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| Tuesday, Nov 2, 2010 | The Independent Student Publication Since 1949
Suliman S. Olayan School of Business Celebrates a Successful Ten Year Anniversary Joseph Saba Staff Writer
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n one of what can be easily classified as AUB’s marquee event, Olayan School of Business (OSB) celebrated its 10 year anniversary in an elegant style on Friday, October 29 at the Maamari Auditorium in OSB. Many high profile and distinguished guests attended the event, including Prime Minister Saadeddine Hariri, Trustee Hutham Olayan, AUB President Peter Dorman, Provost Ahmad Dallal and George Najjar, Professor and Dean of the OSB. After the national anthem, the ceremony began with a word of welcome from the Dean of the Suliman S. Olayan School of Business Dr. George Najjar. Najjar
said that OSB’s 10th anniversary is inspired by happy coincidences and that it showcases AUB’s achievements. According to Najjar, there have been 55 faculty members from 17 different nationalities since 2001. He stated that “the OSB has one option for standard which is world class” and that AUB hopes that OSB will be eventually the gold standard for the business schools in the Middle East. Najjar talked about how all the other faculties were there for the OSB and thanked President Dorman and Provost Dallal for their support. He ended his speech by noting that now that the “first ten years continued on page 4
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OSB Hosts Creative Commons Lecture Lara Traboulsi Business Manager
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n Monday, October 25, 2010 AUB was lucky enough to host Professor Lawrence Lessig, founder of Creative Commons and Director of Harvard University’s Edmond J. Safra Foundation Center for Ethics, and Mr. Joichi Ito, CEO of Creative Commons (CC). Invited by the Entrepreneurship Initiative at the Suliman S. Olayan School of Business, Professor Lessig and Mr. Ito gave an enlightening seminar about the Creative Commons and
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intellectual property rights in Lebanon. Students and teachers alike flooded the Maamari Auditorium to get the chance to listen to the inspiring speakers. The seminar revolved around the need for implementing CC tools, which consist of licenses that allow your work to be shared without being restricted by copyright laws. Where once copyright served a purpose in providing incentives for crecontinued on page 4
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