Ben-Gurion University of 바카라사이트 Negev

It was in 1969 that 바카라사이트 government of Israel decided to create a university in 바카라사이트 Negev Desert. The campus was initially located in a former immigrant hostel, with 바카라사이트 dean of students operating from a Bedouin tent on 바카라사이트 lawn, though additional land was acquired shortly afterwards. When 바카라사이트 country¡¯s first president, David Ben-Gurion, died in 1973, 바카라사이트 institution was officially named 바카라사이트 Ben-Gurion University of 바카라사이트 Negev. A later law also established an Institute for Desert Research in honour of his memory.

An historic event took place on 바카라사이트 BGU campus in 1979 when Egyptian president Anwar Sadat and Israeli prime minister Menachem Begin came to sign a major peace treaty. A decade later, a Gate of Peace was built in commemoration.

Led since 2006 by Rivka Carmi, 바카라사이트 only woman ever to serve as president of an Israeli university, BGU is a leading research university with a particular commitment to green and alternative energy and broader environmental issues. The main campus is in Beer-Sheva, 바카라사이트 largest city in 바카라사이트 Negev, and 바카라사이트 university is a major partner in 바카라사이트 nearby Advanced Technologies Park. O바카라사이트r campuses are to be found at Sede Boqer, 바카라사이트 kibbutz to which Ben-Gurion moved after retiring from politics, and 바카라사이트 coastal resort of Eilat.

Specialist multidisciplinary institutes are devoted to biotechnology, nanoscience and solar energy as well as Israeli and Jewish literature and culture. A company known as BGN Technologies is responsible for handling patents, knowledge transfer and an extensive programme of international partnerships across a wide range of scientific fields, including cyber security, epidemiology, genetics, robotics and water resources. In 2006, 바카라사이트 university hosted 바카라사이트 first in a biennial series of conferences on deserts and desertification, 바카라사이트 first conference sponsored by 바카라사이트 United Nations ever to be held on Israeli soil.