The Higher Committee of Egypt Government Excellence Award at Benha University announces that the deadline of nominations for the Award has been extended to Thursday, September 24, 2020 to provide an opportunity for applying as the following categories:
- Institutional Creativity and Innovation Award.
- Distinguished Government Leaders Award.
- Individual Excellence Award (Best Government Employee - Best Teamwork).
For applying, kindly complete the file at the below link not later than Thursday, September 24, 2020:
https://esee.ly/uoFIHj

Prof. Dr. Nasser El Gizawy, Benha University Vice-president for Post Graduate Studies and Researches' Affairs said that a group of scientists from the University of Bristol and Benha University used salt water to cool the photovoltaic units with the aim of developing a system for cooling solar cells by using materials saturated with sea water adding that this development came after a series of scientific papers published by same research team using pure water.
It is worth mentioning that the two Universities signed last July a memorandum of understanding within the framework of joint cooperation between them in the academic and research fields.

The Electronic Exams Center, Benha University has conducted the first experimental electronic test for the students at the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine.
In this regard, Dr. Mohamed Abdel Fattah, the Center Director said that all necessary preparations and equipment have been completed, including the connection of the communications network and the Internet.
It is worth mentioning that the Electronic Exams Center has 700 computers on 12 computer labs to conduct electronic exams for 700 students in same time and all laboratories are equipped with CCTV.

Prof. Dr. Nasser El Gizawy, Benha University Vice-president for Post Graduate Studies and Researches' Affairs pursued at the Faculty of Engineering in Benha one of the research projects funding by the University and aiming to produce renewable energy.
El Gizawy said that research project aims to produce hybrid electric power units from solar and wind energies that can be used in tourist villages on the northern coast or on the Red Sea coast.

Prof. Dr. Nasser El Gizawy, Benha University Vice-president for Post Graduate Studies and Researches ' Affairs said that the Department of Orthopedic at the Faculty of Medicine has organized the monthly medical meeting of the Egyptian Orthopedic Association "EOA" throughout Zoom application which discussed 20 different cases of orthopedic diseases and surgery. It is worth mentioning that the meeting has been hold under the patron of Prof. Dr. Gamal El Saeed, the University President and attended by Prof. Dr. Gamal Eladawy, the Former Minister of Health and the Emeritus Professor at the Faculty of Medicine; Prof. Dr. Gamal Hosni, the Head of EOA; and Prof. Dr. Mustafa Elkady, the Dean of the Faculty.

Prof. Dr. Gamal El Saeed, Benha University President said that the Times Higher Education World University Rankings has announced for the new ranking of 2021 indicating that the University has occupied the rank 801 – 1000 among 527 universities in the world and 21 universities in Egypt at 4th group. Prof. Dr. Nasser El Gizawy, the University Vice-president for Post Graduate Studies and Researches ' Affairs said that according to that ranking, the University has maintained its world place occupied in 2020 with improvement in its performance at the citation and teaching, as well as the international outlook comparing with the previous year.

Benha University Selection Committee has held its meeting today to conduct interviews with the employees applying for the supervision positions. These positions are Director for the Office of the University Vice-president for Education and Students` Affairs, Director for the Office of the University Vice-president for Community Service and Environment Development Affairs, Director for the Office of the University Vice-president for Post Graduate Studies and Researches' Affairs, and Director for the Office of the University Secretary General.

During the meeting of Benha University Council; Prof. Dr. Gamal El Saeed, the University President reviewed the visit of a delegation from the Electronic and Knowledge Service Center, Supreme Council of Universities "SCU" within the frame of activating the cooperation protocol between SCU and the Information Technology Industry Development Agency " ITIDA", Ministry of Communications and Information Technology to evaluate the capabilities of public universities for digital transformation to smart universities pointing out that BU is one of the first universities have been visited and evaluated.
It is worth mentioning that the Council has been held in the presence of Prof. Dr. Hussien Almaghrabi, the University Vice-president for Education and Students` Affairs; Prof. Dr. Randa Mustafa, the University Vice-president for Community Service and Environment Development Affairs; Prof. Dr. Nasser El Gizawy, the University Vice-president for Post Graduate Studies and Researches' Affairs; Deans, and the Council Members.

Prof. Dr. Nasser El Gizawy, Benha University Vice-president for Post Graduate Studies and Researches' Affairs said that the Institutional Marketing Office at the Sector of Post Graduate Studies has issued a booklet in English about BU World Rankings under the auspices of Prof. Dr. Gamal El Saeed, the University President.
He added that booklet is a part from a series of books that aim to market the university and highlight its position at the local, regional and international levels.
In this regard, El Saeed praised the efforts made to produce the booklet in a proper way that reflects the place of BU at the local, regional and international levels.
You can view the booklet in its electronic form through the following link:
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Prof. Dr. Nasser El Gizawy, Benha University Vice-president for Post Graduate Studies and Researches' Affairs said that a research team from Benha University "BU" and other researchers from China, India, and Sudan published in the Journal of Food Biochemistry a study about Tannins inhibit SARS‐CoV‐2 through binding with catalytic dyad residues of 3CLpro: An in silico approach with 19 structural different hydrolysable tannins.
Dr. Ibrahim Khalifa, the lecturer at the food industry department, faculty of agriculture and the head of BU research team said that the corona epidemic resulting from infection with novel coronavirus "covid19", has raised the concerns of the World Health Organization as well as all over the world.
Click on the link below, to view the research:
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/jfbc.13432