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I Microsoft Israel Announces Creation of Joint “Innovation Labs” with Ben-Gurion University News@ BGU NEWSLETTER OF BEN-GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV אוניברסיטתews בן-גוריון בנגב NNEWSLETTER OF BEN-GURION UNIVERSITY@BGU OF THE NEGEV SUMMER 2008 VOL 2 I Microsoft Israel Announces Creation of Joint “Innovation Labs” with Ben-Gurion University Microsoft R&D of these fields in the Negev as center in Haifa. a national mission. “BGU is the second largest educational Speaking at the institution in the country ceremony, Yaacovi, training engineers, second only explained that to the Technion,” she said, the company lamenting the fact that today, will select 12 the vast majority of graduates outstanding leave the Negev. She detailed students each year the University’s involvement as interns. As part in developing an Advanced of the agreement Technologies Park adjacent to Microsoft and the Marcus Family Campus. University researchers will Remarking on the agreement, carry out joint Deputy-Rector Prof. Yael projects. There Edan said: “Co-operation with will be seminars Microsoft’s R&D Center is the President Prof. Rivka Carmi and CTO Yoram Yaacovi of Microsoft’s R&D Center and professional right way of ensuring that the conferences during best brains remain in Israel.” Ben-Gurion University of Prof. Rivka Carmi and Yoram the year, and the students Moshe Lichtman, Corporate the Negev and Microsoft’s Yaacovi, CTO and General will participate in Microsoft’s Vice-President and President of R&D Center in Israel have Manager of Microsoft’s innovation competitions. Dr. Microsoft Israel R&D added: announced that they recently R&D Center, at the opening Ronen Brafman, a member of “We believe that cooperation signed an agreement of ceremony of the University’s the University’s Department with academia as a strategic cooperation. Within Annual Project Day, organized of Computer Sciences, will technological model is positive this framework, outstanding by the Faculty of Engineering supervise the University’s and enriching to both sides. computer science students Sciences. involvement in this initiative. Cooperation with Ben-Gurion will complete internships University of the Negev with Microsoft Israel at an Microsoft has created six similar BGU President Prof. Rivka allows outstanding students a “Innovation Lab,” which is facilities in the United States. Carmi noted that the University direct path to the heart of the focused on hands-on practical This is the first lab of its kind teaches around 20 percent of the technological achievements in research. The announcement to operate outside of the US. students in the country in hi-tech the world market, whilst coping was made by BGU President The Lab will be located at the fields and sees the expansion with real challenges.” I Hubert Burda Prizes I Minister-President of North I Marvin Kalb I 38th Annual Board of for Innovation Rhine-Westphalia Receives Receives Robert St. John Governors Meeting Marks the 2 3 5 th 7 Awarded Honorary Professorship Award 60 Anniversary of Israel News@ BGU NEWSLETTER OF BEN-GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV I Hubert Burda Prizes for Innovation Awarded Publisher and Chairman of the The 13 recipients are the Board of Hubert Burda Media. innovators of nine different “Dr. Burda understands Israeli projects, one from each innovation and the promise department in the Faculty of of our younger people and Engineering Sciences. decided that this is the right investment into the future of The winners were as follows: this small country,” declared Marina Gitelman and Evgeny BGU President Prof. Rivka Berger, Information Systems Carmi at the opening session. Engineering; Daphna Volsky, “This is why it is significant Nuclear Engineering; Pamela that these prizes have been Oren and Ophir Artzi, created this year, as we Communication Systems celebrate the 60th anniversary Engineering; Mor Peleg and Stephanie Czerny congratulates Evgeny Berger and Marina Gitelman, recipients of the Burda Prize for Innovation of the establishment of the Guy Dabah, Biomedical State of Israel,” she said. Engineering; Yiftach Barash, Thirteen graduating Freescale, Udi Barel. A number Biotechnology Engineering; engineering students received of Israel’s leading industrialists According to the University Eitan Yair, Structural the Hubert Burda Prize for and entrepreneurs, including citation, the students were Engineering; Daniel Reisner, Innovation at a ceremony Dr. Joseph (Yossi) Vardi and recognized, for “their Mechanical Engineering; marking the opening of the Sammy Sagol, were also intellectual creativity and Tamar Yelin, Chemical University’s annual Projects present at the event. technological innovation Engineering; Talia Gazit and Day. Traditionally a showcase which will advance future Roni Shascham, Industrial for fourth-year students from The newly-created Burda Prize research and development of Engineering and Management. the Faculty of Engineering is the brainchild of Dr. Burda, the world.” Sciences, this year the event was broadened to include projects from the Faculties of Natural and Health Sciences and from the Department of Psychology. Managing Director of Marketing & Communications at Hubert Burda Media Stephanie Czerny represented the renowned German publisher Dr. Hubert Burda at the ceremony. The opening session also included greetings from CTO and General Manager of the Innovation Labs, R&D Technologies of Microsoft-Israel, Yoram Yaacovi; the CEO of Polymer Logistics, Zvi Yemini; and the Director of Development of Students from the Department of Mechanical Engineering with one of their advisers, Dr. Amir Shapiro (second from right) 2 NEWSLETTER OF BEN-GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV I Minister-President of North Rhine-Westphalia Receives Honorary Professorship between Israel and the European Union in her speech to the Knesset in March. “I would like to see Israel having a ‘privileged relationship’ with the EU. We are working towards this and have concrete proposals,” the Minister-President stated. According to the University citation for the honorary professorship, Rüttgers was recognized for his “many laudable accomplishments in education, science, research and technology as Federal Cabinet Minister and as Minister-President of North Rhine-Westphalia; in deep appreciation of a sincere and L to R: Prof. Avigad Vonshak, Dr. Jürgen Rüttgers and Rector Prof. Jimmy Weinblatt devout friend of the Jewish people and the State of Dr. Jürgen Rüttgers, Minister- Prof. Avigad Vonshak, who greater understanding and Israel, who has encouraged President of North Rhine- moderated the event. coexistence. Noting that North Christian-Jewish dialogue, Westphalia, Germany, Rhine-Westphalia has been and who embodies the warm recently received an honorary As a former minister for running an exchange program relationship and cooperation professorship from the Jacob education, science, research for Israeli students since 2004, between Germany and Blaustein Institute for Desert and technology in Chancellor Rector Prof. Jimmy Weinblatt Israel, in the spirit of Konrad Research (BIDR). He was Helmut Kohl’s Cabinet in the said, “It is my privilege to Adenauer and David Ben- honored for his instrumental 1990s, Rüttgers negotiated honor a person with not only Gurion; in gratitude for role in reaching agreements on the agreement under which the vision of the importance of his steadfast continuing scientific-technical cooperation Israel was able to benefit globalization of education, but support of the long standing between the European Union from EU research support who also takes action to bring relationship between and the State of Israel and programs. He has also actively about active cooperation of the State of North Rhine- between Germany and Israel. promoted German-Israeli the exchange of knowledge, Westphalia and Ben-Gurion bilateral scientific research researchers and students.” University, as established “Since the founding of and development projects, by former President of the Blaustein Institutes, particularly in the areas of In his address at the Sede Germany, Johannes Rau; and our researchers have had oceanography and water Boqer ceremony, Dr. Rüttgers in recognition of his deeply- strong ties with the scientific technology. called for the expanding held belief in the power of community of the Federal of German-Israeli scientific science and education to Republic of Germany in Rüttgers has strongly cooperation “beyond research improve our world and as a almost all the disciplines, from supported collaborative and development.” He said vehicle to promote mutual desert architecture to water, research projects between that he was encouraged by understanding, peace and algal-biotechnology and solar researchers in the region Chancellor Angela Merkel’s coexistence in the Middle East energy,” noted Director as a way to promote call for even closer links and beyond.” 3 News@ BGU NEWSLETTER OF BEN-GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV I Prof. Rivka Carmi Honored by Hadassah doctor 38 years earlier at 2000 when she became the the Hadassah hospital in first woman in Israel to head Jerusalem. “I have closed the a medical school at BGU. A circle in my medical work with pediatrician and geneticist, sadness and joyfully opened Carmi has studied the genetic another large circle of work of diseases of the Bedouin. One another kind for the good of of her discoveries, a rare the State of Israel,” she said. congenital skin disorder, is “Theoretically, the investment called the Carmi Syndrome. that Hadassah made in me She also founded an has been lost, but in fact it educational organization to has received a large dividend
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