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The Neighborhood Initiative is one of the many ways AUB gives back to Lebanon, it helps my mobilizing campus resources by starting outside of the campus walls. They highlight hidden gems and stores near campus, open weekly farmer's market to provide a variety of local Lebanese products, and restore damaged buildings.
AUB also hosts a yearly 2-days event called AUB Outdoors where people from all over Lebanon can come to participate in festival games and attend a concert on campus!!
Moreover, AUB's high research output provides global, regional and local development. The faculty of medicine has research centers for genetics, cancer, infectious diseases, neuroscience, etc. The faculty of engineering has centers to tackle problems in Lebanon for energy, water, transportation, pollution, etc.
One of the special parts of the faculty of engineering is the hub for Arabic Typography and Comics with the goal of preserving and promoting Arabic cultural heritage. AUB has also worked on making artificial intelligence models for the Arabic language to help computer and data scientists all around the world.
Different faculty members from several department at AUB developed AUB-Nature Conservation Center (AUB-NCC) that is aiming to promote conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity for the community through research, education and community development by integrating sustainable development goals (SDG). AUB-NCC collaborates with local businesses, environmental projects and NGOs while promoting environmental and sustainable approaches and values.
There is also a center for civic engagement and community service at AUB bridges between the university community, stakeholders, humanitarian agencies, policymakers, and community partners, with an overarching mission to integrate developmental planning aimed at empowering marginalized communities with experiential learning for leadership development and transformative education. Since 2015, 75,000 volunteering ours have been completed and engaged with 700 NGO's.
