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Alexandria University Honors University Team Winning Third Place in “Toxicology Cup” Arab Competition
Dr. Ali Abdelmohsen, Acting Vice President for Education and Student Affairs honoured this morning, Monday, May 20, 2024, the Alexandria University team that won third place in the Arab Toxicology Cup Competition, which was held in Al-Khobar, in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, on the sidelines of the “Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities in Pharmacy and Toxicology” Conference. Alexandria University team participated in the competition among 20 universities from 12 different Arab countries from all over the Middle East. The competition took place in three stages, and its questions were based on toxicology and simulations of clinical cases exposed to toxins, and how to deal with them.
The winning team included the pharmacist supervisor, Mohamed Abdelnabi Ibrahim, Teaching Assistant at the Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Faculty of Pharmacy, and students Nada Mahmoud Arafat Qabil, fifth year student at the Faculty of Pharmacy, and Nesma Saeed Abdelqader, fifth year student at the Faculty of Medicine.
Education and Student Affairs Council Follows up on Second Semester Final Exams
Dr. Ali Abdelmohsen, Acting Vice President of Alexandria University for Education and Student Affairs, stressed to all faculties’ vice deans the importance of taking the necessary procedures and measures to complete the second semester final exams and overcome all obstacles so that the exam process can be completed with ease. This came during the Education and Student Affairs Council meeting held today morning, Monday, May 20, 2024.
Dr. Abdelmohsen confirmed that the university is following up on the examination process through an operations room that is working around the clock. He pointed out that the university has assigned the medical department to be fully prepared and prepare well-equipped ambulances in anticipation of any health crises occurring for students during the examination period. He also directed the vice deans to ensure good air ventilation inside the examination rooms to confront the heat wave the country is experiencing.
Within the framework of the university’s role in supporting student activities, Dr. Abdelmohsen thanked the General Administration of Youth Welfare and the Student Union for their efforts in organizing various cultural, artistic, and sporting events with the aim of supporting and adopting talent. Some of these events included the Theatre Department Festival for departments and specialized institutes in its 17th session. He pointed out that the university is in the process of turning the festival into an international one as of next year, to receive all student talents from various nationalities. Another important event organized was “Our Health in Our Planet Marathon” in cooperation with the Ministry of Environment, where the students who won the first ten places were honoured.
• Within the framework of the university’s role in supporting and developing medical services, the Council approved the proposal to establish a paediatric surgery department and take the necessary measures, with the aim of developing comprehensive medical services in the field of paediatric surgery and raising the level of health care provided to children.
Inauguration of First International Conference on Advances in Science for Sustainable Development (ICASSD 2024)
Under the auspices of Dr. Ayman Ashour, Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research, and Dr. Abdelaziz Konsowa, President of Alexandria University, Dr. Hisham Saeed, Vice President of the University for Postgraduate Studies and Research, inaugurated today, Saturday, May 18, 2024, the activities of the First International Conference on Advances in Science for Sustainable Development (ICASSD 2024), which is organized by the Institute of Graduate Studies and Research and continues for two days at the Institute’s headquarters.
The opening session was attended by Dr. Yousry El-Gamal, former Minister of Education, Dr. Ahmed Abdelrehim, Acting Dean of the Institute of Graduate Studies and Research, and a group of deans and vice deans of Alexandria University’s faculties and institutes, faculty members, researchers, industry representatives, and students.
In his speech, Dr. Hisham Saeed stressed that the conference aims to harness science and technology to confront the challenges facing our world today. Dr. Saeed stressed that successive scientific developments have begun to play a pivotal role in finding solutions to pressing issues such as climate change, artificial intelligence, and environmental degradation. He added that science must be utilised in order to achieve sustainable development, from renewable energy technologies and sustainable smart agriculture practices to great achievements in preserving the environment and resilient infrastructure. He pointed out that we must harness scientific disciplines from biology and chemistry to engineering and social sciences to develop comprehensive solutions that work to find a balance between environmental safety, economic welfare and social justice. He added that cooperation between different disciplines has become necessary in addressing complex sustainability challenges, through strengthening partnerships between scientists, policy makers, and civil society. At the end of his speech, Dr. Hisham Saeed called on all attending researchers and students to benefit from the activities The conference is to exchange knowledge among themselves to serve sustainable development, especially since the conference witnesses the presence of many scientists and researchers around the world.
While Dr. Yousry El-Gamal confirmed that the conference discusses the topical issue of harnessing science in the service of sustainable development, which is one of the most important pillars of the Egyptian State Strategy 2030. He pointed out that Alexandria University is a pioneer in organizing unique conferences, being also a pioneer in establishing a Department of Nuclear Engineering and a Department of Computer Engineering to create inter-disciplinary and unique specializations that are consistent with the goals of sustainable development. Dr. El-Gamal expressed his hopes that the conference comes up with recommendations that serve the goals of sustainable development and create a more sustainable world.
Dr. Ahmed Abdelrehim indicated that the conference aims to identify and promote concrete opportunities and partnerships that would benefit from science and the community to accelerate progress in the main areas of the 2030 Plan by bringing together policy makers, researchers and academics. It also aims to enhance dialogue, exchange best practices, and develop implementable strategies to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals. He added that despite the great scientific support for the Sustainable Development Goals, progress has been slow. Hence, the conference was organized to bridge this gap, promote the optimal use of science, technology, and innovation, and adopt a qualitative shift in the way we conduct scientific research for the sake of sustainability and moving away from traditional, isolated and competitive models, prioritizing the generation of applicable knowledge that leads to tangible scientific results.
Three sessions were held today. The first session included a talk about “Developments in Science through Modern trends in Scientific Research and their Applications,” and was chaired by Dr. Mustafa Hassan Mustafa, Professor of Biochemistry and Partial Carcinogenicity, and the second session was entitled “Applications of Biotechnology and Its Impact on Sustainable Development,” and was chaired by Dr. Sherif Hassan Qandil, Professor in the Department of Materials Science, while the third session was entitled “The Effects of Nanotechnology on Modern Science and Extending Them to Sustainable Development Applications.”
Announcement of Recommendations of “Role of Universities in Building Bridges of Understanding and Peace between East and West” International Conference
Yesterday, the recommendations of the international conference entitled “The Role of Universities in Building Bridges of Understanding and Peace between the East and the West,” were announced.
The conference is organized by Alexandria University, the Association of Islamic Universities, Bibliotheca Alexandrina, and Al-Alamein International University. Participants included a large number of symbols of the academic and cultural community, ambassadors and consuls of Arab countries, members of the House of Representatives and Senate, vice presidents of the university, ascwell as deans, vice deans, and students of various faculties.
Dr. Sami El-Sherif, Secretary-General of the Association of Islamic Universities, indicated that the conference’s recommendations included emphasizing that dialogue and understanding are the only way to sustain life on planet Earth, and the necessity of attention and hard work in order to spread the culture of dialogue, and recognition of the other’s right to human brotherhood, and the emphasis on spreading the culture of peace and coexistence. among all human beings, consolidating the ideals of peace and coexistence among various countries and peoples, providing protection and intellectual fortification for young people against all attempts of false awareness and brainwashing, for the benefit of regional and international powers seeking to control the nation’s youth, and calling on international institutions and organizations to carry out their duties in supporting aspects of truth, justice, equality and achieving the interests of the international community in general, and the need for universities to assume their responsibilities to develop a comprehensive strategy to confront extremism and terrorism, and expand the circle of confrontation to include besieging extremist individuals, groups and countries and preventing them from spreading their destructive ideas.
He added that the recommendations included emphasizing the role of universities in supporting research projects and scientific papers in multiple languages and publishing this output through scientific institutions and major international publishing houses, and the need to support all universities and educational institutions to consolidate their academic and research relations with international universities with the aim of cooperating in the field of combating terrorism and extremist ideology, and working to spread enlightened thought, and focusing on highlighting international initiatives and the initiatives of civil society organizations calling for understanding and dialogue, calling on universities to enrich the translation movement for scientific and cultural production in foreign languages and paying attention to translating books, studies, scientific research and publications produced by specialized international universities of value into the Arabic language, also calling on universities to adopt new ideas and innovations that would enrich dialogue and deepen cultural and human communication, and paying attention to developing scholarship programs for university employees to benefit from the modern technical, scientific and academic developments of highly-ranked international universities.
Participants in “Role of Universities in Building Bridges of Understanding and Peace between East and West” International Conference Emphasize Universities' Role in Building Bridges and Enriching Youth Awareness
Under the title “The Role of Universities in Supporting Dialogue and Understanding,” the activities of the first session of the International Conference “The Role of Universities in Building Bridges of Understanding and Peace between the East and the West” were held today, organized by Alexandria University, the Association of Islamic Universities, Bibliotheca Alexandrinq, and Al-Alamein International University, in the presence of a large number of prominent figures from the academic and cultural communities, ambassadors and consuls of Arab countries, members of the House of Representatives and Senate, vice presidents of the university, deans, vice deans and students of various faculties.
The session was chaired by Professor Dr. Abdelaziz Konsowa, President of Alexandria University, with the participation of Dr. Mofid Shehab, former Minister of Higher Education. In his speech, Dr. Shehab pointed out the importance of the conference, which highlights how to help societies achieve peaceful coexistence, and the role of universities in Islamic countries in supporting dialogue between the East and the West, by participating in building dialogue channels and setting rules for this dialogue to ensure its continuity and that its programs are practical and applicable.
Ambassador Nabila Makram, former Minister of State for Egyptians Abroad Affairs, pointed out the importance of the role of universities in enriching youth awareness and developing their abilities for dialogue, stressing the importance of preserving the mental health of young people who suffer from many challenges such as alienation and bullying. She praised the role played by psychological support units in faculties in helping students and opening prospects for dialogue to confront isolationism and extremism.
Dr. Mohamed Sami Abdelsadek, Vice President of Cairo University for Community Service and Environmental Development Affairs, pointed out that Cairo University is making great efforts to support dialogue as a lofty cultural value through joint academic degrees and bringing in foreign professors from various specializations. He stressed the need to focus on the critical thinking course for various students, dialogue activities between Egyptian and international students, and the Office for Promoting National and Heritage Identity.
Dr. Roshdi Zahran, Chairman of the Board of Trustees of Al-Alamein International University, explained the role of universities in building bridges of understanding and peace in light of a world full of wars and conflicts, where universities work in addition to their academic role as cultural, intellectual, knowledge and creative centres through curricula, scientific programs, joint scientific research and various cultural activities to enhance the concept of dialogue, understanding and tolerance.
The session witnessed recorded interventions by Dr. Abdelhak Azouzi, Chairman of the Alliance of Civilizations in Morocco, and Dr. Abdelaziz Barghouth, President of the International Institute for Islamic Civilization and Thought and Vice President of the International Islamic University in Malaysia, to clarify the importance of the role of universities in spreading the values of peace, coexistence and dialogue among young people.
The second session was held under the chairmanship of Dr. Essam El-Kurdi, President of Al-Alamein International University, while participants included Dr. Abdelhay Azab, former President of Al-Azhar University, Dr. Fathi Abu-Ayana, former President of Beirut Arab University, and Dr. Hussein Amin, Director of the “Kamal Adham” Center at the American University, also participated from abroad Dr. Abdulmajid bin Abdullah Al-Benyan, President of Naif Arab University for Security Sciences, where they talked about the role of universities in promoting human values, and the main human values that universities must promote to spread the goals of dialogue and tolerance among university students, the role of Alexandria University in spreading the culture of tolerance, and the role of universities in creating the appropriate environment to enrich dialogue and understanding between different peoples and civilizations.
