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'These boycotts are demoralizing us, silencing us,' Israeli academic tells 'Post' - interview

Riemer called the exclusion of Israeli scholars a "silent boycott," where many experience "invitations not being extended, talks being canceled, allegedly for some kind of bureaucratic reason."

 Dr. Ofek Riemer.
Dr. Sharon Daniel

Common painkillers are safe during pregnancy, don't raise birth defect risk, Israeli study finds

View of the Tel Aviv University campus

Tel Aviv University rises in latest QS world rankings despite growing Israeli academia boycott

Prof. Tamar Makov

The efficiency illusion: Why green technology fails when human behavior gets in the way


BGU and TAU teams join together to help children with rare form of apnea

Children with CCHS severely under-breathe when they are asleep, but breathing is not normal when they are awake either.

 Prof. Gad Vatine (right) and Daniel Falik

New Israeli study find potential neurological cause of anxiety disorders

The study discovered male rodents exhibiting exceedingly high anxiety levels had notably lower levels of a specific receptor called TACR3 in their hippocampus.

 Illustrative photo created by Prof. Knafo using DALE E.

Has the missing link explaining ‘fairy circles’ been found?

The myth about dancing gnomes creating them comes from tales derived from Scandinavia, English, Celtic and French folklore.

 Fairy circles in Namibia

Israelis unite during wartime after months of political divisiveness

Tel Aviv University and Ben-Gurion University report reveals that Israelis volunteered and donated extensively at higher rates than ever before.

 Israeli citizens pack donations of food and other necessities for the Israeli soldiers and citizens in the south, in Tel Aviv, October 15, 2023.

BGU, southern colleges to create campus for ultra-Orthodox students

A new higher education campus for the ultra-Orthodox (haredi) Israelis living in the South will open up around October 2024.

 Ben-Gurion University of the Negev's Marcus Family Campus.

50 Influential Jews: Doug Seserman and Prof. Daniel Chamovitz - No. 43

Ben-Gurion University of the Negev has grown into a pioneer in sustainability research worldwide. Prof. Daniel Chamovitz is behind this change, and Doug Seserman is the force promoting it.

 Ben Gurion University of the Negev president Prof. Daniel Chamovitz and Americans for Ben-Gurion University CEO Doug Seserman.

Ben-Gurion University builds Silicon Valley-style campus on Minecraft

Players are tasked with developing a business plan before ultimately presenting their company to a Shark Tank-style panel of investors – all of which takes place inside Minecraft's virtual ecosystem.

 Ben-Gurion University of the Negev's Minecraft campus (main view).

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

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

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

BGU program teaches students whose parents lacked higher education

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

 Ben-Gurion University graduates.

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

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

 Photo from the experiment at the Swiss Light Source synchrotron