An event jointly organized by the Cyprus Institute and the Federation of Cypriot American Organizations of America took place to announce the establishment of a Cyprus Institute Public Benefit Foundation based in the USA, specifically New York. And this for three main reasons. The first was related to the presentation of the achievements of the Cyprus Institute in the three main areas - research, education and innovation - by the President of the Institute, Professor Stavros Malas. The second was with the video messages of Professors Ernest Moniz, former US Secretary of Energy, C. L. Max Nikias, former President of the University of Southern California (USC) and Harris Pastides, former President of the University of South Carolina. The third was related to the discussion that followed and which came to shed light on various aspects of higher education in Cyprus which, as Dr. Mallas said, includes 12 Universities (3 state and 9...