Research Highlight: The Rest to Go Please
Discarded food makes up a large portion of the waste that ends up in Lebanon’s overflowing landfills each year. The frustrating part about that for scientists, policy figures and residents of the...
View ArticleRapper Wins Art Contest on Women’s Rights
A song about a young girl who dreams of starting a family but falls victim to domestic violence won the Institute for Women’s Studies in the Arab World’s (IWSAW) annual art competition, organized in...
View ArticleDemystifying Electric Vehicles
In order to cut its carbon emissions in line with its 2030 commitment to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, Lebanon needs to move away from vehicles that burn fossil fuels and...
View ArticleUSP Scholars Top Off a Busy Semester
During the last few days of the Fall semester, University Scholarship Program (USP) students received their certificates for attending the Soft Skills Series (SSS) and taking part in Outreach and...
View ArticleGood Health from the Beginning
Assistant Professor of Nutrition Lama Mattar has received a $44,000 grant from UNICEF for a community-based intervention project related to maternal and child nutrition and immunization practices in...
View ArticleResearch Highlight: Pros and Cons of Sales-Service Ambidexterity
While “multitasking” has become a staple on job descriptions, research on sales-service ambidexterity – when salespeople are required to provide the dual role of sales and customer service – has been...
View ArticleThe Phoenicians’ Homeland
As early as the 12th century BCE, the Phoenicians used a series of Mediterranean cities as trade hubs for cultural and commercial exchange. Today, the Council of Europe identifies this itinerary as...
View ArticleBerytus, Mother of Laws
Forever mining Lebanon’s rich history, the Center for Lebanese Heritage (CLH) at LAU, under the direction of Henri Zoghaib, this week launched a translation in three languages of the very first book...
View ArticleEngineering the Future Today
LAU’s School of Engineering (SOE) has been a national pioneer in Artificial Intelligence (AI) research, offering students the opportunity to experiment with the technology in their classrooms and...
View ArticleRemembering a 1959 Alumna’s Impact on Psychology
“Lamia Sabbah Ali-Ahmed’s thesis focused around seven issues that are surprisingly now the same concerns of today’s youth,” explained Dr. Ketty M. Sarouphim-McGill, associate professor of psychology...
View Article“A Fantastic Opportunity” for Exchange Students
Spending a semester abroad might seem like a scary move for some students, but those who come to LAU say it is an unforgettable, life-changing experience.This is particularly true for MBA student...
View ArticleStudents for Road Safety
Less than one month into the new year, 28 people have died on Lebanese roads as a result of accidents.That, along with other staggering figures called on students from the Lebanese Red Cross and...
View ArticleARTIS Places Beirut on Its Map
LAU hosted a two-day symposium on Translation and Interpreting in Conflict Zones at a time when professionals in the fields can play a significant role in defusing tensions and promoting intercultural...
View ArticleNORA Under the Microscope
Healthcare providers, physicians, residents and department chairs from hospitals and academic institutions convened at the Gilbert and Rose-Marie Chagoury Health Sciences Auditorium on January 19 for...
View ArticleHow to Build a Brand in the Food Industry
The vast Lebanese diaspora counts on food as one of the ways to stay connected to the homeland. Brands like California Garden provide Lebanese food lovers with a fix across continents – and even in...
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