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At UNESCO, Assistant Secretary Dina Powell Announces 2 New Educational Exchange Initiatives
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Assistant Secretary of State for Educational and Cultural Affairs, Dina Habib Powell, gave remarks at the Closing Plenary Session of the Fulbright New Century Scholar (NCS) Symposium in Paris on October 24, 2006. The Director General of UNESCO Koichiro Matsuura, U.S. Ambassador to UNESCO Louise Oliver and U.S. Ambassador to France Craig Stapleton also spoke at the conference, where thirty-one Fulbright New Century Scholars from 22 countries gathered to present their recommendations on improving higher education systems worldwide. Assistant Secretary Powell also met with the Director General and hosted a lunch for the scholars at UNESCO with guest speaker Mohsen Elmahdy Said, a Professor of Applied Mechanics at the Mechanical Design & Production Department, Faculty of Engineering, Cairo University and Executive Director and Chairman of the Board of the Projects Management Unit at the Ministry of Higher Education in Egypt.

While at UNESCO, Assistant Secretary Powell announced the creation of two new U.S. initiatives: an International Fulbright Science and Technology Award, and an International Fusion Arts Exchange Program. Both programs will enable young people from different countries to come together for academic exchange at American universities.

The closing plenary session was hosted by the U.S. Department of State's Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs and the U.S. Permanent Mission to UNESCO. The Fulbright New Century Scholars program is sponsored by the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs of the United States Department of State.

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