Researchers and postgraduate students from Syrian universities, the Atomic Energy Authority, the Energy Research Centre, the Syrian Investment Authority, the Ministry of Electricity, and the Faculty of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering participated in the Second International Renewable Energy Conference.

 Counseling and Psychological Support Unit opens for the first time in Damascus University, in cooperation between the Faculty of Medicine and the Faculty of Education.

 Professor Dr. Mazen Al-Mubarak, dean of the Faculty of Arabic and Islamic Studies at Bilad Al Sham Universityand member of the Arabic Language Academy, gave a lecture at the Faculty of Sharia, Damascus University. Prof. Hassan Awad, dean of the Faculty of Sharia, professors and postgraduate students were in attendance.

 The Faculty of Health Sciences at Damascus University organized a training workshop entitled "Learning Music" for students of the Audiology and Speech and Language Therapy Departments. The workshop included topics such as an introduction to music, its history, types of musical instruments and their sounds, important musical terms with examples, the musical scale, notation and dimensions with a practical application. The workshop also shed light on aspects of the influence of music on behavior.