Foto Friday – Ben Gurion’s University
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The first semester of Israel’s 2010-2011 academic year opened this past week. There were little to no threats of a faculty or student strike for once — that pleasure was left to the Union of Local Authorities of Israel — and 293,000 students began studying on time at Israel’s 66 institutions of higher learning.
Of these, 228,740 young persons entered into or continued their first degree studies. More significantly, of this number, 88,500 are studying at colleges (35 academic and 23 teacher training colleges); this is the first time that this number exceeds registration at the seven universities where 75,200 students are registered for Bachelor’s degrees.
Ben Gurion University of the Negev stands out with more than 19,000 students, including 4,650 new ones. The number of students enrolled for a first degree rose, particularly in humanities and exact sciences; this may be due to new study tracks that allow for interdisciplinary studies — not an unusual notion for North Americans but a new concept here. Here’s a glimpse into the little university that has become the number one choice for undergraduates both Jewish and Arab from all over the country due in part to its research and development capabilities…
It’s ultramodern campus, shining like a beacon in the desert…
Its medical school, affiliated with Columbia University and Soroka Medical Center, which provides medical care to all populations throughout the region…
Encouragement of innovation…
And fulfillment of David Ben Gurion’s vision of the Negev as a testbed for science and R&D.
More photos by Dani Machlis can be found at BGU – The Year in Pictures. Information about the University is available on its website. And check out the BGU YouTube channel to see more amazing R&D, like these wall climbing robots developed at the Department of Mechanical Engineering.
Foto Friday – Reli Avrahami’s “Diary”
Filed under: Art, Foto Friday, General, Israeliness, Profiles, Travel
Beer Sheva-born Reli Avrahami is one of Israel’s premiere magazine photographers. A new exhibition of her work, “Diary”, will open next week at the Hadassah College in Jerusalem, where she once studied and is now a lecturer.
Avrahami has worked as a freelance portrait photographer since 1986, shooting celebrities, artists and politicians for Israel’s main newspapers and weekend supplements including “Maariv”, “Yediot Aharonot” and “Haaretz” where she is best known for her long-running series of Israeli family portraits.
In “Diary”, Avrahami invites viewers to look in on three generations of her own family: celebrations and tragedies, weddings and funerals, everyday life and unique occasions.
Her daughter – Botticelli curls cascading down her shoulders – en route to a Scout trip…
…the morning of her son’s induction into the IDF…
…her mother, fast asleep in a Netherlands zimmer motel…
or a “Girls Night In” with her sisters and mother.
“Diary” opens at 6:00pm, November 5, 2009 at the Hadassah College, 37 HaNeviim Street, Jerusalem.
Adam Adama
Filed under: Art, design, General, History and Culture
I’ve always admired the street exhibits that seem to proliferate in Tel Aviv, with sculptures and prints placed along the tree-lined boulevards of Rothschild and Chen.
Now we can boast something similar in Jerusalem, with the Adam Adama exhibit of photographs by students from various Jerusalem schools, both Jewish and Arab, portraying their vision of Jerusalem.
Sponsored by Hadassah College, the municipality and the Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design, the photographs are hanging along the pedestrian walkways of Schatz and Bezalel (named for the school, which is returning downtown from Mount Scopus) Streets in downtown Jerusalem. These car-less streets have been recently refurbished with cobblestone pavements and benches for easy sitting and viewing, and both Schatz and Bezalal boast two good cafes, Noni and Cafe Bezalel, so you can sip a hafuch, and enjoy some art in the shade.
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