Classes remain suspended at major universities caught up in the fighting between Israel and the militant group Hezbollah, although the campuses have stayed open.

In northern Israel, the University of Haifa has decided to resume final examinations for spring-semester courses, though it has not yet settled on timing. At the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, officials have decided to delay resuming exams until the start of fall classes, in September.

In Lebanon, the Association of American Medical Colleges canceled the August sitting for the MCAT, but at the request of the American University of Beirut, the admissions test will be administered when the security situation improves.

An intensive Arabic program for international students at Lebanese American University will come to a close today, and the few remaining students will leave the country soon afterward. “We all hope and pray that this nightmare we are all experiencing will come to an end soon,” the university said on its Web site.

Recent Chronicle reports on the crisis for Lebanese and Israeli universities:

American U. of Beirut President Gets No Commitments From U.S. Officials to Help Ship Fuel (7/28) American U. of Beirut President Seeks Aid in U.S. and Vows to Return to His Campus (7/27) Some American Academics Choose to Remain in Lebanon or Israel While Others Flee (7/25) Students and Staff Members at American U. of Beirut Hospital Reach Out to Refugees (7/24)