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Prof. Dean Doron Awarded ERC Starting Grant

07/09/2026

BGU’s Prof. Dean Doron receives a five-year ERC Starting Grant to study randomness and the potential for deterministic, error-free algorithms.

Cellular Stress Switch Governs Survival or Death

24/09/2026

BGU researchers uncovered a redox-sensitive molecular switch that determines whether stressed cells survive or undergo programmed death.

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JWST UNCOVER Collaboration Wins 2027 Berkeley Prize

23/09/2026

JWST UNCOVER collaboration including BGU astronomer Adi Zitrin wins the 2027 Berkeley Prize for revealing early galaxies and black holes.

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Living Cell Swarms Break Motion Symmetry

22/09/2026

BGU researchers show bacteria and human airway cells break mirror symmetry, tracing irreversible spiral paths in collective motion.

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Scientists observe Einstein’s gravity in the quantum world

03/09/2026

BGU-led researchers directly measured gravity’s predicted quantum phase, showing Einstein’s equivalence principle holds in the tested regime.

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New Fund Launches BGU-RPI Research Partnership

03/09/2026

New fund supports joint science & technology research program between Israeli and American universities, BGU and RPI

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UF Appoints Aviad Moreno Courtesy Associate Professor

02/09/2026

BGU scholar Aviad Moreno is appointed courtesy associate professor at the University of Florida, deepening the universities’ academic partnership.

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National Computer Science Conference and Launch of the Israeli Computer Science Association

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To celebrate the establishment of the Stein Faculty of Computer and Information Science at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, and the official launch of the Israeli Computer Science Association, we are pleased to invite the Israeli computer science community to a festive national conference. The event will take place on Thursday, October 8, 2026, at the campus of Ben-Gurion University of the Negev.

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14/12/2026

Call for Papers Turning the Image Around: Anti-Judaism, Antisemitism, Satire, and Cultural Resistance across the Ages

Submission Guidelines We invite proposals for 20-minute papers. Submissions should include an abstract of 250 words and a short biographical note of up to 100 words. Submission deadline: 11 October 2026 Venue: Senate Building, Marcus Family Campus, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva, Israel Conference language: English Submission address: offenber@bgu.ac.il

New Faculty Members for 2025-2026

Ben-Gurion University of the Negev continues to grow, adding talented new researchers from top institutions every year.

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