Makdisi named to prestigious post at AUB policy center
AUB professor and former Finance Minister Samir Makdisi has been named a Distinguished Senior Public Policy Fellow at the Issam Fares Institute (IFI), becoming just the second Fellow in this category at the Institute.
The Daily Star 1/6/09

How a Turk became 'spokesman' for South Lebanon
Former Unifil stalwart and AUB lecturer Timor Goksel explains how he got here—and why he stays
The Daily Star 1/6/09

Guerrilla marketing
AUB professor Zeina Maasri’s new book chronicles the war of images waged in Lebanon’s political posters – and the way artists and designers shaped the country’s larger conflicts
The National 1/2/09

Before Syria and Israel, Beirut's problems were Italy's fault
Historian Nina Jidejian's latest book recounts the capital's frequent use as a battlefield for others
The Daily Star 12/18/08

Mideast awaits new leaders, direction in 2009
Former President Jimmy Carter urged new focus on Israeli-Palestinian peace, but other accords may be more feasible.
The Christian Science Monitor 12/17/08

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AUB inaugurates the P. Abou Khater Ambulatory Care Center
AUB inaugurated the first wound care center in Lebanon as well as a multi-specialty outpatient clinic on Monday December 29.

Three Elected to join AUB Board of Trustees
Eisa Al-Eisa, managing director and chief executive officer (CEO) of the Samba Financial Group; Saadeddine Rafik Hariri, Member of the Lebanese Parliament and General Manager of Saudi Oger; and Riad Burhan Taher Kamal, UAE based engineer and founder of Arabtec Construction LLC, were elected to join the AUB Board on November 21, 2008.


AUB student Haig Papazian receives $10,000 architecture award Fifth-year architecture student Haig Papazian won the 2008 Fawzi Azar Architectural Award for outstanding academic achievement in design, after participating in a competition to design an architectural museum for Beirut.

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