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Karachi students won National Science Olympiad: KU new buildings inaugurated
Karachi students win top slot at National Science Olympiad
Karachi, Marach 03, 2008: A team of students from Aga
Khan Higher Secondary School (AKHSS), Karachi has won the Intel National Science
Olympiad (NSO). Arif Pyar Ali, Zehra Suleman and Sara Moiz, developed a drug
therapy with Selvey nano particles to cure Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus
aureus (MRSA) infections.
Raja Ahsan Mahmood (Project, 'Variable Colour
Thermometer') and Mohammad Owais (Project, 'Ultimate Control') both students of
the Pak-Turk International School, Peshawar, were the winners in the individual
category. These students will now represent Pakistan at the Intel International
Science and Engineering Fair (Intel ISEF) 2008 in Atlanta, Georgia,
US.
More than 300 students and teachers from across Pakistan attended the
olympiad, which is affiliated with the Intel ISEF. The Intel NSO is one of the
world's largest pre-college science competitions, showcasing more than 120
science projects submitted by young scientists from across the nation. These
projects were selected through the Intel Provincial Science Fairs held
throughout Sindh, Punjab, NWFP and Balochistan. The young scientists presented
innovative research-based projects in the categories of biology, chemistry,
computer sciences, mathematics and physics.
For the past two years,
students from Pakistan have won laurels for the country at the ISEF held in the
US.
The Intel International Science and Engineering Fair is the world's
largest celebration of science. Student finalists, in grades nine through 12,
emerge from a field of approximately one million students who compete in more
than 500 regional Intel ISEF. Approximately 1,500 students from across the world
compete for up to US$ 4 million in scholarships, prizes and grants. Daily Times
Two KU buildings inaugurated
Karachi, March 02: The Sindh governor, Dr Ishratul Ibad, on Saturday
inaugurated the newly-constructed buildings of the National Centre for
Proteomics and the Department of Food Science and Technology, University of
Karachi.
Talking to the media after the inaugural ceremony, Dr Ibad, who
is also the chancellor of all public sector universities in the province, said
that the allocation for higher education in the country had been enhanced from
0.2 to two per cent of the GDP.
The governor said that the University of
Karachi had now joined the league of 500 big universities around the globe. He
said that there had been a pleasant change in the overall academic atmosphere at
the varsity over the past few years.
Dr Ibad was of the view that the
main objective of a seat of higher learning was to carry out research
work.
Speaking about the possibility of a change in the academic
calendar, the Sindh governor said that a decision in this regard would be taken
keeping in view the weather conditions and the aspirations of the stakeholders
ie the students and the faculty members.
The foundation stone of the
Administration Block- II was also laid on the occasion. APP
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