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Putting the students on the right career path
Elsa Kobeissi — who only a few weeks ago bid farewell to her alma mater — is getting ready for a new journey as she heads for the Imperial College of London this September, where she will pursue a...
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TEDxLAU hosts an exploration of the human brain
“The brain is a wonder of creation, a complex organ, that has been studied extensively, and yet we are still unable to fully understand it,” said LAU student of medicine Sarah Kawtharani as she...
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Moroccan and Lebanese anesthesiologists engage in role play
The first of its kind in Lebanon, a two-day course on “Anesthesia Crisis Resource Management” (ACRM), held at LAU’s Clinical Simulation Center (LAU-CSC) on June 30 and July 1, offered participants the...
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LAU performing arts camp a spectacular success
The first performing arts summer camp in the region concluded on 21 July with a grand production brimming with the talent, camaraderie and energy that had made LAU’s Imagine Summer Arts Camp such a...
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Media and digital literacy academy welcomes international cohort
The fifth annual MDLAB session — the Media and Digital Literacy Academy of Beirut — got underway yesterday morning with a lively discussion about the importance of media and digital literacy that...
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LAU students create a sign language translating glove
“After observing the society that we live in, we realized that people with hearing and speaking difficulties find it hard to communicate with others,” said mechanical engineering student Hadi Yassin....
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LAU Provost honored by Academy of International Business
LAU provost George K. Najjar was named International Educator of the Year by the Academy of International Business (AIB), the world’s flagship organization in international business research and...
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Historic LAU institute consults public on name change
LAU’s Institute for Women’s Studies in the Arab World (IWSAW) has witnessed and impacted many a development since it was launched in 1973 under the directorship of Julinda Abu Nasr. So too have...
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Class under the tree
Under hundreds of pine trees in Ras el Metn, a group of 21 professionals gathered last month for a Motivational Theories Boot Camp. Aimed at enhancing motivational skills in participants, the camp was...
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A long-overdue change to Lebanese law
On 16 August, Lebanon’s government repealed the law allowing rapists to escape punishment by marrying the women they abused. Although this is a strong step by politicians in favor of women’s rights,...
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They made it to the summit of Europe
On their second “Never Give Up” Expedition, six members of LAU’s Survival Team last week returned to Lebanon from Russia, where they had climbed up to the highest peak in Europe, Mount Elbrus. “It was...
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Technology in education, an opportunity for disadvantaged communities
Three-dozen researchers, academics and educators from Lebanon and the U.K. were brought together last week by the Centre for Lebanese Studies (CLS) at LAU for an intensive two-day consultation...
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LAU media literacy academy enriched by cross-cultural engagement
The fifth annual summer session of the Media and Digital Literacy Academy in Beirut (MDLAB) concluded with presentations and celebrations engaging dozens of students and academics from across the Arab...
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Forty percent of Lebanon’s brightest high-school students chose LAU
Twenty-six high-school graduates celebrated at the Serail yesterday surrounded by family, friends, academics, and the Minister of Education Marwan Hamadeh. The students had scored the highest marks in...
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Chair of design department introduces pioneering Arab designers through her...
Chair of the Department of Art and Design Yasmine Nachabe Taan celebrated the publication of her latest book with dozens of designers, artists and culture connoisseurs at the Sursock Museum in Beirut...
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LAU students’ innovation a winner at entrepreneurial competition
A team of LAU students recently won a $10,000 startup sponsorship in the Inas Abou Ayyash Foundation (IAAF) University Awards Program 2017 competition for the best entrepreneurial project. Out of the...
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New discovery may lead to prevention of tumors and neurodegenerative diseases
When the byproducts of sugar metabolism bind to nucleotides—the basic structural unit of DNA—in the human cells, DNA damage occurs. This can lead to an increased frequency of mutation, DNA strand...
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LAU students develop DIY playbook toward a better world
Twenty-five LAU students were among more than 80 international students to take part in the 11th Salzburg Academy on Media and Global Change action program Voices Against Extremism: Media Responses to...
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LAU to empower General Security officers and members with postgraduate education
In line with its mission to empower its society and its belief that Lebanon is best served by engaging the community, LAU continues to build on its collaboration with public institutions for the...
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LAU: instilling global leadership skills in an increasingly isolating world
In an era that is witnessing gravitation toward isolationism, the Global Outreach and Leadership Development Conference (GOLD), hosted by LAU, seeks to instill in its delegates international...
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