is a global leader in desalination and more than 60% of its drinking water is produced through desalinating seawater. Scientists at Sede Boqer are following in their footsteps and continue to refine the technology to alleviate the growing global water scarcity, in partnership with leading researchers and institutions around the world. 32 President's Report 2018 33

New and Noteworthy

Prof. Itamar Grotto, deputy director of Prof. Itshak Melzer, Head of the Recanati the Ministry of Health and member of the School for Community Health Professions, School of Public Health, was elected to was awarded an honorary fellowship by the Executive Board of the World Health the Israel Physiotherapy Society. Organization. Prof. Aya Biderman (Benzion Sundel Prof. Yitzhak Hen (Anne and Sam Lopin Hersch Chair in Community Health and Chair in History) was appointed Head of Primary Care), Head of the Community the Israel Institute for Advanced Studies Health Division was honored with a in Jerusalem. lifetime achievement award from the Israel Association of Family Physicians. Dr. Shlomi Codish, a graduate of the Joyce and Irving Goldman Medical School and Prof. Yoram Yagil (Clara and Alexander Medical Director for Clalit Health Services’ Stransky Chair in Nephrology) received Southern District, was appointed Director a lifetime achievement award from  BGU staff hosted Prof. Maya Bar Sadan, together with Prof. Raz Jelinek (Carole and Barry Kaye General of Soroka University Medical the Israeli Society of Nephrology and visitors from Australia Dr. Idan Hod from the Dept. of Chemistry, Chair in Applied Science) from the Dept. of Center. Hypertension. and New Zealand, here to recieved a Center of Excellence grant Chemistry won two EU Horizon 2020 grants: commemorate the Centennial of ANZAC's famous WW1 from the Israel Science Foundation a Horizon 2020 FET-Open – Novel Ideas Dr. Sarah Abu-Kaf of the Conflict Dr. Strul Moisa of the Dept. of Materials Battle for Beer-Sheva to create and lead a research hub on for Radically New Technologies, and the Management and Resolution Program Engineering received an honorary alternative fuels for transportation. second as a member of an ICT consortium won the Israel Council for Higher doctorate from the Technical University of on “Secure societies: Protecting freedom and Education Award in the Category of Cluj-Napoca, Romania in recognition of his Dept. of Education researchers security of Europe and its citizens.” Young Lecturers. definitive book “The Bible and Metallurgy.” Prof. Adam Lefstein, Prof. Guy Roth and Dr. Dana Vedder-Weiss, with colleagues Prof. Eytan Grosfeld from the Dept. of Prof. (Emer.) Dan Meyerstein of the Dept. Notable Grants from the Hebrew University and Tel Aviv Physics was awarded a Horizon 2020 FET- of Chemistry was awarded the Israel Dr. Miriam (Mira) Amiram (Elaine S. University, were awarded a Center of Open grant to study topological insulators Chemical Society Prize for Outstanding and Alvin W. Wene Career Development Excellence grant from the Israel Science and topological quantum computation. Scientist. Chair in Biotechnology Engineering) Foundation to conduct an extensive Grosfeld is also part of a European project was awarded an ERC Starting Grant study of educational discourse and its within QUANTERA, the Cofund Initiative Prof. Igal Shohet of the Dept. of Structural to conduct research on “Engineering contribution to learning and development. in Quantum Technologies, funded by the Engineering was recognized by the translation machinery to produce light- Israel Innovation Authority. Israeli Association of Construction responsive protein-polymers.” Prof. Alon Friedman (Dr. Helena & Infrastructure Engineers for his Rachmanska-Putzman Chair in Neurology) Prof. Shmuel Odes and colleagues contribution to the profession. Prof. Haim Permuter (Luck-Hille Chair received a Multiplier Grant Award for from the Faculty of Health Sciences, the in Electrical Engineering) received his joint research project, “Mechanisms Charlotte B. and Jack J. Spitzer Department Dr. Iris Tabak of the Dept. of Education a prestigious award from the DIP Underlying Brain Injury Outcomes” from of Social Work and Soroka University was elected a Life Fellow in the Excellence Program for research titled the binational foundation US-Israel BSF Medical Center received a grant from the International Society of the Learning “Fundamentals of cooperation in modern and the Gilbert Foundation. Helmsley Charitable Trust to conduct Sciences. communication networks” in collaboration a randomized interventional study of with Prof. Gerhard Kramer of the Mindfulness-based stress reduction in Technical University of Munich. patients with Crohn’s Disease. 34 President's Report 2018 35

New and Noteworthy

Dr. Deborah Toiber (Zehava and Chezy Vered Career Development Chair in Alzheimer’s and Neurodegenerative Diseases) of the Dept. of Life Sciences, received a large grant from the David and Inez Myers Foundation for research on Alzheimer’s disease.

Dr. Danny Cohen Zada of the Dept. of Economics is BGU’s first researcher to receive a grant from the Spencer Foundation for research on “The Life Cycle Effects of School Entrance Age on Educational and Economic Outcomes.” Leading Entrepreneurship and Innovation Student Achievements A study by Columbia University School of Assaf Natanzon, a PhD student in the International and Public Affairs selected Dept. of Computer Science and VP at Dell- the cyber “cluster” surrounding BGU as one EMC, is the first Israeli on the Wikipedia of three successful global case studies of  BGU Racing held a Dr. Hadar Ben-Yoav of the Dept. of list of most prolific inventors ever, with “Cybersecurity as an Engine for Growth.” gathering for sponsors and Biomedical Engineering was awarded a 202 patents registered to his name. alumni, which included NARSAD 2017 Young Investigator Grant Venµs, a micro-satellite weighing 586 a demonstration by professional racecar driver to support the development of tests for Yaakov Kleeorin, a PhD student in the pounds (265 kilograms), jointly designed by Alon Day levels of the drug Clozapine in the blood. Dept. of Physics, was awarded the Israel the Israel Space Agency, BGU and the French Physical Society Racach Prize for best Centre National d’Etudes Spatiales for the Prof. Yigal Meir of the Dept. of Physics, PhD student in theoretical physics. purpose of monitoring climate change, was in collaboration with Prof. Ned Wingreen successfully launched on August 2, 2017. from Princeton University, was awarded Three GBU doctoral students – Yael a prestigious US National Institutes of Shmaryahu-Yeshurun, from the  (l-r) Profs. Lior Rokach, A BGU student team placed third out BGU’s top cybersecurity researchers, Health research grant for the study of Guilford Glazer Faculty of Business and Bracha Shapira and Yuval 13 and won the prize for the most Profs. Yuval Elovici (Davide and Irene Sala cell interactions and the development of Management, Shai Tagner of the Ben- Elovici at the World Economic sustainable solution in Concordia Chair in Homeland Security Research), Forum in Davos bacterial communities. Gurion Institute for the Study of Israel and (Carole Weinstein Chair Photo: Sandra Blaser/World University’s annual Engineering and Bracha Shapira Zionism, and Yair Yassan of the Dept. of Economic Forum Commerce Case Competition. Their in Information Systems Engineering) Dr. Michael Gilead, head of the Social Politics and Government – were among of participation was made possible by the and Lior Rokach, addressed the impact Cognitive Neuroscience Laboratory, was 10 recipients of the prestigious national  The W.A. Minkoff Senate support of the Montreal chapter of the of artificial intelligence at theWorld awarded a 2017 Joy Academic grant from President’s Scholarship. Hall transformed into a venue Canadian Associates of BGU. Economic Forum in Davos in January. The for TEDx BGU Joy Ventures to research and develop session, titled “Cyber-Forensics with Ben- an empathy-based emotion regulation The BGU Debate Club team took first Gurion University of the Negev,” was part mechanism for stress relief. place and the Outstanding Speaker of the “IdeasLab” forum. Award in the Big Brother competition. Prof. Raz Zarivach from the Dept. of Life The Club’s spokeswoman won the BGU Fascinating TEDx talks about issues at the Sciences was awarded an Alexander von OPEN competition. At the European heart of modern civilization were given by Humboldt research fellowship. Championship, two speakers reached the President Prof. Rivka Carmi and five other quarterfinals in the ESL category. speakers at the recent TEDx BGU. 36 37

Defending the Nation

Educating the Nation’s Pilots Israel’s Air Force pilots are the very cream of the crop of the IDF, and as such they deserve the best. For each and every military pilot, flight school includes studies for a Bachelor’s degree from Ben-Gurion University, in a specially tailored program run at the Marcus Family Campus and the Hazerim Air Force base.

BGU and the IDF: The Future of the Nation We are stepping up our preparations for the IDF’s move to the south. As additional intelligence and technology units complete their relocation, the University is working with the IDF to design academic programs for these elite soldiers who are the nation’s future. 38 Ben-Gurion University of the Negev - BGU Nation 39

New and Noteworthy

BGU, CYMOTIVE Technologies, Deutsche Telekom Innovation Laboratories at BGU, JVP, and a unit of Samsung Electronics, HARMAN International, are opening a Smart Mobility Analysis and Research Test Range for autonomous vehicles in Beer-Sheva.

BGU’s Bengis Center for Entrepreneurship & Innovation in the Guilford Glazer Faculty of Business and Management launched its new open Challenge innovation platform.  Participants in NexTech Israel’s firstInnovation Lab for Healthy HC Vision, a start-up company launched The inaugural challenge featured a Beer-Sheva, an event on Aging, focused on the challenges facing by BGN Technologies based on research collaboration with Mercedes-Benz R&D Tel "future technologies" today’s senior citizens, was launched in hyperspectral imaging by Prof. Ohad Aviv to find the “Next 100 Million.” The next by the Center for Digital Innovation, Ben-Shahar of the Dept. of Computer Challenge will be a collaboration with Intel. in collaboration with BGU, the National Science, and doctoral students Boaz Arad Insurance Institute of Israel, the Beer- and Omer Shwartz, won third place in the The Bengis Center for Entrepreneurship Sheva Municipality, the American Jewish SilicoNegev competition and was accepted & Innovation and the Faculty of BGU was the academic partner of the  Prof. Dan Blumberg, Vice Joint Distribution Committee, and Amal & to the prestigious Garage+ accelerator Engineering Sciences launched a Cybertech 2018 convention held in Tel President and Dean for R&D Beyond Group. program. It was also selected as a “Top 10 multidisciplinary entrepreneurship Aviv in January (and in international speaks at NexTech Beer- Sheva in October Innovation 2018” award recipient from competition called Smart Technologies: locations such as Tokyo, Singapore and BGN Technologies spun out a company, inVision magazine. Boaz Arad was also Innovation for Better Life. Los Angeles). Many companies from BGR, dedicated to commercializing awarded the European Machine Vision Beer-Sheva’s cyber ecosystem were HydroCamel II, the 2.35-meter-long Association’s Young Professional Award. A group of women students from BGU represented. autonomous underwater vehicle won the 2017 Google-BGU competition developed in Prof. Hugo Guterman’s BalanceTutor, a revolutionary “Students Think Innovation 3.0” focusing TheMarker, Israel’s leading economic Laboratory for Autonomous Robotics. physiotherapy device developed by on innovation in the public sector. magazine, held its influential annual Prof. Itshak Melzer, head of the Recanati social-economic conference on the Marcus School for Community Health Professions, The CyberSpark Industry Initiative was Family Campus, in collaboration with BGU. and Prof. Amir Shapiro of the Dept. of one of three co-founders of an umbrella Mechanical Engineering, is being used organization, GLOBAL EPIC – Global Cutting edge technologies and to help players on Spain’s Real Sociedad Ecosystem of Ecosystems Partnerships developments were presented at NexTech soccer team improve their balance and in Innovation and Cyber Security, Beer-Sheva, a convention focusing on dexterity. encompassing 14 global ecosystems. “future technologies” organized jointly by BGU and IsraelDefense. 40 Ben-Gurion University of the Negev - BGU Nation 41

International friends Lisa Beckmann from Germany and Anastasia Demydenko from Israel have been roommates at the new international dorms, as well as fast friends, for the last five months. Each apartment is shared by international and Israeli students, creating a unique homey atmosphere in the building. Doors are often left wide open, and there is always someone to hang out with. Anastasia, who is studying political From science, communications and European studies: “I love the international feeling you get when hearing English and Hebrew BGU spoken with many different accents in the corridors.” to the Lisa, who is doing a research internship at the Cognitive Neuropsychology Lab through the Erasmus+ program, says: World “The international dorms have made the experience of getting to know the city “Be Different. Be You. BGU.” is the “This focus is a game changer,” says Prof. and the people much smoother. The help new slogan used by the BGU Office of Limor Aharonson-Daniel, Vice Rector from an Israeli roommate is priceless, International Academic Affairs (OIAA) for International Academic Affairs, who from small things like figuring out the in its first ever international digital sees internationalization as an important  Roommates Lisa Beckmann “While with Europe we have the EU supermarket to understanding Israeli campaign focusing on recruitment abroad goal. BGU’s strategic plan, approved and and Anastasia Demydenko at framework of Erasmus+, which funds culture.” Both say that even with the and branding of the University as an praised by the CHE, focuses on increasing the international dorms mobility of students and staff, exchange cultural differences, they found mutual Photo: Hadar Kfir outstanding academic institution. courses and programs available in English with North America remains one of our ground on everything, including the and on staff and student exchanges with challenges,” says Dr. Stavi Baram, Director holiday season, when they celebrated Be Different. Over 800 international students are partners abroad. of OIAA. Christmas and Chanukah together! Be You. BGU. studying at BGU this year: approximately Realizing they share the same passions 500 in full advanced degree programs and New international dorms were “This issue is of particular importance and the same life goals made it easy for 300 in short non-degree programs. inaugurated within the Eric F. and Lore for the future bond between Jewish them to connect. Ross Student Village to accommodate a communities abroad and Israel and Nationally, 2017 marked a new era in mix of international and Israeli students. it’s definitely something we ought internationalization of higher education, to work on,” says Prof. Aharonson- with the Council for Higher Education Although worldwide there is an Daniel. “Our mission is to find new (CHE) announcing a six-year plan for exponential rise in student mobility, less partners, strengthen existing ties, build promoting internationalization globally than one percent of BGU students studied collaborations and bring the world and at home. abroad for a semester or year as part of together in the BGU spirit.” their degree. To enhance this opportunity,  International students (l-r) a “spotlight on student exchange” event Dennison Kiziton (Uganda), was held in collaboration with the Student Li Xuguang and Xia Jiawei Union, leading to a significant increase in (China), at the inauguration applications for next year. party of the new international dorms 42 43

BGU annually presents the Alumni  L-R: Eli Ben-Aharon, Prof. Alumni Recognition Awards to prominent alumni Dina Ben-Yehuda, Prof. Rivka who have made exceptional contributions Carmi, Col. Dr. Avi Yitzhak, Avi Blasberger, Dr. Debby to society, the economy, culture and Hershman, and Wafa Ibn Beri Community science both in Israel and abroad. The recipients for 2018 are:  Comedy group Shlufta, composed of BGU Alumni, Avi Blasberger, graduate of the Dept. of perform regularly around Beer-Sheva and beyond Mechanical Engineering. Director of the Over 130,000 alumni act as Ben-Gurion Israel Space Agency, Ministry of Science University’s local and global ambassadors, and Technology. contributing to society and their local communities according to the University’s Eli Ben-Aharon, graduate of the Dept. long-standing tradition. They play of Electrical Engineering. Technology an important part in developing and entrepreneur and developer. Currently strengthening BGU’s ties with industry VP of Business Development, RoboTiCan while assisting current students through Modular Robotics Systems in Beer-Sheva. the Mentorship Program and other avenues. Much of this takes place under Prof. Dina Ben-Yehuda, graduate of the the auspices of the Alumni Organization, Joyce and Irving Goldman Medical School’s which is increasing its role in maintaining first class. Dean of the Faculty of Medicine relationships between the University, its at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and Wafa Ibn Beri, graduate of the Col. Dr. Avi Yitzhak, graduate of the Joyce various units and its graduates. Director of the Division of Hematology, Departments of Conflict Management and Irving Goldman Medical School and Hadassah University Medical Center. and Resolution and Health Systems the Dept. of Health Systems Management. The Alumni Organization is in regular Management. Former Director of the Chief Medical Officer, IDF Southern contact with over 45,000 alumni through Dr. Debby Hershman, graduate of the AJEEC-NISPED Arab-Jewish ‘volunteers’ Command. a monthly newsletter, and maintains a Dept. of Archaeology. Chief Curator tent’ and currently director of government growing database of graduates and their and Deputy Director of the Eretz Israel policy at the Authority for Economic current positions and accomplishments. Museum in Tel Aviv. Development of Minorities in the Ministry So far, over 10,000 BGU alumni club for Social Equality. benefit cards have been issued. 44 45

The Beer-Sheva Spirit: Treating People Rather than Diseases

Ben-Gurion University’s Medical School opened its doors right after the Yom Kippur War in 1973. Its founders believed that doctors should be trained to treat people rather than diseases and this became its guiding principle – the “Beer-Sheva Spirit.” Today, 45 years later, the idea that the School should be actively involved in efforts to improve health care for the communities around us continues to guide the Joyce and Irving Goldman Medical School and the Faculty of Health Sciences. The School is highly regarded both in Israel and abroad, and is famous for producing community- oriented physicians who view patients holistically. Many of the School’s innovative methods have since become standard practice at medical schools across the country and around the world. 46 President's Report 2018 47

Campus Life

The Support Center Dean of Students services accessible for students studying for Students with The implementation of the Equal Rights and living at the Sede Boqer campus has Special Needs Law for People with Disabilities in higher led to the establishment of an English continues to expand education institutions in Israel has language therapy service in June. its services required focused efforts by the University. Additional actions will be necessary during A pilot program was launched to make the current year as well. higher education more accessible to students of Ethiopian descent. Its aim is to In the 2016-2017 academic year, 926 assist in the future placement of middle students from a total of 1,775 applicants school and high school students in higher  Opening of the a wide range of disciplines. Before the received scholarships on the basis education by having Ethiopian students academic year fair, we held five intensive days of Speed tutoring them. CV workshops where students received of socio-economic need. Voluntary  A quiet corner community service was performed by 859 on campus assistance in writing resumes. students for a total of 41,192 hours in Approximately 1,500 Arab students exchange for their scholarships. are enrolled at BGU, 40% of whom The program “Talking Careers” was are Bedouin. A meeting was held with launched in collaboration with the Student The number of students with disabilities more than 40 high school principals and Union, to help students learn about and seeking assistance from the Support supervisors from the Bedouin sector to plan for the future employment world. Center for Students with Special Needs introduce the various programs at the Likewise, we opened a Business Club in has increased significantly and the Center University. As part of making BGU more conjunction with Kav Mashve, for students continues to expand its services. An accessible to Arab students, a Facebook in hi-tech and biotech professions. Career Accessibility Day was held in collaboration page in Arabic was launched and additional days were held in cooperation with the with the Student Union and the Make pages on the University website were Department of Industrial Engineering and the Campus Accessible student group. A translated into Arabic, Arabic keyboards “Achievements for Hi-Tech” is a national Management (Forum 20-80) and in the number of courses in Sign Language were were installed in classrooms, and more. program implemented at BGU, providing Charlotte B. and Jack J. Spitzer Department held. The need to make psychological The Robert H. Arnow Student Center for youth from weaker socio-economic of Social Work. Bedouin Women continues to grow and groups who lack the grades for academic evolve according to emerging needs. admission with the opportunity to The campus synagogue received a new enroll in engineering and exact sciences Torah scroll, donated by Jane Gural Thirty BGU students participate in undergraduate programs. In 2017-2018, Senders. “Language as a Bridge,” a new program for 100 students were accepted compared to building dialogue in which Arab students 41 the previous year. Student Union lead discussions in spoken Arabic in a The Student Union, together with the Jewish high school in Beer-Sheva, while Nearly 500 students have found University, sent the first independent Jewish students lead discussions in spoken employment in the Negev with the help delegation to Poland in the footsteps of Hebrew in the Bedouin settlement of Um of the Center for Career Development in Holocaust stories. The Student Union Batin. cooperation with the Ronald S. Lauder considers this its responsibility in this Employment Center. Thirty-eight career generation, when the last survivors are The “Start” program, which aims to workshops attended by over 550 students still alive, so that the stories may continue support students during their first year took place in the various faculties. A career to be told and the horrors not forgotten.  A Torah scroll donated of academic study, has been expanded to by Jane Gural Senders was workshop specifically for Arab students eight departments with the participation brought to the campus was also held. The annual employment of 582 students. synagogue fair was attended by 90 companies from 48 Ben-Gurion University of the Negev - BGU Nation 49

 Yoga class in Niusia and Aron Chilewich Square

 Students play with a puppy from the Israel Guide Dog Center for the Blind in Deichmann Plaza

The Student Union organized the BGU As part of organizational changes, the Green Campus, in collaboration with the Campus Hackathon: programmers, technology medical library now falls under the Sustainable Development for the Negev people, and product and content auspices of the central library. This merger association, recognized organizations managers assembled for 24 hours to work enables consolidation and improvement working for the environment in the areas Life intensively on technological projects. of services and work procedures in of education, conservation and energy purchasing books, journals and databases, consumption at the Negev Awards This year, the Student Union’s traditional cataloging and computerization. ceremony held in November 2017. Student Fest celebrating the opening of The Division of the academic year was entirely relayed in Computing Green Campus awards prizes and Computing and sign language, so as to raise awareness The Division of Computing and fellowships to researchers and students Information Systems to its importance – and of course, so that Information Systems has launched a at all levels. These include a prize co- has launched a everyone could enjoy it together! re-designed University website. The sponsored by Ormat Technologies for re-designed site is responsive, supports different outstanding graduate research; awards The Student Union always strives to do for undergraduate final projects; and a University website mobile devices, and meets the standards better. This year, the non-profit Midot set by Israeli accessibility laws. The BGU was most Green Campus nationwide competition for high school bestowed the Midot Seal of Effectiveness implementation of a virtual store that recently ranked 151st The University is investing heavily from final projects in the field of environment on the Student Union in recognition of its enables the online sale of University in the world and its own budget and from funds awarded and sustainability. First prize is a diverse achievements. We are especially services (such as conferences, courses highest in Israel by by the Council for Higher Education in scholarship for the first year of studies at proud as this is the first time a student and more) using credit cards has proven the UI GreenMetric projects for conserving resources and Ben-Gurion University. organization has won this award. successful. reducing consumption. BGU was most World University recently ranked 151st in the world and Zalman Aranne Central Library The development of a secure system for Ranking highest in Israel by the UI GreenMetric In 2017 the library was further submitting examination questionnaires World University Ranking. consolidated as a cultural and learning to the examinations unit has been center. The reference desk area on the completed and the system is now fully Green Campus launched the Green Trail, ground floor was transformed into a study operational, following a successful pilot in with eleven stations covering a wide hall with desks and computers, and group the summer semester of 2017. range of projects and issues in which BGU study areas were added on other floors. faculty, staff and students are involved. A pilot was begun integrating hackathons These include green and environmental into the curriculum of three courses. The infrastructure, such as bicycles and  Students dress up as iconic goal is to increase student participation in alternative energy, nature on campus and campus buildings for Purim lecture classes. community outreach. 50 51

Cultivating Israeli Society

Inspiring the Community Advancing Women in Academia The BGU community views itself as an integral Prof. Miriam Cohen, a theoretical mathematician, part of society’s fabric in the Negev and Israel was elected Dean of BGU’s Faculty of Natural as a whole and as such, we are deeply invested Sciences in 1998 – the first woman to hold that in the University’s mandate to lead the south position in Israel. Prof. Rivka Carmi, a geneticist, forward. Our unique commitment to the became Dean of the Faculty of Health Sciences in citizens of Beer-Sheva and the Negev led to 2000. She was elected President of the University the establishment of the Community Action in 2006, the first woman in Israel to head a Department by Huguette Elhadad in 1977. The research university. Under Carmi’s leadership, University has since become world-famous for the University has expanded its efforts to recruit innovative community outreach programs – women researchers and create an academic such as the Lillian and Larry Goodman Open environment that enables them to thrive, Apartments Program – that have transformed encouraging women to study the sciences, and the lives of countless children and adults and bringing increasing numbers of women from have been replicated around the world. The under-represented segments of Israeli society to Department motto says it all: “Society is worth campus as a path to empowerment. more with you.”

BGU continues to develop new programs aimed at expanding access to higher education and fostering the leaders of tomorrow. Just in  BGU student Shir Atsmon Livni is tested at the Driving Simulator of the Human the past two years, we inaugurated the new Performance Evaluation Lab, Dept. of Industrial Jusidman Science Center for Youth and the Jack, Engineering and Management Joseph and Morton Mandel Institute for Social  Bar Simovich of the Lillian and Larry Leadership – two unique initiatives dedicated to Goodman Open Apartments Program plays nurturing and enriching Israeli society. frisbee with Liad Palas, a neighborhood girl 52 53

Community Outreach

BGU joined “Israeli Israeli Hope in Academia on the first day of classes. “I know that Community Action Department Hope in Academia,” Ben-Gurion University joined “Israeli Hope the University’s administration, faculty Every year around 400 talented and a broad social in Academia,” a broad social initiative and student union are committed to highly motivated students participate in initiative launched launched by the President of Israel, strengthening the campus and advancing the Department’s activities, contributing by the President of Reuven Rivlin, to increase diversity and cooperation between the varied their skills, time and energies to various mutual understanding within Israeli populations that meet here,” he added. populations in need. Israel, Reuven Rivlin society. BGU’s mandate includes social “Now commitment must become action.” responsibility and outreach, so it was only The Windows onto Campus Dreams natural that we would become a major A committee, representing a broad range program completed its second cycle. In partner in this important venture. of groups on campus, was formed to this program, the first of its kind in the promote and implement the program country, prison inmates get a taste of “We will be unable to preserve the State through an institution-wide work plan. The academic life on campus. Once a week for The Lillian and Larry Goodman Open  BGU students and staff of Israel’s prosperity, to protect it, to goal is to make the campus a welcoming nearly four months, 15 prisoners studied Apartments Program (OAP), which fosters pitch in at the annual Passover house painting drive  Israeli President Reuven compete in world markets, if its future place that facilitates encounters and subjects such as introduction to medicine, communal responsibility in Beer-Sheva’s Rivlin with Dr. Sarah Abu-Kaf older neighborhoods, is well-known and Dr. Tehila Kalagy of the generations – you – do not know how connections; to provide a more diverse philosophy, geography and robotics. The  Graduates of the Windows Conflict Management and to study together, work together and work and study environment; to increase program had such a dramatic effect on beyond Israel’s borders. Under the onto Campus Dreams Resolution Program lead together,” President Rivlin declared the number of students from under- the participants, that the Israel Prison auspices of this unique program, which program bringing prison represented population groups; and to Service Commissioner presented it is now celebrating its 40th anniversary, inmates to study on campus Photo: Superintendent Tova at a conference of the International some 70 free enrichment courses per year improve care of all students, so as to Biton Galilov, Israel Prison ensure their optimal integration into Corrections and Prisons Association. (including cooking, dancing and chess) are Service academia and later, into the world of offered to residents of the neighborhoods; employment and Israeli society in general. Another program that was publicly about 70 families are adopted by recognized this year was the Path of participants; and numerous other events University initiatives as part of “Israeli Knowledge (Bishvil HaDa’at), which take place annually, including a Purim Hope” include an annual prize to be received the Ray of Light Prize 2017 from party, a massive Passover house painting awarded to an organization or individual the Ministry of Social Affairs and Social drive (reaching around 100 homes of the promoting its goals; research funding; Services, awarded to an outstanding elderly and the disabled) and summer training for BGU staff and faculty at the project for people with disabilities. activities for children. The OAP also Rothschild Cube; activities to bridge The program offers general education operates a community theater led by Arabic-Hebrew language barriers; and a courses at the University to adults with social activist and artist Zamira Ron. “Socio-novation non-conference.” special needs (autism and other cognitive disabilities). This year, 39 participants studied geography, medicine, economics and management. 54 55

 Mish Mash, the Jusidman Science Center for Youth Community robotics team, represented Israel at the FIRST Global Challenge Outreach Photo: Lior Ben Zaken

This year, collaborating with residents in administering the program was emphasized: For example, in Talmud Street, students and residents established a neighborhood committee that lobbied the municipality for the construction of a playground and the placement of security cameras.

The Rothschild Cube – Center for Effective Social Action operates a unique world- Every year around class social simulator as a joint initiative 400 students of the Rothschild Caesarea Foundation participate in the and BGU, providing training through Community Action simulations in the values, skills and tools essential for social activists. In the short Department’s time since the Cube was launched (around activities three years ago), more than 10,000 people have participated in its programs. An important project this year is training in cultural competency: Israeli Police Perach are being trained to work with different Perach is creating a new study program communities – Bedouins, Ethiopians, for coordinators, based on principles of academic studies at the University and to  A Perach volunteer helps Haredim, the LGBT community and advanced learning in organizations so as become role models in their community. pupils get ready for Purim refugees. to improve coordinator performance and  Over 10,000 participants the quality of mentoring, and to increase The BGU Jusidman Science Center have already passed through The Rothschild Cube was also chosen to mentors’ identification with Perach. for Youth robotics team, Mish Mash, the Rothschild Cube – Center serve as an incubator for volunteer-based Dozens of new study units were created represented Israel in the inaugural FIRST for Effective Social Action projects under the auspices of a national and virtual learning tools were introduced Global Challenge robotics competition volunteering initiative: The Welfare to encourage self-study. held in Washington, D.C. The group Accelerator is entering its second year placed an impressive fourth out of of activities and half of its projects have Following the results of a survey of the 162 teams. The team recently won the already been launched. These include long-term effects of student participation The Jusidman Science National Championship again and will financial education for youth, healthy in scholarship programs that combine Center for Youth be representing Israel in the next FIRST nutrition education in the Haredi sector social activity, we decided to change the The Jusidman Science Center for Youth Championships in Houston, TX. and mentoring graduates of welfare training format for Perach mentors and moved into its new state-of-the-art boarding schools who have no family coordinators to monthly workshops. building last year, and the staff, led support. Instruction will integrate mentoring by Dr. Tsiona Elkayam Cohen, is busy issues and reflective thinking and will expanding BGU’s youth-related activities link personal experience to a broader in the sciences. According to the Center’s community and social context. educational philosophy, quality science education encourages youth to pursue the sciences later in life, tie their future to 56 President's Report 2018

Ben-Gurion University of the Negev recognizes its friends and supporters

Stand proud Students from the Eilat campus have devised an accreditation system for local this Independence Day, bars and clubs that are harassment free.

Student Initiatives knowing your efforts PhD students from the Dept. of Geological and Environmental Sciences hosted and have helped guided pupils from “Nirim” Youth Village, a boarding school for at-risk youth, with empower the modern carrying out the research component of their matriculation exams in geology. State of Israel.

 A young participant in The Odyssey Program is now in its fifth The Teddy Bear Hospital project, designed Asran's Teddy Bear Hospital year at the Jusidman Center. More than to alleviate children’s anxieties about project 100 teenagers aged 15-18 come to BGU medical care and hospitalization, is in Every effort has been made to ensure that the information included here is accurate and reflects the wishes of individual donors. every week to study the same science its 17th year. In this unique collaboration courses as regular students. In September, between Asran (The Medical and Health the Jusidman Center sent its first Odyssey Sciences Students’ Association of the science delegation to CERN in Geneva. Negev) and Soroka University Medical Center, over 500 preschoolers annually The Mechanical Engineering Meitar learn about a variety of tests and Pogram is one of the most prestigious procedures patients undergo in hospitals programs in the Negev. Fifty participants from Asran volunteers who examine the aged 16-18, selected from the nation- children’s “sick” teddy bears. The Eilat campus wide ‘Pre-Atidim’ Science & Technology has embarked on a Excellence Program, attended weekly Asran’s Shahar – Medical Sciences string of initiatives academic classes with senior researchers Program for Youth continues to expand. Thank You to engage and from the Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, With the addition of first aid workshops empower the town and are working on team research and hands-on surgery experience, the of Eilat projects. program is now run in collaboration with the De Vinci program at the Eilat Jusidman Science Center for Youth and The Eilat campus has embarked on encompasses 17 groups of students per a string of initiatives to engage and semester. Following a pilot run in a special empower the town of Eilat, leveraging its education framework, the program is students and staff as ‘human accelerators.’ being launched throughout Beer-Sheva’s The initiatives span a range of areas, from special education system. an ocean-based hi-tech entrepreneurship initiative, to new degree programs and SB Campus Radio, the Sede Boqer internet courses aimed at making education more radio station, launched a new broadcast relevant and accessible to residents, all season with 12 new DJs and a new the way to a new waiting room for taxi professional studio at the Jacob Blaustein drivers. Institutes for Desert Research. 58 President's Report 2018 Ben-Gurion University of the Negev - BGU Nation 59

The Sam Cohen (Windhoek) Scholarships Trust Ben-Gurion Elizabeth and Sidney Corob, London, England Crown Family, Chicago, Illinois Riki and Coby Dayan Family, Los Altos Hills, CA, USA Society Dr. and Mrs. Heinz-Horst Deichmann Helen Diller Family, California Ing. Pedro Dondisch, Mexico NEW MEMBERS 2018 Doron Foundation for Education and Welfare Prof. Ute Deichmann, Omer, Israel Harry T. and Shirley W. Dozor, Philadelphia, PA Max and Elisabeth Gitter, New York, NY Tamara and Ariel Elia Esther and Michel Halpérin, Geneva, Switzerland M. Ernst, Paris Hermine Drezner & Jan Winkler, Palm Beach Gardens, FL Maks and Rochelle Etingin, New York, NY Toni Young and Family, New York, NY Evens Family (Oliwenstein, Olivennes), Worldwide George Evens Family, Antwerpen BEN-GURION SOCIETY MEMBERS Dr. and Mrs. Paul Feher, Paris, France S. Daniel Abraham Gertrude and Louis Feil Family Chinita and Conrad Abrahams-Curiel, London Amy and Marc Feldstein, Washington, DC Fondation Adelis Eris & Lawrence Field Family Foundation, Beverly Hills, CA President’s Kurt S. Adler, Los Angeles, CA Fondation Flamme, Genève, Suisse Dr. and Mrs. Sam L. Agron, Montville, NJ Ruth Elaine and Stan Flinkman, Santa Monica, CA The Alon Family Foundation, Saratoga, CA Albert and Patricia Frank, Chicago, IL Pillars I/m/o Rita H. Altura, Altura Family, Los Angeles, CA Estelle S. Frankfurter, New York, NY The American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee Edy and Sol Freedman and Family, New York Robert and Joan Arnow, United States Rachel “Peggy” Freeman, Brooklyn, NY Isaac and Carol Auerbach Family Foundation, PA Lis Gaines, New York, NY NEW PRESIDENT’S PILLARS 2018 Harold Irving Korn, M.D. and May Elting Korn, Milada Ayrton, Lausanne Nathan Galston, Los Angeles, California Dr. David Cos Eisenstein, United States United States Azrieli Foundation, Canada-Israel Dr. Carl Gans, Austin, Texas Helen Nichunsky, United States Daniel E. Koshland, Jr., United States Bank Leumi Le-Israel B.M. Stan and Arlene Ginsburg, Philadelphia, PA Irene and Hyman Kreitman, United Kingdom Rhoda and Jordan Baruch, Washington, D.C. Diane and Guilford Glazer, Beverly Hills, CA PRESIDENT’S PILLARS Lorry I. Lokey, United States Dr. Beryl Bearint, Port St. Lucie, FL The Irving Goldman Foundation Inc., USA Fondation Adelis, Israel Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel Foundation, Bengis Family, Cape Town/New York Richard and Rhoda Goldman, San Francisco, CA Joan W. and Robert H. Arnow, United States United States Eric and Illeana Benhamou, Saratoga, CA The Goldstein-Goren Family Milada Ayrton, Switzerland Dr. Howard W. and Lottie R. Marcus, United States Yoda Léon and Luna Benoziyo Stella and A. Goldstein-Goren Arnold M. Bengis, United States and United Kingdom Marco and Louise Mitrani, United States Hilda and Manasche Ben Shlomo Foundation Leslie and Susan Gonda (Goldschmied) Fdn., CA Yoda Léon and Luna Benoziyo Keren Moshe, Switzerland Dr. Aron Bernstein, Poland and United States Ellis Goodman Family Foundation, Chicago, IL Dr. Aron Bernstein, Poland and United States Negev Foundation Famille Danièle et Maurice Bidermann, Paris, France Lawrence and Lillian Goodman, Chicago, IL Jacob and Hilda Blaustein Foundation, United States Edgar D. de Picciotto, Switzerland Martin and Rena Blackman, New York Ned and Anita Goodman, Toronto, Canada Norbert and Hannah Blechner, United States Richard and Jeanne Pratt, Australia The Jacob and Hilda Blaustein Foundation Allen Greenberger, Chicago, IL The Crown and Goodman Families, United States Rashi Foundation Hannah and Norbert Blechner, New York, NY The Fraida Greenhill Fdn., United States Dr. and Mrs. Heinz-Horst Deichmann, Germany The Marc Rich Foundation, Switzerland Fondation Bona Terra, Genève, Suisse Ruth and Maurice Grosman The Helen Diller Family Foundation, United States Eric F. and Lore Ross, United States The Camelia E. Botnar Foundation, Switzerland The Marion and Aaron Gural Foundation, New York Dr. and Mrs. Paul Feher, France The Skirball Foundation, United States Rhoda Boyko, New York City, USA Monroe Guttmann Charitable Foundations, Pittsburgh, PA Ruth Flinkman-Marandy and Behrouz Marandy, Samuel and Helene Soref Foundation, United States Jim & Liz Breslauer and Frank Parlato, Long Beach, CA Bella and Yosef Guzick Dresner, Beer-Sheva United States Zoltan Toman, United States The Brink Family, Belgium In memory of Parents Fira & Efim by Nahum Guzik, CA Guilford and Diane Glazer, United States Elsa Weinberg, Israel I/m/o Naftali & Anni Bronicki, Mordechai & Miriam Wander Ivan and Vilma Halaj, Rancho Palos Verdes, CA The Joyce and Irving Goldman Family Foundation, Carole and Marcus Weinstein, United States Dr. Hubert Burda, Munich, Germany Fay and Bert Harbour United States Anita and Henry Weiss, United States Rothermel L. Caplan, Lebanon, PA The Thomas O. Hecht Family Goldstein – Goren Family, United States and Italy Wolfson Family Charitable Trust and Wolfson Foundation, The Chais Family Foundation, Los Angeles, CA Helmsley Charitable Trust Lillian and Larry Goodman Foundations, United States United Kingdom Aron Chilewich Family, USA Rosalind Henwood, Boca Raton, FL The Guzik Family Foundation, United States Suzanne M. Zlotowski, United Kingdom Fanny Cohen Kohn, Caracas, Venezuela Frances Herbolsheimer, LaSalle, IL Helmsley Charitable Trust, United States Roy J. Zuckerberg Family Foundation Hannah Litvin Cohen and Robert Marc Cohen, Tampa, FL In Memory of Benzion Sundel Hersch, Anne & Harry The Kahn Foundation, Israel Sir John and Lady Cohen, Great Britain Zfira and Efraim Ilin, Israel 60 President's Report 2018 Ben-Gurion University of the Negev - BGU Nation 61

Lorry I. Lokey, Atherton, CA Rubin Salant, Renee, Camille, Robin, and Grandchildren Bertie and Hilary Lubner and Family, South Africa Milton E. and Frieda Salen, Brooklyn, NY Jill and Peter Luck-Hille, London Eric and Sheila Samson In memory of Samuel, Bertha, Louis and Henry Malakoff Ryoichi Sasakawa, Sasakawa Foundation, Japan Barbara and Morton Mandel, Cleveland, Ohio Brian and Avrona Schachter, Toronto, Canada Mayer Mani and Family, France Roberta and Ernest Scheller, Jr., Villanova, PA Dr. Howard W. & Lottie R. Marcus, Rancho Bernardo, CA Alvin and Leanor Segal, Montreal, Canada Elias and Frances Margolin, San Diego, CA David and Fela Shapell Family, Beverly Hills, Calif. Ralph S. Martin, Doris Springer Martin and Allen B. Rabin The Harry and Abe Sherman Foundation, London The Mauerberger Foundation Fund, Solm Yach, z”l Jacob Shochat, Mahwah, NJ Evelyn Metz Estate, New York, NY George Shrut, Lausanne/Boston Joseph and Rebecca Meyerhoff, Baltimore, MD Judith and Murray H. Shusterman, Abington, PA Famille Minkoff, Geneva Caroline and Arnold Simon, Omer, Israel Louise and Marco Mitrani/Mitrani Fdn., USA Skirball Foundation The Moriah Fund Elaine, Irving and Sarah Sklar, New York Alberto Nissim Moscona, Mexico Frances Fohs Sohn and Fred Sohn Moshal Scholarship Program Eta and Sass Somekh, Los Altos Hills, CA Dr. Morton and Toby Mower and children Robin and Mark Rudolf and Inger-Ma Sonneborn David and Inez Myers Foundation, Cleveland, Ohio Katja B. Goldman & Michael Sonnenfeldt, USA Michel et Balbina Naftali Samuel and Helene Soref Belle and Murray Nathan, New York, NY Soref-Breslauer Texas Foundation Dr. Philip and Sima Needleman, St. Louis, Missouri Jack J. and Charlotte Spitzer, United States Negev Foundation Ruth and Robert St. John, Washington, D.C. Helen Nichunsky, Los Angeles, CA Harry Stern Family Foundation, Philadelphia State of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany Natan Adler Stier, I/M/O his mother Sara Moses Dr. and Mrs. Ronald Oelbaum, Toronto, Canada George Swift, San Francisco, CA Abraham Ben David Ohayon, Geneva, Switzerland Dr. Anne Tanenbaum, Toronto, Canada Helga and Walter Oppenheimer, Los Angeles, CA Joey and Toby Tanenbaum, Toronto, Canada Bernard Osher Jewish Philanthropies, San Francisco, CA Laszlo N. Tauber Family Foundation Harold and Claire Oshry, United States Herbert A. and Vivian B. Thaler, Baltimore, MD Markus and Sara Pajewski and Joseph Parker, USA Zoltan and Maria Toman Nahid and Mansour Parsi, Los Angeles, CA Kenneth and Marsha Tucker, IL Mary and Marvin Paul, Toronto, Canada Gerda Knopf Tworoger and John Tworoger, NY, USA Jack Pearlstone Charitable Trust, Baltimore, MD Flory and Felix Van Beek, Newport Beach, CA Ben-Gurion Edgar D. de Picciotto, Geneva Ed and Miriam Vickar, Winnipeg, Canada Ferdinand and Ursula Piëch Bernat and Ilona Wachs, Singapore Richard and Jeanne Pratt, Melbourne, Australia Stanley D. and Nikki Waxberg, New York Society Rashi Foundation - Rachi Fondation The Weiler Family, New York, USA In memory of Howard Rauberger, New York Elsa Weinberg, Gaby Avron and Hillel Cherni, Israel Raphael Recanati Family Foundation, New York/Israel Carole and Marcus Weinstein, Richmond, VA Eileen and Ira Ingerman Family Foundation, Penna Prof. Daniel E. Koshland, Jr., UC Berkeley, CA Herbert Rosen, New York, NY Henry and Anita Weiss and Family, Los Angeles, CA Intel Israel Irene and Hyman Kreitman, Great Britain Claire and Emanuel G. Rosenblatt, Palm Beach, FL Richard Weiss, Daytona Beach, FL ISEF - International Sephardic Education Fdn. Douglas and Judith Krupp, United States Dora & Leonard Rosenzweig, Rosenzweig-Coopersmith Fdn Aileen Epstein Whitman, Chester County, PA, USA Rachel and Max Javit, Boca Raton, FL George and Lizbeth Krupp, United States Eric F. and Lore Ross, Palm Beach, FL Charles Wolfson Charitable Trust, London The Kahanoff Foundation, Calgary/Tel Aviv Philip and Bernice Krupp, United States Betty and Arthur Roswell, Bridgewater, NJ The Wolfson Family Charitable Trust Kahn Family Fund for Humanitarian Support Bernice and Morton Lerner, Salisbury, NC The Caesarea Edmond Benjamin de Rothschild Foundation Martin and Els Wyler, Clarens, Switzerland Richard and Edythe Kane, Sarasota, FL Marjorie and Gustave Levey, Houston, TX, USA Eric de Rothschild, in memory of Dr. Tamar Golan Yad Hanadiv, Jerusalem Ilse Katz Liebholz, Geneva Velva G. and H. Fred Levine, Houston, TX Raphael and Shelley Rothstein, Palm Beach, FL Solly Yellin and Family, South Africa and Israel Keren Moshe, Geneva, Switzerland Sophie and Stephen Lewar, Toronto, Canada Lisa and Michael Rubenstein, San Francisco, CA Ruta and Dr. Felix Zandman, Phila. and Tel Aviv Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung, Germany Eng. Max and Dr. Gabriele Lichtenberg, Israel/FL In memory of Irma and William Rulf, London, UK Adelene Zlotowski, London Koret Foundation, San Francisco, CA Regina and Simon Liebermann, New York, NY Harry and Carol Saal Family Foundation, Palo Alto, CA Suzanne M. Zlotowski, Geneva Harold Irving Korn, M.D. and May Elting Korn, NY Leonard Litwin, Great Neck, NY Edmond and Lily Safra Roy and Barbara Zuckerberg 62 President's Report 2018 Ben-Gurion University of the Negev - BGU Nation 63

Rachel and Max Javit, Boca Raton, FL Barcza Family, Toronto, Canada Barbara and Joseph Goldenberg, Los Angeles, CA Negev Josefowitz Family The Louis Berkowitz Family Foundation Ben Goldgur, Rohnert Park, CA Sophie and Michael Kalina, NY, USA Jack and Florence Berlin, Laguna Hills, CA Diane and Mark Goldman, Weston, MA D. E. Koshland Jr. Family Fund, San Francisco, CA Helen and Jack Bershad, Philadelphia, PA Benjamin and Elizabeth Goldstein, Sarasota, FL Society Laura and Robert Lench, Culver City, CA The Alvin Blum Family, Baltimore, MD David and Melodie Graber, Alameda, CA Famille Jacques Lewiner, Paris, France Sylvia A. Brodsky & Family, Blue Bell, PA Bernard F. Graham Charitable Foundations Bernard & Barbara Schwartz Lee Lieberman, Bel Air, CA Frances Brody, Los Angeles, CA Manuel Grossman, Boca Raton, FL Tamar Nina and Noah Liff Family, Nashville, TN Gladys M. Burger, Royal Oak, MI Arline and Ben Guefen, Houston, Texas NEW MEMBERS 2018 Moshal Scholarship Program Hannah and Benjamin Cantor, Harrisburg, PA Thomas Guggenheim, Geneva, Switzerland Barcza Family, Toronto, Canada Motorola Solutions Israel Paul and Pearl Caslow Foundation, Glenview, IL John Hagee Ministries, San Antonio, TX Ben Goldgur, Rohnert Park, CA Suzanne & Sheldon W. Nash, New York, NY Charina Endowment Fund Fay and Bert Harbour The Bernard F. Graham Charitable Foundations Dr. Philip and Sima Needleman, St. Louis, Missouri Jacqueline and Eric Charles, London The Donald S. Harmelin Family, Stamford, CT Paul and Edwina Heller, Vancouver, BC, Canada Walter and Vera Obermeyer, San Francisco, CA Milda B. Cohen, Coral Springs, FL Paul and Edwina Heller, Vancouver, BC, Canada Sarah Luhby, Bronx, NY Nahid and Mansour Parsi, Los Angeles, CA Fran and Reuben Croll, Montreal, Canada Herta Hoffman, z”l, Tel Aviv, Israel Cyndi and Max Mintzberg, Canada Dorothy and Moses Passer, Washington, DC Mabel Danenberg, Coronado, CA Naomi, Ehud, Orly & Talia Houminer in memory Gerald B. Shreiber Foundation, New Jersey Frieda and Edwin J. Podell, Huntingdon Valley, PA Coby and Riki Dayan Family, Los Altos Hills, CA of Sharon Houminer Paul Staschower, Los Altos Hills, CA David & Janet Polak Foundation, Beverly Hills, CA Janet and Jake Farber, Los Angeles, CA Sonny and Steve Hurst, Foster City, CA The Zantker Charitable Foundation, Lexington, KY Elizabeth and Arthur Roswell, Bridgewater, NJ, USA Gertrude and Louis Feil Family Israel Chemicals (ICL) Raphael and Shelley Rothstein, Palm Beach, FL Sandra and Daniel Feldman, Palo Alto, CA Bernard and Audrey Jaffe Family, Bellingham, WA TAMAR MEMBERS Schulich Foundation, Toronto, Canada Fox Chase Cancer Center, Philadelphia, PA Miriam Jaffe, NY, USA Ted Arison Family Foundation Robert Sillins Family Foundation, New York Carl and Caroline Freeman, Anaheim, CA Josefowitz Family Rhoda and Jordan Baruch, Washington, D.C. Milton (Mickey) and Frimette Snow, Toronto, Canada Patrick Getreide, Paris, France The Sam and Babette Kabak Charity Fund Martin and Rena Blackman, New York Harriet Soffa, In memory of Albert Soffa, PA Sidi & Peter Gluck, Tarzana, CA Sophie and Michael Kalina, NY, USA Neri J. Bloomfield, Montreal, Canada Holly and Jeffrey Ullman, Stanford, CA Sarah Boniovka, Newton Lower Falls, MA Flory and Felix Van Beek, Newport Beach, CA Jim & Liz Breslauer and Frank Parlato, Long Beach, CA Zehava and Yeheskel Vered, Tel Aviv, Israel Sandy and Stephen Breslauer, Houston, TX Odette et Salomon Warszawski, Paris-Jerusalem Dr. Monroe and Mrs. Marjorie F. Burk, Columbia, MD Manfred Weiss, Brooklyn, NY Charina Endowment Fund Elaine S. & Alvin W. Wene, Elkins Park, PA Hannah Litvin Cohen and Robert Marc Cohen, Tampa, FL Sumner T. White, Ft. Lauderdale, FL Jerry J. Cohen, Walnut Creek, CA Joyce L. Winfield, in memory of the Winfield Family Coby and Riki Dayan Family, Los Altos Hills, CA Hermine Drezner & Jan Winkler, Palm Beach Gardens, FL The EKARD Foundation Wayne Woodman and Lisa J. Scheller, Allentown, PA Max Ludwig Ephraimson, Jerusalem Gérard and Michèle Worms, Paris, France Edward Fein, Incline Village, NV Toni Young and Family, DE Aaron and Wally Fish, Montreal, Canada Edith & Robert Zinn, Houston, TX Fox Chase Cancer Center, Philadelphia, PA Harvey Gerry, West Hollywood, CA Arava Patrick Getreide, Paris, France NEW MEMBERS 2018 Goldinger Trust, Jewish Federation of Delaware Marjorie and Morley Blankstein, Winnipeg, Canada Melvin S. and Lolita E. Goldstein, New York, NY Yvonne Cyr Koshland, Berkeley, CA Gillian & Ellis Goodman & Family, Chicago, IL Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation, Palo Alto, CA Matilda Goodman, Brooklyn, NY Martine Rothblatt, Satellite Beach, FL Ned and Anita Goodman, Toronto, Canada Muriel and Samuel Schwarzman, Voorhees, NJ Jane Greenberg, New York, NY Charles and M.R. Shapiro Foundation, Chicago, IL Dr. Gisela and Edward Stein Gross Bernice Silverman, Aventura, FL Marlene and Samuel Halperin, Washington, D.C. Marcia and Ira Wagner, Bethesda, MD Harold Hamer, M.D., New York, New York Dorothy and Leonard Wasserman, Bala Cynwyd, PA Fay and Bert Harbour David and Barbara B. Hirschhorn Foundation ARAVA MEMBERS Israel Chemicals (ICL) Ted Arison Family Foundation Bernard M. and Audrey Jaffe Foundation, Bellingham, WA Jacob Aron, Tel Aviv 64 President's Report 2018 Ben-Gurion University of the Negev - BGU Nation 65

Carole and Marcus Weinstein, Richmond, VA Paul and Pearl Caslow Foundation, Glenview, IL Manfred Weiss, Brooklyn, NY Albert and Eva Chaiken, Arlington, VA Elaine S. and Alvin W. Wene, Elkins Park, PA Philip Chosky Charitable Educational Foundation, PA Yaffa and Ezra Yerucham, Beer-Sheva, Israel Milda B. Cohen, Coral Springs, FL Toni & Stuart B. Young, Wilmington, DE Louis L. Colen, Los Angeles, CA The Zantker Charitable Foundation, Lexington, KY The Arthur E. Conn Trust, Miami, FL Nan Zinn Haar, Cambridge, MA Ruth and Victor David, Montreal, Canada Jacob and Riki Dayan Family, Los Altos Hills, California Eshkol Arline and Morton Doblin, Winnetka, IL NEW MEMBERS 2018 Menachem and Miri Dor, nature lovers, Israel AABGU Zin Fellows – Cohort III Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA Ann, Geoffrey & Rachael Berger, London, UK Grandchildren of Debbie & Robert Dunn, Yardley, PA Marilyn and J. Robert Birnhak, Bala Cynwyd, PA Ahuva and Frank Dye, Potomac, MD Mannie Corman, Brooklyn, NY Dr. Dorit Padan Eisenstark (in her memory) Alex & Rebecca Basson Dalva by Albert A. Dalva, CA Charles and Roslyn Epstein and Family, Malvern, PA Andre and Marilyn Danesh, Brookline, MA Dvora Ezralow and Family, Los Angeles, CA Charles A. Dinarello, Denver, CO Families Fund of “Hayot HaNegev” Warriors Harry Edison Foundation, St. Louis, MO (Palmach-Negev Brigade) Howard L. Feldman, Houston, Texas Marcel Farago, Cherry Hill, New Jersey Joan Garner, Newport Beach, CA Moses Feldman Family Foundation, Conshohocken, PA Ira M. Gruber, Reno, NV The Felzen Family, New York City Estate of Muriel Hurovitz, Brookline, MA Jacob J. Fink Charitable Foundation, Chicago, IL Carol and Charles Kimmel, Naples, FL Ethel and Simon Flegg, Montreal, Canada Esther & Charles K. Krieger Foundation, CA Fohs Foundation, Roseburg, OR Negev In Memory of Ilona & Gyula Kurti - Susanne Kurti The Sidney E. Frank Foundation Anthony and Pamela Leichter, New York, NY Gertrude K. Franzl Estate, RI, USA Maribeth and Steven Lerner, Lower Gwynedd, PA Carl and Caroline Freeman, Anaheim, CA Society Ruth and Mervyn Lesser, Bournemouth, UK Dodi and Murray Fromson, Los Angeles, CA Rhoda Levine, Reseda, CA Edith V. Garrett, Brookline, MA Jill and Nat Levy, Houston, Texas Julia Gauchman & Family, Chicago, IL Leonard J. and Tobee W. Kaplan, Greensboro, NC Dorothy Polayes, Delray Beach, FL Selma & Jacques Mitrani Foundation, Maplewood, NJ Gazit-Globe P Koshland, Berkeley, CA Renaud Presberg, Paris, France Lana R. Pinkenson, Trevose, PA Dr. Tamar Golan, founder of Africa Centre, The Leir Charitable Foundations & Trusts The Gerald Schwartz & Heather Reisman Foundation, Edwin A. Salsitz, MD, New York, NY Kibbutz Lahav, Israel Sol A. Leshin, Lancaster, CA Toronto Max and Marjorie Schechner, West Newton, MA Sandra Gold, Chicago, IL Lilian Levine, NYC, NY 2014 Rosenbojm-Komor Foundation, New York and Colorado Stephen and Sylvia Schoenbaum, New York, NY Jean and Julian Goldberg, Houston, Texas Marlene and Fred Levinson, San Francisco, CA Miriam Aaron Roland, Montreal, Canada Kathleen and Rob Spitzer, Mercer Island, WA Goldinger Trust, Jewish Federation of DE/Fund for the Future Wolf and Berthe Levitan, Switzerland Grace and Martin Rosman, Edgewater, MD & Sarasota, FL Noam A. Stillman & Dinah Assouline Stillman, Israel Benjamin and Elizabeth Goldstein, Sarasota, FL Robert A. and Shirley Levitt, Greensboro, NC Agudat Sabah, Netanya, Israel Deborah and Peter Wexler, Palo Alto, CA Myron Goldware, Mission Viejo, CA Samuel H. Lipton, Boulder City, NV Lite and Arnold L. Sabin, New York, NY Maurice and Sylvia Young, Chicago, IL Sylvia and Stanley Graber, Delray Beach, FL Mary Liss and Sidney Sysskind Liss, Tarzana, CA The Schulich Foundation, Toronto, Canada In memory of Dr. Harry Grabstald, Herta & family, NY Lorry I. Lokey, Atherton, CA Louis Sheinman, Montreal, Canada ESHKOL MEMBERS The Bernard F. Graham Charitable Foundations Sara Luhby Family, Bronx, NY Mitchell Shewchun, Farmington Hills, MI AABGU Zin Fellows – Cohort I Carol Green, Truro, MA, USA David and Laura Merage, Engelwood, CO Gerald B. Shreiber – Mullica Hill, New Jersey AABGU Zin Fellows – Cohort II Dorothy and Harold Greenwald Foundation, New York, NY Bernard Mohr, Weston, FL Howard Shrut, Boston, MA The Alliance For Global Good, Greensboro, NC Thomas Guggenheim, Geneva, Switzerland Helen Nichunsky, Los Angeles, CA Robert Sillins Family Foundation, New York Jacob Aron, Tel Aviv, Israel John Hagee Ministries, San Antonio, Texas In memory of Clara and David Nightingale, Toronto, Canada Milton (Mickey) and Frimette Snow, Toronto, Canada Asper Foundation, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada Marlene and Samuel Halperin, Washington, DC Vera and Walter Obermeyer, San Francisco, CA Family E. Stibbe, Israel Vera Barcza, Toronto, Canada Gladys and Sam Halpern, Livingston, New Jersey Milton Orchin, Cincinnati, OH Dr. Ingrid Tauber, CA and Dr. Alfred Tauber, MA Chomet Berger Family, London, in memory of our parents Fay and Bert Harbour Nahid and Mansour Parsi, Los Angeles, California Holly and Jeffrey Ullman, Stanford, CA Marjorie and Morley Blankstein, Winnipeg, Canada Paul and Edwina Heller, Vancouver, BC, Canada Dorothy and Moses Passer, Washington, DC Robin and Harold Vinegar, Houston, TX The Alvin Blum Family, Baltimore, MD The Irwin Herberman Trust, North Hollywood, CA Thomas Pick, Northfield, IL Odette et Salomon Warszawski, Paris-Jerusalem Sandy and Steve Breslauer, Houston, Texas Hermetic Trust Services, Tel Aviv, Israel David & Janet Polak Foundation, Beverly Hills, CA Wartski Family, New York, NY Phyllis and George Brindis, Boca Raton, FL Alvin A. & Sylvia B. Hoffman Estate, Delray Beach, FL 66 President's Report 2018 Ben-Gurion University of the Negev - BGU Nation 67

Dagmar and Sam Nowak, Kelowna, BC, Canada Negev Carl & Virginia Pearlstein Family Foundation, CA Sassoon & Marjorie Peress Charity Fund, Harrison, NY Renaud Presberg, Paris, France Society Project Jacob by International Judea Foundation, CA In memory of my parents, Aziz and Nosrat Rasson Joel Reinstein, Boca Raton, FL and Tel Aviv, Israel In memory of Herta Hoffman, Tel Aviv, Israel Jeremy and Sara Reitman, Montreal, Canada Naomi and Ehud Houminer in memory of Donald & Sylvia Robinson Family Foundation Sharon Houminer Adam (Abrashke) and Sara Rogowski, Tel Aviv, Israel Dr. Jacob Isler Foundation, Tel Aviv Barbara and Richard Rosenberg, San Francisco, CA Isracard Group Grace and Martin Rosman, Edgewater, MD & Sarasota, FL Israel Chemicals (ICL) Ruth E. and Dr. Wm. Hy Ross Fndtn., Vancouver, Canada Bernard and Audrey Jaffe Family, Bellingham, WA Ilse Roth, Los Angeles, CA Hon. Billy Joel and Sandra Joel, Aventura, FL Martine Rothblatt, Satellite Beach, FL Josefowitz Family Raphael and Shelley Rothstein, Palm Beach, FL David and Raquel Kaplan, Santiago/Los Angeles Gabriel and Diana Rubanenko, Los Angeles, CA O. Ben Kaplan, San Clemente, CA Agudat Sabah, Netanya, Israel Laurie Kayden Foundation, New York, New York Diana and Conrad Sandler, London, UK Mildred Kirsh, Chicago, IL Goldyne Savad, Los Angeles, CA Evelyn & Edmond Klauber, Flossmoor, IL Elizabeth and Benjamin Schoenfeld Alan Kohn, New York, NY Seymour Schulich, Toronto, Canada Koor Industries Ltd. of IDB Group Sidney Schulman, Long Beach, CA PA Koshland, Sydney, Australia and Paris, France Ruth Schultz-Rudof, Pauma Valley, CA Yvonne Cyr Koshland, Berkeley, CA Marilyn & Jerome Senter, Hartsdale, NY Alain and Patricia Köstenbaum, Switzerland In memory of Soli Shaio, Beirut, Lebanon Janet & Doron Krakow, Tenafly, NJ Stephan and Patti Sharf, Bloomfield Hills, MI Karen and Gene Kroner, Weston, MA Louis Sheinman, Montreal, Canada Joseph Lazard, Hallandale, FL Sharon and David Shine, Boca Raton, FL Claire (Geller) Lenoir, Montreal, Canada Daniel Sternheimer, i/m/o Prof. Moshe Flato, Paris Yuval Levy, Tivon, Israel Evelyn Steward, Los Angeles, CA Lewis Family Trust, Teaneck, NJ Family E. Stibbe, Israel Founders Galina and Lev Leytes – I-SAEF, Palo Alto, CA Drs. Mona and Alton Sutnick, Philadelphia, PA Jan Abby Liff, Nashville, Tennessee Allan Tauber, M.D., Los Angeles, CA The Lucius Littauer Foundation, New York Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. Marianne Lockman & Tere White, Marina Del Rey, CA Haskell and Janice Titchell, San Francisco, CA NEW FOUNDERS 2018 Michael Karton and Barbara Heller, Vancouver, Canada Sheldon and Margery London, Bethesda, MD, USA Jack & Helen Tramiel, Survivors of the Holocaust AABGU Zin Fellows – Cohort III Richard Kastner, Montreal, Canada The Lewis & Joan Lowenstein Foundation, Houston, TX Larry & Tova Vickar & Family, Winnipeg, Canada Andre and Nusia Aisenstadt, Montreal, Canada Kathy Katz Hall, Philadelphia, PA Makhteshim Agan Industries, Ltd Group Robin and Harold Vinegar, Houston, Texas Anat & Avram Bar-Cohen, Omer, Israel & Bethesda, MD Golda Kaufman, Rudolph and Lili Horowitz Boris and Selma Margolin, Mount Vernon, NY Marcia and Ira Wagner, Bethesda, MD Judith Curtin, Sun City Center, FL Esther & Charles K. Krieger Foundation, CA Ronn & Catherine Marvin, Bern, Switzerland Dan and Regina Bublil Waldman Family, Tiburon, CA Alex & Rebecca Basson Dalva by Albert A. Dalva, CA Lepie Family, Boston, MA Margit Meissner, in memory of Frank Meissner Famille Warszawski, Paris and Jerusalem Salomon Colman Eliscovich z”l, su esposa Celina Gartenblum Ellen S. Marcus, Austin, Texas Joseph Melton, Boca Raton, FL Charlotte and Dr. Carroll A. Weinberg, Wynnewood, PA Sandra and James Freedman, Sudbury, MA Hilary and Carmelo Mauro, Houston, Texas David Merage Foundation, Denver, CO and Israel Carole and Marcus Weinstein, Richmond, VA Chaya & Nachum Gerzberg by Liora & Levy Gerzberg, CA Marjorie and Daniel Offer, Mercer Island, WA Microsoft Lisa and Howard Wenger, Walnut Creek, CA Max and Elisabeth Gitter, New York, NY Rachel Dundi and Lyon Sachs, Montreal, Canada Takeji Otsuki Mizra Association, Beit Shalom, Japan Alexander Wincberg & Family, New York, USA Garnet Gorin Trust, Los Angeles, CA Bernice Silverman, Aventura, FL Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation, Palo Alto, CA Wayne Woodman and Lisa Scheller, Allentown, PA Ira M. Gruber, Reno, NV Paul Staschower, Los Altos Hills, CA Moshal Scholarship Program John Woolf, Massapequa, NY Esther Herlitz, MK, Israel’s first female ambassador, Noam A. Stillman & Dinah Assouline Stillman, Israel Ruth and David Musher, New York Toni & Stuart B. Young, DE recipient of the Israel Prize Trottier Family Foundation, Montreal, Canada Isidore C. and Penny W. Myers Fdn, Newport Beach, CA Edith and Robert Zinn, Houston, TX Herzfeld-Zabey Family, Basel and Geneva, Switzerland The Edward and Eva Underwood Charitable Foundation The Manfred and Hilda Namm Family, Larkspur, CA Joan and Gary Heymann, Palo Alto, CA & Tucson, AZ Deborah and Peter Wexler, Palo Alto, CA Negev Funding Coalition of JFNA Israel Institute, Washington, DC Henriette & Leonard White Endowment, Vancouver, Canada 68 President's Report 2018 Ben-Gurion University of the Negev - BGU Nation 69

Marjorie & Irwin Breitman, Lake Worth, FL Joyce & Leslie Field, West Lafayette, IN Dr. Maury Brenner, Boca Raton, FL Jack M. Fine, Toronto, Canada Joseph & Dorothy Breskman, Bala Cynwyd, PA Larry E. Fink, Hollywood, FL Stephen Breslauer, Houston, Texas Sandra & Steven Finkelman, Houston, TX Elaine Brimer, Long Island, NY Norma & Harry Fishbein, Tamarac, FL George and Phyllis Brindis, Boca Raton, FL Carol & Herman Fleischer, Oceanside, CA Rees E. Brisby, Lakewood, CA Shirley & William Fleischer, New York, NY Lillian and Jay H. Broad, Jericho, NY Ruth Flinkman-Marandy & Ben Marandy, California Sylvia A. Brodsky, Blue Bell, PA Mildred and Irving Flyer, Silver Spring, MD Arlene Brown, Long Beach, NY Esther & Bert Foer, Washington, DC Winnie & Bernard Brownstein, Philadelphia, PA Paul Fogelman, Los Angeles, CA Susan Buckler, New York, NY Ronald and Florence J. Forfar, Davie, FL Monroe Burk, Columbia, MD Beverly and Jack Fox, Boca Raton, FL Audrey & Alan Carlan, Rancho Palos Verdes, CA Blanche Frank, Bluffton, SC Living Legacy Sidney and Brenda Chelsky, Toronto, Canada Andre Louis Fraysee, Ft. Walton Beach, FL Helen Chiang & Family, New York, USA Mildred B. Freed, Oradell, NJ Clarissa, Countess of Avon, United Kingdom Edy & Solomon Freedman, Fort Lee, NJ Society Franklin and Constance Cohen, Boca Raton, FL Sandra & James Freedman, Sudbury, MA Hyman Cohen, Rego Park, NY David Freeman, Vancouver, Canada Ruth Cohen, Montreal, Canada Peggy Freeman, Brooklyn, NY NEW MEMBERS 2018 Robert H. Arnow, Scarsdale, NY Rhoda & Seymour Cole, West Palm Beach, FL Gerda Frieberg, Toronto, Canada Judith Curtin, Sun City Center, FL Rose & Paul C. Astor, Bala Cynwyd, PA Miriam & Harold Commings, Aventura, FL Jane & Stephen Friedman, Sugar Land, TX Andre and Marilyn Danesh, Brookline, MA Philip B. Auerbach, Alameda, CA Elaine Cooper, West Bloomfield, MI Susan L. and Stanley D. Friedman, Elmhurst, New York Deborah Fox and Maury Epner, Potomac, MD Dr. Ernest Baden, Pompano Beach, FL Leonard & Mary Cordes Family, West Palm Beach, FL Dodi & Murray Fromson, Los Angeles, CA Phyllis H. and Jonathan D. Friedman, USA Ellen Barnett, San Diego, CA Mannie Corman & Frances M. Bell, Brooklyn, NY Lis Gaines, New York, NY Max and Elisabeth Gitter, New York, NY Ruth and Charles Bartfeld, Bethesda, MD Ellen Graff & Fred Cowan, Los Angeles, CA Stanley Ganer, Mount Vernon, NY Ira M. Gruber, Reno, NV Selma & Stanley Batkin, New York, NY Bruce J. Cutler, Drexel Hill, PA Julia Gauchman, Chicago, IL Martha and Jacob Horowitz, New York, NY Inga Behr, Laguna Woods, CA Harvey Daniels, New York, NY Stan & Arlene Ginsburg, Bala Cynwyd, PA Wendy and Hank Kaplowitz, Union, NJ Eric Benhamou, Atherton, CA Margaret and Hyman Danowitz, Ft. Walton Beach, FL Sidi & Peter Gluck, Tarzana, CA Madeleine and Vincent Minora, Venice, FL Herb K. Bennett, Dallas, Texas Victor David, Montreal, Canada Marvin Glyder, Bay St. Louis, MS Elaine and Alvin S. Mintzes, Baltimore, MD Howard & Dorothy Berger, Denver, CO Marvin & Mildred Demchick, Lafayette Hill, PA Sheryl Gold, Miami Beach, FL/East Hampton, NY Paulette and Joseph M. Rose, New York, NY Bea Berkman, Los Angeles, CA Ignatz Deutsch, Chinchilla, PA George Goldberg, Santa Monica, CA Barbara & Richard Rosenberg, San Francisco, CA Dava Berkman, Washington, DC David Dickson, Skillman, NJ Jean Goldberg, Houston, TX Esther and Steven Roth, Commack, NY Kelly Bernard, Lantana, FL Charles A. Dinarello, Boulder, CO Lucille Goldberg, Boynton Beach, FL June and Robert Safran, Berkeley, CA Dr. Aron Bernstein, New York, NY Peter Dirnbach, Fullerton, CA Ruth Goldberg, Auburndale, MA Victoria E. Schonfeld, New York, NY Lisel & Paul Bernstein, Beverly Hills, CA Michael and Judith Dorf, Tucson, AZ Dr. Estelle Gold-Kossman, Melrose Park, PA Raymond Shwake, Washington, DC Jack R. Bershad, Philadelphia, PA Ahuva and Frank Dye, Potomac, MD Anne E. Goldman, New York, NY Dr. Helen Simons, Chicago, IL Roslyn W. Besdine, New York, NY Harriett M. Eckstein, Lexington, MA Rosa and Alan J. Goldman, Boynton Beach, FL Jacqueline and Vernon Sternhill, Brighton, MI James L. Bicksler, Montclair, New Jersey Jean and Melvin Edelman, Boynton Beach, FL In memory of Prof. Elisheva Axelrad Goldstein Susan and Lewis Winarsky, Silver Spring, MD Joan & Philip Birnbaum, Bethesda, MD The Edelstein Family, San Francisco, CA Melvin S. & Lolita E. Goldstein, New York, NY Miriam & Leonard Bisk, New York, NY Harold Eisenberg, Chicago, IL Leslie and Susan Gonda (Goldschmied) Fdn., CA LIVING LEGACY SOCIETY MEMBERS Percy & Virginia Black, Barre, VT Robert N. & Laurel Eisner, West Hartford, CT Xuemei He and Benjamin J. Golub, Pompano Beach, FL Roberta Abrams, New York, NY In memory of Fanny & David Blank Albert Engleman, Prescott, AZ Beverly Goodman, Northbrook, IL Cynthia Finkelstein Ader, New York, NY Marjorie and Morley Blankstein, Winnipeg, Canada Mimi Enzel, Hallandale Beach, FL Norma Goodman, Chicago, IL Elsa Fernbach Aglow, Cherry Hill, NJ Bertha & Reuben Blauner, Aventura, FL Shimon Erem, Los Angeles, CA Alex & Brooke Goren, New York, NY Rita & Sam L. Agron, Montville, NJ Hal Bloomberg, Boynton Beach, FL Janet & Jake Farber, Los Angeles, CA Sylvia & Stanley Graber, Delray Beach, FL Mathilde Albers, Oakland, CA David Blumenthal, Penn Valley, PA Jack Feiner, Brooklyn, NY Paul E. Grayson, Silver Spring, MD Martha Alden, San Diego, CA Frances Blumenthal, Bloomfield, Connecticut Amy Feldstein, Manassas, VA Ruth & Isaac Green, Laguna Hills, CA Joel & Barbara Alpert, Wayland, MA Eric H. Boehm, Santa Barbara, CA Lionel Fendell, Boynton Beach, FL Sylvia Greenberg, Boca Raton, FL Gerald L. Anchor, Paradise Valley, AZ Pearl and Harold Borten, Washington Township, NJ Matis Fermaglich, Tenafly, NJ Warren and Judith H. Greenberg, Kensington, MD Gale and Paul Antell, Trumbull, CT Regina Boxer and family, Vancouver, BC, Canada Stanley J. Feuer, Midlothian, VA Allen Greenberger, Chicago, IL Sylvia Arker, New York, NY Marvin Boyd, Roseville, CA Field Family Foundation, Beverly Hills, CA Jodi & Samuel Greenblatt, Philadelphia, PA 70 President's Report 2018 Ben-Gurion University of the Negev - BGU Nation 71

Vera and Fred K. Greenwood, Phoenix, AZ Leena & Erwin Groner, Potomac, MD Living Legacy Sylvia Grossman, Great Neck, NY Arline & Ben Guefen, Houston, TX Nahum Guzik Society Lee & William Hahn, Los Angeles, CA Jerry and Carol Halpern, Great Neck, NY Anne Kelemen, New York, NY Marlene & Samuel Halperin, Washington, DC Evelyn & Edmond Klauber, Flossmoor, IL Harold Hamer, New York, NY Deborah and Steven Kleinman Edwin F. Hantman, New York, NY Alan M. Kohn, New York, NY Ray Hardy, Jacksonville, FL Carol and H. Robert Koltnow, Plantation, FL The Donald S. Harmelin Family, Stamford, CT Cynthia and Frank Koppelman, Port Washington, NY Ellis & Ellen Harris, San Francisco, CA Janina Korall, Aventura, FL Harriet & Mervin Hartman, Boynton Beach, FL Joseph Koreen, Greenlawn, NY Muriel Hartz, Salt Lake City, UT A. James, Lauri-Jo, Michael and Robert Kotzen Helen & Edson Hayes, Oak Ridge, TN Judith Krinsky, Mineola, NY Harry Hecht, Pompano Beach, FL Elizabeth & Monte Kromberg, Palm Coast, FL Frances Herbolsheimer, La Salle, IL Bernice Kruger, Hallandale, FL Sophie Heymann, Closter, NJ Allen Lapporte, Skokie, IL Anne Hildreth, Aiken, SC Bernard Lee, Bel Air, CA Audrey & Victor Hirsch, Boynton Beach, FL Rita & Richard Lehr, Baltimore, MD Lillian & Irving Hochberg, Pembroke Pines, FL Edith and Murray Leibowitz, Charlottesville, VA Chava and Melach Holden, Melville, NY Gloria Leiderman, Ph.D. & Herbert Leiderman, M.D. Dr. Alice Sterling Honig, Syracuse, NY Claire (Geller) Lenoir, Montreal, Canada Shirley Hotto, Woodside, NY Gloria Lester, Delray Beach, FL Marion R. House, Riverdale, NY Marjorie & Gustave Levey, Houston, TX Eva Hubschman, Phoenix, AZ Donald Levin, Hicksville, NY Darlene Dvora McGuire, Davis, CA Sadie & Gerald Plotkin, Silver Spring, MD Melissa and David Hurst, Maine Velva G. & H. Fred Levine, Houston, TX Ruth Merns, Delray Beach, FL Edwin J. & Frieda Podell, Dresher, PA Steve & Sonny Hurst, Foster City, CA Sylvia & Nathaniel Levine, West Palm Beach, FL Janice & Owen Miller, Beverly Hills, CA Dorothy Polayes, Delray Beach, FL Sherry and Eliezer Hyman, New York, NY Rhoda Levine, Reseda, CA Linda B. Miller, South Wellfleet, MA Hanna Posniak, Bal Harbour, FL Eileen and Ira Ingerman, Narberth, PA Robert & Shirley Levitt, NY & Greensboro Estella & James Millicovsky, Brownsville, TX Michael Pudlo, New York, NY Dr. Lester & Celia R. Jacobs, Highland Beach, FL Dorothy Levy, West Palm Beach, FL Retta Mills, Salisbury, MD Manouchehr Rasson, Washington, DC Miriam Jacobs, White Plains, NY Ethel Lena Levy, Los Angeles, CA Carol & Gerard Moss, Aventura, FL Esther & David Redding, Walnut Creek, CA Evelyn Jacobsen, Lantana, FL Jill & Nat Levy, Bellaire, TX Drs. Tobia & Morton Mower, Denver, CO Dyann Gottesfeld Reilly, San Diego, CA Bernard Jaffe, Boca Raton, FL Joan & Marv Lieberman, San Diego, CA Dr. Alfred Munzer, Washington, DC Joel Reinstein, Boca Raton, FL Miriam & William Jencks, Lexington, MA Jan Abby Liff, Nashville, TN Joseph & Ann Nadel, Mill Valley, CA Geraldine K. Reiter, Aventura, FL Hon. Billy & Sandra Joel, Aventura, FL Greg Lipscomb, Austin, TX Rose Nagler, Sunny Isles Beach, FL Ruth & Theodore E. Rifkin, Boca Raton, FL Donn & Sylvia Johnson, Atlanta, GA Samuel H. Lipton, Boulder City, NV The Manfred and Hilda Namm Family, Larkspur, CA Adam and Sara Rogowski, Tel Aviv, Israel Lillian Josephs, Wyncote, PA Edith Litwin, Aventura, FL Suzanne & Sheldon W. Nash, New York, NY Betty and Max Rosenbaum, Madison, WI Pauline Snyder Kabcenell, Sarasota, FL Marianne Lockman & Tere White, Marina Del Rey, CA Belle C. & Murray L. Nathan, New York, NY Irwin Rosenman, Orange, CT Dr. Barry & Marsha Kahan, Houston, TX Lorry I. Lokey, Atherton, CA Phylis and Alan Newman, West Palm Beach, Florida Harriet and Harold Ross, Hackensack, NJ Leon S. Kaplan, Los Angeles, CA Margery & Sheldon London, Bethesda, MD Karyl & Josh Noily, Westlake Village, CA Raphael and Shelley Rothstein, Palm Beach, FL Marilyn L. & Edward M. Kaplan, Boca Raton, FL Emanuel Luck, Roslindale, MA Vera & Walter Obermeyer, San Francisco, CA Carol & Harry Saal, Palo Alto, CA Jeanne Kaskey, Ventnor City, NJ Sara Luhby, Bronx, NY Peter Ofner, Watertown, MA Arnold L. & Lite Sabin, New York, NY Richard Kastner, Montreal, Canada Betty Malakoff, Brooklyn, NY Ahrona and Milton Ohring, Teaneck, NJ Marian and Sheldon Sacks, Silver Spring, MD Ray Kathren, Southgate, CA Ellen S. Marcus, Austin, TX Milton Orchin, Cincinnati, OH Rubin Salant, Aventura, FL Estelle & Joseph Katz, New York, NY Lottie & Howard Marcus, San Diego, CA Jeffrey M. Panish, Bronx, NY Edwin A. Salsitz, M.D., New York, NY Lee and Martin Katz, Menlo Park, CA Frances & Elias Margolin, San Diego, CA Madeline & Eugene Pargh, Boca Raton, FL Lili-Charlotte Sarnoff, Bethesda, MD Iris and Melvin Katzman, Boynton Beach, FL Elaine Marks, Chicago, IL Martin Patt, Malden, MA Roberta & Ernest Scheller, Jr., Villanova, PA Sylvia Katzman, Delray Beach, FL Judith Marks, Chicago, IL Gary Phillips Stanley Schmerken, Pensacola, FL Carole & Barry Kaye, Boca Raton, FL Doris & Ralph Martin, Escondido, CA Thomas Pick, Northfield, IL Muriel & Samuel Schwarzman, Voorhees, NJ Hazel & Robert Keimowitz, Chevy Chase, MD Dan Maydan, Los Altos Hills, CA Lana R. Pinkenson, Feasterville, PA Jacob Scovronek, South Plainfield, NJ 72 President's Report 2018 Ben-Gurion University of the Negev - BGU Nation 73

Meredith & Bradley Segal, Houston, TX Marilyn & Jerome Senter, Hartsdale, NY William Serog, Jamesville, NY Ruth Shani, Eilat, Israel Living Legacy Lee & Moshe Shapiro, Carlsbad, CA Lois Shapiro, Boynton Beach, FL Stephan Sharf, Bloomfield Hills, MI Society Inez & Leonard Shechtman, Sunny Isles Beach, FL Louis Sheinman, Montreal, Canada Esther M. Shelden, Playa Vista, CA Olga Schwartz Thein, San Rafael, CA Sharon & David Shine, Boca Raton, FL Libby Tobin, Newport Beach, CA Jacob Shochat, Mahwah, NJ Florence Toledano, New York, NY The Joseph and Beverly Shore Foundation, Los Angeles, CA Hannah Traube, Rancho Santa Fe, CA Murray & Judith Shusterman, Bala Cynwyd, PA Myra and Herman Treitel, Scottsdale, AZ Lois Sidney, West Hollywood, CA Erving A. Trunk, Plano, TX Irene & Bernard Siegel, Baltimore, MD Kenneth L. Tucker, Northbrook, IL Shirley Adelson Siegel, New York, NY Friedrich Turtel, Ashdod, Israel Joanne & Frederick Siegmund, New York, NY Vera Violeta Turtel, Ashdod, Israel Eugene (Gene) Silver, Rydal, PA Stefani & Loren Twyford, Houston, TX Lenore & Bernard Simmons, Aventura, FL Susanne and Endre Vamos, New York, NY Caroline and Arnold Simon, Omer, Israel Felix & Flory M. Van Beek, Newport Beach, CA Frida Samban Skolkin, Chevy Chase, MD Larry Velez, Salem, Oregon Suse Smetana, San Francisco, CA Ann S. Waldman, Elkins Park, PA Robert Snyder, Newtonville, MA Dorothy & Leonard Wasserman, Bala Cynwyd, PA Rose and Jerome Snyder, Silver Spring, MD Ira Weiner, Los Angeles, CA Eleanor Tannenholz Sobel, Long Beach, New York Teddy Leo Weiner, Boca Raton, FL Harriet Soffa, Wynnewood, PA Lewis H. Weinstein, Canton, MA Ethel & David Sommer, Parkland, FL Bessie Weintraub, Chicago, IL Partners in Michael W. Sonnenfeldt, New York, NY Robert and Doris F. Weisberg, New York, NY Sara S. & Herbert Spencer, Highland Park, NJ Celia Weiss, Pacific Grove, CA Sylvia Sprecker, Delray Beach, FL Jerome H. Wenig, Boca Raton, FL Development Ruth & Robert St. John, Durham, NC Guy M. & Eveline Weyl, Brookline, MA Sam D. & Ina R. Starobin, Brookline, MA Sumner T. White, Fort Lauderdale, FL Shmuel, Ludia and pilot Yigal Stavy, Nurith Stavy, Jerusalem Aileen Whitman, Malvern, PA Natalie & Leonard Stein, Evanston, IL Dorothy Whitman, San Francisco, CA NAMED PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT Stephen and David Breslauer Archaeological Laboratory David & Estelle Steinberg, Lafayette Hill, PA Alice & Rolf Wiklund, Vandoeuvres, Switzerland Campuses Building Sally Stern, Winnipeg, Canada George & Marilyn Winard, Sherman Oaks, CA Marcus Family Campus Boyko Research Building Lionel Sterne, North Hills, CA Alexander Wincberg & Family, New York, NY David Bergmann Campus Caroline House – Health Sciences Student Center Daniel Sternheimer, Paris, France Joyce L. Winfield, Ridge, NY David Tuviyahu Campus Gershon Cherni Classroom and Cultural Complex Evelyne Steward, Los Angeles, CA Carol & Stephen Winig, Boca Raton, FL Sir John and Lady Cohen Building Arthur Strick, Newport Beach, CA Hermine Drezner & Jan Winkler, Florida Dormitory complexes Cukier, Goldstein-Goren Building Paul & Leslie Strug, Bellaire, TX John Woolf, Massapequa, NY American Associates Village at Sede Boqer Deichmann Building for Community Action Elizabeth Stryks-Shaw, San Francisco, CA Shira & Daniel Yoshor, Houston, TX Eric F. and Lore Ross Student Village Deichmann Building for Mathematics Catherine & Harry Sugarman, Boca Raton, FL Toni Young, Wilmington, DE Zlotowski Dormitory Complex Ruth and Heinz-Horst Deichmann Building for Health Linda C. Suib, Houston, TX Michael Yudin, New York, NY Professions Faye Sundell, West Palm Beach, FL Rose Zarucki, New York, NY Buildings Ruth and Heinz-Horst Deichmann Classroom and Drs. Alton & Mona Sutnick, Philadelphia, PA Mona Zeehandelaar, Haverford, PA Alon Building for Hi-Tech Computer Lab Building Rowena Swanson, Alexandria, VA Violet and Richard Zeitlin, Elkins Park, PA Joan W. and Robert H. Arnow Building – AA Village Ruth and Heinz-Horst Deichmann Sciences Building Aron Szulman, Pittsburgh, PA Max Zelikovitz, Ottawa, Canada Jacqueline Ann Ayrton Sports Hall Helen Diller Family Center Shirley R. Tauber, Jenkintown, PA Laikee Zelitch, Melrose Park, PA Samuel and Milada Ayrton University Center Pedro Dondisch Building for the Ben-Gurion Heritage Ursula & Egon Taus, Los Angeles, CA Edith & Robert Zinn, Houston, TX Frances C. Herbolsheimer Building – AA Village Institute and Research Center Aurelia Thau, Hollywood, CA Maks and Rochelle Etingin Building – AA Village Raquel Dondisch Education Building 74 President's Report 2018 Ben-Gurion University of the Negev - BGU Nation 75

Edy’s House – Ma’agan Beer-Sheva Community Center Stan and Ruth Elaine Flinkman Microscopy Wing Rothschild Cube Cancer Care Project Partners in French House Dormitories Vlasta Lampel Roubickova Visitors Lounge Ariel Elia Medical Building Nathan Galston Floor Rubenstein Family Laboratory George Evens Family Auditorium Dr. Carl Gans Herpetology Library Harry and Carol Saal Auditorium Beit Fanny – WIZO Day Care Center BGU Development Sidi and Peter Gluck Water Flow and Transport Laboratory Barnett N. and Augusta Salen Family Wing Bâtiment de Recherche Clinique, Fondation “Flamme” Barbara Goldenberg Apartments – AA Village Brian and Avrona Schachter Family Student Dormitory Ruth Flinkman-Marandy and Ben Marandy Weiler-Arnow Medical Education Building Fanny and Louis Goldman Dining Room Jane Schapiro Library Multidisciplinary Research Laboratory Building Carole and Marcus Weinstein Software and Information Joyce Goldman Auditorium Roberta and Ernest Scheller, Jr. Family Foundation Diane and Guilford Glazer Building Systems Engineering and Cyber Security Building Melvin Goldstein Laboratory for Environmental Hydrology Entrance Plaza David and Rosa Goldberger Building Henry and Anita Weiss Family Building for Advanced Leslie and Susan Gonda (Goldschmied) Wing for Diabetes Roberta and Ernest Scheller, Jr. Family Surface Analysis Lab Larry Goodman Family Administration Building for Research Research and Education Tonia and Alvin Schmerbach Dorm Entrance Engineering Sciences Edith & Robert Zinn and Nan Zinn Haar Building – AA Village Greenpark International Greenhouse Hirsch and Rosa Schneider Auditorium Ida (Babe) Goodstein Building Zlotowski Building Guzik Family Antiquities Pathway David and Fela Shapell Family Desalination Research Sam Gorovoy Building Zlotowski Classroom Complex Dr. Harold Hamer Multiple Myeloma Research Lab Laboratory Grosman Building for Geology Zlotowski Student Administration Building Helmsley Charitable Trust Robotics Room Harry and Abe Sherman Foundation Guest House Pesla Toman Gutman Building Zlotowski Student Center Sharon Houminer Garden George Shrut Conference Room Guzik Family Auditorium Building Rachel and Max Javit Satellite Ground-Receiving Station Murray H. Shusterman Gate of Knowledge Guzik Family Building for Biotechnology Engineering Facilities Morris Kahn Laboratory of Human Genetics Judith and Murray H. Shusterman Wing of the Medical Nahum and Anna Guzik Building Stanley and Jeanne Abensur Molecular and Cell Biology Carole and Barry Kaye Mall Library Esther and Michel Halpérin Student Center at Sede Boqer Teaching Laboratory Israel Chatar and Lola Blum Kohen Dormitory Wing Herman Silver and Dr. Lee Winston Silver Laboratory Henwood-Oshry Life Sciences Teaching Laboratories Building Abrahams-Curiel Auditorium Prof. Daniel E. Koshland Jr. Promenade Francine and Abdallah Simon Foyer Jusidman Science Center for Youth Adelis Garden Kreitman Fellows Common Room Sklar Family Optics Complex Kreitman Building Robert H. Arnow Student Center for Bedouin Women Kreitman Plaza Elaine and Sarah Sklar Molecular and Cell Biology Kreitman-Zlotowski Classroom Building Samuel Ayrton Sports Pavilion Landau Family Microalgal Biotechnology Laboratory Teaching Laboratory Philip and Bernice Krupp Building Avraham Baron Art Gallery Velva G. and H. Fred Levine Regenerative Medicine and Sarah Sklar Molecular Opto-Electronics Laboratory Herbert H. Lehman Building Benhamou Incubation Center Stem Cell Research Laboratory Joya Claire Sonnenfeldt Auditorium Marjorie and Gustave Levey Dormitory Building Benhamou Technology Hall Robert A. & Shirley P. Levitt Field Laboratory for Solar Staschower Plaza Lorry I. Lokey Chemistry Building Berelson Field Energy Storage Harry Stern Family Psychobiology Clinical Research Pavilion Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel Institute for Social Marcel Bleustein-Blanchet Lecture Halls Wing Lewar Cardiology Research Laboratory Ruth Sytner Auditorium Leadership Building Simon Bond Physiology Wing Dr. Gabriele and Eng. Max Lichtenberg Floor Sara Tadmor Auditorium Foyer des Etudiants Fondation Simon et Jeanne (Hanna) Jim Breslauer Pavilion Regina and Simon Liebermann Dorm Entrance Thaler Undergraduate Laboratory in Life Sciences Mani Jim and Liz Breslauer Bridge David Lopatie General Reference Section of the Central Library Herbert and Vivian Thaler Laboratory for Stress Minkoff Family Senate Court Frances Brody Laboratory Mexico Bridge Physiology of Plants W.A. Minkoff Senate Hall Niusia and Aron Chilewich Square Meyerhoff Courtyards – AA Village Hyman and Fanya Tower Dorm Entrance Cyndi and Max Mintzberg Ben-Gurion Archives Building Charlotte and Evelyn Cohen Floor Mitrani Residences for Scientists Gerda and John Tworoger Auditorium Cyndi and Max Mintzberg Ben-Gurion Research Institute Jerry J. Cohen Radiobiology Laboratory Michel and Balbina Naftali Research Laboratory Wing Gerda and John Tworoger Garden for the Study of Israel & Zionism Building Sir John and Lady Cohen Swimming Pools Belle and Murray Nathan Library Reading Room and Vickar Auditorium Abraham Ben David Ohayon Behavioral Sciences Complex Corob Center for Medical Sciences Archeological Gallery Ed and Marion Vickar Visitors Center Edgar de Picciotto Family National Institute for Maxwell and Queenie Cummings Plaza Walter and Vera Obermeyer Apartments – AA Village Weiss Family Laboratory for Nanoscale Systems Biotechnology in the Negev (NIBN) Building Deichmann Plaza Ronald and Annette Oelbaum Laboratory in Life Sciences Henry and Anita Weiss Family Floor David Posnack Biology Building Deutsche Telekom Laboratories at BGU Yosef Ben David Ohayon Psychology and Behavioral Yaffa and Ezra Yerucham Cancer Research Laboratory Harold H. Poster Building Michael Diller Teaching Pool Sciences Auditorium Zlotowski Neurosciences Wing Sacta-Rashi Building for Physics Raquel Dondisch Amphitheater for the Ben-Gurion Markus and Sara Pajewski Laboratory for Plant Tissue Culture Zlotowski Student Activities Area Spitzer-Salant Building for the Department of Social Work Heritage Institute and Research Center Ferdinand Porjes Student Dormitory Harry and Abe Sherman Building Harry T. and Shirley Dozor Medical Research Pavilion David Posnack Biology Wing NAMED ACADEMIC UNITS/PROGRAMS George Shrut Dormitories Gerson Epstein Physiology Wing Ilan Ramon Youth Physics Center Faculties Forest Goldman-Sonnenfeldt Building for Solar Energy M. Ernst Wing Edith and Louis Reitman Sports Park Guilford Glazer Faculty of Business and Management and Environmental Physics Field Family Foundation Medical Simulation Center Claire and Emanuel G. Rosenblatt Dormitory Wing Pinchas Sapir Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences Samuel Soref School of Mechanical Engineering Building Regina and Charles Fisher Gallery Eric F. and Lore Ross Atrium for Community Action and Soref-Breslauer Texas Foundation Building – AA Village Shirley and William R. Fleischer Foundation New Fruit Enrichment Toman Family Department of Life Sciences Building Research Laboratory Eric F. and Lore Ross Lecture Hall Oscar and Ray Warschaw Building Stan Flinkman Foyer 76 President's Report 2018 Ben-Gurion University of the Negev - BGU Nation 77

Schools Joyce and Irving Goldman Medical School Partners in Albert Katz International School for Desert Studies Kreitman School of Advanced Graduate Studies Leon and Mathilde Recanati School for Community Development Health Professions

Institutes Lynne and William Frankel Center for Computer Sciences Jacob Blaustein Institutes for Desert Research Moshe David Gaon Research Center for Ladino Culture Feher Institute for Public Policy and Management Tamar Golan Africa Centre French Associates Institute for Agriculture and Goldstein-Goren Center for Jewish Thought Biotechnology of Drylands Morris Goldstein – Benefactor of the Department of Hubert H. Humphrey Institute for Social Ecology Economics Ilse Katz Institute for Nanoscale Science and Technology Benzion Sundel Hersh Center of Community Health and Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel Institute for Social Primary Care Leadership Chaim Herzog Center for Middle East Studies and Diplomacy Chairs * Pending Senate approval Dr. Louis Nathanson Radiological Institute Hurst Family Center for Community Leadership Development National Institute for Biotechnology in the Negev (NIBN) Isan Center for Comparative Medicine Swiss Institute for Dryland Environmental and Energy Paul Ivanier Center for Research in Robotics and PROFESSORIAL CHAIRS Miles and Lillian Cahn Chair in Economic Botany in Arid Research Production Management Chinita and Conrad Abrahams-Curiel Chair in Applied Zones – Zuckerberg Institute for Water Research Lord Jakobovits Center for Jewish Medical Ethics Signal Processing – Prof. Sammy Boussiba Aaron Klug Integrated Centre for Biomolecular Structure Prof. Stanley R. Rotman Canada Chair in Near-Eastern Archeology – Departments Jacques Loeb Centre for the History and Philosophy of the S.Y. Agnon Chair in Contemporary Hebrew Literature Prof. Steven A. Rosen Conrad and Chinita Abrahams-Curiel Department of Life Sciences Established by the German Associates – Isaac and Elizabeth Carlin Chair in Public Health and Foreign Literatures and Linguistics Martin-Springer Center for Conflict Studies and Negotiation Prof. Amos Oz Epidemiology – Bona Terra Department of Man in the Desert Phillippe Monaster Center for Economic Research Rita Altura Trust Chair in Computer Sciences – Prof. Michael Friger Goldstein-Goren Department of Jewish Thought Newman Desertification Communication Center Prof. Shlomi Dolev Chilewich Family Chair in Studies in Social Integration (in Avram and Stella Goldstein-Goren Department of Pearlstone Center for Aeronautical Engineering Studies Joan and Robert Arnow Chair in Astrophysics – memory of Yonatan Netanyahu - Entebbe) – Biotechnology Engineering Moshe Prywes Center for Medical Education Prof. David Eichler Prof. Julie M. Cwikel Albert Katz Department of Dryland Biotechnologies Sidney R. and Esther Rabb Center for Holocaust and Yaakov and Poriah Avnon Chair in Holocaust Studies – Dr. Lillian Chutick and Dr. Rebecca Chutick Chair in May Elting Korn Department of Health in the Community Redemption Studies Prof. Renée Poznanski Pediatric Medicine – Marco and Louise Mitrani Department for Desert Ecology Gershon Rivlin Computerized Information Center Milada Ayrton Chair in Pediatrics – Prof. David Greenberg Harry and Abe Sherman Oncology Department Erna and Georg R. Rothstein Child Development Center Prof. Matityahu Lifshitz Israel Cohen Chair in Chemical Engineering – Charlotte B. and Jack J. Spitzer Department of Social Work Edmond J. Safra Center for the Design and Engineering of Samuel Ayrton Chair in Metallurgy – Prof. Moti Herskowitz Wyler Department of Dryland Agriculture Functional Biopolymers Prof. Nachum Frage Lady Cohen Chair in Chemical Engineering Processes – Alexandre Yersin Department of Solar Energy and Els Wyler Center for the Peaceful Utilization of Natural Sir Leon Bagrit Chair in Computer-Based Global Industry Prof. Oren Regev Environmental Physics Resources and Scientific Development – Sir John and Lady Cohen Chair in Business and Industrial Zandman Center for Microelectronic Thick Film Technology Prof. Michael Mond Management – Centers Zlotowski Center for Neuroscience Graham Beck Chair in Experimental Physics – Prof. Dvir Shabtay S. Daniel Abraham International Center for Health and Prof. Grzegorz Jung Abraham Cutler Chair in Education – Nutrition Programs David Berg and Family Chair in European History – Prof. Ismael Abu-Saad Bengis Center for Desert Aquaculture Sylvia A. Brodsky Psychological Walk-In Service (Crisis Prof. Chaim (Harvey) Hames Lady Davis Chair in Mechanical Engineering – Bengis Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation Intervention Program) Stephen and Edith Berger Chair in Physical Metallurgy – Prof. Tov Elperin Doris and Bertie Black Center for Bioenergetics in Life Ginsburg-Ingerman Overseas Student Program Prof. Eli Aghion Deichmann-Lerner Chair in Gynecology – Sciences Lillian and Larry Goodman Open Apartments Program Aron Bernstein Chair in Jewish History – Prof. Eyal Sheiner Jacob Blaustein Center for Scientific Cooperation Keren Moshe Leadership Training Program Prof. Hanna Yablonka Dr. Heinz-Horst Deichmann Chair for Distinguished Blechner Center for Catalysis and Process Development Sol A. Leshin BGU-UCLA Joint Research Program Martin and Rena Blackman Chair in Brain Research – Visiting Professors in Business Ethics M.R. Bloch Center for Research in Coal Technology Mandel Social Leadership MBA Program Prof. Michal Hershfinkel Dr. Heinz-Horst Deichmann and Ruth Deichmann Hubert Burda Center for Innovative Communications Toby Mower Curriculum for the Prevention and Blechner Chair in Jewish Tradition and Values – Chair in Surgery – Cashvan Equine Center Treatment of Addiction Prof. Daniel Lasker Prof. Gideon Sahar Corob Center for Medical Sciences Pratt Foundation Fellowships Boyko Chair in Saline Water Irrigation – Dr. James and Ahuva Desnick Chair in Ophthalmology – J.R. Elyachar Center for Studies in Sephardi Heritage Woodman-Scheller Israel Studies International Program Prof. Avigad Vonshak Prof. Tova Lifshitz 78 President's Report 2018 Ben-Gurion University of the Negev - BGU Nation 79

Helen and Sanford Diller Family Chair in Chemical Physics – Sidney Liswood Chair in Health Management – Anna and Harry Singer Chair in Yiddish Studies – Prof. Ehud Pines Chairs Prof. Avishai Goldberg Prof. Jonatan Meir * Jack Dreyfus Chair in Psychiatry (Unit for Phenytoin Pending Senate approval David Lopatie Chair in Psychology – Irving Isaac Sklar Chair in Endocrinology and Cancer – Research) – Prof. Nachshon Meiran Prof. Ron N. Apte Prof. Hagit Cohen Sidonie Hecht Chair in Geriatrics – Anna and Sam Lopin Chair in History – Bennie Slome Chair for Wildlife Management and Albert Einstein Chair in Theoretical Physics – Prof. A. Mark Clarfield Prof. Yitzhak Hen Conservation – Prof. Ram Brustein Benzion Sundel Hersch Chair in Community Health and Lubner Family Chair in Child Health and Development – Prof. Boris Krasnov Yosef Erteschik Chair in Information Systems Engineering – Primary Care – Pending incumbent Milton (Mickey) and Frimette Snow Chair in Prof. Yuval Shahar Prof. Aya Biderman Luck-Hille Chair in Electrical Engineering – Nanotechnology – Maks and Rochelle Etingin Chair in Desert Research – Hoffer/Vickar Chair in Psychiatry – Prof. Haim Permuter Prof. Amichai Vardi Prof. Zvi HaCohen Pending incumbent Mayman Chair in Family Medicine – Clara and Alejandro Stransky Chair in Nephrology – Irene Evens Chair in Inorganic Chemistry – Nat Holman Chair in Sport Research – Prof. Pesach Shvartzman Prof. Yoram Yagil Prof. Ira A. Weinstock Prof. Michael Bar-Eli Milken Family Foundation Chair in Mathematics – Benjamin Swig Chair in Optoelectronics – Andre Feher Chair for the Prevention of Cardiovascular Miriam Martha Hubert Chair in Jewish Thought – Prof. Daniel Berend Prof. Joseph Rosen Diseases – Prof. Haim (Howard) Kreisel Philip S. Morse Family Chair in Clinical Studies in Anne Tanenbaum Chair in Engineering Thermodynamics – Prof. Reuben Ilia Lynn and Lloyd Hurst Family Chair in Urban Studies – Rheumatology in memory of the Mushacki and Prof. Eugene B. Zaretsky Reuben and Frances Feinberg Chair in Electro-Optics – Prof. Oren Yiftachel Nochimowski Families – Myles Thaler Chair in Plant Genetics – Prof. Dan Sadot Dr. Lyonel Israels Chair in Haematology – Prof. Mahmoud Abu-Shakra Prof. Michal Shapira Lawrence W. and Marie Feldman Chair in Physiology – Prof. Josef Kapelushnik Dr. Morton and Toby Mower Chair in Shock-Wave Studies – Marsha and Kenneth Tucker Chair in Economic Prof. Amos Katz Paul Ivanier Chair in Management Economics – Prof. Gabi Ben-Dor Development – Aaron Fish Chair in Mechanical Engineering – Fracture Prof. Avia Spivak Israel and Bernard Nichunsky Chair in Desert Agriculture – Prof. David Wettstein Mechanics – Albert Katz Chair in Cell-Differentiation and Malignant Prof. Dudy Bar-Zvi John A. Ungar Chair in Biotechnology – Prof. Haim Kalman Diseases – Lily and Sidney Oelbaum Chair in Applied Biochemistry – Pending incumbent Ruth Flinkman-Marandy and Ben Marandy Chair in Prof. Angel Porgador Prof. Amir Sagi Stanley D. and Nikki Waxberg Chair in Advanced Materials – Quantum Physics and Nanotechnology – Earl Katz Family Chair in Algebraic Systems Theory – Claire and Harold Oshry Chair in Biotechnology – Prof. Rachel Yerushalmi-Rozen Prof. Ron Folman Prof. Daniel Alpay Prof. Smadar Cohen Carole Weinstein Chair in Information Systems Engineering – Fraida Foundation Chair in Diabetes Research – Carole and Barry Kaye Chair in Applied Science – Rabbi W. Gunther Plaut Chair in Manufacturing Engineering – Prof. Bracha Shapira Prof. Assaf Rudich Prof. Raz Jelinek Prof. Yael Edan Sumner T. White Chair in Finance – Frankel Family Chair in Energy and Chemical Engineering – Dr. Herman Kessel Chair in Epidemiology – Alain Poher Chair in Hydrogeology and Arid Zones – Pending incumbent Prof. Yoav Tsori Prof. Iris Shai Prof. Eilon Adar Solly Yellin Chair in Lithuanian and East European Jewry – Estelle S. Frankfurter Chair in Sephardic Studies – Phyllis and Kurt Kilstock Chair in Environmental Physics of Dr. Helena Rachmanska-Putzman (née Rancman) Chair in Prof. Edward Fram Prof. Haviva Pedaya Arid Zones – Neurology – Abraham and Bessie Zacks Chair in Biomedical Engineering – Gerda Frieberg Chair in Agricultural Water Management – Prof. Isaak Rubinstein Prof. Alon Friedman Prof. Joseph Kost Prof. Moshe Sagi Dr. Harold Korn Chair for Internal Medicine – Edward and Bertha Rose Chair in Desert Meteorology – Abraham and Bessie Zacks Chair in Neurobiology – Melvin Fusfeld Chair in Pathology – Prof. Dan Buskila Prof. Yosef Ashkenazy Prof. Fred Libersat Pending incumbent Kreitman Foundation Chair in Pediatric Genetics – Davide and Irene Sala Chair in Homeland Security Research – Zlotowski Chair in Cognitive Neuropsychology – Dr. Morrie M. Gelfand Chair in Obstetrics and Gynecology – Prof. Rivka Carmi Prof. Yuval Elovici Prof. Golan Shahar Prof. Eitan Lunenfeld Hyman Kreitman Chair in Bio-Energetics – Eric Samson Chair in Advanced Materials and Processing – Zlotowski Chair for Algebra – Hy Greenhill Chair in Theoretical and Applied Mechanics – Prof. Varda Shoshan-Barmatz Prof. Yuval Golan Prof. Yoav Segev Prof. Reuven Segev Solomon and Abraham Krok Chair in Entrepreneurial Ernest Scheller, Jr. Chair in Innovative Management – Chair in Geopolitics – Werner J. and Charlotte A. Gunzburger Chair for the Study Management – Prof. Oded Lowengart Prof. David Newman of Infectious Diseases – Prof. Gad Rabinowitz Benjamin Schwartz Chair in Agricultural Biology – Prof. Ron Dagan Gussie Krupp Chair in Internal Medicine – Prof. Gideon Grafi RESEARCH CHAIRS Michel Halpérin Chair in Global Law and Policy – Prof. Victor Novack David and Dorothy Schwartzman Chair in Community Norman Bank Research Chair in Desert Architecture – Prof. Dani Filc Joseph H. Krupp Chair in Cancer Immunobiology – Development – Pending incumbent Samuel and Miriam L. Hamburger Chair in the Integration Prof. Noah Isakov Prof. Vered Slonim-Nevo Evelyn Metz Memorial Research Chair in Art – of Immigrant Communities – Kunin-Lunenfeld Chair in Medical Sciences – Samuel Sebba Chair in Geological Sciences – Prof. Katrin Kogman-Appel Prof. Moshe Justman Prof. Doron Zahger Prof. Jiwchar Ganor Jules Harris Chair in Oncology – Dr. Sam and Edna Lemkin Chair in Rock Mechanics – Shane Family Chair in Education – CAREER DEVELOPMENT CHAIRS Prof. Samuel Ariad Prof. Yossef Hodara Hatzor Prof. Avi Assor Joan Baker Career Development Chair in Basic Medical Eugene Hecht Chair in Clinical Pharmacology – Harry Levy Chair in Geography and Regional Planning – George Shrut Chair in Human Performance Management – Research – Prof. Sofia Schreiber-Avissar Prof. Shaul Krakover Prof. Edna Schechtman Dr. Neta Sal-Man 80 President's Report 2018 Ben-Gurion University of the Negev - BGU Nation 81

Norbert Blechner and Friends Career Development Chair in East European Jewish Culture – Dr. Roy Greenwald Chairs Gerson Epstein Career Development Chair in Hospice and * Pending Senate approval Palliative Care – Dr. Yan Press Michael Feige Career Development Chair in Israeli Society – Rosen Family Career Development Chair in Judaic Studies – Dr. Ben Herzog Dr. Menashe Anzi Ilse Katz Career Development Chair in Health Sciences William and Jean S. Schwartz Career Development Chair Research – in Community Health Professions – Dr. Roi Gazit Dr. Ygal Plakht D.E. Koshland Jr. Family Career Development Chair in Ralph Selig Career Development Chair in Information Advanced Technologies in Electrical & Computer Theory – Engineering – Dr. Natan Rubin Dr. Tamar Riklin-Raviv Murray and Judith Shusterman Career Development Chair D.E. Koshland Jr. Family Career Development Chair in in Microbiology – Desert Studies – Dr. Shimon Bershtein Dr. Michal Segoli Herman Silver Career Development Chair in Neonatology – Lapin-Garner Career Development Chair in Clinical Surgery – Dr. Eilon Shany BGU Main Dr. Yael Refaely Sonnenfeldt-Goldman Career Development Chair in Dr. Sam and Edna Lemkin Career Development Chair in Desert Research – Endowment Funds Middle East Studies – Dr. Arye Gilboa Dr. Orit Ouaknine-Yekutieli Helen Ungar Career Development Chair in Desert Dr. Gabi and Eng. Max Lichtenberg Career Development Hydrogeology – AABGU General Fund Jordan Baruch Stem Cell Research Fund Chair in Surgery – Dr. Shai Arnon AABGU Zin Fellows Open Apartments Fund Water Resources Fund in Memory of Dr. Meyer L. Rosoff Dr. Zvi Perry Zehava and Chezy Vered Career Development Chair in Stanley & Jeanne Abensur Scholarship Fund in Engineering & Rev. Benzion Bauer Elias and Frances Margolin Career Development Chair in Alzheimer’s and Neurodegenerative Diseases – Carl & Rose Abrams Scholarship Fund for Students at the Graham Beck Career Development Chair Environmental Desert Studies and Research – Dr. Deborah Toiber Eilat Campus James Becker Research Fund Dr. Nurit Agam Harry Walsh, Q.C. Career Development Chair in Jewish AHMSA Scholarship Fund Bedouin, Arab, Jewish Students Scholarship Fund Franklin Nassery Career Development Chair in Cardiology – Law and Morality – Alfassa Foundation Scholarship Fund Paul Beer Scholarship Fund Dr. Avraham Shimony Dr. Yair Furstenberg Otto & Miriam Altschuler Scholarship Fund Howard & Lynn Behar Fund for the Social Work Dept. Belle and Murray Nathan Career Development Chair in Mendel Wasserman Career Development Chair in Desert Aaron & Fanny Amdursky Memorial Scholarship Fund Belgium Open Apartments Fund Neurobiology – Studies – Marianne Amir Excellence Award for Research in Moshe Ben Sira Scholarship Fund Dr. Ramon Birnbaum Dr. Oded Berger-Tal Behavioral Sciences Yael-Anna Ben Aharon Fund for Behavioral Sciences Dr. Raquel H. Newman Career Development Chair in Elaine S. and Alvin W. Wene Career Development Chair in Applied Research Institutes Fund Udi Ben-Amitai Aeronautical Research Fund Environmental Hydrology and Microbiology - Biotechnology Engineering – Allan Apter Undergraduate Scholarship Fund Ben-Gurion Centennial Fund Dr. Anat Bernstein Dr. Miriam Amiram Robert Arnow Fund Dianne & Aldo Bensadoun Family Fund Edgar de Picciotto Career Development Chair in Cancer Joseph and May Winston Career Development Chair in Robert Arnow Fund (AABGU) Dr. Irving & Jeanette Benveniste Scholarship Fund Therapeutics and Imaging – Chemical Engineering – Robert Arnow Scholarship Fund Irving & Millie Bercowetz Library Development Fund Dr. Niv Papo Dr. Ronen Berkovich Robert H. Arnow Fund for Bedouin Students Patricia Ross & Gayle Leventhal Scholarship Fund in Edgar de Picciotto Career Development Chair in Systems Roy J. Zuckerberg Career Development Chair in Water Auerbach Family Library Development Fund Memory of William E. Berelson Immunology – Research – Milada Ayrton Scholarship Fund William Berelson Fund for Peace in Memory of Yitzhak Rabin Dr. Tomer Hertz Dr. Edo Bar-Zeev Milada Ayrton Sports Fund Bessie Berg Engineering Library Fund Alice and Seymour Powers Career Development Chair in Richard Ayrton Geology Research Fund David Berg & Family Chair in European History Fund Basic and Clinical Oncology – PRESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT CHAIRS Azrieli Foundation Undergraduate Scholarship Fund Louis Berkowitz Scholarship Program Dr. Dan Levy Toby Mower Presidential Development Chair in Addiction Dr. Sonia & Berthold Badler Fund for Architecture Samuel Berlin Medical Scholarship Fund Prevention and Treatment – Rachel Bannett-Sofer Memorial Scholarship Fund Rebecca and Bernard Bernard Scholarship Fund Dr. Orli Grinstein-Cohen Ecology Research Fund in Memory of Seldon & Etan Bard Martin & Ada Berney Desert Food Production Fund Toby Mower Presidential Development Chair in Addiction Avraham Baron Art Gallery Abraham & Helen Bernstein Scholarship Fund Prevention and Treatment – Stuart & Gloria Bart Scholarship Fund Aron Bernstein Fund for Agriculture Students and Desert Ms. Miriyam Farkash Naomi Fisher Bartnoff Genetics Counseling Unit Fund Research Dr. Jordan J. Baruch Scholarship Fund Helen & Jack Bershad Graduate Scholarship Fund 82 President's Report 2018 Ben-Gurion University of the Negev - BGU Nation 83

Eileen & Louis Dubrovsky Doctoral/Post-Doctoral Cancer Dr. Carl Gans Herpetology Library Fund Haas Foundation Social Work Fund BGU Main Fellowship Fund Nessim & Renee Gaon Sephardi Heritage & Literature Yaakov HaCohen Graduate Memorial Fellowship Fund Anna Dunietz Memorial Scholarship Fund for Immigrant Library Fund Jaye Haddad Memorial Scholarship Fund Students Lola Gerder Scholarship Fund Halaj Foundation Scholarship Fund Endowment Funds Dr. Leonard N. Ebin Memorial Scholarship Fund for Shimona Geresh Memorial Fund Dr. Irene Halmos Memorial Library in Behavioral Sciences Medical Students Lillian & Abraham Gezelter Scholarship Fund Vladimir Zeev & Jean Halperin Memorial Scholarship Fund Marie Bienstock Solar Energy Fund Dolfi & Lola Ebner Family Scholarship Fund Eliahu & Rowhani Ghodsian Medical Student Tuition Shira Hanani Memorial Fund in Developmental Psychology Doris and Bertie Black Center for Bioenergetics Fund Abraham & Ida Echenberg Perpetual Scholarship/ Scholarship Fund Samuel and Charlotte Hankin Scholarship Fund Blaustein International Center for Desert Studies Fund Fellowship Fund Dr. Zeev & Shlomit Gilad Memorial Scholarship Fund Manya Harwitt Scholarship Fund Fund for the Graduate Center for Desert Studies at the Batsheva & Joseph Eden Scholarship Fund - Milgat Eden Sid Gillman Competitive Sports Fund Hayot HaNegev Unit’s Families Scholarship Fund Blaustein Institutes Prof. Shlomo Efrima Memorial Prize Fund Stanley Ginsburg Family Scholarship Fund Hecht Community Medicine Program in Yeruham Graduate Students Program in Desert Studies Julie (Judith) Eisner Nee Frolich Memorial Medical Ginsburg-Ingerman Fund Rosalind Henwood Scholarship Fund Jacob Blaustein Desert Research Institute Fund Scholarship Fund David & Luba Glatt Prize Fund for Excellence in Teaching Maurice & Herman Herbst Family Scholarship Fund Blechner Center for Catalysis Fund Leah & Yitzhak Elam Scholarship Fund David & Luba Glatt Scholarship Fund Herlitz Family Fund for Down Syndrome Research Blechner Chair in Jewish Tradition and Values Activity Fund Prof. Chaim Elata Library Development Fund Guilford Glazer Faculty of Business and Management Fund Center for Arab/Bedouin/Jewish Understanding - Herman Norbert Blechner Postgraduate Fellowships in Medical Ada & Albert Elovic Memorial Scholarship Fund William N. Goldenberg Scholarship Fund Fund Research Col J. R. Elyachar Center for Studies in Sephardi Heritage Fund Sam Goldfarb Social Work Fund Benzion Sundel Hersch Fund for Community Health & Harry & Dorothy Blumenthal Memorial Student Loan Fund Vital & Alice Epelbaum Scholarship Fund for Graduates in Goldman Medical School International Advisory Health Education Sandy Breslauer Open Apartments Activity Center Fund Medicine & Bio-Technology Committee Fund Herzog Center Fund Sadie Bronfman Medical Education Center Fund AABGU Ethiopian Student Scholarship Fund Irving Goldman Scholarship Fund for Doctoral Students Rosel Herzog & Erna Joseph Memorial Fellowships Program Judy Feld Carr Scholarship Fund Daniel Falkner Scholarship Fund for Students at the Albert Joyce & Irving Goldman Family Medical School Fund David Hirschhorn Graduate Studies Fellowship Fund Caspe Foundation Scholarship Fund Katz Intl. School Ralph I. Goldman Fellowship Fund at the Intl. Graduate Fred Hochberger Jr. Scholarship Fund Irwin Chafetz Graduate Scholarship Fund in Nanotechnology Jake & Janet Farber Scholarship Fund School for Israel Studies and Zionism Hochman Medical Scholarships Fund Dr. Stanley E. & Shirley Charm Doctoral Scholarship Fund Feher Chair Fund Jona Goldrich Scholarship Fund Leo & Doris Hodroff Scholarship Fund for Bedouin Women Minnie & William Chernin Scholarship Memorial Fund Mimi & Sig Feiger Perach Program Fund Horace W. Goldsmith Fdtn. Graduate Scholarship Fund in Holman Chair Fund Max and Dora Chinicz Scholarship Fund Feil Family Foundation MD/PHD Fellowship Fund Science, Math & Technology Eva Hubschman Scholarship Fund Dr. Lillian Chutick & Dr. Rebecca Chutick Scholarship Fund Sam & Fannie Feld Scholarship Fund Jean Goldsmith Ethiopian Jews Integration Fund Hubert Humphrey Social Ecology Center Fund Charles Clore Fund for Bedouin Project Marc & Amy Feldstein Graduate Student Scholarship Fund Prof. John Goldsmith Mem. Prize Fund for Excellence in US Freedom from Hunger Fund David (z”l) & Malka Cohen Fund Henry and Ada Felzen Scholarship for Masters in Israel Occupational/Environonmental Health Hurst Family Center for Community Leadership Development Hannah Litvin Cohen Undergraduate Scholarship Fund Studies Avram & Stella Goldstein-Goren Biotechnology Ingerman Family Scholarship Fund Judith Cohen Segal Memorial Scholarship Fund Isaac & Anna Fenster Scholarship Fund Engineering Dept. Fund Daniel Insler Memorial Fellowship Fund Lady Sarah Cohen General Fund Aaron Fish Scholarship Fund Cukier, Goldstein-Goren Scholarship Fund Iranian Jewish Cultural Organization Scholarship Fund Maurice & Ses Cohen Scholarship Fund Eric M. Flanders Fund in Palliative Medicine Goldstein-Goren Jewish Thought Dept. Fund Iranian Jews Cultural Scholarship Fund Molly and Irving Cohen Scholarship Fund Prof. Moshe Flato Memorial Mathematics Lectures Fund Joseph and Fannie Goldware Scholarship Fund Paul Ivanier Center for Autonomous Robotics Fund Zane & Joan Cohen Fellowship Fund for Gastrointestinal Flegg Scholarship Funds in memory of Simon and Ethel Flegg Goodman Family Fund for Graduate & Post Graduate Charles & Lillie Ivener Mental Health Library Fund Diseases Fohs Foundation Undergraduate & Graduate Scholarship Research at the Albert Katz International School Goldie D. Ivener (Daughter of Charles & Lillie Ivener) Sidney & Elizabeth Corob Medical Fellowship Fund Fund Jacob A. & Saralie Goodman Scholarship Fund Scholarship Fund Fran & Reuben Croll Montreal Scholarship Fund Julius Fohs Student Loan Fund Robert Goodman Open Apartments Fund Theodore Jaffe Scholarship Fund Crown Foundation Scholarship Fund for Graduate Samuel Jacob Fox & Gertrude Alice Fox Scholarship Fund Lisa & Dunya Goodstein Scholarship Fund Lord Jakobovits Center for Jewish Medical Ethics Students in Science, Math & Technology Fox Chase Cancer Center/BGU Collaborative Research Fund Gorovoy Foundation Scholarship Fund Sandra and Billy Joel Scholarship Fund Joan & Ted Cutler Scholarship Fund Lynne & William Frankel Center for Computer Sciences Fund Sylvia & Stanley Graber Undergraduate Scholarship Fund Kabak Fund for Agricultural Research Michael Cyker Scholarship Fund Estelle Frankfurter Columbia Program Fund Victor H. Graber Memorial Fund for Ethiopian Students Kaiserman Fund for Ethiopian Student Support Dr. Andre Danesh Scholarship Fund Estelle Frankfurter Fund Dr. Harry Grabstald Memorial Scholarship Fund Richard A. & Edythe Kane Scholarship Fund Margaret J. & Hyman Danowitz Scholarship Fund Carl Freeman Family Trust Scholarship Fund Alice and Harold Greenberger Memorial Scholarship Fund David and Raquel Kaplan Memorial Scholarship Fund Prof. Moshe Dariel Research Fund Rachel Freeman Memorial Open Apartment Fund Allen Greenberger Memorial Scholarship in History Stanley H. Kaplan Scholarship Fund Jacob and Riki Dayan Undergraduate Scholarship Fund French Associates Institute for Agriculture & Barbara Beechler Memorial Scholarship in Mathematics Albert Katz Graduate Desert Study Fund Diabetes Research Program Fund Biotechnology of Drylands Lester Greenberger Memorial Scholarship in Business Philip & Tagora Katz Student Cultural Fund Dickler Family Geography Library Development Fund Aron & Yehudit Friedman Scholarship Fund Gisela Stein Gross & Edward Gross Scholarship Fund for Sylvia & Morris Katzman Scholarship Fund Richard (Buddy) Dinner Scholarship Fund Ernest & Anna Fuchs Memorial Scholarship Fund Life Science Students Dalia Katzman-Prashker Study Day and Prize Fund Menahem and Miri Dor Fund for Outstanding Students in Erna H. Furst Memorial Scholarship Fund Michael M. H. Gross Fund Betty Ruth Kavanat Scholarship Fund Biology & Jewish Studies Gaines Graduate Scholarship Fund at AKIS Miriam & Aaron Gutwirth Scholarship Fund Carole & Barry Kaye Scholarship Fund Dozor Medical Laboratory Equipment Fund Lis Gaines Scholarship Fund Bella and Joseph Guzick-Dresner Memorial Scholarship Fund Kerzner Coal Energy Fund 84 President's Report 2018 Ben-Gurion University of the Negev - BGU Nation 85

Aryeh Keshet Heart Disease Research Fund Bernard Osher Jewish Philanthropies Scholarship Fund Dr. Herman Kessel Applied Biology Fund BGU Main Father Takeji Otsuki Fund for Graduate Fellowships in Dr. Herman Kessel Medical Research Fund Bible Studies Friedle & Michael Kleiser Memorial Fund for Diabetes Markus & Sara Pajewski Scholarship Fund Research Endowment Funds Mansour & Nahid Parsi Family Scholarship Fund Dr. Martin G. Kohn Memorial Scholarship Fund for Mansour & Nahid Parsi Fund Medical Students Moses and Dorothy Passer Student Aid Fund Margaret Friedman Kohn Scholarship Fund for Female Rachel Judith Lukinsky Memorial Scholarship Fund Dr. Milton M. Paul Fund for Cardio-Vascular Research Students Dr. Pavel Lukshon Memorial Fund for Psychiatric Research i/h/o Shia, Mary & Marvin Politsky Post Doctoral Research Fund for Study of Vitamins & Mackoff Scholarship Fund Rabbi Jordan Pearlson Continuing Education Fund Hormones i/m/o the Kopech Family Henry Malakoff Tuition Scholarship Fund Rabbi Jordan Pearlson Scholarship Fund May Elting Korn Scholarship Fund Michel Mamon Student Loan Fund Pearlstone Center for Aeronautical Engineering Studies Fund Prof. Daniel Koshland Fund for Research Tuba & Yahya Manocherian Scholarship Fund Maurice & Ethel Pierce Medical Scholarship Fund Kreith Fund for Biennial Lecture in Solar Energy Dr. Jacob Mantheim Scholarship Fund Mary Miller Pilch Scholarship Fund Kreitman Common Room Periodicals Fund Dr. Howard and Lottie Marcus Fund Plant Adaptation Research Fund Kreitman Comparative Medicine Chair Fund Elias and Frances Margolin Scholarship Fund Marion Wolcott Plotnick Scholarships for Training Family Kreitman Family Foundation Fund Frances and Elias Margolin Memorial Lecture in Chemical Doctors Kreitman Foundation Fellowship Fund Engineering Edwin and Frieda Podell Scholarship Fund Neil Kreitman Library Development Fund Margolin Scholarship Fund in Memory of Lisa & David Alain Poher Chair Fund Toni Krieger Intensive Care Nursing Training Fund Tuviyahu Ted & Mildred Poland Scholarship Fund Sonia, Zvi & Dr. Moshe Kroi Memorial Scholarship Fund Werner Marienthal Scholarship Fund Lea Polk, Grace Stern & Ruth S. Jacobs Female Medical Ada Kruger Memorial Scholarship Fund for Medical Students Dvora and Shimshon Cohen-Markowitz Mechanical Student Scholarship Fund Frederick Krupp Memorial Scholarship Fund Engineering Scholarship Fund Edith Porjes Memorial Scholarship Fund Philip Krupp Scholarship Fund Hermine Weinberg & Frieda Maslin Schol. Fund for Alice & Seymour Powers Scholarship Fund Kunin-Lunenfeld Chair Fund Education, Teaching & Jewish History Sidney Press Visiting Scientists Fund John & Rose Kurtz Memorial Scholarship Fund Jean Matlow Scholarship Fund Prof. D. Priel Research Fund Lily S. & Herman M. Kurtz Scholarship Fund Yitzhak Matz Lurie Scholarship Fund Prywes Medical Library Fund Landau Family Microalgal Biotechnology Laboratory Fund Morris Mauerberger Graduate Fellowship Fund Racquela Prywes Memorial Nursing Scholarship Fund Prof. Ladislaus and Nelly Laszt Ecumenical and Social Carmelo Mauro Scholarship Fund S. Putzman Chair Fund Concern Award Fund Abe Mayman Family Medicine Research Fund Hadassah and Sidney Musher Science Award Fund Sidney R. & Esther V. Rabb Center for Holocaust & Eugenia Lauterbach Memorial Fund in Desert Research Waldo Mayo Memorial Scholarship Fund David & Inez Myers Fndt. Life Sciences Recruitment & Redemption Studies Fund Lauterbach-Landau Family Scholarship for Students of Joseph & Ceil Mazer Fellowship Exchange Fund Retention Fund Yitzhak Rabin Memorial Scholarship Fund Desert Research Middle East Eye Research Institute (MEERI) Fund Minnie Nathanson Mem. Fund for the Medical Library Rabinovitch Family Scholarship Fund Eda Edith Lavitt Scholarship Fund Prof. Mehrez Memorial Fund for Prizes of Excellence in Nathanson Family Student Loan Fund Raya & Dr. Eliyahu Rabinovitch Memorial Scholarship Fund Sarah Lehman Scholarship Fund for Soviet Students Management Jose Nemirovsky Computer Sciences Library Development Bracha Ramot Memorial Prize in Medicine John & Claire Lenoir Scholarship Fund Dr. Joseph and Marion Melton Scholarship Fund Fund Louis Rasminsky Program for Social & Cultural Integration Lepie Family Scholarship Fund Isaac Menasse Library Fund I/M/O Marie Menasse Ruth & Arthur Ness Applied Research Fund Howard Rauberger Scholarship Fund Maribeth & Steven Lerner Family Scholarship Fund David Mendell Scholarship Fund Raquel H. Newman Scholarship Fund Leon & Mathilde Recanati Fund Stephen O. Lesser Scholarship Fund Evelyn Metz Memorial Art Fund Oberlander Fund for Research at Negev Center for Dr. Richard Ribner Scholarship Fund Chaim Michel & Chaya Freyda Levine Scholarship Fund Morris Metz Library Development Fund Regional Development Philip & Rose Robinson Scholarship Fund Charles & Rose LeVita Fund Reuben Menashe Meyer Fellowships for Medical Ronald Oelbaum Fund Adam & Sarah Rogowsky Scholarship Funds Hans Heinz Levor Fund for Doctoral Fellowships in Education Center Ronald Oelbaum Graduate Scholarship Fund Dr. Samuel I. Roland Memorial Scholarship Fund in Family Agriculture Research Joseph Meyerhoff Electrical Engineering Scholarship Fund Ronald Oelbaum High Blood Pressure Laboratory Medicine Prof. Jacques Lewiner Standing Chemistry Fund Prof. Dan Meyerstein Chemistry Research Fund Ruth & Yuli Ofer Chair For Study of Egypt & the Jacqueline & Sigmund A. 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