On 11th May 2019, Prof. Ashraf Abdel Basset, the President of Mansoura University, and Prof. Hesham Sallam, the director of Mansoura University Vertebrate Paleontology center (MUVP), have inaugurated the official opening of MUVP at the Faculty of Science in Mansoura University. The center is the first specialized center for vertebrate fossils in the Middle East.
Sanaa El-Sayed has been part of the first Diversity in Paleontology Luncheon at the Annual Meeting of the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology on 17 October 2018 where she was hosting a round table discussion about "Present Challenges and Future Prospects for Egyptian Women in Vertebrate Paleontology"
The Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research, prof/ Khaled Abd Algafar, received prof/ Mohamed Kenawy - President of Mansoura University, and the research team of the Mansoura University Vertebrate Paleontology center (MUVP). The meeting was attended by prof/ Adel Geneidi- Dean of the Faculty of Science, prof/ Azza Ismail - former Dean of the Faculty of Science,
The Mansoura University Vertebrate Paleontology center (MUVP) research team at the faculty of science – Mansoura University, was honored by prof/ Mohamed Kenawy – President of Mansoura University on Tuesday 30 January 2018, for discovering a new genus and species of an 80-million-years-old dinosaur called Mansourasaurus.