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Preserving Entrepreneurship and Self-Employment in a Crisis

With Lebanon’s economic recovery in mind, the LAU Department of Economics, along with the Lebanese Institute for Market Studies and the Templeton World Charity Foundation, recently hosted a panel on the prerequisites to safeguarding entrepreneurship and self-employment in Lebanon and the region in times of crisis. Economists, government officials and experts discussed the need to implement essential reforms, secure international aid and create a roadmap to managing political instability, economic recessions and pandemics.

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85 Percent of LAU Students and Residents Match in the US

The LAU Gilbert and Rose-Marie Chagoury School of Medicine has achieved an outstanding match rate in the US National Resident Matching Program (NRMP) with 40 out of 47 applicants securing residencies in renowned academic medical centers and hospitals in the US. Announced on Match Day, March 21, the results include a 100 percent match rate for senior medical students for the second consecutive year, reinforcing LAU’s standing among the region’s top-performing medical schools.

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LAU Hosts the UN Special Coordinator for Lebanon

As part of its guest speaker series, the Department of Political and International Studies hosted the UN Special Coordinator for Lebanon Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert for a hybrid talk about the role of the UN in Lebanon. The session, moderated by Chair and Associate Professor Imad Salamey, delved into the implementation of resolution 1701 and the key challenges it faces locally, regionally and internationally. The special coordinator engaged in open discussions with students, faculty, and staff, addressing their questions.

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The School of Pharmacy Ranks Among Top 15 ACPE-Accredited Pharmacy Schools for NAPLEX Pass Rate

LAU’s School of Pharmacy has ranked among the top 15 US pharmacy schools accredited by the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE) for the North American Pharmacist Licensure Examination (NAPLEX) in 2024, according to Becker’s Hospital Review. A report by the National Association of Boards of Pharmacy confirms that all six of the school’s PharmD graduates who took the exam achieved a 100 percent pass rate.

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Jouzour: A New Cultural Immersion Program at LAU

In collaboration with Lebanon & Beyond, a US-based global organization that seeks to revitalize the ties between the Lebanese diaspora and the homeland, LAU has embarked on an interactive cultural immersion program titled Jouzour (Arabic for Roots). Through this partnership, signed last month with the organization’s Chair of the Board of Directors and LAU Trustee Moise Khayrallah, Lebanese expats will attend a five-week session at LAU to enhance their Arabic language skills, volunteer and foster intercultural understanding.

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Dr. André Megarbane Receives the 2024 Arab Award in Genetics

The 2024 Arab Award for Genetics was presented to Professor André Megarbane, chair of the Department of Human Genetics and assistant dean for Research at the LAU Gilbert and Rose-Marie Chagoury School of Medicine. Awarded by Hamdan Bin Rashid Al Maktoum Foundation for Medical and Educational Sciences, the recognition celebrates Dr. Megarbane’s vast contribution to the field, especially in terms of understanding genetic disorders, raising public awareness, early diagnosis, genetic counseling and the effective management of cases.

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AKSOB Students Granted Internships at Alvin D’Or

Marketing students in the Consumer Behavior Course walked away with internships at Alvin D’Or SARL after demonstrating their creativity, strategic thinking and e-marketing skills in a project competition. Alvin D’Or Cosmetics and marketing agent Frequency Unplugged praised the students’ presentations and commitment. Assistant professors Hounaida El Jurdi and Joelle Majdalani, along with instructor Nadia Azzam, expressed their delight with the quality of work and the dedication shown by their marketing students. 

 

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New Speaker Series Debuts with Talks on Displacement and Peacebuilding

The Department of Political and International Studies hosted Associate Professor Ian S. Spears from the University of Guelph and UNHCR Representative in Lebanon Ivo Freijsen in its newly launched Guest Speaker series. Through separate talks, they addressed Lebanon’s displacement crisis, the proactive role of youth, and lessons from Africa on conflict resolution. Both speakers underscored the importance of forward-thinking responses in addressing humanitarian needs and fostering peacebuilding across diverse, crisis-affected regions.

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LAU Becomes an Official SAT Test Center

The LAU Testing Center, distinguished by its technological readiness, accessibility and highly trained staff in digital testing, has now become an official SAT test center. Having met all College Board requirements, the center will be open at the LAU Beirut campus starting this October to students nationwide wishing to sit for the standardized test. Additionally, it will continue to serve as an IDP-IELTS exam venue.

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Elite Scholarship Awarded to Nutrition Graduate

LAU Nutrition graduate Siham Hleihel (BS ’21) has become the second Nutrition and Dietetics alumna to receive the highly competitive Chevening Scholarship, covering a year of study in the UK. In a statement addressed to her instructors at LAU, Hleilhel, who aims to pursue an MSc in Public Health at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, said that this wouldn’t have happened without their continued support.

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