A group from the International Center of Theoretical Physics (ICTP) headed by Dr. Kate Shaw visited the Department of Physics at the Faculty of Science-An-Najah University on Saturday, March 31^st.

Dr. Kate Shaw who is a high energy particle physicist was invited along with her group Mr. Ahmad Basalat, Mr. Mohammad Alhroop and Mr. Shrif Ghithan by Prof. Sami AL-Jaber, Dean of Scientific Research, at An-Najah University.

During the visit, a Particle Physics Master class for the whole day was given by the group at 9:00 A.M. and lasted till 5:00 P.M.

In the workshop, 25 physics students participated in the program; the presentations in the workshop included: Introduction to Particle Physics, Particle Accelerators and the LHC, Discovering Physics in Hadron Collisions with ATLAS, and Introduction to LHC Hands on session. Presentations of results and discussion, Careers and opportunities in Physics Research were also delivered.

Attendees to the workshop included Prof. Sami AL-Jaber, Dr. Suleiman Khalil, Dean of the Faculty of Science, Prof. Issam Rashid member of staff at the Faculty of Science, and Dr. Khalid Eleiwi.