America.gov of October 1 and Thehoya.com of October 5 reported that Peter Gubser, a scholar and author who spent 30 years as president of American Near East Refugee Aid, a group promoting development and humanitarian assistance in the Middle East, died on September 2 of prostate cancer at the age of 69. The paper said that after graduating from Yale University in 1964, he studied at American University of Beirut where he received a master’s degree in Middle Eastern studies and Arabic language in 1966.
Full article available at:
http://www.america.gov/st/peopleplace-arabic/2010/September/20100917143333x0.9532282.html?CP.rss=true  
http://www.thehoya.com/news/Adjunct-Professor-of-Arab-Studies-Dies-of-Cancer-at-69-914105/

News Blaze of October 4 reported that the U.S. State Department's Office of the Middle East Partnership Initiative announced the launch of the second phase of its Tomorrow's Leaders Scholarship program. The paper said that among the host universities for the scholarship is the American University of Beirut.
Full article available at:
http://newsblaze.com/story/20101004124822stat.nb/topstory.html

PR-Inside.com of October 6 published a profile of Hrayr Shahinian, the founder of the Skull Base Institute. The paper said that Shahinian has a BS in biology/chemistry from the American University of Beirut.
Full article available at:
http://www.pr-inside.com/hrayr-shahinian-founder-of-the-skull-r2160917.htm

Battleboro Reformer of October 7 reported that Peter F. May has been appointed  vice president for legal affairs at the American University of Beirut.
Full article available at:
http://www.reformer.com/localnews/ci_16273640

People’s Daily Online of October 8 published a political piece arguing that Syria and Hizbullah have been exerting pressure on Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri to reject the Special Tribunal for Lebanon probing the assassination of his father, former Prime Minister Rafic Hariri. The paper quoted AUB professor of political studies Hilal Khashan as saying, “Hariri changed his position on the STL as a result of Saudi pressure at a time when Saudi Arabia was seeking Syria's help in forming the Iraqi cabinet.”
Full article available at:
http://english.people.com.cn/90001/90777/90854/7160075.html

Campus Watch of October 10 reported that an interest in Arabic-language studies has grown over the past decade among westerners and that Arabic language programs in the Middle East and North Africa are thriving. The paper gave the example of Steven Koh, 27, who started studying the language while at Cornell three years ago and just completed an intermediate-level intensive summer course at the American University of Beirut.
Full article available at:
http://www.campus-watch.org/article/id/10244

American of October 11 reported that Lebanon is preparing for Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s first visit to the country on October 13. The paper quoted AUB professor of political studies Hilal Khashan as saying, “Ahmadinejad’s visit has provoked the ire of many Lebanese, who see his presence as a show of support for the militant Hizbullah, which they find domineering.”
Full article available at:
http://www.voanews.com/english/news/middle-east/Lebanese-Reactions-Mixed-Over-Ahmadinejad-Visit-104718824.html

Uruknet of October 12 reported on a two-day conference held at the American University of Beirut entitled, “UNRWA at 60,” organized by the AUB Issam Fares Institute for Public Policy and International Affairs and UNRWA.
Full article available at:
http://www.uruknet.info/?p=m70689&hd=&size=1&l=e

The Dispatch, Ocala.com, All 4 Syria, Al-Sbah, Al-Quds, Gainesville, and The New York Times of October 14, Movement for Justice and Echo Beirut of October 15, and Development for Syria and Shabakat Akhbar Al-Iraq of October 16 reported on the drought affecting farm lands in Syria, namely in the city of Raqqah situated along the Euphrates River. The paper quoted Rami Zurayk, a professor of agricultural and food science at the American University of Beirut, as saying, “It is ironic: this region is the origin of wheat and barley, and now it is among the biggest importers of these products.”
Full article available at:
http://www.the-dispatch.com/article/20101014/ZNYT03/10143016/-1/news09?Title=Searching-for-Crumbs-in-Syria-x2019-s-Breadbasket
http://www.gainesville.com/article/20101014/ZNYT03/10143016/1003/news04?Title=Searching-for-Crumbs-in-Syria-x2019-s-Breadbasket
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/14/world/middleeast/14syria.html?_r=1&src=me&ref=world
http://www.echobeirut.com/news.php?action=show&id=5398
http://all4syria.info/content/view/33503/75/
http://www.alsbah.net/mynews/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=29274
http://www.alquds.com/node/296498
http://www.ocala.com/article/20101014/ZNYT03/10143016/-1/search10?Title=Searching-for-Crumbs-in-Syria-x2019-s-Breadbasket
http://www.forsyria.org/articles_details.asp?articleid=1373
http://www.aliraqnews.com/new/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=20170:2010-10-16-11-52-48&catid=13:politics&Itemid=26

Oregon Public Broadcasting News of October 13 published a political piece commenting on Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s controversial visit to Lebanon. The paper quoted AUB assistant professor of international politics Karim Makdisi as saying, “The visit is also a chance for Lebanon to build up strategic alliances in the region -- not just with U.S. allies, but with other power brokers like Iran.”
Full article available at:
http://news.opb.org/article/15634-iranian_leaders_visit_raises_tensions_in_lebanon/

Harvard Belfer Center of October 13 published a political editorial by Rami Khouri, the director of the AUB Issam Fares Institute for Public Policy and International Affairs, entitled, “Beyond the Settlement Horizon.”
Full article available at:
http://belfercenter.ksg.harvard.edu/publication/20363/beyond_the_setllements_horizon.html

UCLA International Institute of October 14 published an article by Ann Kerr published in the Summer 2010 AUB Maingate magazine in which she interviewed six of her American University of Beirut classmates to discover the lives they built in the Middle East.
Full article available at:
http://www.international.ucla.edu/news/article.asp?parentid=117833

South Asian Media Net of October 16 published an article on Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmedinejad’s visit to Lebanon and the speech he gave in southern Lebanon. The paper quoted AUB professor of political studies Hilal Khashan as saying, “It's not just the Israelis who are hysterical about Iran ... Saudi Arabia and Egypt - countries that have meddled in Lebanese politics for so long - have given up here. It's Iraq they are trying to save from Iranian influence. They believe Lebanon is already lost.”
Full article available at:
http://www.southasianmedia.net/cnn.cfm?id=670821&category=foreign%20relations&Country=WORLD 

Day Press of October 18, Arab News Network of October 20, and Al-Liwa’ of October 21 reported on the drought affecting farm lands in Syria namely in the city of Raqqah situated along the Euphrates River. The paper quoted Rami Zurayk, a professor of agricultural and food science at the American University of Beirut, as saying, “It is ironic: this region is the origin of wheat and barley, and now it is among the biggest importers of these products.”
Full article available at:
http://www.dp-news.com/pages/detail.aspx?l=2&articleId=59056
http://www.anntv.tv/new/showsubject.aspx?id=15162
http://www.aliwaa.com/default.aspx?NewsID=200856

Campus Watch of October 18 reported that Rami Khouri, the director the AUB Issam Fares Institute for Public Policy and International Affairs, participated in a conference sponsored by the Fares Center for Eastern Mediterranean Studies entitled, “Engaging the Middle East: After the Cairo Speech.”
Full article available at:
http://www.campus-watch.org/article/id/10283

Digital Production of October 19 reported on the “exciting media talent” in the Middle East and quoted AUB professor Jad Melki as saying, “The last 10-12 years has witnessed a lot of interest by students in media.”
Full article available at:
http://www.digitalproductionme.com/article-3387-the-class-of-2010/

The Week of October 19 reported on the completion of the new Dhofar University (DU) campus in Salalah in Oman. The paper also said that the American University of Beirut had signed an agreement to academically oversee the establishment of what is now Dhofar University.
Full article available at:
http://www.theweek.co.om/disCon.aspx?Cval=4252

Urbanski of October 21 reported that the Audio Engineering Society (AES) Educational Foundation Board of Directors and President Don Puluse announced the names of ten recipients of the 2010 AES Educational Grants for Graduate Studies, that include Elie al-Noune, who has a BE from the American University of Beirut.
Full article available at:
http://www.rbr.com/radio/engineering/tech-topics/27206.html

Radio Business report of October 21 reported that the Audio Engineering Society (AES) Educational Foundation Board of Directors and President Don Puluse announced the names of ten recipients of the 2010 AES Educational Grants for Graduate Studies. Elie al-Noune, who has a BE from the American University of Beirut, is among of the recipients.
Full article available at:
http://www.rbr.com/radio/engineering/tech-topics/27206.html

Huntington News of October 22 published a book review of Raymod Khoury’s novel entitled The Templar Salvation. The paper said that he studied architecture at the American University of Beirut.
Full article available at:
http://www.huntingtonnews.net/columns/101022-kinchen-columnsbookreview.html 

Quoteline, Pharmalive, Scottrade, and Fiercebiotech of October 25 reported that Apricus Biosciences, Inc. announced the formation of a Clinical Advisory Board that includes Dr. Ghassan K. Abou-Alfa, board-certified medical oncologist at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center. The paper said that Abou-Alfa received his MD from the American University of Beirut.
Full article available at:
http://www.quoteline.ch/cmp_nwsd.asp?nws_id=1001983431&cmp_id=&l=D&m=CH
http://www.pharmalive.com/News/Index.cfm?articleid=738642

All Headline News and The Media Line of October 26  reported on the new practice of gender selection in the Middle East. The paper quoted AUBMC professor Antoine Abu Musa as saying, “Patients come from the regional countries around [the Middle East] and most of them are interested in having boys because they don’t have any...I would say that more than 80 percent of requests are to have male children.”
Full article available at:
http://www.themedialine.org/news/news_detail.asp?NewsID=30385
http://www.allheadlinenews.com/articles/7020336487?Gender%20Selection%20In%20Middle%20East%20Becoming%20More%20Popular

WBUR of October 27 published a piece commenting on the political tension in Lebanon regarding the Special Tribunal in Lebanon. Professor of political studies at the American University of Beirut Hilal Khashan voiced his optimism that, given international pressure, the sides will reach a compromise that makes everybody only "half upset."
Full article available at:
http://www.wbur.org/npr/130843736/tensions-mount-in-lebanon-over-hariri-murder-probe

Tufts Daily of October 28 reported on the formation of a new student group called the Tufts Chapter of Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) that hopes to foster discussion and expose students to the Palestinian perspective. Sean Smith, who studied at the American University of Beirut last year, said he hopes the group will help open up a more balanced discussion on campus.
Full article available at:
http://www.tuftsdaily.com/news/new-group-highlights-palestinian-perspective-on-mideast-conflict-1.2385652

International Herald Tribune and The New York Times of October 28 published a political piece commenting on Hizbullah Secretary General Hassan Nasrallah’s call to boycott the Special Tribunal for Lebanon. They quoted AUB professor of political studies Karim Makdisi as saying, “The accusation that Shiites were behind the martyrdom of a man who has been elevated to a great Sunni leader — this is Hizbullah’s main concern about the tribunal.”
Full article available at:
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/29/world/middleeast/29lebanon.html?_r=2

Los Angeles Times of October 28 published an article arguing that the Islamic hijab can stand in the way of the employment of some women in Lebanon. The paper gave the example of Lubna Muhamad who is a student of English literature and psychology at the American University of Beirut.
Full article available at:
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/babylonbeyond/2010/10/lebanon-veil-jobless-discrimination-ad-student-islam-position.html

Global Exchange of October 28 reported on the formation of a new student group called the Tufts Chapter of Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) that hopes to foster discussion and expose students to the Palestinian perspective. The paper said that Sean Smith, who studied at the American University of Beirut last year, hopes the group will help open up a more balanced discussion on campus.
Full article available at:
http://www.globalexchange.org/countries/mideast/palestine/7194.html

Campus Watch of October 29 reported on a lecture sponsored by the Center for Arab and Middle Eastern Studies at the American University of Beirut by Professor Lila Abu-Lughod on her research on the global enterprise of "saving Muslim women.” The paper said that Abu-Lughod is the Joseph L. Buttenwieser Professor of Social Science at Columbia University.
Full article available at:
http://www.campus-watch.org/article/id/10337

Smart Grid of October 29 reported on an event organized by Beeatoona.org on the first E-waste awareness and collection day at the American University Beirut, in collaboration with AUB’s Center for Civic Engagement and Community Services and the university’s environmental club.
Full article available at:
http://smart-grid.tmcnet.com/news/2010/10/28/5100512.htm