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Eating with someone you love could help your body regulate blood sugar, Israeli study finds

A Hebrew University study finds that eating with someone close may reduce blood sugar spikes and help the body regulate itself more efficiently.

Women sit together to enjoy a pizza (illustrative)
Beersheba Mayor Ruvik Danilovich with philanthropist Sylvan Adams, who pledged $100m. To help rebuild Soroka Media Center after it was hit by an Iranian missile in the 12-Day War.

From ‘city of camels’ to Israel’s new dream: Beersheba reinventing itself under Mayor Danilovich

Students at Ben Gurion University, in Beer Sheba. November 04, 2025.

Ben-Gurion University launches ASK POLA: An AI study advisor for prospective students

Prof. Uri Roll: "The love of nature was already there."

Searching for hope in an age of extinction


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

What do bats, priests, and rabbis have in common? - study

Researchers used passages from the Babylonian Talmud and Christian texts from the 1st to the 6th centuries to analyze parallels in narrative.

  Mother bat holding baby bat

Unconventional: A student couple's surprising wedding venue revealed

Students Meir Shmuel and Gali Bar-Sela tied the knot at the Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, creating an unforgettable experience.

 Meir Shmuel and Gali Bar-Sela at a wedding at Ben Gurion University

Israeli female students win prize for innovative ventilator tech

The four winners were Or Halevi, Yael Shoham, Hadas Vardi and Karin Friedkin. 

 Or Halevi, Yael Shoham, Hadas Vardi and Karin Friedkin.

Israeli cancer breakthrough says which patients should get immunotherapy

Since anti-PD1 is the leading immunotherapy treatment in cancer patients, such an achievement can impact the quality of life of thousands of cancer patients worldwide every day.

 Finding ways to stop the progression of cancer (Illustrative).