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(American Associates, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev) Established in 1995, RADAR's research focuses on substance use and related problems among Israeli and former Soviet Union-origin youth and adults.

The center is part of an international network of experts and organizations addressing substance abuse prevention, treatment and policy issues through education, training workshops, research, and publications.

(American Associates, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev) Over the course of the three years, each participant will share knowledge and explore ways to facilitate reconciliation and forgiveness between their communities.

They will also teach the tools and techniques that are developed to others within their respective communities.

(American Associates, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev) The study found that there was no statistical difference between the stock performance of these companies and their counterparts, and that investors who are targeting CSR investments may do so knowing they will perform similarly to non-CSR investments.

(American Associates, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev) In coming months, both universities will focus on developing collaborative and cooperative programs of study in the fields of humanities and fine arts, social and behavioral sciences, engineering and mathematics, earth sciences and management sciences.

Under this agreement, the universities may co-sponsor local and international seminars and colloquia as well as exchange faculty and research information.

(Columbia Business School) A study by Columbia Business School and Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, recently featured online in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), finds that a judge's willingness to grant parole can be influenced by the time between their latest break and their current hearing.

(American Associates, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev) Professor Zvi Reich explains that the byline is a relatively new phenomenon in the history of journalism and that newspapers as respected as the New York Times went out of their way to avoid using bylines as a means of underplaying the importance of the individual reporters.

(American Associates, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev) An innovative foundation model that will provide up to $1.2 million to help fund and commercialize research at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev in Beer-Sheva, Israel.

Should the initial research projects, selected by committee, become successful, the proceeds and royalties will revert back to the foundation, dubbed "Project Jacob," to underwrite additional projects.

(American Associates, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev) The US-AID MERC grant will address biofouling of reverse osmosis membranes during reclamation of secondary wastewater.

Reverse osmosis membrane filtration is normally used for desalination and reclamation of secondary effluents, removing organics and undesired salts from water.

(American Associates, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev) Ben-Gurion University of the Negev lecturer Etgar Keret from the Department of Hebrew Literature has received the Chevalier (Knight) Medallion of France's Order of Arts and Letters.

Recipients are recognized for the quality of their work and their close ties with the French public.

(American Associates, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev) A Science magazine article reports that, for the first time, it is possible to relate the Minoan Santorini eruption with Egyptian Historical Chronology solely on the basis of radiocarbon dates.

Thus, it appears that the eruption preceded the 18th Dynasty and occurred during the Hyksos Period. Moreover, conventional association of Egyptian history with archaeological phases at Tell el-Dab'a, the ancient capital of the Hyksos, located in the northeastern region of the Nile delta, do not fit in terms of radiocarbon dating.