Rooting Friendship: Green University Starts Tree Planting in Kenya
Academic and scientific cooperation, RUDN Open Olympiads and strong ties with graduates - RUDN and the Multimedia University of Kenya have had more than one year of fruitful interaction. As a sign of friendship and cooperation, representatives of RUDN University together with the management of the partner university planted 4 sycamores with the support of the Embassy of the Russian Federation in Kenya and the personal participation of the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation to the Republic of Kenya Dmitry Maksimychev and a graduate of UDN, Dean of the Faculty of Engineering of MMU, Professor Nyakundi Abel Mayak.
The sycamore is also called the "eastern maple" because of the shape of the leaves. This species is the largest tree on the entire planet and one of the most durable in the world.
RUDN representatives told schoolchildren and students of Kenya and Senegal about trends in nuclear energy, Russian technologies and education in Russia.
July 16, Oleg Yastrebov, RUDN University Rector and Riad Haddad, Ambassador of the Syrian Arab Republic to Russia held talks. During the meeting, they discussed the study of Syrian students at RUDN University and validation of Russian diplomas. RUDN University Rector assured the meeting participants that the issue of diploma validation would be resolved in the near future.
More than 70 representatives of the embassies of foreign countries in Russia, representatives of the Federation Council, and the Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Russian Federation took part in the round table "The contribution of RUDN University to training national personnel for foreign countries." The event was held on February 5, in an online format and was timed to celebrate the 61st anniversary of RUDN University.