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Conservation Faculty Member Takes Part In Historic Event

by shauna — last modified March 03, 2009 12:40 PM

From the left, Alexandros Shailos, Ioanna Kakoulli, Cypriot Finance Minister Charilaos Stavrakis and Kosmas Galatsis.

Ioanna Kakoulli, Assistant Professor of Materials Science & Engineering and Conservation, was one of three UCLA faculty members invited to participate in a US State Department Delegation in Cyprus in late February to celebrate the signing of the first bilateral science and engineering agreement between the US and Cyprus.

The agreement, which was signed Feb. 5, is part of the Obama administration’s initiative to encourage research cooperation with developing countries.

For more information, visit: UCLA scientists take part in signing of U.S.-Cyprus agreement

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