Created: 24 April 2018

As part of the celebration of the World Earth Day in Alexandria University, the Faculty of Science organized a celebration entitled "Drop of water equal life" on Sunday morning, 22/4/2018 at Zewail auditorium in El Shatby.

Dr. Mohammed Ismail, AU Vice President for Matruh branch made the opening statement on behalf of the Rector Dr. El-Kordi. Dr. Ismail said that the Earth Day is an occasion for millions of people around the world to renew their commitment to preserve the environment, especially with increasing industrial and technological progress. He added that Alexandria University is interested in these issues because of its scientific and research expertise in the field of environmental sciences. He pointed out that event topic is one of the most important issues facing the country as Egypt suffers from severe shortage of water. He added that the university participated in many studies, researches and national projects contributing in development of the country such as the projects of Mahmudia axis, Mustafa Kamel Bridge and the Bashair Al Khair.

Alexandria University Vice President for Community Service and Environment Development Dr. Abdel Aziz Qonswa stated that the environment sustainability is not a luxury, as the state seeks to develop many national projects. Dr. Qonswa talked about Egypt’s share of water coming from the Nile and indicated the importance of rationalize water consumption and to use modern technology in irrigation, agriculture and wastewater treatment, and the establishment of desalination plants.

Dr. Alaa Ramadan, Dean of the Faculty of Science said that the purpose of the event is to guide everyone to know the seriousness of water shortage, rationalize consumption, and raise awareness of environmental issues and natural resources preservation. He thanked all attendees from companies, businessmen and governmental bodies.

Created: 24 April 2018

On Wednesday morning 18/04/2018, Alexandria University Vice President for Graduate Studies and Research Dr. Mokhtar Youssef opened the "Fourth Annual Scientific Conference" of the Faculty of Economic Studies and Political Science. The conference is held from 18 to 19 April 2018in the faculty under auspices of AU president Dr. Essam El Kurdi.

In his speech, Dr. Mokhtar Yousif highlighted the conference importance as it tackles an economic axis in terms of contemporary trends in development financing either through local or international and institutions and foreign direct investment. He pointed out that the conference reflects the interest of all economic institutions in Egypt to achieve economic development at all levels. Dr. Mokhtar also pointed to the importance of the political side that the conference addresses, which presents recent research trends in the branches of political science.

Dr. Kadri Ismail the Dean of the faculty and President of the conference stated that the conference will address various economic research visions and ideas with the recent trends in financing, including the role of international institutions and foreign direct investment, in addition to the role of the banking system in development financing.

He said that the conference will also discuss political issues including contemporary trends in political sciences, the history of political thinking, comparative politics and contemporary trends in the study of international relations.

The conference was attended by a lot of researchers, professors and experts in the fields of economy and political science from the faculties of economics and political science at Egyptian universities. Also research and studies centers in Egypt, representatives of governmental institutions and civil society were involved.

Created: 23 April 2018

Alexandria University Vice President for Graduate Studies and Research; Dr. Mokhtar Yousef opened the 3rd International Conference of Hematology and Immunology. The conference was organized by the Egyptian Society of Hematology and Transplantation on Thursday 12/4/2018.

In his opening speech, Dr. Mokhtar Youssef stressed the leadership of Alexandria University in establishing the Medical Council to enhance the efforts in the field of health care, scientific research and medical education. He added that the university has established the Blood Diseases Unit in 2010 with 55 beds and Bone Marrow Transplant Unit in 2014 in collaboration with Dr. Hossam Kamel, the former president of Cairo University and his scientific team. He also said that about 100 surgical operation were performed for bone marrow transplantation with a success percent of up to 90% in line with the world average.

Dr. Mokhtar pointed out that Alexandria University has 4,500 beds serving 4 governorates (Alexandria, El-Beheira, Matrouh and Kafr El-Sheikh) with a population of than 15 million. He added that 55,000 surgical operations were performed and about 1 million cases were treated in outpatient clinics in 2017.

Dr. Manal El-Sarady, Head of the Transplantation Unit and Secretary General of the Conference, said that the conference includes lectures on the new in diagnosis and treatment of blood diseases and bone marrow transplant where professors and scientists from Spain, Italy and Denmark in addition to Egyptian professors will participate. The conference will also present and discuss some difficult clinical cases. Dr. Manal added that workshops will be held to train young doctors on bone marrow transplantation under supervision of professors and experts to transfer the experience and prepare new generation in this important medical specialization.

The conference was chaired by Dr. Ashraf Ghandour; the Vice Dean of the Faculty of Medicine and attended by Dr. Hussein Khaled; former Minister of Higher Education Dr. Hossam Kamel; former president of Cairo University, Dr. Nabil El Halawani; the President of the Society of Hematology and Bone Marrow Transplantation and Dr. Rafiq Khalil Chief of Physicians Syndicate in Alexandria.

Created: 22 April 2018

On Friday 13/4/2018, Alexandria University Vice-President Dr. Hisham Gaber launched the marathon "We will build by our hands". The marathon started from AU administration building to Qaitbay citadel under auspices of AU president Dr. Essam El Kurdi. The event included musical ceremony and ended by awards for the first three places in the marathon and appreciation statements for the places from 4^th to 10^th.