WAAAUB Around the Globe
During the pandemic, AUB alumni around the world stayed connected in instructive and inventive ways. Here is a sampling of discussions, webinars, and online classes with strong alumni participation in a wide range of topics including: the pandemic, mental health, Lebanon’s economy, Silicon Valley, the IMF, remote learning, nutrition, diet, yoga, cooking, games, and painting.
Discussions and webinars:
A series of outstanding interviews of leading AUB faculty discussing COVID-related issues has been presented since last March by COVID-19 Studio (in Arabic) moderated by AUBMC Director of Communications, Dr. Simon Kachar and by AUB Beirut COVID-19 Briefings (in English) moderated by IFI senior public policy fellow and journalist Rami Khouri in Beirut and Director of Communications Alison Freeland in New York.
Health Sciences Chapter: “Public Health in the Time of COVID-19”
COVID-19 Studio Livestreamed and available on AUB’s YouTube channel
AUB Beirut COVID-19 Briefings
Livestreamed and available on the AUB Alumni Facebook page
Atlanta
Atlanta: “Nutrition Q&A,” featuring registered dietitian Yara Beyh (BS ’11, MS ’17), April 17; “Mental Health in Corona Times,” featuring CDC Health Communications Specialist Rola Doughan (BA ’99, TD ’02), May 1.
Houston
Houston: “Safe Reintegration and Coping with COVID-19” featuring Dr. Alfred Maksoud (BS ’84 MD ’89), Dr. Nidal Moukaddam (BS ’95, MD ’99), Dr. Issam Raad (BS ’77, MD ’82), June 14.
Jordan
Jordan: A discussion on the impact of COVID-19 on our education systems, as related to virtual learning and our readiness to adopt it, May 22.
Kuwait
Kuwait: “The Implications of COVID-19: Returning to the New Normal,” featuring Dr. Rana Hajjeh (MD ’88), May 8.
Montreal
Montreal: Discussion of COVID-19 with AUB professor Dr. Ghassan Dbaibo (BS ’82, MD ’86), April 1.
Northern California
Northern California: AUB alumni discuss their experiences building startups in Silicon Valley, May 9.
Washington, DC
Washington, DC: “Status of COVID-19–Testing and Therapeutics,” featuring infectious disease expert Dr. Rachid Chotani, May 21; “The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly: The different faces of the IMF Program for Lebanon,” featuring Dr. Amer Bisat (BA ’84), May 28; “Alternatives to the IMF Program for Lebanon,” featuring Dr. Hicham Safieddine, June 4.
Yoga, cooking, painting, and quizzes
Atlanta
Atlanta: Online yoga with instructor and AUB North American Representative Megan Scanlon, May 8.
Germany
Germany: Virtual Quiz Night, June 7.
Indiana
Indiana: Online yoga with instructor and AUB North American Representative Megan Scanlon, May 14.
Jordan
Jordan: Online painting class, June 6.
Los Angeles
Los Angeles: “A Ramadan Outlook on Intermittent Fasting as Compared to Ramadan Fasting,” featuring Registered Dietician Nutritionist Lara Al-Dandachi (BS ’01), May 16.
Philadelphia/Delaware Valley
Philadelphia/Delaware Valley: Ghada Bistanji (BS ’91, MS ’99) prepares a seven-layer fattet al-makdous (stuffed eggplant with yogurt sauce), May 8.
UK
UK: Virtual Quiz Night, April 19.