Natheer Abu Obeid, associate professor at the Department of Architecture at the Jordan University of Science and Technology (JUST) in Irbid, is on sabbatical for the 2001 - 2002 academic year. While on sabbatical, he will head the architectural design section of the Saudi Arabian Otaishan Consulting Engineering Company.

Fuad Malkawi, assistant professor at the Jordan University of Science and Technology (JUST) in Irbid, has been appointed chairman of the university's Department of Architecture.

Hazim al-Nijaidi, associate professor at the Applied Sciences University in Amman, has been appointed chairman of the university's Department of Architecture.

Ala' Gammoh has been appointed lecturer at the Department of Architecture at the Applied Sciences University in Amman.

Fuad Malkawi, assistant professor at the Jordan University of Science and Technology (JUST) in Irbid and chairman of the university's Department of Architecture, is finalizing a research project for the Center for Studies and Research for the Contemporary Middle East (CERMOC) on the history of physical planning in Jordan. The project will be published towards the end of 2001.

Maiss Razem, a fifth-year student at the Department of Architecture at the Jordan University of Science and Technologyin Irbid, was chosen as one of ten finalists in an international essay contest entitled Dialogue among Civilizations that was organized by the United Nations. The finalists have been invited to read their essays at a special conference that will take place in New York City in November 2001.