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Dated Events
Saturday 15, and Sunday 16, 8:30 pm - Assembly Hall
* Music concert presented by Rima Khcheich and band. Tickets: 15,000 LL,
25,000 LL, 35,000 LL, available at La CDthèque, both Ashrafyeh and Hamra
Branches, and AUB Music Club. For more information call: 03-284715.
Organized by IRAB and AUB Music Club.
Tuesday 18, 5:00 pm - West Hall 204
* Lecture by Dr. Khadija Fritsch El-Alaoui: "The Clash that Clashes:
Unpacking the Relationships between Power, Knowledge and Culture in US
Representations of the Arabs". Organized by CASAR.
Wednesday 19, 6:00 pm - West Hall, Auditorium B
* Meeting with novelist Iman Hmeidan Yunis, (with Valery Crusoe).
Organized by Anis Makdisi program in Literature.
Wednesday 26, 6:00 pm – Architecture Lecture Hall 204
* "Zizek!" Screening and Discussion with film makers, by Astra Taylor
and Laura Hanna. Organized by CASAR.
Thursday 27 - Saturday 29, West Hall, room 204
* Conference on Music and Theater (with Akram Rayess). Organized by Anis
Makdisi program in Literature.
Thursday 27, 8:00 pm - Assembly Hall
* Piano concert by Waleed Howrani. Organized by the Lebanese Board on
Books for Young People. Tickets: 70,000 LL, 60,000 LL, 30,000 LL
available at AUB Visitors’ Bureau. Proceeds go for fundraising.
Saturday 29, 3:00pm - Issam Fares Hall
* World Intellectual Property Day conference. (See box above).
Monday May 1
* Labor Day (holiday)
The
Campus Yearbook 2006 Committee
The Campus Yearbook 2006 Committee is proud to announce the commencement
of its activities. As a start, we need to collect your photos. So if you
haven't dropped your photos in the boxes on campus, PLEASE DO SO, NOW!
AREC surplus products
This is to inform you that AREC surplus products are being sold at the
Pilot Plant every Tuesday from 11:00 am to 4:00 pm. These consist of
frozen chicken, eggs, milk products such as Laban, Labneh and 5 kinds of
cheese. From time to time, red meat (American cuts) may be available.
Later on in the season, there will be a variety of vegetables and fruits
and of course sweet corn.
In order to better meet your needs, please place your order a week
before, by calling either Mr. Ghassan Kadi ext. 4591 or e-mailing Mr.
Ziad Jaber: zj06@aub.edu.lb
Thank you.
Nuhad J. Daghir, Ph.D.
Dean
Faculty of Agricultural and Food Sciences
Join the Book Club
aubbookclub@yahoo.com
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Middle East Medical Assembly MEMA
May 11-14, 2006 – Beirut, Lebanon
Organized by AUB and the Medical Chapter of the AUB Alumni Association,
in joint sponsorship with the Cleveland Clinic Foundation.
For information:
Dr. Ghassan Hamadeh, Chairperson
E-mail: mema@aub.edu.lb
http://mema.aub.edu.lb
PO Box: 11-0236, Riad El Solh, Beirut 1107 2020, Lebanon.
Tel: +961-1-350000, Fax: +961-1-744467
Second Regional Training Workshop on
Gender, Citizenship and Governance
Beirut: 23 April - 3 May 2006
The course will be in both English and Arabic.
The course leaflet and application form can be downloaded from the
following link:
http://www.iris-lebanon.org/inner/GCG-glipII2006.htm
The deadline for submitting applications is 31 March 2006
You may contact CRTD.A on: gcg@crtd.org for additional information
or assistance.
Outlook Is Recruiting
Outlook Student Publication is currently recruiting new english
writers for its staff. All those interested must email us (outlook@aub.edu.lb)
with a 500 word movie or book review, no later than April 19.
Freshman, sophomore, and junior students are preferred.
World Intellectual Property Day
Saturday 29, 3:00pm - Issam Fares Hall
On the occasion of the World Intellectual Property Day, the Office
Of Grants and Contracts with the National Intellectual Property
Committee is organizing the event aiming at raising public awareness
of IP issues.
Additional Information
Lectures will cover main IP topics and will be followed by an IP
festival that will be open to the public and artists from Star
Academy, Super Star and others with live entertainment.
The lectures will be presented by IP experts and/or right holders.
Every lecture will be followed by success stories on the related IP
topic. Topics covered include copyright, neighboring rights,
trademarks, patents and industrial designs.
For further information contact ma117@aub.edu.lb
2nd
Middle East Speleology Symposium
2nd Middle East Speleology symposium (MESS2) with the Collaboration of
The Department of Geology at AUB
Under the patronage of "UNION Internationale de Speleologie"
April 21 - 22 - 23, 2006
West Hall - AUB
For more information, visit:
www.mess2.com
Applied Science & Technology Database
The University Libraries are pleased to announce the addition of a new
database:
Applied Science & Technology Full-Text
http://vnweb.hwwilsonweb.com/hww/jumpstart.jhtml
It provides access to full-text materials in applied science and
technology, along with graphs, charts, diagrams, photos, and
illustrations that convey a wealth of data in scientific and technical
articles.
To access this database, go to the AUB homepage, Libraries, University
Libraries, under Collections click Databases, scroll down the
alphabetical list to your title, or simply click on:
http://staff.aub.edu.lb/~webjafet/collections/
databases/databases.htm
For help or more information, do not hesitate to contact the Reference
Department at mailto: jftref@aub.edu.lb, ext. 2620/1, or the Information
Services Department at: mailto:libinfo@aub.edu.lb
Olga Ayoub
Serials Librarian
University Libraries
ext. 2608
Do
You Know?
Starting in February 2004, the Olayan School of Business launched its
Executive MBA program for senior executives from Lebanon and the region.
Exhibition: From Marquand House to College Hall: A Gallery of AUB
Presidents.
Photos and publications of AUB Presidents, spanning 140 years, are on
display in this exhibition which started on Monday March 27and will end
on April 28, 2006. The exhibition is held in Jafet Library – Exhibition
Gallery and is organized by the University Libraries Information
Services Dept. in coordination with the Archives and Special Collections
Dept. For further information contact: s09@aub.edu.lb
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