LAU Holds Lebanon’s First Autism-Friendly Concert
For the first time in Lebanon, a concert held by LAU’s Department of Communication Arts took special consideration of audience members with autism-spectrum disorder.The IMAGINE Workshop and Concert...
View ArticleAccuracy and Context in Legal Translation
When it comes to translation, legal documents require their own specialized study.Knowing this, the Department of Humanities’ Translation Program organized a student workshop called Legal Translation...
View ArticleCompany to Students: Challenge Your Mind
Engineering students from different specializations and years of study gathered at Frem Civic Center on Byblos campus February 21 to learn about potential career opportunities at Murex, an...
View ArticleAlumni Relations Office is Going Down Under!
With every graduating class, the Alumni Relations Office expands its database of LAU students past. Their work, aside from tracking the whereabouts and careers of LAU graduates, is to help launch and...
View ArticlePower of Diplomacy at LAU Leaves its Mark on Parliament
At the Lebanese House of Parliament in Beirut, 128 LAU students took the seats of deputies in an extraordinary special session presided over by Speaker of Parliament Nabih Berri.The February 24...
View ArticleJawdat Haydar, A Witness of Time
“Should I win my spurs today, I’ll cross the frontiers of time to write my name on the walls of tomorrow.” Jawdat Haydar’s works resonate across generations and encompass the wholeness of the human...
View ArticleWorking Toward Constructive Solutions
According to some estimates, Syrian refugee children now account for more than half of the pupils enrolled in Lebanese public schools. And while Lebanon is by far the country most affected by the...
View ArticleMovie Screening Highlights the Plight of Child Brides
Child marriage affects the lives of millions of young girls across the world every year. Shining a light on the issue is a feature film called Nour, which LAU’s Alumni Relations Office and the...
View ArticleLove Your Imperfections
“Fat” is not a bad word. That seemingly simple assertion is actually a radical notion in our image-obsessed world.With millions of people across the world struggling with eating disorders, members of...
View ArticlePoetry, the Embodiment of Beauty
In homage to love in its many forms, the Department of Humanities organized a poetry reading – الشمس قبعة العاشق (The Sun is the Lover’s Core) – that featured five poets from Saudi Arabia and Lebanon...
View ArticleLebanon Ranks High in Global Entrepreneurship
The world’s leading study of entrepreneurship, the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM), held its annual meeting during the last week of January in Seoul, South Korea. The organization collects data...
View ArticleIWSAW Commemorates International Women’s Day
With International Women’s Day (IWD) just around the corner on March 8, the Institute for Women’s Studies in the Arab World (IWSAW) is planning a series of events to commemorate the occasion...
View ArticleLAU Team Wins Lebanese University Debate Championship
Placing credence in the power of debate in resolving conflicts, LAU hosted the first Lebanese University Debate Championship in cooperation with organization QatarDebate Centre and Wafa Garbout, an...
View ArticlePrint is Still Powerful
As a graphic design student, it’s not easy to see a career path beyond the digital world. But last week on LAU’s Byblos campus, two magazine founders and editors gave a presentation showing that print...
View ArticleLunch and Learn
The English Department is hosting a series of six lunchtime lectures on different topics in literature, linguistics and related areas from mid-March through mid-April. The events are part of the...
View ArticleLAU Launches New BS in Applied Physics
The LAU Department of Natural Sciences is launching a BS in Applied Physics in the fall of 2018, which will allow students to pursue a variety of disciplines including medicine.“The department of...
View ArticleSTEM Education Seminar for Teachers’ Professional Development
True to its mission to spread innovative ideas and reach out to the community, the Department of Education hosted a seminar on STEM education in collaboration with All Prints Distributors and...
View ArticleLAU’s Translation Program Celebrates Five Years with Symposium
Five years ago, LAU’s Department of Humanities launched its BA in Translation Program, which prepares graduates to enter the field with the knowledge, skills and ethics needed to increase...
View ArticleHead and Neck Symposium Draws International Experts
LAU proudly hosted its first Head and Neck Symposium in February at Le Bristol Hotel in Beirut. Medical professionals and students in head and neck oncology from around Lebanon and the world...
View ArticleWhy We Need Women in Politics
In celebration of International Women’s Day on March 8, the Institute for Women’s Studies in the Arab World (IWSAW) held a panel discussion on women’s political participation and voting. Part of the...
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