The AUB4Beirut Run was organized for the first time in September 2020, in the immediate aftermath of the catastrophic explosion in the Beirut port on August 4, 2020, to raise urgently needed funds for our community in Beirut, the AUB Medical Center, and initiatives on campus. It has since become an annual – and a global – event during which alumni and friends around the world come together to run, walk, hike, bike, etc. to raise money for the university and for Beirut.