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LAU launches innovative gender issues diploma
Traditional gender roles have privileged men at the expense of women. However, women are not the only ones harmed by inequality, as men are also victims of stereotypical gender roles that influence...
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LAU and the University of Chicago seal historic partnership
LAU has partnered with the University of Chicago Harris School of Public Policy to establish an exchange program that will enable master’s students in applied economics to study at one of the United...
View ArticleSocial media, public discourse and a shift in balance of power
Media students gathered at Irwin Hall last week to learn about a professional collaboration that led to the dissemination of curated videos on YouTube aimed at countering the lure of “cinematic...
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Men’s basketball team takes gold in international tournament
The LAU Captains men’s basketball team took gold in the AUB’s 150# International Sports Tournament, beating the team from the American University of Dubai that heads the scoreboards in the UAE.“I...
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LAU team behind pioneering paper on delivery drones
Delivery-service drones may become the personification of the retailer, and the higher the personification of the drone, the more favorable the consumer’s attitude toward its usage. These were among...
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Building in memory of Wadad Sabbagh Khoury officially inaugurated
“She was an extraordinary woman who had an extraordinary love for everyone and for her beloved LAU,” said the university’s President Joseph G. Jabbra during the inauguration ceremony of the Wadad...
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A new CEP center for Sidon
The newly established learning center in Sidon―opened last week as part of a collaboration between LAU’s Continuing Education Program (CEP) and the Chamber of Commerce, Industry & Agriculture for...
View ArticleTech entrepreneur Tony Fadell inspires at LAU
Tony Fadell spent the last day of his brief stay in Beirut in the company of LAU students at the Beirut campus. A couple of hundred students were invited to enjoy an engaging and interactive session...
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LAU brings the Arab American Book Awards ceremony to NY City
The Arab American National Museum (AANM), located in Dearborn, Michigan, hosts the awards every year to honor books by and about Arab Americans. This year, it partnered with LAU to bring the award...
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LAU celebrates the first regional clinical simulation graduates
To err is human, a famous proverb recites, but when a medical mistake is made it can have severe repercussions for both the caregiver and patient.The Diploma in Clinical Simulation offered by the LAU...
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South African leaders at LAU NY
LAU recently hosted 19 businessmen and women from South Africa as part of a Duke Corporate Education (Duke CE) professional development program.“They wanted to bring their program to the heart of the...
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LAU establishes an Umayyad museum in Byblos
LAU has just signed a memorandum of understanding with the municipality of Byblos to establish a museum dedicated to the Umayyad civilization. This agreement is part of the Umayyad Route project made...
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LAU runs and raises awareness at the Beirut Marathon
Every year, LAU runs the Beirut Marathon for a cause. This year, 84 LAU students, faculty, and staff ran for blood donation and the NGO Donner Sang Compter. “It is an honor to have LAU join us in such...
View ArticleHow to resolve the Syrian conflict?
Participants from 15 countries representing 25 nationalities and 10 different religious groups took part in a two-day conference organized by LAU’s Institute for Social Justice and Conflict Resolution...
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LAU plays key role in advancing technology and research
Last month, LAU New York hosted the 12th IEEE International Conference on Wireless and Mobile Computing, Networking and Communications (WiMob 2016). IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics...
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Discovering Gibran and his women on the LAU stage
LAU students, staff, alumni, faculty and friends breathed a sigh of relief this weekend as the curtain was drawn on the last in a series of performances of The Prophet’s Anonym, this fall’s major...
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Top experts discuss electoral law reform and peace building
Political party leaders, legislators, researchers, professors and members of civil society and nongovernmental organizations from around the world are gathered at LAU Byblos to debate the importance...
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High school students experience strength in unity
Run by the Outreach and Civic Engagement unit (OCE) at LAU and inaugurated in late October with the Hariri Foundation for Sustainable Human Development and the Bringing Europeans Together Association,...
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LAU and Hariri partnership blooms in Downtown Beirut
“I am doubly proud today,” declared Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri to representatives and friends of LAU and the Hariri Foundation at the launch of the Outreach Leadership Academy (OLA) in Beirut...
View ArticleLAU graduate first from Lebanon to win prestigious Rhodes Scholarship
LAU graduate Diala al Masri is the first scholar from Lebanon to receive a Rhodes Scholarship, a prestigious postgraduate award granted to exceptional students from around the world to study at the...
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