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Congratulations to our AUB alumna Lana Khayat (BA Fine Arts ’06) for staging her first solo show in Saudi Arabia.

Congratulations to our AUB alumna Dr. Lubna Dada (BS Chemistry 2011, MS 2014)  for your recognition as just one of 12 members of the prestigious Mediterranean Science Team 2025.

Congratulations to our AUB Alumna Sara Ghanem (BA Political Studies ’22) for being selected for the Forbes Middle East’s 30 Under 30 list in the Social Impact category. 

Congratulations to our AUB alumna Yasmine Darwich (MS Business Analytics ’24) for being selected for the Forbes Middle East’s 30 Under 30 list in the Social Impact category.

Congratulations for our AUB alumnus Haytham Dbouk (BE ’17, ME ’19, PhD ’21 - Electrical & Computing Eng) for being selected for the Forbes Middle East’s 30 Under 30 list in the Science and Technology category. 

Congratulations to our AUB alumnus Dr. Ghazi Zaatari (BS ’72, MD ’76) for being elected as the secretary of the International Academy of Pathology (IAP) for a four-year term starting December 2024.

Congratulations to our AUB alumnus Rabih Itani (BE CCE’92) on his recent appointment as Regional Sales Director for the Gulf region at CyberKnight.

Congratulations to our AUB alumna Dr. Mageda Sharafeddin (BE CCE ’93, Ph.D. ECE ’13) on her recent appointment as the Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences at Phoenicia University. 

Congratulations to our AUB alumna, Dr. Rima Abdulrazzaq (BS Mathematics Art ’88) on her recent appointment as the Dean of Graduate Studies and Scientific Research at the Arabian Gulf University in Manama s

Congratulations to our AUB alumna Nada Duna (BS Agriculture ’82, MS Crop Production ’84), recognized by the Silicon Valley Business Journal as a “Woman of Influence.

Congratulations to AUB alumnus Rabih Fakhreddine (BBA 2006) for being recognized on the Forbes Middle East list of "20 Leaders Behind Luxury Dining in the Middle East."

Congratulations to our AUB alumnus Tony Habre (BBA 2001) for being recognized on the Forbes Middle East list of "20 Leaders Behind Luxury Dining in the Middle East."

Congratulations to our AUB alumnus Ismail Hutet (BAR 2017) for being selected as one of the two winners of the AlUla Design Award 2024. 

Congratulations to alumnus Abdel Kader Darwich (BE Mechanical Engineering '96), recipient of the Exceptional Service Award from the American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE)!

Congratulations to our AUB Alumna Lara Assouad (BGD '98) on her recent appointment as Executive Creative Director for the Middle East at Landor.

Congratulations to alumnus Dr. Mazen Elia Iskandar (BS '04, MD '08) for earning Surgeon of Excellence in Hernia Surgery Accreditation from Surgical Review Corporation (SRC)! 

Congratulations to our AUB alumna Dr. Niveen Khashab (BS Chemistry ’02) on winning the 2023 Great Arab Minds Natural Sciences Award in recognition of your breakthrough innovations related to the development, synthesis, and application of nanomaterials

Congratulations to our AUB alumnus Professor Fadel Adib (BE ' 11) on winning the 2023 Great Arab Minds Engineering & Technology Award in recognition of your breakthrough innovations in wireless technology and wireless sensing. 

Congratulations to our AUB alumnus Karim Boueiz (BBA '08) on his promotion to the position of managing director at General Atlantic.

Congratulations to our AUB Alumna Vera El-Khoury (BA '80) on being appointed chairperson of UNESCO’s executive board.

Congratulations to our AUB Alumnus Hasan Jaafar (MEN '20) on being selected for the Forbes Middle East 30 under 30 2023 list in the Commerce & Finance category. 

Congratulations to our AUB Alumnus Paolo Michel Khayat (BEN '20) on being selected for the Forbes Middle East 30 under 30 2023 list in the Commerce & Finance category. 

Congratulations to our AUB Alumna Luma Makari (BA '21) on being selected for the Forbes Middle East 30 under 30 2023 list in the Social Impact category. 

Congratulations to our AUB Alumnus Ghassan Oueidat (BEN '17) on being selected for the Forbes Middle East 30 under 30 2023 list in the Science & Technology category. 

Congratulations to our AUB Alumnus Patrick Sawaya on being selected for the Forbes Middle East 30 under 30 2023 list in the Entertainment category. 

Congratulations to our AUB Alumnus Samer Abbouchi (BBA '03) on his recent appointment as Group Senior Vice President - Investments at KIPCO. 

Congratulations to our AUB Alumnus Elias Bou Habib (MMB '00) on his recent appointment as Head of Consulting - Saudi Arabia at CBRE Group, the world’s largest commercial real estate services and investment firm.

Congratulations to our AUB alumnus Rayan Bou-Fakhredin (BS Biology '15, MS Physiology '20) on being inducted to Sigma Xi, The Scientific Research Honor Society, as a full member "in recognition of his scholarly achievements and contributions to the advancement of knowledge in his field of study.

Congratulations to our AUB alumna Lina Sadik El-Assaad (BS ’92, BBA ’98, MBA ’02), Executive Coach and President of ICF UAE, on being chosen as an “Accomplished Coach,” one of a select number of coaches worldwide who were recognized as winners of the 2023 ICF Coaching Impact Awards — Professional Coaches” during ICF Converge 2023.

Congratulations to AUB alumni and MIT professors Drs. Fadel Adib (BE Computer & Communications Engineering ’11) and Dina Katabi (Hon. DHL ’23) who have received the ACM SIGMOBILE Test-of-Time Award for their 2013 paper, “See Through Walls with WiFi!” This award recognizes papers that have made significant and sustained impact on the research community over at least a decade.

Congratulations to Dr. Jouman Hassan (BS Medical Laboratory Sciences ’18, MS Food Safety ’20) for receiving the Jim Ayres Young Investigator Award from the Georgia Association for Food Protection! And special recognition goes to her doctoral advisor, Dr. Issmat Kassem (MS Biology ’03), who guided her along her journey.

Congratulations to Dr. Nadine Alameh (BE Computer & Communications Engineering ’94) for her recent appointment to the prestigious position of inaugural executive director of the Taylor Geospatial Institute!

Congratulations to Dr. Adib Karam (Residency ‘08), now with the UMass Memorial Medical Group. This seasoned radiologist was recently profiled, along with other “Movers & Shakers,” in the Worcester Business Journal.

We are #AUBProud of Serge Nasr (BE Mechanical Engineering ’20) who has just earned an MS in biomedical/medical engineering at USC Viterbi. Serge was recently featured in a website story in which he spoke about his journey from AUB to the US – and the AUB alumni network that helped him get to where he is today. 

Congratulations to Ross Boudiab (BAA Business Administration ’97, MMB Money and Banking ’99) for his appointment to the position of treasurer at Venerable. Ross worked most recently for Corebridge Financial, Inc., where he was assistant treasurer. #AUBProud

Congratulations to alumnus Hassan Rmaile (BS Chemistry ’98) on his recent appointment as president of the Materials Group at Avery Dennison Corporation where he has worked since 2016. Rmaile, who has a PhD in materials chemistry from Florida State University, previously worked at H.B. Fuller and at Ashland businesses.

Congratulations to our AUB Alumna Nour Arida (BA '11) on being selected as one of the women recognized at the prestigious 2022 Arab Women of the Year Awards Dinner in London.

Congratulations to our AUB alumnus Salem Itani (ME CCE ’02), chairman and CEO of touch mobile, who was selected as Telecommunications CEO of the Year 2023 at the Global Banking and Finance Awards®️ 2023. 

We are #AUBproud of our alumna Samia Bouazza (BA ’01) ranked #18 and alumna Leila Serhan (BBA ’96), co-ranked #40 in the Forbes_MENA_ list of “The Middle East’s 100 Most Powerful Businesswomen 2023.” Congratulations! 

Congratulations to our AUB alumna Pia El Hachem (BEN ’12) on her recent appointment as general manager to lead business across the UAE, Jordan, and Lebanon for Uber. 

We are #AUBproud of alumni Khalid Abou Kassem (BBA ’18) and Omer Awad (BA '15, MA ’19), winners of the GCC EduTech Business of the Year Award at the SME Awards 2022 for AlGooru, a mobile app that connects students and tutors.

Congratulations to AUB alumnus and trustee Nabil Habayeb on topping the Global Meets Local 2022 list published by Forbes Middle East for the third year in a row. All of us at your alma mater celebrate your extraordinary accomplishments during your more than 40-year career that have transformed the landscape of business throughout the Arab world.

Congratulations to AUB alumnus Samer Abu-Ltaif on being ranked #5 in the Global Meets Local 2022 list published by Forbes Middle East for your accomplishments at Microsoft.

Congratulations to AUB alumna Leila Serhan (BBA ‘96) on being co-ranked 35 in the Global Meets Local 2022 list published by Forbes Middle East for her work at Visa and her contribution as the founder and president of the Women in IT Association in Lebanon.

Congratulations to our AUB alumna Josiane Touma (BS '04) on earning the MENA Award of Supply Chain Professional of the Year in recognition of her work at Pfizer.

Congratulations to our AUB alumnus Mohamad Bekdache (BBA '14) on being included in the Forbes Middle East 30 under 30 list. He was recognized for his impressive accomplishments as cofounder of Dingbats* Notebooks Ltd. 

Congratulations to our AUB alumnus Wadah Malaeb (BEN ’17, MEN ‘18) on being included in the Forbes Middle East 30 under 30 list. He was recognized for your impressive accomplishments as founder of DLOC Biosystems. 

Congratulations to our AUB alumna Dr. Najwa Khuri Bulus (BS '64, MD '68) for leading paediatric care in the Arab world.

Congratulations to our AUB alumnus Abdallah Dabaghi (BS '91) on his recent appointment as Group Chief Executive Officer at Obegi Chemicals.

Congratulations to our AUB alumnus Rami Tabbara (BBA '06) on the recent success of Stake – raising $8 million in a pre-Series a funding round.

Congratulations to our AUB alumnus Nader Antar (BEN '98) on his recent appointment as president of Saur’s International Division.

Congratulations to our AUB alumnus Dr. Hrayr Wahe Jebejian (MS '84) on being awarded the St. Mesrob Mashdots Medal by the Armenian Catholic Catholicos-Patriarch of Cilicia His Beatitude Raphael Bedros XXI.

Congratulations to alumnus Mario Harik (BEN Computer & Communications Engineering ’02), who was recently appointed CEO of XPO Logistics in Boston, MA.

Congratulations to our #AUB alumna Ms. Nelly Attar (BA '10) on her recent summit of K2. What an extraordinary accomplishment.

Alumnus Elias Assaly (BS '79) was recently appointed general manager of The St. Regis Washington D.C. A big congratulations to him!

Congratulations to our AUB alumna Samia Bouazza (BA ’01) ranked #83 by Forbes Middle East in its list of the top CEOs in the Middle East 2022. 

Congratulations to our alumna Randa Sadik (BBA ’84, MBA ’86) ranked #51 by Forbes Middle East in its list of the top CEOs in the Middle East 2022. 

A big congratulations to Dr. Fouad Hachem (BS '92, MD '96), who has been appointed to Horizon Health as a second full-time general surgeon, specializing in weight loss surgery.

University of Toronto School of Continuing Studies instructor Nadine Atwi Ammache (MEd '89) received two Excellence in Teaching awards in July 2022 for “Languages and Translation” and “Career Impact.” Congratulations Nadine!

Congratulations to our AUB alumnus Ali El Kontar (MBA ’14), CEO & founder of Zero&One. PwC Middle East recently announced a substantial strategic investment in Zero&One as Ali and his team continue to expand and scale in the region as an AWS Premier Consulting Partner with terrific cloud services and offerings.

Congratulations to our AUB alumna Mrs. Sarah Beydoun (BA' 94) on the recent announcement of the collaboration of Sarah’s Bag with Chloé.

Sam Samad (BBA '90) takes on a new challenge as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Quest Diagnostics.

AUB alumni Zeina Hashem Beck (BA '02, MA '05) releases an acclaimed new collection of poetry entitled O.

Congratulations to our AUB alumna Ms. Lea Karam (BBA ’16) who was recognized in the prestigious Campaign Media Week 30 under 30 list. 

Congratulations to our AUB alumnus Ali Cherri (BGD '00) on being the winner of the prestigious Silver Lion for The Milk of Dreams International Exhibition at the 59th International Art Exhibition of La Biennale di Venezia.

Congratulations to our AUB alumna Ms. Randa Sadik (BBA '84, MBA '86) on her recent appointment to the position of Chief Executive Officer of Arab Bank.

Congratulations to our AUB alumnus Mr. Salem Itani (MEN ’02) on his recent appointment as Chairman and CEO of touch.

Congratulations to our AUB alumnus Raja Atoui (BEN '09) on being promoted to the position of partner at Bain and Company.

Congratulations to our AUB alumnus Wissam Yassine (BEN ’08) on being promoted to the position of partner at Bain and Company. 

Congratulations to our AUB alumnus Ali Sleiman (BS '96) and his team for achieving their goal of earning Great Place to Work certification for the AbbVie sites in Egypt, Lebanon, and Jordan. 

Congratulations to our AUB alumna, Ms. Karen Wazen (BBA ’08) on being selected to be the new face of Roberto Cavalli’s fragrances.

Congratulations to our AUB alumna Miss Mia Dibe (BAR ’18) on being selected among the 15 Innovators Under 35 MENA by MIT Technology Review Arabia for the year 2021.

AUB alumnus Dr. George E. Kikano (BS ‘82, MD ’86) was recently elected as a trustee of the Educational Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates (ECFMG) and the Foundation for Advancement of International Medical Education and Research (FAIMER).

Congratulations to our AUB alumnus Mr. Nader Safi (BEN ’18, MEN ‘21) on being selected among the 15 Innovators Under 35 MENA by MIT Technology Review Arabia for the year 2021.

Congratulations to our AUB alumnus Mr. Makram Al Kadi (BAR ‘97) on receiving the prestigious Abdullatif al-Fozan Award for Mosque Architecture for his stunning design of the Amir Shakib Arslan Mosque.

Congratulations to our AUB alumnus Dr. Tony Zreik (BS ’82, MD ‘86) on his recent appointment as Vice President for Health Affairs at LAU. 

Congratulations to our AUB alumna Dr. Suad Al Amiri (BAR ’77) on her selection as a TAKREEM laureate, Lifetime Achievement Award. 

Congratulations to our AUB alumnus Mr. Carl Bistany (BA ‘77) on his selection as a TAKREEM laureate, Corporate Leadership Award. 

Congratulations to our AUB alumnus Mr. Ramzi Salman (BAR ‘84) on the selection of “Bkerzay” for the TAKREEM Environmental Development & Sustainability Award. 

Congratulations to our AUB alumnus, Rabih Fakhreddine (BBA ‘06) for being recognized in the “operators” category of Caterer Middle East Power 50 2021.

Congratulations to our AUB alumna Nancy Mourad (MS ’10) on her recent appointment as Managing Director, Gulf Region for LifeSpeak.

Congratulations to our AUB alumna Ms. Randa Aboul-Hosn (BBA ’83, MA ‘89) on her recent appointment as the UNDP Resident Representative for Jordan. 

AUB alumna Sara Farhat (BS ’06, MS ’10) publishes Homemade: Made Healthy & Whole – A Flavor of Lebanese Cooking and Other Healthy Recipes.

Congratulations to our #AUB alumnus, Dr. Shady Awwad (BS ‘94, MD ‘98) on being awarded the Waring Medal 2021 for Editorial Excellence from the Journal of Refractive Surgery for your research in the field of refractive surgery.

Congratulations to our AUB alumna Maya Nassar (BA ‘07) on being featured on the cover of the current issue of Glamour magazine in Bulgaria.

Congratulations to our AUB alumni Ms Thouraya Karam (BBA '14) and Mr. John Karam (BSA '17) on the selection of Karam Wines by World’s Best Vineyards as the Best Vineyard in Asia for the year 2021.   

Congratulations to our AUB alumnus, Wassim Chahine (BBA ’90, MBA ’92) on his recent appointment as partner at KPMG's Tax practice.

The Nobel Committee in Stockholm announced today that Ardem Patapoutian, former AUB student and professor of neuroscience at Scripps Research institute in California, and his fellow molecular biologist David Julius have been awarded for their discoveries of receptors for temperature and touch. Patapoutian is the first AUB alumnus to win a Nobel Prize.

Congratulations to our AUB alumnus, Zadi Hobeika (BBA ’08) on your recent appointment as Product Marketing Lead in MENA of Snapchat in Dubai.

Congratulations to AUB alumnus Serge Eid (BEN ’07) on his recent promotion to partner at Bain & Company.  

AUB alumnus and founder and president of Water Quality & Treatment Solutions Inc., Dr. Issam Najm (BE '85), was awarded the A.P Black Research Award. The A.P. Black Research Award is given on an as-deserved basis to recognize a researcher for outstanding research contributions to water science and water supply rendered over an appreciable period of time.

Congratulations to AUB alumna Silvia Fadel (BA ’00, TD ’01), lead translator for “Hunger Ward,” nominated for an Oscar in the Best Documentary Short Film category.

Congratulations to AUB alumna, Stanford University PhD student, and All Girls Code co-founder Aya Mouallem (BEN ’20) – recently featured in the New York Times as one of “10 Women Changing the Landscape of Leadership.”

Congratulations to our AUB alumna Mariam Dabboussi (BEN '18), profiled in a recent article in the National as a “language prodigy” who is helping to create user-friendly Arabic versions of many Google services.

Congratulations to our AUB alumnus, Professor Fadel Adib (BEN ’11) on receiving the “2021 Alfred P. Sloan Research Fellowship” in Computer Science.

Congratulations to our AUB alumnus, Dr. Samir Traboulsi (BEN ’73, MEN ’75, MBA ‘80) for receiving the “ASHRAE F. Paul Anderson” Award.

Congratulations to our AUB alumnus Hani Zein (BEN ’04) on being promoted to partner at Strategy& in the Middle East.

Congratulations to AUBites Nadim Habr (BEN ’12), Nataly Nasser AL Deen (PHD ’20), Abbas Sidaoui (PhD electrical and computer engineering), and Kamel Wehbe (currently registered senior economics student) for being selected by Forbes Middle East for the 30 Under 30 list of “young innovators working to change the region.”

Congratulations to our AUB alumnus Mohammad Al Akel (BS '17) on being nominated for the University of Waterloo Faculty of Environment Young Alumni Inspiration Award.

Congratulations to our AUB Alumnus Mr. Haytham Dbouk (BEN '17, MEN '19) on being selected among the 35 global finalists competing to win the Young Champions of the Earth prize – the UN’s highest environmental honor for youth.

Congratulations to our AUB alumna, Mrs. May Kanounji (BA '03, MAFE '05) on being selected by Forbes among the top 50 Marcom in the MENA region.

Congratulations to our AUB alumnus Dr. Mohamad Hamade (BA '05, MD '09) for being appointed Chief Executive Officer of Amanat Holdings, UAE.

Congratulations to our AUB alumna Dr. Lina Karam (BEN ’89) for being appointed Dean of the School of Engineering at LAU and Professor, School of Electrical and Computer Engineering.

Congratulations to our AUB Alumnus, Hisham Itani (BBA ’93, MBA ’95) on being awarded the CEO Today Middle East Awards 2020 for his achievements in the Technology sector in the Middle East.

Congratulations to alumna Dr. Aline Bsaibes (BS ’00, MS ’02), CEO of ITK (an agri-intelligence company that designs innovative solutions for efficient and sustainable agriculture). Aline is a finalist in the 10,000 STARTUPS TO CHANGE THE WORLD 2020 competition. Winners will be announced on March 30, 2020. 

Congratulations to our AUB alumna Dr. Zoubeida Dagher (MA '83) on being elected to the rank of Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) for distinguished contributions to improving K-12 science education through the study of representations of scientific epistemology in science curriculum and instruction across cultural contexts.

AUB alumnus Dr. Hussein Tawbi (BS '97, MD '01) has been nominated by US President Donald Trump to the President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST).

AUB alumnus Dr. Nabil Natafgi (BS ’09, MPH ’11)  has joined the the Arnold School of Public Health at University of South Carolina as an Assistant Professor.

MILLIØNS, the young Los Angeles–based firm headed by AUB alumna Zeina Koreitem (BAR '11) and John May, has won the competition to design a cafe at Syracuse’s I.M. Pei-designed Everson Museum of Art.

Congratulations to our AUB alumna Lynn Chouman (BA '07) on her recent appointment as News Editor at LinkedIn MENA.

Congratulations to our AUB alumnus Farah Kayyal (BAR '14) on winning TheItalianWay Product Design Award 2019 for your design, Roof Strata.

Dr. Anwar Abdeen (BS ’86, MD ’91) cut the ribbon in front of his Absolute Care Clinic facility in South Charleston, WV on Monday, November 18.

Anna Serio (MA '15) is a staff writer untangling everything you need to know about personal loans, including student, car and business loans at Finder.com.

Congratulations to our AUB Alumnus Mr. Alaeddine Karim Alaeddine (BEN’94) for his recent appointment as Country Manager for Microsoft, Kuwait.

Congratulations to our AUB Alumna, Mrs. Karen Wazen Bakhazi (BBA '08) for winning Entrepreneur Middle East's 2019 Achieving Women Award in the Digital Influence category.

Congratulations to our AUB Alumna, Ms. Carine Farid Bouery for winning Entrepreneur Middle East's 2019 Achieving Women Award in the Human Capital category.

Congratulations to our AUB Alumnus Dr. Jihad Nader (BBA ’73, MBA ’76) on his recent appointment as vice chancellor and CEO of the University of Balamand Dubai (UOBD).

Congratulations to our AUB alumna, Mrs. Mona Bu-Azza Bawarshi (BBA 1970, MBA 1977) on her recent publication of “MONA’S STORIES… AYAM MONA.”

Congratulations to our AUB alumnus, Abdallah Absi on the recent profile in Commerce du Levant. 

Congratulations to our AUB alumnus, Dr. Yasser Mhanna (BEN '86) on his recent appointment as Director of the Faculty of Sciences – Branch 1.

Congratulations to our AUB alumna Zeinab Cherri (BS ‘14) for being selected as one of the 2019 winners of #120Under40. It is a wonderful accomplishment to have been selected as a member of the next generation of family planning leaders worldwide. 

Congratulations to our AUB alumna Laura Fallaha (BAR ’15) on completing the Hood to Coast Challenge! You have made Lebanon and the Middle East proud.

Congratulations to our AUB alumnus, Marwan Matar (BEN ’14) for being awarded the Values in Practice Award from Booz Allen Hamilton.

Congratulations to our AUB alumnus, Walid Abdul Hadi (BBA '00) for his recent appointment as Oman Shell Country Chairman.

Congratulations to our AUB Alumnus, Dr. Dimitri Azar (BS ’79, MD ’83) on being selected to receive a Doctorate of Humane Letters from the University of Balamand.

Congratulations to our AUB Alumnus, Mr. Ziad Moukarzel (BEN '03) on his recent appointment as Vice President for Booz Allen Hamilton’s Energy and Environment practice.

Congratulations to our AUB Alumnus Mr. Michel Accad (BBA ’76) for being selected to receive a Euromoney Middle East Award for Excellence in recognition of your outstanding contribution to financial services.

Congratulations to our AUB Alumnus, Mr. Elie Khouri (BBA '86, MBA '88) on his recent promotion to chairman of Omnicom Media Group (OMG), MENA.

Congratulations to our AUB Alumna, Mrs. Elissar Farah Antonios (BS '87) for her recent election to AmCham Abu Dhabi’s board of directors.

NYU Langone Hospital–Brooklyn has built one of the most comprehensive stroke care programs in the region-and AUB alumnus Dr. Shadi Yaghi (BS '03, MD '07), will further enhance that care as the new director of vascular neurology.

Congratulations to our AUB alumna, Ms. Janet Heckman for her recent appointment as Independent Non-Executive Director at Air Astana. 

Congratulations to our AUB Alumnus, Mr. Sami Darouni for his recent appointment as Senior Executive Advisor for Consumer Markets at Strategy& Middle East.

Congratulations to our AUB Alumnus, Mr. Jihad Tayara (BEN '96) on his recent appointment as the Chief Executive Officer of Evoteq, a digital solutions provider.

Congratulations to our AUB Alumnus, Mr. Oussama (Sam) Kanawati (BEN ’16) for winning the third prize at Texas Venture Labs Investment Competition.

​The US Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics announced NFSC Professor, AUB alumna, and former Dean of FAFS, Dr. Nahla Hwalla (MS '74, PhD '77), as a recipient of the 2019 Medallion Award.

AUB alumna Sarah Saroufim (BFA '18) has been crowned the winner from 7,500 entrants with her design to reflect that "Everyone should be free to express themselves" and hopes to inspire people to talk about the issues that matter.

Congratulations to our AUB Alumna, Natalie Sleiman (BBA ’01) on her recent appointment as partner and leader of the technology practice in the Middle East region at Stanton Chase.

Congratulations to our AUB Alumnus, Ali Abi Raad (BS '04) on his recent promotion to the position of Country Manager for the Middle East at InterSystems. 

Congratulations to our AUB alumnus, Mr. Faisal Ali Al-Mutawa (BA '70) on his recent award of the medal of Legion d’Honneur, Chevalier (Legion of Honor, Grade Knight) by the French Republic in recognition of his leadership in philanthropic and cross-sector business activities throughout his career.

Congratulations to our AUB alumnus, Saleh Ghazal (BA '06) on his recent promotion to Managing Director of OMD UAE.

Congratulations to our AUB Alumni: Mr. Faysal Abdul Malak, Mr. Antoine Nassib Challita, Mrs. Lara Arbid, Mr. Fadi Maktabi, Mr. Saleh Ghazal, Mr. Ramzy Sleiman, Mrs. Mona El Sayed, Mrs. Dima Zeytoun, Mr. Jad Chababi, Mr. Elie Bachaalani, Ms. Maya Khammar, Ms. Maya Bou Ajram on being listed in Communicate's annual ranking of “the 40 brightest and sharpest minds of Middle East’s ad industry.”

Congratulations to our AUB Alumnus Ghazi Baker (BAR '92) on the opening of his new solo exhibition, “Suspension of Disbelief,” at Mark Hachem Gallery in downtown Beirut.

Family LifeCare in Marion, IN elevated AUB alumnus Edmond Bendaly (BS '97, MD '01) to chief medical officer. He most recently served as associate medical director. Bendaly is currently practicing at Marion General Hospital Cancer Center in Marion.

Congratulations to our AUB Alumnus Dr. Henri Nammour (BS ’81, MD ’85) on his recent appointment as VITAS Healthcare regional medical director for North and Central Florida.

Congratulations to our AUB Alumni: Mrs. Mona Al Munajjed and Mrs. Nadine Labaki Mouzannar on being listed among the 30 Most Influential Women in the Arab World 2019 by Arabian Business.

Congratulations to our AUB Alumni: Audrey Nakad, Jawad Fares and Stefano Fallaha for being featured in the Forbes Middle East 30 under 30 - 2019 list.

Congratulations to our AUB Alumna, Ghida Arnaout (BS '07) for being featured in the Harper's BAZAAR Arabia January 2019 issue.

Congratulations to our AUB Alumnus, Karim Baalbaki (BBA '97) for his recent selection as one of the 2019 AACSB Influential Leaders.

Congratulations to our AUB Alumni, Michele Cattan (BBA ’12), Mayfrid Chehlaoui (BBA ’08) and Antranik Balabanian (BBA ’13) for their selection among the 16 taste-makers under the age of 30 by Hospitality News Middle East.

AUB Alumnus, Jad Chababi (BBA ’05) has been appointed as the General Manager of UM MENAT, UAE.

Congratulations to our AUB Alumna, Dr. Rayane AbuSabha (BS '85) for her recent appointment as the executive director of Accreditation Council for Education in Nutrition and Dietetics. 

AUB alumna Christa Tawil (BBA '09) started Zaytouna to help Syrian refugees in the Miami area adjust to their new lives in the United States, while creating job opportunities.

Congratulations to our AUB Alumnus, Khalil Khraibani (BBA '09) for his recent appointment as the manager of the University Commission for Development at the Lebanese Chamber of Commerce and Industry in Ivory Coast.

Congratulations to our AUB Alumnus, Hatem Imam (BGD '00) for presenting his first solo exhibition at Letitia Art Gallery in Beirut.

Join the Reunion 2019 festivities taking place on June 26, 27, 28, and 29! 

Congratulations to our AUB Alumnus, Dr. Boutros Klink (BEN '91), for his recent appointment as the Middle East CEO of Standard Chartered.

Congratulations to our AUB Alumnus, Mr. Samer Harb (BS' 95, MS '97) for being the first Lebanese to earn the title of Certified Food Scientist.

Congratulations to our AUB Alumna, Michelle Ragy (BBA '18) for your recent accomplishments. It is enormously impressive that Spike placed among the top five in TechCrunch Berlin 2018 and then, just a few days later, won the EuroMENA annual startup competition!

Congratulations to our AUB Alumni Lindy Kouyoumji (BBA '07) and Jad Haddad (BEN '08) for being appointed as partners in Oliver Wyman, Dubai office.

Congratulations to our AUB Alumna Mrs. Haifa Fahoum Al Kaylani (BA ’66, MA ’71), founder and chairman of the Arab International Women's Forum, for being honored and recognized with the 2018 Outstanding Golden Shield Award for Advanced Leadership presented by the Arab Women's Council in Cairo, Egypt.

Congratulations to our AUB Alumnus, Mr. Hassane Mohamed Slaibi for winning the first prize in the Tech Innovation of the Year category during the 7th Annual Brilliant Lebanese Awards (BLA) 2018 organized by BLC Bank.

Congratulations to our AUB Alumna, Ms. Rania Abou Mosleh for winning the first prize in the Woman Entrepreneur of the Year category during the 7th Annual Brilliant Lebanese Awards (BLA) 2018 organized by BLC Bank.

Congratulations for our AUB Alumni Mr. Samer Abu Ltaif, Mr. Gergi Abboud, Mr. Nadim Najjar, Mr. Tarek Daouk and Mr. Ronald Boueri for being ranked among the top 100 executives in the Middle East 2018 by Forbes Middle East.

AUB Alumna, Rana Ghandour Salhab (BS Public Health ’83, MBA ’85) was ranked for the second year in a row among the top five global champions of women in business by the UK’s Financial Times in its list of HERoes.

AUB Alumnus, Ghayath Sioufi (BA Economics ’94) has been appointed as regional business director of Initiative MENA!

Our AUB Alumni, Maya Atieh (BS Environmental Health ’09) and Layla El Moussawi (Biology: BS ’11, MS ’14) were honored during the 5^th edition of the L’Oréal-UNESCO ‘For Women in Science’ Levant Regional ceremony on October 10.

The 7th annual awards ceremony of the May Chidiac Foundation (MCF) was held on October 11 at the Arena Seaside Hall in BIEL.  Among the five media figures honored is Mr. Raja Trad (BA Public Administration '78), recipient of MCF's Excellence in The Media Industry Award.  

AUB Alumna, Marielle Khayat (BBA ’09) is one of the winners of the 2018 Francophone Women Entrepreneurs competition.

Oman Arab Bank (OAB) has announced the appointment of our AUB Alumna, Leen Al Atassi (BA '05) as the Head of Innovation at the bank. In this newly established position, Leen will lead the banks efforts in introducing innovative new ideas and initiatives that drive continuous improvement across the bank.

Lebanese design studio Rabih Geha Architects scooped up Interior Design of the Year: Bars & Clubs for its 2 Weeks project at the Commercial Interior Design Awards 2018, held at the Madinat Jumeirah in Dubai on September 19.

AUB alumna Hala Alyan (BA '08) wins the prestigious Dayton Literary Peace Prize for fiction for her novel Salt Houses.

AUB Alumnus, HE Dr. Ali Fakhro (BA 54, MD '58) has been appointed as the chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Center for Arab Unity Studies.

Congratulations for our AUB Alumna, Elissar Farah Antonios (BS '87) for being ranked 27^th among The Middle East’s Most Influential Women 2018.

Dalma Capital Management Limited, a Dubai Financial Services Authority regulated fund manager, announced today that AUB Alumnus Dr Nasser Saidi (BA '72) has joined the board of directors of Quencia Open Ended PCC Limited as a non-executive director.

Fadel Adib (BE '11), an AUB alumnus and MIT Professor, has helped develop a new system that will allow submarines communicate with airplanes wirelessly. 

AUB alumnus Dr. Hussein A. Tawbi (BS ’97, MD ’01), an Associate Professor at MD Anderson in Houston, was quoted in the New York Times about an article he was the lead author of that describes a new and relatively successful treatment for melanoma that has spread to the brain.

AUB alumnus, Issam Abousleiman (BBA ’85, MBA ’91), was appointed as the new World Bank Country Director for the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries.

AUB Alumnus, Bashar Abdulkarim (BA History ’97) has been promoted to Chief Talent Officer at Publicis Groupe Middle East.

MCN has appointed AUB Alumnus, Mr. Shadi Kandil as the Chief Executive Officer of MCN Mediabrands across the MENAT region, effective immediately.

AUB Alumnus, Omar Sadek has been appointed COO of its. Communications.

The American Health Council recently elected AUB alumnus Dr. George Bikhazi (BS '65, MD '71) to its Physician Board for his outstanding career in the medical field. 

AUB Alumna, Hala El Akl (BAR Architecture ’07) has been appointed as the Chair of Urban Land Institute Europe Young Leaders Group.

AUB Alumni: Mrs. Nayla Audi, Mrs. Christine Assouad, Mrs. Hala Audi Beydoun, Mrs. Rima El Husseini, Mrs. Nada Alameddine and Mrs. Youmna Ashkar Chedid were listed among the 35 “Influential Women in Hospitality” by the Hospitality News Middle East magazine.

AUB alumnus Dr. Ali Mokdad (BS '84) has been named the chief strategy officer for Population Health at the University of Washington, President Ana Mari Cauce announced. In this new role he will be responsible for collaboratively setting and executing the UW’s vision and strategy for the Population Health Initiative, a 25-year effort to create a world where all people can live healthier and more fulfilling lives.

AUB alumnus Dr. Michel Torbey (BS '89, MD '93), a nationally prominent stroke and neurocritical care expert, has been appointed chair of The University of New Mexico’s Department of Neurology.

AUB Alumnus, Georges Batrouni (BA Economics ’06) has been appointed as Senior Executive Officer (SEO) of ActivTrades, Dubai Branch.

AUB Alumna, Lana Khalaf (BS 2003) has been appointed Country Manager of Microsoft Qatar.

AUB alumnus, Shady Macaron (BS ’96, MD ’01) is recognized as a 2018 Top Doctor in Middlebury.

AUB alumna Douaa Sheet (BFA '08) has been awarded the Charlotte W. Newcombe Doctoral Dissertation Fellowships by the Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation. The fellowship will support her final year of dissertation work at the CUNY Graduate Center. Her dissertation is entitled The Influence of Differential Conceptions of “Dignity” on Transitional Justice Efforts in Post-uprising Tunisia​.

Congratulations AUB Alumnus Eng. Firas Bou Diab (MEN 2005) on winning the elections of at the Order of Engineers and Architects in Lebanon, filling one general council seat. This is indeed an exciting time for the syndicate and for Lebanon!

Rania has dedicated her work to exploring issues of personal and collective identity through photographs of female adolescence and womanhood – both in the United States where she lives and the Middle East where she is from – in an effort to focus on notions of identity and individuality, within the context of the underlying universality of these experiences.

AUB Alumna, Fatima Al Masry (BS '11, MPH '13) got accepted to serve as a Lebanese consulate in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs & Emigrants.

AUB Alumna, Sarah Al Dirani (BS '10, MPH '13) got accepted in February 27, 2018 to serve as a Lebanese consulate in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs & Emigrants.

AUB alumnus Jawad Fares (BS '12) was named one of the Forbes 30 under 30 for Europe in the field of Science & Healthcare. He was selected research on injuries from cluster munitions -- bombs that release lots of smaller explosives -- led to the "Fares Scale of Injuries due to Cluster Munitions" that assesses injuries based on functional impairment. The scale helps better classify the wounds of victims and determine the best possible treatment.

22 Jan 2018 - AUB alumnus and the U.S. Olympic Committee’s biomedical engineer, Mounir Zok (BS '97), is more focused on the IoT (internet of things) than the IOC (International Olympic Committee).

13 January 2018 - AUB alumna Dr. Claudia Karam (BS '01, MD '05) starts the new Functional and Integrative Medicine department at the Hattiesburg Clinic in Mississippi.

12 December 2017 - AUB alumnus Dr. Firas Wehbe, (BS '97, MD '01), assistant professor of Preventive Medicine in the Division of Health and Biomedical Informatics, has been appointed to the newly created role of chief research informatics officer (CRIO).

Maud Kamal, AUB Alumna (BA Biology ’98, TD Education ’99), received the “Prix Curie” (Curie Award) in France.

AUB alumnus Ibrahim Gedeon (BE ‘86) has been named “Industry Chief Technology Officer of the Year” by Telecom Review magazine.

AUB Alumnus, Mr. Charles Arbid (BA Economics ’86) heads the Lebanese Franchise Association (LFA) as well as local clothing company Rectangle Jaune

Ghaith Abi Ghanem (BAR '12) & Jad Melki (BAR '12) won the (1st prize of the) Génération Orient contest organized by our newspaper, L'Orient-Le Jour! 

6 December 2017 - AUB alumna Dr. Viviane Tabar (BS '85, MD '89) has been named the new Chair of the Department of Neurosurgery at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSK). Dr. Tabar has been a vital faculty member at MSK for more than 15 years and is currently the Theresa C. Feng Chair for Neurosurgical Oncology and the Vice Chair for Neurosurgical Research and Education.

AUB alumnus Mark Salman (BBA '82) has been named President of the Middleby Food Processing Group effective January 1st. Mark will oversee the operations, engineering, sales and marketing of the fifteen brands in the Group which offer solutions for the industrial production of proteins, packaging and bakery products.

AUB alumna Lara Khansa (BE '98) has been appointed associate dean for undergraduate programs in the Pamplin College of Business at Virginia Tech.

Nabil BuKhalid (BE '81, EMBA '05), former Director of AUB’s computing and Networking Services Office, was selected amongst 14 others worldwide to be inducted into the 2017 Internet Hall of Fame. The Internet Hall of Fame was launched by the Internet Society in 2012. This year’s ceremony marks the fourth inductee class to be honored and took place on September 18 at the University of California, Los Angeles, where the first message was sent over the internet’s precursor the nearly 50 years ago. Inductees are recognized for their groundbreaking contribution to the internet’s inception, evolution, and global growth.

Shadia Bseiso (BBA '07) is the first Arab woman from the Middle East to join the World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE).

Congratulations for our AUB Alumnus, Fehmi Sakkal (BEN '05, MEN '08) for being awarded the CWNE (Certified Wireless Network Expert) #247 in the world and #1 in the region (1st ever from Lebanon/UAE and the 2nd overall in the MENA region).

UM MENA has promoted Antoine Challita (BS 2004, BBA 2005) to the newly created position of general manager of its Dubai office effective immediately. In a press statement, the company explains that the new role has been created as a result of the increasing demand of “UM’s global and local product services from our clients”.

AUB alumna and VP of Products for Coupa Software, Raja Hammoud (BS '92), was ranked 15th in The SaaS (Software as a Service) Report's Top 25 Women Leaders in SaaS.

The images of BeirutVersus, an astrophotography collective founded by AUB alumnus Khalil Azar (BE '09), were featured by CNN.

19 September 2017 - Acclaimed Psychiatrist, AUB Alumna, Dr. Tammy Christine Saah (MD ’09), will be Spotlighted in The Leading Physicians of the World. Dr. Saah is certified by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, and is renowned across California and beyond as an expert on the treatment of resistant depression, as well as novel treatments for depression, including the use of ketamine infusions. Dr. Saah attributes her success to her natural curiosity and listening skills, the support of her excellent mentors, and the inspiration she gets from helping her patients.

26 September 2017 - AUB alumna and cardiology researcher Dr. Mona Nemer has been named Canada's Chief Science Advisor by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.

Grey Group has announced the appointment of Kamil Kuran (BBA 1989) as group chief executive officer, Grey MENA. In his new role, he will report to Nirvik Singh, Chairman & CEO, Grey Group Asia Pacific, Middle East, and Africa.

The CEO Middle East Awards recognize and reward the most successful and innovative CEOs in the Middle East:

Dr. Michael Fakih (BS ’77, MD ’81) won the Healthcare CEO of the Year award.  
Ronaldo Mouchahwar (Member of the International Advisory Council), received the Visionary CEO of the Year award.

Mr. Mohamad El-Hout (BA '81, MBA '84) Chairman-Director General of MEA was elected recently as a member of the IATA (International Air Transport Association) Board of Governors representing Middle East and North Africa region.
The IATA Board of Governors consists of 31 members out of 275 airlines representing almost 85% of the international traffic in the world. The Board of Governors is the highest governance body in IATA after its General Assembly. It provides strategic guidance for the airline industry as a whole and is entrusted with overall oversight of the activities of IATA. 

AUB alumna and esteemed author Emily Nasrallah (BA '58) has been awarded the Goethe Medal by the Goethe-Institut. The Goethe Medal is an official decoration of the Federal Republic of Germany which honors luminaries who have performed outstanding service for the German language and for international cultural relations.

Fadi Hani (EMBA ’14) has been appointed as Vice President of Avaya for the Middle East, Africa and Turkey.

1 Aug 2017 - AUB alumna Dr. Rima Khabbaz (BS '75, MD '79) has been named Director of the National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases by the Center for Disease Control Director.

AUB Alumnus, Yazan Halwani (BEN Computer & Communications Engineering ’15) received the Gold Medal at the "8eme Jeux De La Francophonie" that happened in Abidjan, Ivory Coast.

To no one's surprise, AUBites were well represented in the Forbes list of the 100 Most Powerful Arab businesswomen. Congratulations to the following AUB alumnae who made the list!

1. Lubna Olayan (Former Student)
14. Randa Sadik (BBA '84, MBA '86)
31. Elissar Farah Antonios (BS '87)
59. May Al Mudhaf (BA '80)
81. Christine Sfeir (BS '94)
97. Sana Khater (BS '82, MBA '85)
99. Jinan Zoya (BBA '03)

Check out AUB alumnus Gustave Cordahi's (BE '07) interview with Alhurra TV's iTech Show about the transformative era that world of transportation is now witnessing.

Mutaz Ghandour (BA Psychology ’65) Chairman and CEO of Metito Holdings accepts his appointment as IIMSAM Goodwill Ambassador.

31 May 2017 - Dr. Sidani (BS '99, MD '03) is an Associate Professor of radiology and neurosurgery at The University of Miami Leonard M. Miller School of Medicine. He serves as the Program Director of the Neuroradiology Fellowship Program. He has been in his current position at the Miller School of Medicine for the past six years.

AUB alumnus and Chairman/Chief Executive Officer of FivePoint Holdings, Emile K Haddad (BE '82), is among the Ellis Island Medal of Honor recipients for 2017.

AUB Alumna, Zeina Mansour (BS ’78, MS ’83) nominated Vice President Haut Conseil Sante Publique France for 4 years.

Gustave Cordahi (BE '07) was named the 2017 Distinguished Alumni at the Faculty of Engineering and Architecture's 16th Annual Student and Alumni Conference.

28 April 2017 - Ara Tekian (BS '75, MS '79, PhD '81), AUB alumni and professor and associate dean of international education at the University of Illinois at Chicago College of Medicine, will receive the Ellis Island Medal of Honor at a ceremony in New York.

AUB alumnus Jeffrey Karam (MA '10) discusses his research on American intelligence operations in the Middle East with the Brandeis University Graduate School of Arts and Sciences.

AUB alum George Helou (BS '75) is one of NASA's leading scientists who helped discover the Trappist-1 system.

The International Association of HealthCare Professionals is pleased to welcome AUB alumnus and acclaimed Radiologist, Dr. Charif Abdul Rahman Sidani (BS '99, MD '03), to their prestigious organization with his upcoming publication in The Leading Physicians of the World. 

Congratulations AUB Alumnus, Slayman Obeid (BS '04) on your substantial work at the University Hospital of Zurich as an Interventional Cardiologist as well as being published with the Cleveland Clinic.

AUB alumnus Khaled Abdel Rahman (BA '12) made the prestigious Forbes “30 Under 30: Games” for his work on the smash hit mobile game Pokémon Go.

5 December 2016 - AUB alumnus, Dr. Bechara Choucair, (BS ‘93, MD ‘97) has joined Kaiser Permanente as chief community health officer and senior vice president of Community Health and Benefit for Kaiser Foundation Health Plan, Inc. and Kaiser Foundation Hospitals.

21 November 2016 - AUB alumna, Dr. Haifa Abou Samra (BS '82) has been named chair of the Department of Nursing department at the University of South Dakota.

AUB Alumna, Dr. Sonia Alianak (MA '66) was honored for Excellence in Political Science Education. She was recognized by being included in Marquis Who’s Who.

16 November 2016 - Dr. Nasser Ani (MD '84) performs MIS anterior cervical discectomy and fusion surgery on patient experiencing severe arm pain and numbness in South Amboy, New Jersey, using the Less Exposure Surgery Technique and SpineFrontier's LES ARENA-C (HA) interbody and LES INVUE plate.

AUB alumnus Muhammad R. Hajj (BE '83), professor of biomedical engineering and mechanics in the College of Engineering and associate dean of the Graduate School at Virginia Tech, was recently named the J. Byron Maupin Professor by the Virginia Tech Board of Visitors.

AUB alumnus Dr. Fadi Makki (BA '89) spearheads the creation of Qatar's Behavioural Insights Unit, the first "nudge unit" in the Middle East. 

AUB alumni Dr. Nelly Adel (BS '94) has been named chair of the Pharmacy Practice Department of the Touro College of Pharmacy.

She effectively participated in a series of gender related activities, including a system-wide gender audit, all staff capacity assessment, the evaluation of the UN-ESCWA organizational culture and the development of the UN-ESCWA gender marker. She also designed and delivered training material to build the capacity of the UN-ESCWA gender focal points network on the use of the latest technologies to visualize and analyze Gender Statistics. This has positively contributed to the commission’s efforts towards the advancement of gender equality and the empowerment of women.

She will be responsible for managing the Alumni Relations Office in Beirut, in addition to her fundraising responsibilities as a senior fundraiser. In addition to her fundraising skills, Salma has been filling the role of Interim Director of Alumni Relations since December 2015, and has been managing the relationship with the WAAAUB leadership, and implementing the numerous AUB-led alumni events in Beirut. Salma Oueida is an excellent ambassador of the Institution and she represents AUB at its very best.

Samar has been serving as the Interim Director of HR on Campus since January 2014. Under her management, Samar’s team has implemented the online application for leave requests and has been instrumental in instituting changes in the Group Life Insurance Policy. She has led the effort to improve the work permit process and communications with the Ministry of Labor. Samar and her colleagues have been engaged in the implementation of the new HR/Payroll system to provide AUB with a solid platform for these very critical functions.

Dr Yasmine El Masri was awarded a prestigious and competitive one-year ESRC GCRF postdoctoral fellowship during which she will be leading a project entitled: ‘Using interactive tasks to reduce the language barrier: Widening access to science education for Syrian refugees in Lebanon’.

Prof. Khashab is an Associate Professor of Chemical Science at King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST).  She received her Ph.D. from the University of Florida in 2006. Professor Khashab's has also received the Crow award for organic innovation in 2006 and AlMarai award for excellence in nanotechnology in the Middle East region in 2013. She has more than 60 publications in high impact journals.

Lebanese graffiti and street artist Yazan Halawani (BE '15) has been commissioned by Swiss luxury watchmaker Tag Heuer to design the first ever Arabic face for its Connected watch. The Arabic watch-face design was launched last week in Dubai and will only be available for sale in the UAE and Saudi Arabia. 

Dalal Haldeman, Ph.D., M.B.A., (BS '72, MS '75)  has been named senior vice president of marketing and communications for Johns Hopkins Medicine. As VP of JHM marketing and communications for the past eight years, Haldeman achieved greater name recognition for the institution, streamlined JHM’s Web content while increasing its social media presence, and enhanced system integration while raising awareness about JHM biomedical discoveries. An advocate for engaging employees and putting patients at the forefront, she initiated sharing a patient story at every Johns Hopkins Medicine town hall meeting.

The work of ‎AUB‬ alumna Huguette Caland (Former Student 1964-68) is being showcased at the Hammer Museum's biennale “Made in L.A. 2016." Check out this great feature about Huguette on The Huffington Post!

AUB President Fadlo R. Khuri announced the appointment of Dr. Imad Baalbaki (BBA '85, MBA '87) as the University’s Vice President for Advancement responsible for the Offices of Development, Alumni Relations and Advancement Services at the University.

​May Rihani (BA '68) is named the Director of the George and Lisa Zakhem Kahlil Gibran Chair for Values and Peace at the University of Maryland's College of Behavioral and Social Sciences.

Khaled Malas (BAR '05) designed a electricity producing windmill being used in war-torn Syria. The windmill was recently featured at the Marrakech Biennale. Malas collaborated on the project with fellow AUB alumni Salim al-Kadi (BAR '04), Alfred Tarazi (BGD '04) and Jana Traboulsi (BGD '00). 

AUB alumnus Karim Choueiri (BS '05) and his team are behind the world's first smart bottle opener, Bottle Opener x.

Chatham House is pleased to announce that Dr Lina Khatib (BA '98) has joined the institute as head of the Middle East and North Africa Programme. She joins Chatham House from her position as a senior research associate with the Arab Reform Initiative. Previously, she was director of the Carnegie Middle East Center in Beirut and, prior to that, the co-founding head of the Program on Arab Reform and Democracy at Stanford University’s Center on Democracy, Development, and the Rule of Law.

Christine Sfeir (BS '94), with help of fellow AUB‬ alumni Carine Assouad (BGD ’05) and Julien Khabbaz (BE ’02), is working to expand her Lebanese‬ food franchise Semsom‬ in the ‪United States‬.

AUB alumnus Dr Mustafa Abu-Lisan (BS '73) has been appointed Deputy Lieutenant of Greater London in the Royal Borough of Kensington & Chelsea. The Deputy Lieutenants of London are distinguished residents who either have served the local community, or have a history of service in other fields.

The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill announced that AUB alumnus Fouad Abd-El-Khalick (BS '91, MA '95) has been selected as the new dean for the School of Education, one of the oldest professional schools at Carolina. He is currently the associate dean for research and research education in the College of Education at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC).

A little more than a year ago, Albert Lea artist May Ya-Ya gave birth to her son, Daniel. After a few months passed, she said she felt like she was in a phase where she was stuck in life, until one day when her son was about 5 months old, she woke up, put Daniel in his playpen and began to paint.

Zeina Karam (BA '96), who has reported on political upheaval, war and transformation in the Middle East for almost two decades, has been named as Beirut bureau chief for The Associated Press, leading coverage of Lebanon as well as the devastating conflict in Syria. 

‎AUB‬ alumna and ‎AUBMC‬ physician Dr. Ghada El-Hajj Fuleihan (BS '79, MD '83) has received the 2016 International Excellence in ‪Endocrinology‬ Award.

AUB alumnus and cofounder of Blue Cloud Ventures Rami Rahal (BE '08) has been named one of ‪Forbes‬'s ‪30 Under 30‬ in the field of venture capital.

‘Blueprint Beirut’ an exhibition by The Starch Foundation and its ‎AUB‬ alumna co-founder Tala Hajjar (BA '99) won the Curator Award at Fashion Utopias, the British Council and British Fashion Council’s International Fashion Showcase 2016 in association with London Fashion Week. 

Tarek Jaroudi (MBA '15), Mohamed Sabouneh (MBA '15) and Ghassan Abi Fadel (MBA '14) created ‪#Moodfit‬, an online interior design program which enables a user to transform a space with the help of top interior designers.

Dr. Oliver Flouty (BS '06, MD '10) and three engineering students are developing robotic technology to change neurosurgery at the University of Iowa.