Vaccines, which are mostly biological products, save millions of lives each year, as they are designed to prevent disease, rather than treat it by priming a person’s immune system to recognize a specific disease-causing bacteria, virus or other pathogens.  Therefore, we need to know what exactly is a vaccine and what goes into making one? And how do we know whether they are safe, or not? In this workshop, which was held by the department of Biology, Faculty of Science and Health, at Koya university on the 3^rd of March, 2022, every aspect of vaccines and why they are important for our health including their advantages and disadvantages were explained.

Incites WoS announced its latest report for the universities' number of published indexed documents and number of citations. The WoS Citations report ranked Koya University as the 7th among the public universities in Kurdistan-Iraq region. According to the report, it has 417 published documents that indexed by WoS and 2081 citations by indexed sources.

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On Monday (March 28, 2022), the Iraqi Center for Documentation of Extremist Crimes in cooperation with the Malay Gewre Research Center at Koya University, held the first specialized forum entitled (Documenting Extremist Crimes in Iraq: Its Methods, Mechanisms, and Challenges) with the participation of many religious figures and academy. Prof. Dr. Hoshyar Zaki Hassan, the Director of Malay Gewre Research Center, gave the speech to the preparatory committee for the forum, after which the research sessions were opened. 

Promoting the bilateral academic relations between Iraqi and German universities coming as the foremost priority to Koya University organs. Recognizing the importance of creating such a bridge, the Director of Career Services (DCS) at Koya University (Dr.-Ing. Rastee D. Ali) has proposed the first of its kind meeting for the Iraqis who have been studying in Germany and supported by the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) in Erbil.

The Faculty of Engineering (FENG) at Koya University organized its 1st National Symposium in Engineering Research. This national symposium was held at the building of the Faculty of Engineering, where the opening ceremony started at 10:00 AM on 28th March 2022. Nine researchers from the Faculty of Engineering were presented their latest published paper that have the top WoS-IF among the FENG academic staffs' publications in the year 2021. The symposium had two presentation sessions with a coffee-break in between.

Professor Dr. Salah I. Yahya, working in the Department of Software Engineering at Koya University, published two research papers in the Electronics journal and the Neural Computing and Applications journal. The two research papers' works were achived in collaboration with other researchers from (1) Islamic Azad University, Kermanshah, Iran, (2) Kermanshah University of Technology, Kermanshah, Iran and (3) Shiraz University of Technology, Shiraz, Iran, and (4) Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Johor Bahru, Johor, Malaysia. The first journal is published by MDPI and indexed by Calrivate Analytics (Wos: IF = 2.397, Q2), whereas the second journal is published by Springer and indexed by Calrivate Analytics (Wos: IF = 5.606, Q1),

The Department of Architectural Engineering at Koya University and the Department of Architectural Engineering at Cihan University-Sulaimani held a joint workshop entitled "Issues in Contemporary Architectural Education." The workshop was held during the period of 2nd-3rd March 2022. This workshop was a scientific gathering that brought experts from the two universities to discuss wide range of architectural education issues. In addition to discussing the difficulties associated with architectural learning, it aimed to answer questions about innovative pedagogy and new techniques used in architectural education that are beneficial to both teachers and students.

The Faculty of Engineering (FENG) at Koya University is orgnizing the 1st National Symposium in Engineering Research. This national symposium will be beld at the building of the Faculty of Engineering, where the opening ceremony will be at 10:00 AM on 28th March 2022. Nine researchers from the Faculty of Engineering will present their latest published papers that have the top WoS-IF among the FENG academic staffs' publications in the year 2021. The symposium will be in two presentation sessions with a coffee-break inbetween.

The European Architectural History Network (EAHN), the Heritage Conservation Research Program (HCRP) and Research Center of the Faculty of Engineering at Koya University inviting all academics and researchers to submit their original papers and participate in the International EAHN Thematic Conference ‘Heritage in Danger’
While the world mourned the destruction of the widely known Iraqi archaeological and heritage sites of Nimrud, Hatra, Sinjar and the old town of Mosul caused by the ISIS invasion in 2014-2017, other Iraqi archaeological and heritage sites in much safer zones were and still are underestimated and exposed to silent death via ongoing neglect and unchecked deterioration with a very limited capacity to safeguard them like in the case of Koya’s old town which reached its zenith during the Ottoman reign.

In today’s world, cancer has a major impact on so many people and families around us which made it almost impossible to find someone who hasn’t had any contact with someone else that was affected by cancer. So, whether we witness the fight of our loved ones directly or we see the worry of their family and friends. Therefore, it’s never too late to educate ourselves by acknowledging the causing factors that could be avoided. For that to be fulfilled, both Biology and Medical Microbiology departments at the Faculty of Science and Health, in collaboration with Ashty health organization held a workshop entitled “The main risk factors of cancer with the most recent statistics.”