The Lebanese Packaging Center (LibanPack) and the UN Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) honored last week 41 Arab students who won in the first edition of the Arab Student StarPack competition for best packaging design. Female university students from Lebanon were at the forefront of winners as follows: Carine Oweida (LAU), came first place in the category of visual packaging design; Diana Abdel Khalek (MUBS), first in food safety packaging design; Sarah Wahidi (RHU) came second place for the category of visual packaging design; Samia Khattab (AUL) second in structural packaging design; Sarah Dheini (LIU) second in food safety packaging; Lilian Jaafar (MUBS) came third in visual packaging design; Kinda Afifi (LAU), won Banqe du Liban prize; Nour Hilou (Lebanese University) won Gemayel Freres prize, and Rayan Birnawi (male student from LIU) came first for the category of best structural packaging design. On the other hand, and for the second consecutive year, the interuniversity contest ‘Unleash your Creativity’, organized by Fernand Hosri Group, awarded the winning teams for the best promotional campaign idea for the leading Italian Urmet International. The winners, Emila Abu Hanna and Remi Ballout, from the Lebanese University, won a trip to Italy including training at Urmet. Participating universities to recall were: AUB, USJ, USEK, NDU, UL, LAU and AUST. (L’Orient Le Jour, Al Diyar, May 19 and 20, 2017)