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How Safe is Your Food?
Lebanon may be the breadbasket of the Middle East, but the safety of our crops and food products is being called into question because of pollution and poor national monitoring programs and policies....
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Elections Roundup: New Student Council Announced
Of more than 7,000 undergraduate students, 5,913 cast their votes on Friday, October 5 to elect their representatives to the LAU Student Council. The day started early, with e-voting opening at 6...
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Computer Science Students Win “Battle of the Brains”
A team of LAU computer science students took first place at the Lebanese Collegiate Programming Contest (LCPC) beating 29 teams from other Lebanese universities. The contest was hosted by the Lebanese...
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LAU Commemorative Book in the Works
From its roots as the first school for girls in the Ottoman Empire to a leading modern university, LAU’s history spans 183 years, during which time it has pushed education forward and laid the...
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Better Healthcare Through Safe Practice
Clinical simulation is an integral part of medical training and practice, and LAU’s Clinical Simulation Center (CSC) offers the facilities and teaching that students and medical professionals need to...
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New Nutrition Grads Receive their White Coats
LAU’s Nutrition Program held its Dietetics White Coat Ceremony on October 1 on the Beirut campus in the presence of guest of honor Muhannad Hadi, the World Food Programme’s (WFP) regional director.The...
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Popular Programs Back For New Academic Year
On Saturday October 6, hundreds of enthusiastic trainees, teachers and guests gathered at Irwin Auditorium on Beirut campus to launch this academic year’s simulation programs: Global Classrooms...
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International Education Week Opens Whole New Worlds
Students on the Beirut and Byblos campuses got the chance to network with global educational institutions and embassies to learn more about the international opportunities available to them during...
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LAU Gets Down to Fitness
The fountain area on the Byblos campus was busier than usual as the Athletics Department hosted the second annual LAU Fit Fair on Wednesday, October 10.“We believe that our role in athletics is not...
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A Year of Major Achievements for LAU
High on the agenda of LAU’s Board of Trustees (BOT) last September was the future vision and direction of the university in light of an upcoming presidential search and of an ambitious strategy for...
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Once-Controversial Ballet to Run at LAU
In 1913, Russian Composer Igor Stravinsky premiered what would become one of the most controversial ballet performances ever debuted, ushering a new era of modern art.Now, more than 100 years later,...
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Student Entrepreneur Designs App to Improve Patient Experience
When LAU student Andy Kazandjian’s older brother Anthony broke his nose playing basketball, the family scrambled to find a qualified doctor to perform the surgery. The boys’ mother spent hours on the...
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Interpreting Translation
Career opportunities for professional translators go well beyond simply interpreting text from one language to another; there are exciting options out there – especially in the Middle East. That was...
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Child, Not Bride
On the International Day of the Girl, which falls on October 11 of every year, child and gender-rights organizations focus on the danger of child marriage to vulnerable populations of girls across the...
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Are Robots Coming for Our Jobs?
A sensor that detects levels of waste in a recycling bin, a pesticide sprayer that works according to each plant’s needs – even clothes that change color according to the wearer’s mood. These are all...
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Biology Student Wins International Contest for Alzheimer’s Disease Video
First-year LAU biology student Jean Paul Khairallah won the Middle East/Africa Championship in the Breakthrough Junior Challenge 2018 for his three-minute video explaining Alzheimer’s disease.The...
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The Future of Nutrition: LAU’s Fouad El-Abd Food Innovation Lab Officially...
Fouad El-Abd, the founder and president of leading canned food company California Gardens, and LAU President Joseph G. Jabbra cut the ribbon of the university’s Fouad El-Abd Food Innovation Lab...
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LAU Signs Collaboration Agreement with Saint Mary’s University
LAU has opened a new door for collaboration with Saint Mary’s University (SMU), one of the oldest institutions of higher learning in Canada, which will pave the way for academic and professional...
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USP Student Attends Harvard Summit for Future Leaders
Ali Tourba kicked off his final year as a marketing student on a successful note by earning a spot in the Harvard Crossroads Emerging Leaders Program. The Adnan Kassar School of Business student was...
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LAU Welcomes New USP Scholars
Together with the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), LAU welcomed 66 new Ambassador Merit Scholars who recently started their academic journey at LAU under the University...
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