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Managing Director & Editor-in-Chief: Abbas Ghanbari Baghestan (PhD) Compiler(s): Soghra Davarifard, Mansoureh Asbari, and Zohreh Ramezani Doustkouhi Translator: Mona Jafari Translation Supervisor: Dr. Maryam Soltan Beyad Photographer(s): Farshad Zohali, Akbar Pourbagher Moghadam, and Abolfazl Rajabian Graphic Designer(s): Mehraveh Taghizadeh and Mohammad Reza Gharghani Compositor and Typesetter: L. Eskandarpour Publisher: Office of Public Relations, of (UT), May 2021 Address: UT Central Administration, 16 Azar St. Tehran, . Tell: 61113417, 66419831, E-mail: [email protected], Website: www.ut.ac.ir/en Preface the constituent parts of a network of science and knowledge repositories comprised of human, The establishment of the in infrastructural, and technological resources. A 1313 (1934 AD), as the successor to ’s survey of the university’s major historical events Dar ul-Funun (1851 AD), represented a watershed since its establishment, an examination of the in early 14th-century Iran (according to the Solar lives and activities of key players in maintaining Hijri calendar). From the outset, the University of the leading position of the University of Tehran in Tehran bore the title of “Iran’s largest Academic the national scientific, research, and technological Institution”, and now, after about 90 years since arenas, and a study of the contexts and factors its establishment, the University of Tehran still making for the powerful and productive presence gleams like a gemstone aloft in the firmament of of the University of Tehran in the regional and Iran’s scientific knowledge, holding such noble international scientific, research, and technological titles as the “First Modern University in Iran”, arenas all serve to substantiate such a claim. “Iranian University”, and the “Quintessence of From a sociological point of view, there is Higher in Iran”. a significant relationship between historical Refreshing our collective memory would events and development. There are times when reveal the nonpareil role of the University of a concatenation of events leads to development. Tehran in the development and advancement of There are other times when moments of our beloved country, particularly in overcoming development become historic events. As a grave historical crises over the past century. consequence, without a comprehensive picture of During this period, apart from fulfilling its the university’s historical experience, it would be mission of nurturing individuals, the University impossible to discern why and how the University of Tehran has been the fructifying matrix and of Tehran has achieved its current lofty position. the starting point of such momentous historical This special issue of UT Newsletter is changes as the Oil Nationalization Movement, devoted to the chronology of the 87th year of the the Islamic Revolutionary Movement and all University of Tehran (20 March 2020-20 March the events leading up to the Islamic Revolution, 2021), with particular attention to “Development UT Newsletter UT 87 Chronology-Year and Construction and Science Crusade to reach News”, including notable events and occasions the high summits of science, knowledge, and that have taken place at the University of Tehran. technology in recent years. The fulfillment of this pivotal role in the key historical events of the past century would Abbas Ghanbari Baghestan (PhD) undoubtedly not have been possible without Director General for Public Relations, convergence, collaboration, and synergy between University of Tehran

3 The Chronology of the 87th Year of the University of Tehran (20 March 2020-20 March 2021)

Farvardin (March/April)

Researchers at UT School of Electrical propose treatment and vaccine development and Computer developed a methods, and enhancing smart data analysis mechanical ventilator for COVID-19 patients system. Moreover, a consultation task force in collaboration with Iran Polymer and on social affairs in the COVID-19 era and a

Chronology-Year 87 UT Newsletter Petrochemical Institute. consultation cluster on macroeconomics in UT Vice President for Research expounded the the COVID-19 era were established to work special measures adopted by the University of towards solutions for the different challenging Tehran against the coronavirus. Developing aspects of this crisis. an inexpensive respiratory assist device with The University of Tehran Counseling Center accessible design specifications for large-scale established the online UT Counseling System manufacture, the acoustic-based COVID-19 for students and alumni. The online system was diagnostic system using cough sound analysis, launched with a view to support and promote and the COVID-19 Patient Screening System students’ mental health and wellbeing during to monitor patients at home, and designing the coronavirus pandemic. the integrated national infrastructure for The University of Tehran and the Information processing and diagnosing COVID-19 are and Communications Technology Park among the key measures UT Vice President for (ICTP) signed three collaboration agreements Research enumerated. He noted that in addition encompassing legal and civil affairs, human to the foregoing, through the concerted efforts resources, research into methods of developing of the faculty members and experts at the smart greenhouses with the aid of modern University of Tehran and Tehran University technology, and studies on planning and of Medical Sciences, science task forces and programming systems regulating committees were formed to try biophysical the Digital Economy Development Network, approaches to the diagnosis and treatment internationalization, and the return of migrated of COVID-19, develop sensors and test kits, Iranian intellectual elite. 4 Ordibehesht (April/May)

UT Vice President for Finance and Administration the Companies Registration Office. termed the Green University of Tehran “the Danesh-Forouzan-e-Sanat-e-Bina Company quintessence of educational advancement and at UT Science and Technology Park built a consumption pattern regulation”. disinfection tunnel (fogging system). The first online Ph.D. viva session at UT Kish Livogen Pharmed Company at UT Science and International Campus was conducted. Technology Park designed and produced a Members of UT Board of Directors dedicated a coronavirus test kit. UT Newsletter UT 87 Chronology-Year month’s remuneration in an act of solidarity to Distinguished faculty members, emeritus support those suffering from the unprecedented , directors, and clerical assistants damage wreaked by the coronavirus. were awarded at the 7th University of Tehran After undergoing the pre-registration processes, Education Festival. UT Alumni Center was officially registered by

5 Khordad (May/June)

Iranian Seismological Center, an affiliate of UT steel industry. Institute of Geophysics, launched Band-e-Pahn- Hafez and Goethe, directed by Dr. Farshad

Chronology-Year 87 UT Newsletter e-Shoor-Ab Seismograph Station in South Hekmat Fereshteh, Associate of Khorasan Province. Performing Arts at UT College of Fine Arts, A research article written by an Assistant Professor won a major reward (Best Music) and two at UT School of Mathematics, Statistics, and honorary mentions at TAC Festival 2020. Computer Science was acclaimed the winner The History of the University of Tehran, the of the Best Paper Award 2019 by Collectanea two-volume product of the collaborative efforts Mathematica. of Dr. Gholam Hossein Zargari Nezhad, Dr. Iranian Seismological Center, an affiliate of UT Mansour Sefat Gol, and Dr. Mohammad Bagher Institute of Geophysics, launched Band-e-Pahn- Vosoughi, professors of History at UT Faculty e-Sanandaj Seismograph Station in Kurdistan of Literature and Humanities, was officially Province. released. The presence of UT faculty and students in Researchers can henceforth have quick access to Erasmus Plus programs increased in 2020. UT manuscripts through the newly established Under a collaboration agreement with Japan, a Bagh-e-Danesh (Knowledge Garden) Database. branch office of Dehkhoda Lexicon Institute The first international UT academic journal of and International Center for Persian Studies Design entitled Design Thinking was published was established in Japan. at UT Kish International Campus. The Center for Digital Transformation and In accordance with the Professional Ranking Innovation in Steel Industry was established at Plan of Outstanding UT Student Journals, UT Science and Technology Park with a view to four student journals were granted the title of 6 making progress towards digitalization in Iran’s Professional Journal. Tir (June/July)

The project presented by UT students of Green the University of Tehran Press and Springer. Space Engineering won third place at Moscow The Minister of Science, Research, and International Garden and Flower Festival 2020 Technology awarded a commendation letter to and was awarded the special prize of Smart Hamyaran-e-Salamat-e-Ravan Student Center Garden Competition. (Student Mental Health Center) in recognition During the second session of the excavation of of the Stay-at-Home Campaign. Shahne Poshteh Ancient Cemetery in Babol, Dr. Javad Mashreghi, an alumni of UT College of researchers made new discoveries. Science, was elected President of the Canadian UT Newsletter UT 87 Chronology-Year The fifth Alliance of Top Iranian and Russian Mathematical Society. Presidential Summit was held with Swift Analysis of Civil Engineering Structures a view to advancing and strengthening academic Using Graph Theory Methods, co-authored by a relations between the two countries. A number UT faculty member, was published by Springer. of academic, cultural, and political authorities Hossein Ganjali, an undergraduate student at the from both countries were in attendance. University of Tehran, won the Online Public Through the constant effort put in by UT Office University Students Chess Championship. of Legal Affairs, the one-sheet title deed of UT Dr. Seyyed Mohammad Ebrahim Zadeh Main campus was issued and delivered after 86 Mousavi, Professor of Biotechnology and years. Food Engineering at UT College of Agriculture The book on the most significant regions as the and Natural Resources, won the Top national cradles of civilization was jointly published by Academic Award.

7 Mordad (July/August)

ROS (Reactive Oxygen Species) Detector in of the University of Tehran. Sputum Sample (RDSS), designed and developed The music video for “Navaye Adamiat” (Song of under the supervision of Dr. Mohammad Humanity), composed by a UT faculty member in Chronology-Year 87 UT Newsletter Abdolahad, Associate Professor of Electrical appreciation of all the healthcare workers across Engineering at the University of Tehran, the country, was officially released at an event. and under the aegis of Iran Nanotechnology UT College of Farabi signed an academic Innovation Council and Nano Hesgar Sazan-e- collaboration agreement with the Islamic Salamat-e-Arya, was granted a manufacturing University of Italy for the advancement of license by Iran Food and Drug Administration, research and academic collaboration between Ministry of Health and Medical Education. the two universities. Iranian Seismological Center, an affiliate of UT Under the academic and spiritual aegis of the Institute of Geophysics, launched Band-e-Pahn- University of Tehran and with the financial and e-Saghez Seismograph Station in Kurdistan technological support of the Iran Center for Province. Quantum Technologies, UT-affiliated of Tehran was ranked 1st for news report Institute for Quantum Science and Technology and media communication. was established. In the 2020 Shanghai Ranking (ARWU), the Abhay Kumar Singh, Director of Indian Cultural University of Tehran ranked among the top 400 Center, met with university officials of UT universities in the world and maintained its Faculty of World Studies on July 28, 2020. position as the top-ranked university in Iran. The University of Tehran Counseling Center The University of Tehran won the title of was named top counseling center in the country “Distinguished University” at the 12th by Iran Ministry of Science, Research, and International Festival of Harekat. Technology. The online version of The distinguished luminary of UT School of was launched on the new website of Dehkhoda funded the equipment of the Plant Lexicon Institute and International Center for Physiology Laboratory at UT School of Biology. 8 Persian Studies in the presence of the President Shahrivar (August/September)

The students of UT Alborz Campus shone other academic, cultural, artistic, and sports brightly at the Seoul City Architectural Ideas luminaries. Competition 2020. President Rouhani appointed Dr. Ali Moradi, Hojatoleslam Val-Moslemin Dr. Mohammad Associate Professor at the University of Tehran, Ali Mahdavi Rad, Associate Professor at the to the Crisis Management Supreme Committee. Faculty of Theology, UT College of Farabi, History of Herodotus, published by the University was appointed as academic administrator of of Tehran Press, was acclaimed as one of the the “Book of the Year” event by the Minister of best books on the history of ancient Iran by Iran Culture and Islamic Guidance. Cultural Fairs Institute. The academic disciplines of Turkish Studies Yaser Sotudeh, a student at the University of and Zionist Regime Studies were established Tehran, reached the summit of Iraq’s highest at UT Faculty of World Studies. peak to fly the Iranian flag and a “Ya-Hossein” Two doctoral students at the University of Tehran Ashura flag. won the Alborz Cultural Foundation Award The winners of the 28th Outstanding Student 2020. Award and the 24th Scientific Olympiad for Having been equipped with a Smart Utility University Students were rewarded in the Monitoring and Control System, the steel presence of the President of the University of building of the University of Tehran became a Tehran. “green” structure. The new study by a faculty member at UT Newsletter UT 87 Chronology-Year The first issue of the Electronic Journal of College of Science suggesting the possibility Mental Health was published in collaboration of a massive ancient Martian ocean received with the Health and Counseling Office of the honorable mention by the American MSRT Organization of Student Affairs and UT Astronomical Society. Counseling Center. The new Nicaraguan Ambassador to Iran met On September 6, 2020, the centennial of Swiss with the officials of UT Faculty of World diplomatic presence in Iran was celebrated Studies to discuss further collaboration between with the exhibition “100 Years of Diplomatic the two countries. Relations between Iran and Switzerland” at At the 11th Farabi International Award, the prize Negarestan Garden Museum. The exhibition winning scholars of the University of Tehran was attended by Ignazio Cassis, Head of the were announced. Swiss Federal Department of Foreign Affairs, For the first time, UT Kish International Campus Prof. Mahmood Nili Ahmadabadi, President conducted the English-taught joint Master’s of the University of Tehran, Dr. Seyyed program in Mechanical Engineering with a Mohammad Kazem Sajjadpour, Iranian concentration in manufacturing in cooperation Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, Dr. with Furtwangen University as well as several Pirouz Hanachi, Mayor of Tehran, and several Iranian and international professors. 9 Mehr (September/October)

In the National Taiwan University Ranking Dr. Sepideh Khoee, Professor of 2020, the University of Tehran ranked 1st in at UT College of Science, won the 2019

Chronology-Year 87 UT Newsletter Iran. COMSTECH Patent Award. The University of Tehran Press and the Center UT Office for Public Relations was segregated for Organizing the Translation and Publication from UT Office of the President, and Dr. Abbas of Islamic Teachings and Human Sciences Ghanbari Baghestan was appointed as Director signed a collaboration agreement to support General for Public Relations. and promote translations of Iranian texts into Dr. Masoud Sadri Nasab, Associate Professor other languages. at UT Faculty of Environment, was named Dr. Mohammad Reza Bateni, Emeritus Professor “Outstanding Marine Researcher of the Year”. at UT Faculty of Literature and Humanities, Dr. Seyyed Mohammad Mansoor, Associate won the 27th Dr. Mahmood Afshar Literary and Professor at UT Faculty of Literature Historical Award. and Humanities, dedicated 500 historical The Nicaraguan Ambassador to Iran met with documents belonging to the Qajar period to UT the President of the University of Tehran on Central Library and Documentation Center. October 12, 2020. Concurrent with the launch of several Dr. Mohsen Ebrahimi and Dr. Ali Taheri Najaf construction projects by Mossalanejad Cultural Abadi, faculty members at the University of Foundation, the Sponsors’ Foundation of the Tehran, were named “Top Researchers”. UT Faculty of Social Sciences was established.

10 Aban (October/November)

The efforts of the University of Tehran in the Dr. Mehran Maghsoudi, a UT faculty member, area of Electronic Learning was rewarded with was published by Springer. a certificate of appreciation at the 22nd Shahid The University of Tehran made conspectus Rajaei Festival, attended by the Head of the progress to claim a position in the 501-600 band Management and Planning Organization of in the latest Times Higher Education World . University Rankings. The Department of Atomic and Molecular Collage: A Process in Architectural Design, the Physics at UT College of Science was ranked fourth collaboration between the University of among reputable academic institutions Tehran Press and Springer, was published. for its activities in the fields of Optics and In a letter to the President of the University Photonics. of Tehran, Mahmoud Vaezi, Head of Iran’s The president of the University of Tehran and Presidential Office and Chief of Staff, extended the president of the National Autonomous his thanks and appreciation for the academic University of Nicaragua (UNAN) had a virtual and research accomplishments of the Special meeting, during which they both stressed Reporting Committee on Iran Floods. the significance of expanding academic The first Media Innovation Center was collaborations, such as student exchange established at the University of Tehran by UT Newsletter UT 87 Chronology-Year programs, between the two universities. UT Science and Technology Park as a joint UT Integrated Electronic Library System enterprise with Hamshahri Institute and the was established with a view to creating a Office of the Vice President for Science and monolithic system encompassing the various Technology Affairs. library systems at UT faculties as well as UT In the latest US News Best Global Universities Central Library and also providing integrated Rankings, the University of Tehran, with a services in accordance with Information global score of 54.4, was ranked 1st in Iran, 58th Sciences standards. in Asia, and 387th in the world. In an interview with IEEE Spectrum Magazine, The Islamic World Science Citation Center Dr. Mohammad Abdolahad, Associate (ISC) released its first World University Professor of Electrical Engineering at the Rankings by Subject, according to which the University of Tehran, expounded on the University of Tehran was ranked 1st in Iran. features of ROS Detector in Sputum Sample, Dr. Maryam Sha’ban, a UT doctoral graduate in sold under the brand name RDSS, which Sociology, was named “Top Researcher” at the allows rapid detection of COVID-19. 3rd national and 1st international Khayyam Top Desert Landscapes and Landforms of Iran by Research Publications Festival. 11 Azar (November/December)

Three UT scholars were named Outstanding In April 2020, the University of Tehran launched Researcher and Technologist at the 21st an innovative project entitled The Pattern of

Chronology-Year 87 UT Newsletter Festival of Distinguished Iranian Researchers Economic and Cultural Development Triangle Appreciation Centered on the Comprehensive Model of On December 15, the Italian Ambassador to Corporate Social Responsibility, in collaboration Iran met with the President of the University of with Sangan Steel Mineral Industry Company Tehran, and the two parties discussed possible (Khaf Economic Benefactor). The project ways of enhancing scientific, international, and covers more than 80 villages in Khaf County academic cooperation. in an attempt to pursue the policies of Resistive The joint project of a UT faculty member and a Economy, Production Boost, and Tolerance Ph.D. student at UT College of Agriculture and Enhancement in socio-ecological systems. Natural Resources won the WatSave Annual The University of Tehran and the Tashkent Award of the International Commission on State University of Oriental Studies signed a Irrigation and Drainage (ICID) in the Young collaboration agreement in the presence of His Professionals category. Excellency Hamid Nayyer Abadi, the Iranian Outstanding senior and junior researchers, theses, Ambassador to Uzbekistan. dissertations, library, research associate, and According to a recent research study on world’s executive research associate were announced top researchers and scientists by citations, 76 and awarded at the 29th University of Tehran UT faculty member were ranked among the top Research and Technology Festival. 2 percent of most-cited researchers in the world. Bardia Veisi, a student at the University of Advanced Statistics for Testing Assumed Causal Tehran, achieved the status of runner-up in Relationships, the fifth collaboration between the Iranian National Chess Team Qualifying the University of Tehran Press and Springer, 12 Championship. was published. Dey (December/January)

The official accounts of the University of Ashkan Gholami, a student at UT College Tehran were set up on six more social media of Agriculture and Natural Resources, was platforms with a view to boosting visibility appointed as Secretary of the Federation of and media coverage of UT news and events Animal Science and Food Industry Student based on the communicative behavior of the Associations. audience. The Shooting Academy of UT College of A project planned by Ali Jalali Virsaq, Engineering was inaugurated in a function

a Master’s student at UT College of attended by the President of the University Newsletter UT 87 Chronology-Year Engineering, was awarded at the 2nd Festival of Tehran and several government officials of Novel Models and Solutions for Enhanced from the Ministry of Science, Research, and Cooperation between Iranian Universities, Technology. Industry, and Society. Four UT faculty members in the fields of The international doctoral degree program Science, Agriculture, Veterinary Science, in Industrial Design was established at UT Environment, and the Humanities were Kish International Campus for the first time honored at the National Women in Science in Iran. Festival (Maryam Mirzakhani Award). Sardis-e-Dayeh (Wet Nurse Sculpture) by A project carried out by Dr. Valioallah Master Sculptor Abolhassan Sadighi in UT Mohammadi, Associate Professor at UT College Negarestan Museum Garden Collection was of Agriculture and Natural Resources, was listed on Iran’s National Register of Cultural named “Outstanding Project” in the category of Monuments. Relations with Society and Industry.

13 Bahman (January/February)

Dr. Mohammad Nouri Zonoz, Professor of faculty members, and international students Theoretical Physics at UT College of Science, attended the festival, and outstanding activists was appointed as “Trusted Reviewer” by the and scholars in the international arena were Chronology-Year 87 UT Newsletter Institute of Physics. announced and rewarded. In the January edition of Webometrics Ranking The Media Room of the Science and Technology of World Universities 2021, the University of Park was opened, with Prof. Mahmoud Nili Tehran rose to 69 places to rank 349th in the Ahmadabadi, President of the University of world and 1st in Iran. Tehran, in attendance. Under the trilateral agreement between UT Two UT projects were listed on the Top Industrial Science and Technology Park, the Office of Projects Register by Iran’s Vice President for the Vice President for Science and Technology Research and Technology, MSRT Office of Affairs, and Iran Telecommunication Research Relations with Society and Industry. and Development Center, the first 5G Open The Iraqi Ambassador to Iran met with Prof. Innovation Lab and the Internet of Things Mahmoud Nili Ahmadabadi, President of the Services were launched. University of Tehran. The first Convention between Iranian and Sempiternal Cedar: Iranian Martyr Ghasem Spanish Universities was held and attended Soleymani in Contemporary Arabic Poetry, by the academic, scientific, and cultural the 312-page book compiled and translated by representatives of the two countries. Dr. Ezzat Molla Ebrahimi, Professor of Arabic The Joint Festival of the University of Tehran Language and Literature at the University of and Tehran University of Medical Sciences Tehran, Parastoo Ghiasvand, and Masoumeh was held on February 13. The officials of the Taghi Zadeh, was published by Tavana Gostar two universities, ambassadors and political Press. representatives of several countries, UT Dr. Seyyed Mohammad Ali Ebrahim Zadeh 14 Mousavi, Professor at UT College of Agriculture Prof. Heinz Werner Engl, Rector of the University and Natural Resources, was named “Iran’s of Vienna, and Prof. Mahmoud Nili Ahmadabadi, Outstanding Faculty Member of the Year”. President of the University of Tehran, met in a Seyyedeh Narges Hosseini, a student at UT virtual meeting and stressed their willingness Faculty of Theology and Islamic Studies, was to expand academic collaborations between the elected Secretary of the Federation in the second two universities. Election of the Federation of Theology Student In view of the successful assessment results of Associations. the activities of the UNESCO Chair in social The Office of Vice Dean for Research at UT health and university development, UNESCO Faculty of Theology and Islamic Studies Headquarters in Paris agreed to extend the conducted the joint webinar of Harvard Chair for another four years. Newsletter UT 87 Chronology-Year University and the University of Tehran. The Electron Beam Lithography System of UT The University of Tehran and the Council School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, of Support for Theorizing Seats, Criticism, which the sanctions and the consequent failure and Scientific Debate signed a collaboration to procure the necessary parts and components agreement, with Prof. Mahmoud Nili had experienced set back by two years, was Ahmadabadi in attendance. repaired and returned to service by UT experts. UT Science and Technology Park and Iranian All the websites of UT faculties and colleges Research Organization for Science and were integrated by UT Center for Information Technology signed a collaboration agreement Technology and Cyberspace. aimed at helping the establishment and Norahan, a poetry collection by Mohammad expansion of technology companies. Reza Taghi Dokht, and Sar Sokhanan Naghz UT College of Farabi Branch of the Science and Khaghani, a research book by Mohammad Technology Park was opened, with Dr. Sorena Reza Torki, won the Award for Outstanding Sattari, Iran’s Vice President for Science and Book of Poetry at the 15th Fajr International Technology Affairs, in attendance. Poetry Festival. 15 Esfand (February/March)

The 11th edition of the QS World University Research Farm of the UT Agriculture and Rankings by Subject was released. The highest Natural Resources campus to celebrate rank the University of Tehran attained in the National Tree-Planting Day, with Dr. Mansour Chronology-Year 87 UT Newsletter included subject areas was 26th in Petroleum Gholami, Iran’s Minister of Science, Research, Engineering. and Technology, in attendance. The Ambassador of Portugal to Iran and Prof. Sepehr Seraji, a Ph.D. student at the UT College Mahmoud Nili Ahmadabadi, President of of Fine Arts, won an award in the Music and the University of Tehran, met and discussed Media category of the 36th Fajr Music Festival. ways to enhance academic, scientific, and The UT Hamyaran-e-Salamat-e-Ravan Student international cooperation between the two Center (Student Mental Health Center) was countries. ranked 1st among all the Hamyaran-e-Salamat- Two student history journals entitled Cycle and e-Ravan Student Centers affiliated with Research in History were granted the title of Region-One universities in Iran. Professional Journal. A virtual meeting was held between the The President of Iran appointed Dr. Fazlollah President of the University of Tehran and the Bagherzadeh, Associate Professor at the UT President of Saint Petersburg State University Faculty of Physical Education and Sport on Tuesday, December 29, 2020. Sciences, to the Supreme Council of Sports The winners of the first Amir Kabir Festival were and Physical Education. announced at a ceremony held on January 9, The official news and analysis website of 2021. The festival had six categories: Technical the University of Tehran was launched at and Engineering, Science, Agriculture and https://news.ut.ac.ir. Natural Resources, the Humanities, Language, A tree-planting ceremony was held at the and Arts. Commissioned student theses and 16 dissertations defended in the period between for International Affairs. October 2018 and November 2020 competed in The University of Tehran established the each category. The festival was conducted by largest Innovation District in Iran under the collaborative efforts of Jahad Daneshgahi the superintendence of UT Science and and Alborz Chamber of Commerce so as to Technology Park. pave the way for an effective communication The Official Book Launch Ceremony for the between universities and student research eagerly anticipated Translation of General projects and employ the young intellectual Soleymani’s Letter to His Daughter Fatemeh elite for production development, exportation, into Twenty Languages (dedicated to Iranian and entrepreneurship in Alborz Province. More and Muslim daughters) was conducted by the than 100 research projects at Master’s and collaborative efforts of the Professors’ Basij doctoral level competed in the six categories, Organization, Iran’s higher education and and the winners in the Agriculture and Natural research institutions, UT Professors’ Basij, and Resources category were UT students. UT Office of Vice President for Cultural and The MSRT Vice President for Administration, Social Affairs. Finance, and Resource Management The 22nd Ceremony of Outstanding Offspring acknowledged the measures adopted by the of UT Family Appreciation was held at Shahid UT Newsletter UT 87 Chronology-Year University of Tehran for “Staff Assessment Daheshvar Hall, UT College of Science, on in Accordance with the 34000 Standard” at March 2nd. Several staff members and a limited the 8th National Conference on Education and number of awardees attended the ceremony. Human Resource Enhancement in the Age of The 11th and last UT board of trustees meeting Coronavirus. in 2020 was held, with the board of directors, Following the appointment of its members, UT the President, vice Presidents, and deans of College of Engineering Judiciary Committee faculties in attendance. The Vice President for commenced its activity for the first time in the Public Relations presented a detailed report history of the University of Tehran. of the advancements in the area of public Outstanding UT-affiliated scholars were relations, such as the launch of the official announced at the 38th IRI Book of the Year news and analysis website of the University of Award and the 28th World Award for Book of Tehran and the commencement of the official the Year. pages of the University of Tehran on six social Myriam Pavageau, Cultural Attaché of the media platforms. French Embassy, met with UT Vice President Outstanding UT Staff Members Appreciation 17 Ceremony 2019 was held, with UT Vice e-Pahn-e-Nahanvand Seismograph Station in President for Finance and Administration in Hamedan Province. attendance. The University of Tehran and the Information Iran’s Regional Relations: A History from and Communications Technology Park Antiquity to the Islamic Republic by Dr. Seyed (ICTP) signed three collaboration agreements Mohammad Houshisadat, Assistant Professor involving research studies into and counseling at UT Faculty of and Political Science, services for planning, organizational was published by the prestigious publisher structuring, and performance-based budgeting, Routledge. research on and counseling services for legal A contingent of high-ranking representatives matters, development affairs, human resources from the University of Damascus met with and employee benefits, and the design and Chronology-Year 87 UT Newsletter Dr. Mohammad Rahimian, UT Vice President launch of twelve ICTP periodicals. for Research, and expressed their willingness Six UT student associations and one UT student to expand academic collaborations between won nine prizes at the closing ceremony of the the University of Tehran and the University of 13th International Harekat Festival, with Iran’s Damascus. Minister of Science, Research, and Technology Dr. Kazem Azizi, Professor of Physics at in attendance. the University of Tehran, announced the The summit meeting between the executive participation of a research group from UT School members of the Association of Universities of of Physics in a key project named PANDA Asia and the Pacific (AUAP) was held online. (anti-Protonin ANnihilation at DArmstadt) in The 1400 (2021 AD) edition of the University Europe. The PANDA Laboratory in Darmstadt, of Tehran Timeline of Events was released. which is currently under construction, will be The memorial booklet of the University of a significant international laboratory in the Tehran faculty members who passed away in field of Particle Physics. The laboratory is to 1399 was published. commence data collection in 2024. More than Iran in the Mirror of 1400, subtitled “UT 65 academic institutions and 450 scientists Faculty Members Speak to You”, was released from 20 countries are collaborating in the as an academic campaign offering considerable design and launch of this laboratory. scope for positive social, cultural, political, Iranian Seismological Center, an affiliate of and religious influence on Iran’s future UT Institute of Geophysics, launched Band- developments. 18 Rooted in Jondi Shapur University which goes back over 2,000 years, UT was established in 1851 and ratified in 1934 as a first modern and comprehensive university in Iran. From the outset, UT bore the title of the “Quintessence of Higher ”.