In spring 2017, our CBA student “Huda Al Rashid” majoring in Economics in the College of Graduate Studies, won the Excellence Research Award in the scientific research from the Sciences Po-Paris University. The awarded research paper was supervised by Dr. Nayef Alshammari , Associate Professor of Economics. Her paper is titled “The Role of Trade and Foreign Direct Investment in Improving Manufacturing Productivity: The Case of the Gulf Cooperation Council”.