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15 January 2008

Issue 7/2007-2008

	Dated Events
	Tuesday January 15, 10:00 am 5:00 pm Around West Hall Driving Awareness and Action Campaign, in coordination with YASA, Koun Hadi, the Lebanese Red Cross First Aid department and the Lebanese Civil Defense. Tuesday 15, 5:00 pm - West Hall Room 301 Lecture: "Tabari's Biography of Mu'tasim: The Literary Use of a Military Career", by Professor Tayeb el-Hibri University of Massachusetts, Amherst. Organized by The Center for Arab and Middle Eastern Studies. Tuesday 15, 5:00 pm - West Hall Room 204 Debate: "Are public health professionals employees of the system or agents of change?" Speakers: Dr. Berj Hatjian: Director General, Ministry of Environment. Mr. Nizar Rammal: Activist. Moderator: Dr. Iman Nuwayhid, professor FHS. Wednesday 16, 12:00 noon - Van Dyck Auditorium Seminar: "Vaccination for Cervical Cancer: Hope and Controversy" presented by: Dr. Ghassan Dbaibo, professor, Department of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, Faculty of Medicine-American University of Beirut-Medical Center. Organized by FHS. Wednesday 16, 4:00 pm - CAMS, College Hall, Room 416 Seminar: "Supersymmetry and Black Holes" by Professor Wafic Sabra, CAMS. Organized by Center for Advanced Mathematical Sciences (CAMS). Wednesday 16, 8:00 pm - Assembly Hall Organ recital by Jin-ah Yoo. Program includes: Mozart, Bach, Marcel Dupré, concluding her program with the much-beloved Fantasia and Fugue in D minor by Max Reger. Organized by the Zaki Nassif Music Program. All are welcome. Thursday 17, 4:00 pm - CAMS, College Hall, Room 416 Colloquium: "String theory in the real world" by Dr. Sean Hartnoll, Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics, University of California, Santa Barbara, USA. Organized by CAMS. Thursday 17, 4:00 pm - West Hall, Auditorium B Lecture by Alastair Crooke: "Talking with Islamists: An overdue task or an exercise in appeasement?-- Lessons learnt from 30 years of working in conflicts." Organized by The Issam Fares Institute for Public Policy and International Affairs. This is the second of the Bill and Sally Hambrecht Distinguished Peacemakers Lectures at AUB bringing ten prominent international mediators to AUB and Beirut over the coming two years to share their experiences with the AUB community and conflict-resolution practitioners and scholars in Lebanon and the Middle East. Friday 18, 4:00 pm - CAMS, College Hall, Room 416 Informal discussion: "An Introduction to Applied AdS/CFT" by Sean Hartnoll, Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics, University of California, Santa Barbara, USA. Organized by CAMS. Friday 18, 6:30 pm - Department of Architecture and Design [ALH] The Manifesto Trilogy: 12 students in blue, yellow and red on the rhythms of Rameau, Mozart and Bjork... inspired by Saint-Exupéry, Rilke and Artaud. Friday 18 - Sunday 20 Workshop: Research Methodology and Data Analysis. Organized by Arab Thought Foundation (ATF) - American University of Beirut, Department of Education. The project now has a website that includes information about the project and the activities that have been completed. http://www.tamamproject.org For details call Dr. Saouma BouJaoude, Dept of Education, Faculty of Arts and Sciences. Ext. 3060 (see box below) Saturday 19 Commemoration of Ashoura Wednesday 23, 5:30 p.m. AUB Museum Illustrated lecture in French by Assaad Seif, coordinator of archaeological excavations, Directorate General of Antiquities (DGA): "New Archaeological Discoveries in Beirut: the DGA Approach". Organized by Society of the Friends of the AUB Museum. Parking available (Old Alumni Tennis Court). Thursday 31, 8:30 pm - Assembly Hall Piano recital by Walid Howrani. Tickets: 15,000 L.L. to 150,000 L.L. Organized by AUB Alumni Association. For more information: 01-340817/818.

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	President's Service Excellence Award 2008: Call for Nominations
	Every member of the AUB community is encouraged to submit a nomination of an outstanding AUB employee to the President's Service Excellence Award 2008. Details The President's Service Excellence Award is presented to AUB personnel who show excellence in the performance of their duties and have fulfilled their responsibilities beyond the call of duty. Eight groups of award recipients have been recognized so far, with their names appearing on the Wall of Honor at College Hall. In order to start the 2008 awards selection process, nominations of AUB employees who demonstrate extraordinary service quality are encouraged. A nominee could be an employee from any level and any area (other than teaching faculty and clinicians), and should be someone who has demonstrated superior "customer" service leading to increased "customer" satisfaction. This means that these employees have been outstanding when dealing with "customers" who include students, hospital patients and any internal AUB users -- such as other AUB employees --. Submission Nominations can be made on the pdf form, accessed below,and supported by appropriate justification. The form should delivered prior to January 31, 2008 to Andre Nahas, College Hall, 5th Floor. PDF form: http://staff.aub.edu.lb/~webippi/rewards/ president/nomination-form-english.pdf For more information please contact: Andre Nahas, Director of Institutional Planning and Process Improvement, extension 3570. Inas Zeineddine, Executive Officer, Office of Institutional Planning and Process Improvement, extension 3570.

	Volunteers Needed
	Volunteers are needed to help in administering the Tobacco Free Campus Initiative (TFCI) survey. For those interested and for information contact Nabil Hasan at AUB ext. 4669 or email: nah26@aub.edu.lb.

	Neighborhood Initiative Request For Proposals
	Research on Neighborhood Stakeholders The Neighbhorhood Initiative requests proposals from interested AUB faculty members for research on neighborhood stakeholders. Deadline for submission is February 1, 2008. For details, please contact Cynthia Myntti (AUB extension 4653 or cmyntti@aub.edu.lb)

	Arab Thought Foundation (ATF)- American University of Beirut (AUB)
	Project for Research on School-based Educational Development in Arab Countries Workshop on Research Methodology and Data Analysis January 18-20, 2008 AUB Team Country Coordination Teams School Teams University Representatives Friday, January 18, 2008 8:30 - 9:00: Room B1 College Hall: Registration 9:00 - 930: Room B1 College Hall: Opening 9:30 - 11:30: Room B1 College Hall: Focus groups: Dr. Rima Karami 11:30 - 12:30: Room B1 College Hall: Break and prayer time 12:30 -2:00: Room B1 College Hall: Interviewing: Dr. Saouma BouJaoude Afternoon: Free time Saturday, January 19, 2008 9:00 - 11:30: Room B1 College Hall: Interviewing and qualitative data analysis: Dr. Saouma BouJaoude 11:30 - 12:00: Room B1 College Hall: Break 12:00 -2:30: Room B1 College Hall: Questionnaires and Rubrics: Dr. Murad Jurdak Sunday, January 20, 2008 9:00 - 11:30: Room 102 Fisk hall: Analysis of quantitative data: Dr. Murad Jurdak and Ms. Mary Saad 11:30 - 12:00: Room B1 College Hall Break 12:00 -2:00: Room B1 College Hall: Classroom observation Schemes: Ms. Mary Saad 2:00 - 2:30: Room B1 College Hall: Next steps

	AUB Bookstore Bliss Building
	8 am to 6 pm. 2390/1. The state-of-the-art copy center is at AUB ext. 2394.

	XV Al Bustan Festival
	12 February - 16 March, 2008 (Theme: Beyond Borders) Februray Program Tuesday 12 and Wednesday 13 Monica Yunus, soprano The Lebanese National Symphony Orchestra, Karl Sollak, dirrector. Friday 15, Saturday 16, and Sunday 17 The Tsar's Bride Rimsky Korsakov. Helikon Opera (with English surtitles) Monday 18 Amy Dickson, saxophone Martin Cousin, piano Wednesday 20 The Aurora Orchestra Nicholas Collon, conductor Thursday 21 (Jeitta Grotto) Wissam Boustany, solo flute Saturday 23 Anna Vinnitskaya, piano Plamena Mangova, piano The Lebanese National Symphony Orchestra, Dmitri Jurowski, director. Sunday 24, 19h00 (Church of St John Marc, Byblos) Légor Reznikoff Monday 25, 19h00 (Amphitheatre Pierre Abou Khater) In collaboration with the Faculty of Arts and Human Sciences at USJ Lecture (in French): The Power of Sound, Légor Reznikoff Tuesday 26 Louis Sclavis and Friends Wednesday 27 The Amar Quartett. Four is Harmony Friday 29 (St Joseph Jesuit Church) A German Requiem, Brahms Claudia Couwenbergh, soprano Marek Kalbus, baritone Prague Chamber Choir, Lubomir Mati, choirmaster, Choirs of AUB, NDU and the National Conservatoire, Choirmasters: Paul Meers, RF Khalil Rahme. LNSO; Dmitri Jurowsky, director. Note All Performances take place in the Emile Bustani Auditorium unless otherwise stated. All Performances start at 20h30 unless otherwise stated. Programme, venues and prices are subject to change without prior notice. Booking on line: http://www.albustanfestival.com E-mail: festival@albustan-lb.com Tel: 03/752000-8, 04/972980/1/2

	Off Campus
	Monday 21, 6:00 pm - Goethe-Institut, Manara On the occasion of the publishing of the Arabic translation of Silke Scheuermann's novel "Rich Girls" (Reiche Mädchen), Goethe-Institut is organizing a reading in presence of the author and the publisher Ziad Mouna, from the publishing house Cadmus (Damascus/Beirut). Dr. Asaad Khairallah, PhD in Arab and Comparative Literature at AUB, will present the German author. Silke Scheuermann will read parts of her book and the actress Bernadette Hodeib will read the Arabic version. The presentation and discussion will be in English. For more details: +961-1-740524 / 745058 (ext:14),Fax. +961-1-743524 / 740524. The encounter will be musically accompanied by Antoine Maalouf (guitar). Thursday 24, 7:00 pm - Haigazian University Auditorium-Kantari Lecture by Mr. Richard Chambers, (Country Director of International Foundation for Electoral Systems in Lebanon), on "Promoting a Culture for Free and Fair Elections: An International Perspective on Electoral Reform in Lebanon". Organized by the Cultural Hour at Haigazian University Auditorium-Kantari.

	AUB Planner 2007-08
	AUB Planner 2007-08 is on sale at the AUB Bookstore and can be ordered from the Supply Department. It runs from October 2007 until December 2008. Contact the Office of Information and Public Relations at AUB extension 2670 or email: information@aub.edu.lb

	Do You Know!
	The first three women to join AUB were Adele Kassab, Rosa Kulunjian, and Ossana Maksoudian, who entered the School of Nursing in 1905. The University of Istanbul started in 1914 a special section for girls in the field of literature, mathematics and natural sciences. In 1921 the women students boycotted their classes and entered the male students' classes. This lead the University of Istanbul to becoming coeducational. Both AUB and Istanbul University became coeducation in 1921. Women students were admitted to AUB to study dentistry and pharmacy in the academic year 1921-22.

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