The Faculty of Dentistry at Damascus University hosted an online scientific lecture by Syrian expatriate Professor Dr. Omar Kogan on “World Health Organization updates on potentially malignant oral lesions and histological dysplasia (clinical and histological review)”, which was attended by a number of the teaching staff and postgraduate students in the conference hall at the faculty.

 The Faculty of Medicine at Damascus University held an open dialogue symposium entitled “Improving the Quality of Education” in the presence of deans of medical faculties and their deputies, directors of educational hospitals, heads of departments in the Faculty of Medicine, professors, and graduate students.

 The second day of the environmental conference, "The Damascene Iris: Together to Preserve Our Identity and Natural Heritage," which was sponsored by the Faculty of Science, Damascus University, saw sessions on environmentally friendly solutions to problems, endangered species and ways to protect them, and recording Syria's natural heritage.

 The scientific sessions on the first day of “The Damascenea Iris, Together to Preserve Our Identity and Our Natural Heritage” conference focused on the biodiversity and the sustainable development,” during which researchers from inside and outside Syria presented several research papers and scientific lectures that shed light on diversity, biotechnology and its patterns and importance, the dangers and problems resulting from its loss, the contributions it makes to achieving sustainable development goals, the reality of natural reserves in Syria, and future prospects for their reconstruction.

 The activities of the environmental conference: “The Damascenea Iris, Together to Preserve Our Identity and Our Natural Heritage” was launched today. It is organized by the Faculty of Science, Damascus University, in celebration of the World Environment Day and the World Day of Biodiversity and Environment, and in cooperation with the National Union of Syrian Students and the Arab Center for the Studies of Arid Zones and Arid Lands "ACSAD", in the presence of Ministers of Higher Education and Scientific Research and Agriculture.

 Since the onset of conflict in Syria in 2011, several heritage sites have suffered partial or complete destruction. The ancient city of Palmyra, a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1980, was placed on the List of World Heritage in Danger in 2013, alongside five other Syrian heritage sites. Between 2015 and 2017, Palmyra experienced the loss of nearly 40% of its historic buildings and landmarks.

 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.