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Rivka Carmi

Robert Kraft, philanthropist and owner of the New England Patriots, winner of the 2019 Genesis Prize. (Genesis Prize Foundation)
March 13, 2019, 11:06 pm
Genesis Prize board member resigns over Robert Kraft honor
Rivka Carmi tenders resignation with ‘frustration and disappointment’ over decision to move ahead with plans to award $1m prize to Patriots owner, despite prostitution scandal
By Marcy Oster
Prof. Rivka Carmi, who was the first woman to be president at an Israeli university, at her office on December 12, 2018, a few weeks before she left her post (Shoshanna Solomon/Times of Israel)
January 3, 2019, 3:53 pm
Stepping down, first female university head speaks of tough choices, no regrets
After 12 years at the helm of Ben-Gurion University, Rivka Carmi says politics is not for her as she leaves the city of Beersheba to give the new president ‘space’
By Shoshanna Solomon
Natan Sharansky, left, head of the Jewish Agency, with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, in the latter's Jerusalem office, June 18, 2013. (Kofi Gideon/Flash90/via JTA)
March 6, 2018, 12:15 pm
Netanyahu said to seek extension in hunt for new Jewish Agency head
PM’s preferred candidate reportedly turns down offer; Natan Sharansky to step down from position in three months
By ToI Staff
Former Ben-Gurion University president Rivka Carmi (Dani Machlis/Ben-Gurion University)
May 20, 2015, 8:57 pm
Queen Elizabeth to honor Ben-Gurion U. president
Rivka Carmi named honorary Commander of the Order of the British Empire for deepening UK-Israel scientific ties
By Renee Ghert-Zand
President of the Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Professor Rivka Carmi. (screen capture: Youtube/DaromTvNews1)
December 24, 2013, 6:32 pm
Ben-Gurion U. chief warns of apathy toward boycott
University President Rivka Carmi says sanctions against Israeli academia could snowball out of control
By Stuart Winer
Google Israel CEO Meir Brand (L) and Yossi Vardi at Ben Gurion University's Innovation 2013 'un-conference' (Photo credit: Courtesy)
July 1, 2013, 8:31 am
Tech helps develop ‘development town’ Beersheba
A major science and technology event at Ben-Gurion University highlights just how far the Negev has come in recent years
By David Shamah
Eytan Meyersdorf
April 25, 2013, 10:51 am
Eytan Meyersdorf
Hypocrisy at its finest
Who has given Rivka Carmi the mandate to decide who decides who is an Israeli?
The campus of Ben-Gurion University (Times of Israel/Matti Friedman)
November 18, 2012, 11:26 pm
For the flagship university of southern Israel, sirens replace bells
Beersheba’s Ben-Gurion University has been closed since last week because of the fire from Gaza, a reality that would have been unthinkable just a few years ago
By Matti Friedman
Former Ben Gurion University President Rivka Carmi (Courtesy of BGU)
From the WebSeptember 10, 2012, 6:42 am
BGU will fight attempts to close ‘leftist’ department
In harsh letter to the Council for Higher Education, school vows to protect academic freedom in Israel
Left-wing activists protest a decision by the Council for Higher Education in Judea and Samaria to grant full university status to the Ariel University Center, located in the West Bank. July 17, 2012. Sign reads 'Ariel is not Israel'. (photo credit: Yossi Zeliger/FLASH90)
August 28, 2012, 10:38 am
Bar-Ilan University pulls signature from petition against Ariel upgrade
Letter signed by all other university heads claims that decision to change status of West Bank institute is fraught with problems
By Stuart Winer and Aaron Kalman
Left-wing activists protest a decision by the Council for Higher Education in Judea and Samaria to grant full university status to the Ariel University Center, located in the West Bank. July 17, 2012. Sign reads 'Ariel is not Israel'. (photo credit: Yossi Zeliger/FLASH90)
August 20, 2012, 3:48 pm
University chiefs appeal against Ariel academic upgrade
Petition claims that decision to change status of West Bank institute is fraught with problems
By Stuart Winer
Light reading for the summer (photo credit: Chen Leopold/Flash 90)
July 30, 2012, 7:51 am
Summer reading: Everyone’s doing it
What are some locals dipping into?
By Jessica Steinberg
Ariel University in the West Bank (CC-BY Michael Jacobson/Wikipedia)
May 24, 2012, 9:27 am
Yisrael Beytenu threatens ‘tough situation’ if Ariel not made university
Party says Likud promised to upgrade settlement academic institution in coalition agreement
By Aaron Kalman
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