Invitation to EAIFR Masters Celebration - 22 June 2021 at 14:00CET

[ICTP Director]

*On behalf of Prof. Dabholkar, we are pleased to invite you to the first 
EAIFR Masters Celebration, which will be held in Kigali, on 22 June at 
14:00 CET.
*

On 22 June, ICTP's partner institute in Rwanda, the ICTP-East African 
Institute for Fundamental Research <https://eaifr.ictp.it/> (EAIFR), 
will celebrate a significant achievement: its first cohort of masters 
students have successfully completed their studies in the MSc physics 
programme it conducts with the University of Rwanda.

A hybrid celebration of the students' achievements will be held on 
Tuesday 22 June at 14:00 CET and streamed via Zoom. Preregistration is 
required at: https://zoom.us/meeting/register/ 
tJIrdeuhpj4vHdbQA0pf5l-QUDv90hubrZzN 
<https://zoom.us/meeting/register/%20tJIrdeuhpj4vHdbQA0pf5l-QUDv90hubrZzN>

After registering, participants will receive a confirmation email 
containing information about joining the ceremony.

The nine masters students from three East African countries will receive 
their degrees after two years of study that was prolonged by the COVID 
pandemic. In addition to completing coursework, the students were 
required to write and defend a thesis.  Many of the students have been 
accepted to PhD studies at universities in the US and Europe, while 
others have been hired to teach at the University of Rwanda and at 
secondary schools.

Inaugurated in 2018, ICTP-EAIFR offers the same quality research and 
educational opportunities for which ICTP is world-renowned, but at a 
location more easily accessible to African scientists. ICTP-EAIFR is 
hosted by the University of Rwanda and supported by the Government of 
Rwanda's Ministry of Education. It has been designated a UNESCO Category 
2 institute in recognition of its important role in building scientific 
capacity in Africa.

For more details, visit the institute's website <https://eaifr.ictp.it/>.

Kind Regards,

Director's Office