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Dated Events
Dated Events
Tuesday 16, 4:00 pm – Agriculture Auditorium
* Lecture: Today’s World Wide Food Safety Issues (including:
Bioterrorism) by Dr. Ewen Todd, Professor and former Director
National Food Safety and Toxicology Center, Michigan State University,
USA.
There will be two specialized lectures:
(1) Disease Surveillance, with illustrations from the developed and
developing countries: Thursday, May 18, 9 am (Room 102)
(2) Risk Assessment, with focus on Listeria spp: Friday, May 19, 1 pm
(Room 102).
Tuesday May 16, 6:00 P.M. Auditorium B, West Hall
* Lecture: “The New Global Economy and the Political Economy of Islamic
Movements” by Professor Joel Beinin, Stanford University, the Center for
Arab and Middle Eastern Studies.
Wednesday 17, 12:00 - West Hall, Auditorium B
* Bank of Beirut recruitment presentation, organized by the Career And
Placement Services. For further information, please contact Dr. Maryam
Ghandour, Career and Placement Services, Student Affairs West Hall, Room
115, ext. 3172, E-mail: mg03@aub.edu.lb
Wednesday 17, 3:00 pm - West Hall Auditorium B
* Panel discussion: “Information Technology and Intellectual Property
Legislation: Where does Lebanon stand today?”. organized by Badri and
Salim El Meouchi Law Firm represented by Mr. Selim El-Meouchi, Senior
Partner; Mr. Mazen Rasamny, Senior Associate, and Mr. Ramy Aoun, Senior
Associate. Organized by the Entrepreneurship Club and the Business
Information and Decision Systems Track, Olayan School of Business.
Wednesday 17, 5:00 pm - West Hall, Auditorium B
* Open meeting on Palestinian and non-Palestinian refugees in Lebanon,
on the occasion of the World Refugee Day. Speakers: UNRWA: Mr. Richard
Cook; UNHCR: Mr. Stephane Jaquemet. Presented by the AUB-UNESCO Club in
collaboration with UNHCR and UNRWA.
Wednesday May 17- Thursday 18, 2006 - Faculty of Engineering and
Architecture
* Fifth FEA Student Conference. (See box).
Wednesday 17 from 2:00 pm to 5:00 pm – Ramlet El Baydah
* Beach Sculpture (sand). AUB Students from the Fine Arts and Art
History Department will be participating in the event. For more
information call Miss Inas Zeineddine ext. 3800.
Thursday 18, 5:00 pm – West Hall room 204
* Lecture by Dr. Susanne Wiedemann. Organized by CASAR.
Thursday 18, 6:00 pm – Engineering Lecture Hall
* Fourth Student – Faculty Concert. Works by Chopin, Rachmaninov,
Skryabin, Pierre Azoury. Guest performer: Abir Nehme, soprano.
Thursday 18 – 6:00 pm – AUB Alumni Club
* Arabic lecture by Dr. Adnan Mroueh: “Health: Problems and solutions”.
Presented by AUB Alumni Club.
Thursday May 18 – June 1, Architecture Building Faculty of
Engineering
* Exhibit for the winning design and competing schemes in the limited
international design competition for the Faculty of Engineering and
Architecture District and Irani Oxy Engineering Complex. From 10 am - 7
pm weekdays, 10 am - 5 pm weekends. For more information contact FPDU
+961 1 350000, ext. 2100.
Friday 19 till Monday 21, West Hall room 204
* Conference: “Arabic Prose Poetry”. Opening on Friday at 7:00 pm. with
an opening address by Ounsi El-Hajj. The conference will conclude on
Sunday May 21, 6:30 pm with an address by Abbas Beydoun. Organized by
Anis Makdisi program for Literature (AMPL).
Friday 19, 6.30 pm - Architecture Lecture Hall (ALH)
* Public lecture by Jean-Louis Cohen: "Casablanca: Colonialism,
Multiculturalism and Modernity". Jean-Louis Cohen is currently Sheldon
H. Solow Professor of the History of Architecture at New York
University's Institute of Fine Arts. The lecture is organized by The
Department of Architecture and Design.
Saturday 20, 8:30 pm - Riviera Yacht Club
* The Economics Students Society invites you to its end-of year gala.
Come dressed as your favorite star for a night full of surprises
including: a visual tour of student life, live shows, awards and plenty
more!! Tickets available at West Hall stand.
Sunday 21, 6:00 pm - Green Oval
* 33rd Annual Folk Dance Festival. Info: Ms. Wadad Husseini ext. 3197.
Sunday 21, - Assembly Hall
* AUB Student Recital. Dr. Reem Deeb.
Monday 22, 5:00 pm - West Hall
* Lecture by Dr. Timothy Marr: "The Cultural Roots of American
Islamicism." Dr. Timothy Marr is Assistant Professor of American Studies
at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Organized by CASAR.
Monday 22, 8:00 pm – Assembly Hall
* Concert by Duo Nota Bene: Eva Steinschaden (violin) and Alexandre
Vavtar (piano). Program includes Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Bohuslav
Martini, and Cesar Bresgen. Organized by Kulturzentrum.
Tuesday 23, 5:00 pm - IC field
* Come and cheer your favorite team! The match is a traditional football
game between Arts and Sciences and Engineering.
Wednesday 24, 6:00 pm – West Hall, Bathish Theater
* Lecture by Dr. Charles El-Achi (Director, Jet Propulsion Laboratory –
California Institute of Technology): “Excitements and Challenges of
Space Exploration”. A reception will follow in West Hall. Organized by
Faculty of Arts and Sciences in coordination with Diwan Ahlul-Qalam.
Thursday 25 – 6:00 pm – AUB Alumni Club
* Arabic lecture on the industry by Mr. Mohammad Wajih El-Bizri.
Presented by AUB Alumni Club.
Friday 26 and Saturday 27 – Nicely 409
* The CVSP Forum and the Center for American Studies and Research
announce their second “UnAmerican Acts” workshop on the Legacy of the
Black Power Movement. For more details call CASAR ext. 4195.
Tuesday 30 - 7:30 pm, AUB Assembly Hall
* Performance by the University of Balamand Choir, directed by Prof.
Robert B. Betts, with soloists and instrumentalists from the Lebanese
National Orchestra: "A German Requiem" by Heinrich Schutz (1585-1672)
and "The Coronation Mass" by W. A. Mozart (1756-1791), featuring Guest
Conductor, Dr. Edward Wickham, Director of Music at St. Catharine's
College, Cambridge University, UK. All are welcome.
Wednesday 31 - 3:00-5:00 pm, College Hall Auditorium, B1
* Fourth AUB Faculty Seminar on Teaching and Learning with Technology,
organized by the Office of the Provost and the Academic Computing Center
COMING SOON
Monday June 5, 5:30 pm – Marquand House
* Annual Garden Party presenting Columbia Music and Songs by
Christine and Isabelle joined by Vahe Simonian and Anne Claire
Khoury. Organized by Women’s League and under the Patronage of Mrs.
Georgine El Chaer Mallat.
Wednesday June 28 – Assembly Hall
* Concert: Bliss St Blues Band (Graduates 1970-1975). Organized by
AUB Alumni Association.
Thursday June 29 – Assembly Hall
* Honoring Ceremony (1981-1956) – Silver and Gold Jubilee. Organized
by AUB Alumni Association.
Fifth FEA Student Conference
Wednesday May 17- Thursday 18, 2006 - Faculty of Engineering and
Architecture
This annual conference provides a forum at which engineering,
architecture, and graphic design students can exchange their technical
views and present their projects and research. The program will include
technical sessions, where oral presentations of accepted papers will be
held, and exhibitions highlighting the work of FEA students, including
Final Year Projects (FYP), will be held. In addition, distinguished
plenary speakers will be invited to participate in the conference.
For more information, please visit
www.aub.edu.lb/fea/feasc
The
Office of the Provost and the Academic Computing Center cordially invite
AUB Faculty members and Administration to attend the Fourth AUB Faculty
Seminar on Teaching and Learning with Technology
Wednesday, May 31, 2006 – College Hall Auditorium, B1 – 3:00-5:00 pm.
Program:
Welcome: President John Waterbury
Cloning Course Websites: An Approach to Managing Multi-Section Courses
Ms. May Mikati – FAS
Initiation of Blended Courses at the AUB School of Nursing
Prof. Sana Marini
Moodle: a new Learning Management System for AUB
Dr. Rosāngela S. Silva
Experience in teaching MVU Courses at AUB
Prof. Hassan Artail and Prof. Karim Kabalan
Questions and Answers
Wrap up: Provost Peter Heath
JPL Director Charles El-Achi at AUB
Wednesday 24, 6:00 pm – West Hall, Bathish Theater (See next page).
Do You Know?
Roger Bonfis was a student in the Syrian Protestant College in
1914-1916 when his father Adrian Bonfis had a photography studio in
Beirut. Adrian Bonfis and his father Felix, also a photographer,
were among the very first to comprehensively photograph Lebanon and
the Middle East.
Photo Exhibition by Dr. John Waterbury
Opening: Thursday, June 1, 2006 at 6:00 pm – West Hall, room 400
The exhibition will be run until June 17, 2006. Monday to Friday
from 10:00 am to 7:00 pm. Saturday and Sunday from 10:00 am – to
2:00 pm. Organized by the Administrative Board of the President’s
Club
New Course: The History of AUB
CASAR announces a special intensive course, AMST 276C: "The History
of AUB" taught by Dr. Betty Anderson from Boston University. AMST
276C will be offered from April 19 to May 24 on MW 4:00 pm-7:00 pm.
To register, please visit CASAR office in College Hall, 4th floor
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