The American writer Marisa Silver stresses that she was surprised by the Egyptian students’ passion of curiosity and that contradicts what the American people know about the Egyptians. This statement concurs with her visit to Benha University and having a meeting with prof.Dr.El-Sayed eL-Kady, the university president in the presence of the several stduents and the faculties’ members of the English language department from the faculty of arts and the faculty of education.  Marisa Silver adds that she visits Egypt from 11-2-2017 to 17-2-2017 where she participates in Cairo literary festival, attends two literary soirees and visits Cairo University, Ein-Shams University and Benha University. She also says that she pays a great attention to women issues and the hard circumstances that women live in.

Under the auspices of prof.Dr. El-Sayed EL-Kady, the university president and prof.Dr. Hesham Abu El-Enin, the vice president of post-graduate studies and research, Benha University holds, on Sunday 19-2-2017, a workshop bout the Egyptian Knowledge bank at the conference hall in the faculty of commerce. This workshop is held in cooperation with the Digital library unit of the supreme council of the universities, the publishers, the companies which participate in the Egyptian Knowledge bank. The workshop is held in the presence of prof.Dr. Osama Hamed, the deputy of the faculty of arts, prof.Dr. Nasser EL-Gizawy, the deputy of the faculty of agriculture and prof.Dr. Khalid Eid, the deputy of the faculty of arts.

Prof.Dr. Hesham Abu El-Enin, the vice president of post-graduate studies and research states, in the meeting of the supreme committee of the international ranking on wendesday 15-2-2017, that it has been approved, Under the auspices of prof.Dr. El-Sayed EL-Kady, the university president, to open the door to apply for the fourth round to win the international publishing and citations awards for one month starting from Sunday, 19-2-2017.  Prof.Dr. Maher Hasb Naby, the university president chancellor of the scientific research says that the faculty’s members can apply for this round via an application that is available on Benha university portal.