Three prominent mathematicians visit the Faculty of Science
16 March 2011
On Monday March 14th three prominent mathematicians visited An-Najah National University: Professors Etienne prof. Ghais, Cedric Villani and prof. Edriss Titi. Their visit was arranged by Prof. Sami Al-Jaber from the Physics Department. The guests met with The University President Professor Rami Hamdallah in his office who briefed them about the scientific activities on campus and the University's priorities in establishing scientific cooperation with other universities and scientific centers. Prof. Hamdallah also explained how scholarships are allocated in different departments per year. The three guests were pleased by the impressive progress and the advancement made by the University and expressed their will to help in their fields.
The guests also met with the Dean of the Science Department Dr. Suleiman Al-Khalil. The meeting was attended by the Chairman of the Mathematics Department, Dr. Mohammad Abu Eideh, Mathematics Faculty professor Naji Qatnani and Physics Faculty prof. Sami Al-Jaber, The Dean described the needs of the Mathematics Faculty and described the recent steps that had been taken in that regard. Prof. Titi emphasized that the many hardworking and highly motivated students who graduate from the Mathematics Department will have a higher chance to get scholarships for graduate studies in the United States if they have the required TOEFL and GRE.
Two seminars in Applied Mathematics were given by Prof. Etienne Ghais and Prof. Cedric Villani, which were attended by Mathematics and Physics Faculties and students. At the beginning of the seminars Prof. Sami Al-Jaber welcomed the guests and thanked them for visiting and supporting our university.
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