Prof. Heba Saad, the Cultural Attaché and director of ECEB visited Virginia Tech Innovation Campus and met Dr. Kristin Lamoureux and Dr. Khaled Hassouna to discuss potential aspects of collaboration with Egyptian Universities. Prof. Saad had a tour of the new building -which is one of its kind in applying advanced methods in all its features- to learn how technology is used to ensure the efficiency and sustainability of the building.

The Egyptian Cultural and Educational Bureau invited the Egyptian community to celebrate the opening of the first “Embassy of Knowledge” of Alexandria Library outside of Egypt at the bureau. American and Egyptian guests listened attentively to Dr. Heba Saad, the cultural attaché, who presented an overview of the Embassy's significance and content. The overview highlighted all the archives, collections, and databases visitors can access through the embassy and pinpointed their importance for all ages. During the second half of the event, ECEB presented two Egyptian talents and guests enjoyed the vibrant musical performance by Sherif Ashraf and explored the books of Basma Al-aufy.

Prof. Dr. Heba Mahmoud Saad met Dr. Mohammed Hassn, Associate Professor of Physics and Optical Sciences at the University of Ariyona to congratulate him on his latest achevment of developing the fastest Attomicroscope that can image the electron motion. This achievement will open the door to breaking new ground in physics, chemistry and biology.