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AED 30,000 prize for best investment strategies Three teams, comprising of business studies students, won AED 30,000 for the innovative investment strategies that they presented during the closing ceremony of Abu Dhabi University's (ADU's) 'Stock Market Competition 2014'. Organized by the varsity's College of Business Administration in strategic collaboration with Abu Dhabi Securities Exchange (ADX), the competition attracted around 100 undergraduate business administration students from different universities across the UAE. Published on: Section: Page:

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Pioneering Emirati Design Studio leads the way to London to educate and inspire as the winner of the British Council Young Creative Entrepreneur, Culture Award 17 June 2014 (United Arab Emirates): The British Council has announced Salem Al-Qassimi, Founder and Principle of Fikra Design Studio as the UAE winner of the 2014 Young Creative Entrepreneur, (YCE) Culture Award.

Salem Al-Qassimi presented his business pitch at A4 Space, Alserkal Avenue Arts District, to 4 industry experts along with three other finalists and was chosen unanimously to represent the UAE as one of the "ones to watch" from the creative sectors around the world. Fikra Design Studio has been providing multi-disciplinary bi-lingual design solutions to clients since 2006. However, it was Salem Al-Qassimi's business philosophy of exploring the intersections of cultural traditions, Islamic heritage and modern lifestyle through design, which the judges felt represented the true characteristics of innovative, creative entrepreneurship.

Salem Al Qassimi will now represent the UAE as an ambassador, along with other YCE global winners at REMIX London, a global summit exploring the intersection between culture, technology and entrepreneurship in leading cultural capitals around the world. REMIX explores the entrepreneurial approaches and transformative business models that are revolutionising the cultural and creative industries. The winners will also receive access to senior UK industry figures, including potential advice, ongoing mentoring and potential investment as well as being given time for individual business meetings in order to support their entrepreneurial journey.

Ovais Naqvi, Managing Director of Abraaj Group and judge on the YCE Culture Award panel stated, "The UAE represents a unique cultural nexus and it's invaluable for the British Council to recognize the creative and entrepreneurial spirit of this region and then to bring the global context to it".

Fellow jury member Dr Ulrike Al Khamisi, Middle Eastern and Islamic Arts Collections Adviser said: "I am truly delighted that Salim al Qasimi has won this prestigious award. Salim is an outstanding, inspirational intellectual, artist and educator as well as a ground-breaking designer and entrepreneur. In all aspects of his work, he is committed to promoting multimedia and multidisciplinary design as a platform for artistic and cultural education and exploration - both in the UAE and beyond. To achieve this, he uses the commercial side of his business to sustain and support his non-profit making activities - an inspirational example of entrepreneurship geared to benefit society."

The final industry expert judge, Ayeh Naraghi, Managing Director, Alcove Advisors (a cultural and development strategies company) stated, "Salem has identified high quality bilingual graphic design as a niche in the design sector of the UAE and the greater Arab-speaking world. His ability to build a company that renders high quality, creative and original graphic designs is unique and impressive. His drive to develop the sector and create support mechanisms for other aspiring designers is an invaluable contribution to the culture sector and creative industries in the UAE. He is an educator, researcher, designer, entrepreneur, and social entrepreneur and thus a powerful force for cultural and social development in the UAE." Salem Al Qassimi joins a fascinating alumni of the various British Council YCE Awards which cut across film, publishing, music, culture and design.

Marc Jessel, Country Director, United Arab Emirates, British Council said, "The Young Creative Entrepreneur Awards are an embedded part of the British Council's programme in the UAE as we find, recognise and connect successful local and UAE-based talents with their international peers, as well as with UK and global creative world-class pioneers.

Salem represents everything we were looking for in our 2014 winner of the Culture award; a passion for the chosen field, the ability to identify and occupy a unique space within the UAE market and the willingness to share his journey with other prospective entrepreneurs. Salem will be a fantastic ambassador for the Emirates cultural scene, and through his visit to London, he will be able to showcase the best of the UAE sector to a much wider audience."

The Young Creative Entrepreneur Culture Award is one of three International Young Creative Entrepreneur (YCE) awards, being run across the UAE in 2014. The final award, focusing on Fashion and Design is open for applications now. The YCE Awards were designed by the British Council to celebrate the achievements of young entrepreneurs across the creative industries, and make a significant contribution to their ability to access international markets. So far 366 young entrepreneurs have spent time with industry experts in their field in the UK and 82 have travelled abroad as part of the programme. The IYCE programme is unique in its recognition of the entrepreneurial ability vital alongside creative talent in the development of a competitive and sustainable creative economy.

-EndsFor more information, please contact: Michel Bechara Head of Arts and Creative Economy British Council M + 971 50 5581792 T + 971 4 3135 510 About The British Council The British Council is the UK's international organisation for educational opportunities and cultural relations. We create international opportunities for the people of the UK and other countries and build trust between them worldwide.

We work in more than 100 countries and our 7000 staff - including 2000 teachers - work with thousands of professionals and policy makers and millions of young people every year by teaching English, sharing the Arts and delivering education and society programmes.

For more information, please visit: www.britishcouncil.org. You can also keep in touch with the British Council through twitter.com/britishcouncil and http://blog.britishcouncil

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Sharjah graphic designer wins award An Emirati designer has been rewarded by the British Council for his work in graphic design. Salem Al Qassimi, 29, founder of Fikra Design Studio in Sharjah, was awarded the 2014 Young Creative Entrepreneur (YCE) Culture Award. Mr Al Qassimi also lectures on graphic design at the American University of Sharjah. "I recently did a project in bilingual scripting where I created 3D letter forms," he said.

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Controlling chemical reactions by laser

Published online 15 June 2014 Scientists use laser pulses to steer outcome of chemical reactions.

Sara Osman Researchers have used ultrashort laser pulses to preferentially remove one of the hydrogen atoms from acetylene C2H2 – a symmetric hydrocarbon –showing for the first time that directional control of hydrogen bond breaking in a symmetric molecule is possible.

Publishing their work in Nature Communications, the scientists at the American University of Sharjah, UAE, King Abdulaziz University, Saudi Arabia, and the Ludwig Maximilians University and Max Planck Institute for Quantum Optics, Germany, suggest their achievement could help direct the pathways of chemical reactions.

Chemistry is based on breaking bonds and/or forming new ones. While the choice of reactants and reaction conditions can be controlled, the subsequent trajectory of a reaction generally cannot, because the nuclear and electronic processes that cause such reactions occur on a different timescale where quantum mechanics takes over.

The scientists used very short laser pulses to tap into these timescales – in the order of a millionth of a billionth of a second – and manipulate the quantum properties of the reactants to make more likely an otherwise random outcome of a reaction.

“Employing laser as a light-reagent to steer the outcomes of chemical reactions will provide new insights towards understanding the underlying physics and chemistry that govern matter on its most fundamental level,” says Ali Alnaser, a physicist at the American University of Sharjah, and the study’s lead author. It could also lead to the synthesis of new chemical substances that could not have been created in the past.

Erik Lötstedt, a researcher from the University of Tokyo, who was not involved with the study, says that "the paper is remarkable since they show how a short laser pulse can induce asymmetric bond breaking in a polyatomic molecule, compared to most previous studies that employed diatomic molecules.”

Laser-field control of asymmetric hydrogen bond breaking.

Laser-field control of asymmetric hydrogen bond breaking. © Alnaser, A.S. / Nature Communications

Electrons in a molecule can only occupy certain allowed quantum energy states. During a chemical reaction, the molecule enters an activated reaction intermediate state for a very short period, and the evolution of a reaction depends on the state occupied by electrons in this state.

Upon interaction with laser pulses, which have specific electric field waveforms, the quantum state occupied by electrons in the reaction intermediate can be altered. This is dependent on the shape of the electric field waveform of the applied laser. For ultrashort laser pulses, with a duration of only a few femtoseconds, a manipulatable property of lasers known as Carrier Envelope Phase (CEP) determines the exact electric field waveform of these pulses. Therefore, adjusting CEP allows the researchers to probe laser-driven dynamics in atoms, molecules and solid targets, explains Alnaser.

The team shone laser pulses with varying CEP at a reaction chamber to study the effect of CEP on the laser-induced ionization and fragmentation of acetylene. “We can measure the dependence of these processes and their yields on the value of the CEP. Knowing this dependence will enable tailoring certain pulses with certain shapes that will optimize a certain reaction pathway over another, hence optimizing a specific reaction outcome,” explains Alnaser.

The team also managed to detect the trajectory taken by a proton, or any other charged particle, in response to a certain laser polarization. “We can then correlate the preferred left/right ejection of these charged particles with the value of the CEP. Preferential ejecting to the left or right corresponds to selective breaking of the left/right bond inside the acetylene linear molecule in this case,” adds Alnaser.

Despite impressive advances in the arena of laser-controlled chemical reactions, most techniques developed so far manipulate small molecules, and the controlled synthesis of more complex materials will require a much more sophisticated understanding of laser-matter interaction.

“Quantum control is not so far replacing the traditional chemical methods of synthesis,” says Ahmed Zewail, who won the 1999 Nobel prize in chemistry for his pioneering work in time-resolved spectroscopy and femtochemistry. “However, the intellectual richness of the field is initiating new avenues for future possibilities.”

Lötstedt added that there was a long way to go before this kind of selective bond breaking can be applied to anything beyond unimolecular reactions of small molecules in the gas phase.

Making the grade with ITC students UAE ICT brands and governments held a number of student competitions last month. Students from the American University of Sharjah were awarded first place at the Microsoft Imagine Cup 2014 UAE. In Abu Dhabi, three Emirati pupils from A1 Hosn School won the first UAE Cyber Quest 2014 competition. The programme was porganised by the National Electronic Security Authority in partnership with the Abu Dhabi Education Council.

Women were also encouraged to enter ICT during Cisco UAE's annual Girls in ICT day, which hosted 30 females aged 14 to 18 years for a day of activities organised by the International Telecommunication Union.

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QNRF, NIAID to co-sponsor infectious diseases research Qatar National Research Fund (QNRF), a member of Qatar Foundation Research and Development, has teamed up with the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) of the National Institute of Health (NIH) to co-sponsor a joint-funding programme. In partnership with CRDF Global, the 2014 US-Qatar-MENA Collaborative Research Grant Competition will support teams of leading scientists from Qatar, the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region and the US. Their research projects will focus on one or more endemic and emerging viral diseases affecting the people in MENA region including MERS, hepatitis C and E, influenza and HIV/AIDS, among others.

The announcement of the collaboration was made at a recent QNRF-sponsored workshop entitled 'The Endemic and Emerging Viral Diseases of Priority in the Middle East and North Africa,' held at the Four Seasons Hotel Doha.

They include scientists from The Johns Hopkins University and Harvard University in the United States, Toulouse University in France, and representatives from some of the MENA region's leading institutions including Weill Cornell Medical College in Qatar, the American University of Beirut, Tripoli Medical Centre in Libya, Cairo University in Egypt, and the University of Jordan.

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ADP Traffic and Patrols Directorate completes 76 traffic studies in UAE THE TRAFFIC and Patrols Directorate at Abu Dhabi Police has completed a series of 76 traffic studies,which included specialised technical studies, researches, reports, standardised comparisons, and presentations on traffic safety levels. He explained that a total of 16 traffic research projects were published at international conferences and in journals, so as to foster the Directorate's position. In addition, he pointed out their importance in studying the socio-economic characteristics of traffic law violators, committers of dangerous violations, and those who cause serious accidents, through collaboration with research centres in the country, like the University of Sharjah and American University of Sharjah, in a bid to enhance traffic safety efforts.

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Curtains draw on International Conference on Laser Technology Under the Patronage of His Highness Dr Sheikh Sultan Bin Mohammed Al Qasimi, Supreme Council Member and Ruler of Sharjah, Sheikh Salem Bin Abdul Rahman Al Qasimi, Director of the Office of the Ruler of Sharjah, and Dr Stefano De Caro, director-general of ICCROM, attended the closing session of the International Conference on “Lasers in the Conservation of Artworks - LACONA�, which was held by ICCROM-ATHAR Regional Conservation Centre, in partnership with Sharjah Museums Department (SMD), Department of Heritage, American University of Sharjah, the University of Sharjah Bibliotheca Alexandrina, the Arabic Institute for Conservation of Historic and Artistic Works and Fayoum University, Egypt. The international event took place at the American University of Sharjah. Now in its tenth version, LACONA was firstly held in 1995 (Crete, Greece), following the latest meeting of the Permanent Scientific Committee (PSC) of LACONA conference in London in September 2011, the organising committee agreed for this conference to be held in Sharjah, UAE. Published on: Section: Page:

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The University City: a pride of society, humanity The Muslim world has never ceased to crave for the spilt period known as the Golden Age of Islamic Civilisation (7th to 13th centuries). This was the Abbasids’ reign when Baghdad boasted of Dar Al Hikma (the House of Wisdom); a time when Cordova and Granada in Al Andalus, Spain, were all flourishing with Islamic civilisation.

Those years are gone, but we now have Sharjah. Moreover, we have the University City that has contributed to the rise of the number of universities in the Muslim World’s 57 countries to reach to about 30 out of the best 500 in the credible global QS ranking. What was the contribution of Sharjah’s University City to earning the emirate the title of Islamic Culture Capital for 2014?

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World Cup exhilarates UAE residents The world has been thrown into a state of frenzy over the FIFA World Cup, with fans cheering for their national teams. Besides the sense of nationalism that such an event forges, people from different walks of life are supporting teams from all over the globe that are unrelated to their own national, political, or social identities.

This is a testament to how sport can be a great unifier across multiple boundaries. Finally, there are those who may not be regular football fans, but are just as excited about the World Cup. Nawal Atiq, an undergraduate student at the American University of Sharjah, says, “Football isn’t exactly my number one sport; however, the World Cup is possibly the most thrilling tournament for me. I started taking an interest in football back in 2002, the year Brazil won the World Cup. I supported them that year, and since then, they have become my favourite team.”

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Dh1m virtual tournament kicks off Gamers young and old stared intently at the screen striving to control the ball, score goals and shore up their teams' defences during a tournament that promises big prizes for UAE football fans. Enthusiasts queued up at Magic Planet in Dubai's Mirdif City Centre yesterday afternoon long before the doors opened to allow the players into a room with 48 screens where they would compete by playing the Fifa 14 football video game on PlayStation consoles.

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School exams and World Cup an unhappy coincidence Parents with football-mad children are worried that their grades may suffer as the World Cup coincides with final term examinations in some schools in the UAE. The matches, which are taking place until July 13 in Brazil, are being aired live from 8pm-4am in the UAE. American University of Sharjah student Layan Khamis, 17, is another passionate Spain supporter who is taking summer courses that are coinciding with the matches.

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Sultan bin Mohammed patronizes AUS graduation ceremony His Highness Dr Sheikh Sultan Bin Mohammed Al Qasimi, Supreme Council Member and Ruler of Sharjah patronized the American University of Sharjah (AUS) graduation ceremony of 527 students withing the Spring 2014 batch.

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Sharjah Consultative Council holds its 17th session The Sharjah Consultative Council held its 17th session . Participants in the meeting congratulated the graduates of the American University of Sharjah (AUS) and the University of Sharjah Published on: Section: Page:

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American University of Sharjah as a civilized achievement The writer of the article focused on the graduation ceremony of 527 students from American University of Sharjah (AUS) including his daughter Mariana. He said that Sharjah ruler build the AUS to be part of the scientific and educational infrastructure in the emirate.

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Winners of Abu Dhabi Universitys "Stock Market Competition 2014" awarded 30,000 AED Three teams of business students recently won 30,000 AED for the innovative investment strategies they presented during the closing ceremony of Abu Dhabi University's "Stock Market Competition 2014". Organized by the University's College of Business Administration in strategic collaboration with Abu Dhabi Securities Exchange, the competition attracted around 100 undergraduate business administration students from universities across the UAE, who formed 50 teams and traded AED 100,000 virtual cash in ADX's online Stock Market Game implementing the most innovative investment strategies to gain the highest returns. 5 teams of students who achieved the highest earnings were then chosen to present their investment strategies to a panel of expert judges, in the presence of Dr. Nabil Ibrahim Chancellor of Abu Dhabi University, Ghanem Al Dhaheri Deputy Chief Executive for Operations Affairs of Abu Dhabi Securities Exchange, Dr. Aly Nazmy Interim Provost and Dean of ADU's College of Engineering, Dr. Jacob Chacko Dean of ADU's College of Business Administration, Abdullah Al Nuaimi Manager of Market Surveillance Section at Abu Dhabi Securities Exchange, as well as several members of faculty and staff.

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Mobile application Two students from the American University of Sharjah (AUS) developed a mobile application for assessing lungs efficiency is people with disabilities or patients with asthma or Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) Published on: Section: Page:

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Electronic football championship for Sharjah institutions start tomorrow The events of the first championship for electronic football (Playstation) will start at 5 from tomorrow evening for governmental departments and institutions in Sharjah organized by Sharjah Government Employees Club under the supervision of Sharjah Sport Council. Thirty eight players representing different entities including American University of Sharjah will participate in the competitions.

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Hot launch for Sharjah PlayStation Governmental Institutions and Departments Championship The Sharjah PlayStation Governmental Institutions and Departments Championship kicked off on before yesterday under the aegis of Sharjah Sports Council. Thirty eight teams participate in the championship, including American University of Sharjah (AUS) and others.

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3-day artwork conservation conference Lacona concludes today at AUS A three-day International Conference on Lasers in the Conservation of Artworks, Lacona, is being held by the ICCROM-ATHAR Regional Conservation Centre in Sharjah, in partnership with Bibliotheca Alexandrina, the Arabic Institute for Conservation of Historic and Artistic Works and Fayoum University, Egypt. The international event is taking place at the American University of Sharjah will conclude today Published on: Section:

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Mohammed bin Rashid launches Arab Social Media Award His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister and Ruler of Dubai, launched a prize award scheme today to reward those who harness the huge positive potential of social media for the good of the Arab world.The ''Arab Social Media Award'' includes 20 categories covering all kinds of social media activities and initiatives by individuals and organisations, as well as the title of "Social Media Personality of the Year" for the region's most influential online figure.Speaking at the launch, Sheikh Mohammed noted that social media were now fundamental to the social, economic and political fabric of the Arab world and played a key role in shaping events."Social media influencers are important change-makers in society. Those who bring wisdom, creativity and positivity are a powerful force for good, because social media are powerful tools for development and progress," he said."The Arab world has not yet made the most of the enormously positive potential of social media. This prize will highlight successful examples and use them as a basis to maximise the benefits for society," Sheikh Mohammed added.The award will highlight the most important social media initiatives in the Arab world and promote best practices on social platforms and technologies at a ceremony to be held annually in Dubai."We want this prize to add real value to existing efforts to develop all channels and sectors of the Arab media. By honouring online influencers, we stress the great value that an innovative and effective social media presence can bring," H.H. Sheikh Mohammed said.

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Sheikha Manal Art Exchange Program in Hong Kong The authority of Sheikha Manal Art Exchange Program, sponsored by Emirates Airline, met with participants after their recent visit to Hong Kong.The student delegation included students from American University of Sharjah and American University of Dubai as well as others .

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Sheikha Manal Program committee to meet with students The Sheikha Manal Cultural Exchange Program Committee's met with the students taking part in the educational program. The visited went on a trip to Hong Kong sponsored by Emirates Airline. The delegation visited many museums and it was including representatives from New York University Abu Dhabi , American University of Sharjah, Published on: Section: Page:

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Public Departments and Corporations PlayStation Championship in Sharjah The Public Departments and Corporations PlayStation Championship will kick off in Sharjah with the participation of 38 players representing the RTA, the American University of Sharjah and others Published on: Section: Page:

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ADP Traffic and Patrols Directorate Completes 76 Traffic Studies in One Year The Traffic and Patrols Directorate at Abu Dhabi Police had recently completed about 76 traffic studies, which included specialized technical studies, researches, reports, standardized comparisons, and presentations on traffic safety levels. This underscores the attention dedicated by the Directorate to make use of the results and recommendations of researches and scientific studies regarding the causes of traffic accidents which are related to the driver, the road, the vehicle, and the weather; so as to be applied in a way that contributes to enhancing traffic safety.Colonel Khalifa Mohammed Al Khaili, Director of the Traffic and Road Safety Engineering Department, at the Traffic and Patrols Directorate of Abu Dhabi Police, indicated that the directorate has adopted traffic researches and studies being of the main pillars of its plan aimed at improving the levels of traffic safety, by analyzing traffic statistics related to traffic accidents and violations, as well as reviewing the laws and offering any observations or recommendations to modify them in the light of the outcome of the practical application of its provisions.He also noted that the researches have been conducted by experts from the directorate in accordance with the methodology, criteria, and conditions for scientific research. He explained that a total of 16 traffic researches were published in international conferences and journals; so as to foster the Directorate’s position. In addition, he pointed out to their importance in studying the socio-economic characteristics of traffic law violators, committers of dangerous violations, and those who cause serious accidents through collaboration with research centers in the State (University of Sharjah -- American University of Sharjah); in a bid to enhance traffic safety efforts.

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Sheikh Mohammed Bin Saqr Al Qasimi graduates Sheikh Mohammed Bin Saqr Al Qasimi graduated from the American University of Sharjah Published on: Section: Page:

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