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Monday, August 24, 2020
One of the halls of AAUP that was prepared for the legal profession practice exam

Organized by the Palestinian Bar Association

Prof. Ali Zeidan AbuZuhri- the University President welcomed Mr. Jawad Obaidat- the Head of the Palestinian Bar Association who visited AAUP to see the preparations for the legal profession practice exam that the Bar Association organized in the university.

Prof. AbuZuhri welcomed the guests and gave a detailed explanation about AAUP and talked about the new academic programs that the university is offering in the different BA, MA and PhD degrees, especially the BA in Medicine, and he also asserted on the importance of the collaboration with the national institutions and unions.

Saturday, August 22, 2020
Hassib Al-Sabbagh Center for Information Technology Excellence

After finishing all the internal audit procedures by the Quality Department, Hassib Al-Sabbagh Center for Information Technology Excellence in AAUP joined the ISO 9001:2015 Quality Management System of Arab American University.

The external audit team from Mak International- agents for Lloyd’s Register Quality Assurance institution visited Hassib Al-Sabbagh Center to monitor all its procedures and work. Also by joining the ISO 9001 system, the center will be able to provide better services and managerial actions especially concerning trainings and sponsoring entrepreneurial projects for students and the local community.

Tuesday, August 18, 2020
AAUP and Jawwal signed a new strategic partnership agreement

Arab American University and Jawwal signed a new partnership strategic agreement that aims to provide the university with different services from Jawwal Company, also both parties discussed means of future cooperation to serve the education process. 

The strategic partnership agreement was signed by Eng. Bara Asfour- the Assistant to the President of AAUP and Mr. Ameer Turkyeh- the Head of the Strategic Accounting Department in Jawwal with the presence of Mr. Mohammad Mas’ad- the Manager of the Administrative Affairs Department along with other managers from Jawwal.

Tuesday, August 4, 2020
Molecular Genetics and Genetic Toxicology Laboratories in AAUP

In a recent survey study done by the poll center in Arab American University and after a field survey to try to know the rate of people who were infected by COVID-19, it was concluded that the Palestinian people are far from the herd immunity. The rate of the Palestinian people in the West Bank who are actually holding antibodies to the virus is less than 0.5%.

Researchers took over 1335 random samples from Palestinians living in the different cities of the West Bank who agreed to be part of the study. The samples were laboratory tested to find out if there are any COVID-19 antibodies in the participants’ blood.

Results showed that only 0.5% of Palestinian people have antibodies of the virus and concluded that the Palestinian people are far away from the “herd immunity” and is still susceptible to be infected with the virus.

Tuesday, July 28, 2020
A meeting with Dr. Dalal Iriqat to spot light on the reality and challenges of the Palestinian Youth

Chat with INJAZ has hosted Dr. Dalal Iriqat- a Writer, Researcher and the Vice President for International Relations at Arab American University. The meeting aimed to spot some light on the reality and challenges that face the Palestinian youth.

Sunday, July 19, 2020
Prof. Atef Qasrawi

According to the recent announcement in ResearchGate, Prof. Atef Qasrawi- an AAUP Professor and Researcher in Physics and Nanotechnology was ranked amongst 2.5% best researchers for 2019 in the Scientists and Researchers list that contains almost 17 million scientists and graduate students from all over the world.

Prof. Atef Qasrawi, who is also a member of the Higher Council for Innovation and Excellence since 2013, said that “It is an honor for me to reach this level after the hard work and effort, especially with all the support from Arab American University, and I have been ranked previously top 5% between 5 million scientists and researchers in 2017.”

Prof. Qasrawi indicated that the ResearchGate assess the “ISI” publications in its evaluation, which are accredited by the international institution of Clarivate and Thomson Reuters for Statistics and Scientific Research.

Sunday, July 19, 2020
Part of the online Seminar via Zoom

Under collaboration between the Faculty of Administrative and Financial Sciences in Arab American University and the Consumer Protection Association, AAUP organized an online Seminar through Zoom, entitled “The e-marketing reality during COVID-19 pandemic”. 

Dr. Abdulbaset Rabaaya- the Dean of the Faculty of Administrative and Financial Sciences opened the Seminar and praised the rapid development that the e-marketing is witnessing. He presented some statistics of the marketing budgets of USA and UK and said that 65% of internet users in Palestine use smart devices.

Dr. Mahmoud Yasin, a professor in AAUP talked about the importance of social media in the e-marketing business, and said that nowadays most companies use the social media to market their products online.

Sunday, July 5, 2020
The work in the research laboratories in Arab American University

Arab American University received an approval from Ministry of Health to start using its laboratories for COVID-19 tests. Ms. May Alkaila- the Minister of Health wrote that this approval was based on the fact that the university has an efficient team to do the tests, and that this will contributes in controlling the infected cases. The minister ensured that the ministry will start transferring some of the cases to AAUP laboratories in case if the pandemic got any worse.

Prof. Ali Zeidan Abu Zuhri- the University President said that the accreditation from the Palestinian Ministry of Health for the AAUP laboratories in Ramallah to start doing the COVID-19 tests came after the ministry ensured that all the scientific developed medical devices are available, in addition to the efficient and professional team to deal with patients.  

Tuesday, June 30, 2020
The Palestinian intellectual Prof. Rashid Khalidi

The Policy and Conflict Resolution Studies Center in Arab American University hosted the well-known Palestinian intellectual Prof. Rashid Khalidi - Edward Said Professor of Arab Studies at Columbia University to an online symposium via Zoom to launch his new book “The 100 Years’ War on Palestine: A History of Settler Colonization and Resistance, 1917-2017”

Ms. Rula Shahwan – the Director of the Center started the symposium by welcoming the guest and the audience. She indicated the importance of such dialog and academic seminars and its role in enriching the knowledge of AAUP students in specific and the Palestinian students in general.

The dialog was moderated by Dr. Nahid Habiballah- the Social Sciences Professor and a Faculty member in the Faculty of Graduate Studies in Arab American University.

Sunday, June 28, 2020
The Molecular Genetics and Genetic Toxicology laboratories in AAUP

Trying to discover the genetic mutations for COVID-19 in Palestine

Under supervision of Academic staff from AAUP, AAUP Masters’ students of the Molecular Genetics and Genetic Toxicology Program and experts from the Ministry of Health, Arab American University in partnership with the Palestinian Ministry of Health launched a research project to study the genetic sequencing for COVID-19 between the Palestinian patients.

This research will provide new visions about the factors behind the development of the virus and how to follow-up the changes in the virus in our country. In addition, this research will provide answers to many questions about the virus that will help specialists and the authority to determine future mechanisms to deal with the virus and help to contain it in Palestine.

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