Egyptian Exchange

Abdullah Bazaraa, right, of the Egyptian Cultural and Educational Bureau, and Harris Pastides, the University's vice president of research and health sciences, sign a memorandum of understanding that will be considered for Ph.D. studies in engineering at South Carolina.

"They will be sending us extremely high-caliber students," said Hanif Chaudhry, chair of the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering who helped set up the agreement. "When this is fully operational, it will bring about $800,000 annually to the University because these students will be fully funded by the Egyptian government."

Photo by Kim Truett, USC Times. Click photo to view enlarged.

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Story Source: USC Times, August 2, 2007 issue
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