Views From Campus 2024 Issue No. 2 As another academic year has drawn to a close and we bade farewell to the stellar class of 2024 at our 155th commencement ceremonies, I reminded our graduates of a powerful yet often overlooked lesson: to learn from and...

Excellence in Motion 2024 Issue No. 2When you Google “Aziza Sbaity,” a summary of her Wikipedia page appears above the headline “People also search for,” beneath which you’ll find a who’s who of inspirational women from the Middle East. When you Google “Charbel...

Building an Ecosystem for Innovation & Entrepreneurship 2024 Issue No. 2At AUB lives all the talent, know-how, and drive to host a robust environment for innovation and entrepreneurship. But it takes time, as well as monumental support and experience, for all the...

Safeguarding AUB’s Mission The Enduring Vigilance of the Board of Trustees 2024 Issue No. 2   Backstage at AUB, a group of leaders works tirelessly to make the university the beacon of higher education we know it to be. They are individuals from around the world...

Navigating the Fog Dementia and Care in Lebanon 2024 Issue No. 2             Dr. Monique Chaaya Dementia, a term often misunderstood and shrouded in stigma, is increasingly becoming a public health concern in Lebanon as its aging...

Recognizing Exceptional Work in Advancement 2024 Issue No. 2Salma Dannawi Oueida, associate vice president for development, alumni relations, and university events at AUB, was recently selected for the prestigious 2024 CASE Asia-Pacific Distinguished Service Award in...

  WAAAUB Alumni Chapter Elections 2024 Issue No. 2   Agricultural and Food SciencesPresident: Marc Metni (BS Agriculture ’77, MS Food Technology ’81)Vice President: Ghassan A. Sayigh (BS Agriculture ’78)Treasurer: Cecilia Usayran Shami (BS Agriculture ’78, MS...

    Introducing Four Alumni Social Media Influencers 2024 Issue No. 2Social Media Influencers For more than 155 years, our alumni have been “influencers.” In recent years, a growing number of them have established a name for themselves on various social...

Creative Minds 2024 Issue No. 2A small figure looms over therewhere, you ask?There! A shift of brilliance atop the hillthe figure, porcelain? Glass? Ceramic?All that we know; a pearlescent glare. Slowly balancing, dancing between sides Apostatizing snowflakes swinging...

Published & Produced 2024 Issue No. 2 Sumud Book Written by Livia Wick (Faculty) Wick chronicles oral histories and examines the historical development of medical infrastructure related to childbirth in Palestine, revealing how shifts from centralized to...

Innovating for Health AUBMC Leads with Lebanon’s First TriClip Procedure 2024 Issue No. 2Curing diseases is often based on treatment or surgical intervention. But what do you do when a conventional health procedure is deemed as risky as the disease itself? AUBMC’s...

Check Up Confronting Antimicrobial Resistance Vol. XXII, No. 1, 2024    Dr. Souha Kanj Sharara   Dr. Souha Kanj Sharara, head of AUB’s Division of Infectious Diseases, champions the fight against antimicrobial resistance. Her innovative work and...

“Coming Out in Beirut. Canceled” - An Exhibition of Marginalized Artworks 2024 Issue No. 2   Amidst the bustling cultural scene of Beirut, the AUB Art Galleries and Collections recently held an extraordinary art exhibit. This innovative exhibition aimed to shed...

AUB Technology Conference An Extraordinary Gathering in Silicon Valley 2024 Issue No. 2More than 200 people, including senior university leadership from Beirut, attended the AUB North American Technology Conference in Palo Alto, California on April 19- 21, 2024. “It...

Face to Face Bridging AUB’s Needs with Compassion 2024 Issue No. 2When a colleague of Tony Achkar’s was suffering from a hernia, he called the Patient Access Office at the AUB Medical Center and got her scheduled for an operation the next day. When another colleague...

AUB Mediterraneo A Student-Eye View 2024 Issue No. 2“Life here unfolds at a more relaxed pace,” says Iakovos Ioannou, a computer science student at the American University of Beirut – Mediterraneo (AUB Mediterraneo) in Pafos, Cyprus, who is part of the inaugural...

Shaping Tomorrow’s Education Today Inside AUB Online’s Inaugural Symposium 2024 Issue No. 2Over the span of three days, thought leaders, innovators, and educators from around the globe came together to discuss the present and future of online education and the...

Campus Snapshots 2024 Issue No. 2          

    Class Notes 2024 Issue No. 2Fawwaz Ulaby (BS Physics ’64) writes, “I came to AUB from IC, where I was a member of B4, the boy scout troop affiliated with IC, from 1958 to 1961. I was one of a group of 10 AUB students who continued to serve as scout leaders...

    In Memoriam 2024 Issue No. 2 Leila Shaheen da Cruz (BA Biology ’47), passed away on November 4, 2023. She was the daughter of Nikula Jirjis Shahin, physics professor at AUB (1939–62), and Hanneh Khoury and the sister of Najwa (BA ’51) and Mona (BA ’59)...

Aiducation Adam El-Harake 2024 Issue No. 2Keen on giving back to his community, Adam El-Harake, a second-year nursing student, found his calling when he arrived at AUB’s Rafic Hariri School of Nursing. “I have always harbored a deep-seated desire to contribute to my...

155th Commencement Exercises 2024 Issue No. 2