| 1 February 2008 | Issue 8/2007-2008 | ARCHIVE |
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Dated Events | |
| Thursday
January 31, 4:00 pm - Room 309, Van Dyck Seminar: "Incidence and Prevalence of Dementia in Denmark and Pre-menopausal Hysterectomy and Early-Onset Dementia". This is a nationwide register-based study, by Dr. Kieu Phung (Research fellow at the Memory Disorders Research Group, the Neuroscience Center, Department of Neurology, Rigshospitalet, University Hospital of Copenhagen, Denmark). Organized by Center for Research on Population and Health Faculty of Health Sciences. Thursday 31, at 5:00 pm, Bathish Auditorium, West Hall Lecture and discussion: "How the world's largest democracy forged national unity from diversity: Reflections from India" by Professor Ramachandra Guha, historian, author, commentator. Organized by Issam Fares Institute for Public Policy and International Affairs in association with Embassy of India, Beirut. Thursday 31, 8:30 pm - Assembly Hall Piano recital by Walid Howrani. Tickets: 15,000 LL to 150,000 LL. Organized by AUB Alumni Association. For more information: 01-340817/818. Saturday February 2 - Jafet Library Reserve Reading Room open until 2:00 am for this one extra day ONLY because the University has extended the exam period until February 4, 2008. Monday 4, 3:30 pm - West Hall, Bathish Auditorium Lecture by Mrs. Maya Najjar (Founding President): "Ayadina: Changing People's Life". Organized by the Women's League. Coffee and tea is served after lecture. All are welcome. Wednesday 6, 4:00 pm - CAMS, College Hall, Room 416 Seminar: "What is Index Calculus," by Claus Diem, University of Leipzig Faculty for Mathematics and Informatics, Mathematical Institute, Germany. Organized by the Center For Advanced Mathematical Sciences (CAMS). Wednesday 6, 6:30 pm - West Hall, Auditorium B Poetic evening in Arabic (Egyptian) with Zein Al-Abideen Fouad. Presented by the Anis Makdisi Program in Literature (AMPL). Friday 8, 4:00 pm - CAMS, College Hall, Room 416 Seminar: "The Zoo of Complexity Models," by Claus Diem, University of Leipzig Faculty for Mathematics and Informatics, Mathematical Institute, Germany. Organized by The Center For Advanced Mathematical Sciences (CAMS). Monday 11, 7:30 pm - West Hall Musical performance: "FRESHWATER". Sounds of Indigenous Australia: traditional and contemporary music in English and Indigenous languages. Organized by Australian Embassy in Beirut with the collaboration of the Office of Information and Public Relations at AUB. Seats are limited. Entrance is from Main Gate. All are welcome. Monday 11, 8:30 am - Crown Plaza Hotel- Hamra Workshop: "Management of Humanitarian Emergencies: Focus on Children and Families". It will be implemented by Health Education Resource Unit (HERU) at FHS, Rainbow Center for Global Health at Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland Ohio, and UNICEF. Selected objectives of the training: - Identify priority issues for children in humanitarian emergencies. - Conduct nutritional assessment of children. - Define/address common psychosocial issues of children. - List triage issues specific for children. - Develop health profiles for displaced children and plan interventions. Wednesday 13, 5:30 pm - West Hall, Room 315 Roundtable discussion of "Hikayat". This is a book of short stories by Lebanese Women. Its editor, Professor Roseanne Khalaf of the AUB Department of English, will be present. Organized by the Anis Makdisi Program in Literature (AMPL). |
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Movement to make smoke-free zones in public places in Beirut | |
| A group has been formed to
lobby owners of public places to [at least] create smoke-free areas
so that non-smokers don't have to suffer when they go out. Please e-mail your ideas to get the movement going to: ma110@aub.edu.lb |
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Coming Soon | |
| Tuesday
February 26, 8:00 pm - Assembly Hall Piano recital by Klaus Melber (pianist from Germany). Program includes: Mozart and Schubert. Organized by German Lebanese Association for the Promotion of Culture. All are welcome. Thursday March 6, 4:00 pm - West Hall, Bathish Auditorium Lecture: "Feminine Forever", by Dr. Karam Karam. Organized by Women's Auxiliary of AUBMC. All are welcome. Sunday March 9 8:30 pm - Assembly Hall Al Bustan Festival 2008 Performance: Two Pianos, One Passion by Angelika Genova and Liuben Dimitrov from Bulgaria and Greece. Tickets are for 60,000 LL, 75,000 LL, and 90,000 LL. For the full information and purchase tickets check Al Bustan Festival 2008 website: www.albustanfestival.com. |
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Student Orientation Program | |
| The New Student Orientation
Program and International Student Orientation at AUB will be held
on Tuesday February 5 and Wednesday February 6, 2008 at West Hall,
Bathish Auditorium respectively. The orientation will start at 8 am
on Tuesday with signing in and registration followed by welcoming
addresses by Provost Peter Heath and the Dean of Student Affairs Maroun
Kisirwani. Rania Al Murr of the International Student Services Office
will give an orientation overview which will be followed by faculty
academic advising, registration overview, introduction to AUBnet services,
use of Moodle and plagiarism test, university health services, information
services, emergency situations, campus security, and financial aid.
For more information check Office of Student Affairs website http://staff.aub.edu.lb/~websao/ |
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XV Al Bustan Festival | |
| 12 February - 16 March, 2008
(Theme: Beyond Borders) February Program Tuesday 12 and Wednesday 13 Monica Yunus, soprano The Lebanese National Symphony Orchestra, Karl Sollak, director. 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, dir. 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 |
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Off Campus | |
| Anti-Crise musical
festival's third episode "Tapis-Volant". January 31 to February 2, 2008 at Babel Theatre - Hamra - Beirut. With a musical workshop by MANUFACTUR, a Swiss Electronica Jazz band on February 2 from the 4 to 6 pm FREE ENTRANCE For the full program, please visit: www.inconcertleb.org For more information or for your inscriptions: 03 614 355 rkobeissi@terra.net.lb |
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Healthy Basket | |
| Healthy Basket will continue to provide organic food at FAFS Pilot Plant sales area EVERY THURSDAY from 10:00 am to 1:00 pm | ||
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Call for Papers | |
| Power, Governmentality, Resistance
and State of Exception in the Arab World International Workshop. Organized by AUB's Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences, the Association of Arab Sociology and the Center for Arab Unity Studies to be held at AUB o August 29-30-31, 2008 For further information please contact Sari Hanafi at: sh41@aub.edu.lb |
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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 | ||
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Smoke-Free Areas | |
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2008 the Charles Hostler Center, the Green Field, Van Dyck courtyard,
Saab Medical Library Plaza, Building 56 garden, College Hall breeze
way, and Jafet Plaza will be smoke free areas. Details: In recognition of the severe health risks associated with smoking and secondary smoke, and in the interests of promoting a healthy and smoke-free environment, all university buildings except for private residences were declared smoke free, effective October 16, 2000. The AUB smoking policy which is published on the AUB web pages http://pnp.aub.edu.lb/general/smoking goes on to say that to prevent contamination of smoke free areas by secondhand smoke, smoking is prohibited in the vicinity of windows and doorways of university buildings. In addition the following outdoor public spaces are designated "smoke-free" effective January 1, 2008: a. Charles Hostler Center: all outdoor areas bounded by and/or in the immediate vicinity of the Athletic Center and Auditorium. b. Green Field: the entire area of the Green Field including the bleachers. c. Van Dyck Building courtyard. d. Saab Medical Library Plaza e. Building 56: garden. f. College Hall breeze way and Jafet Plaza The University intends to gradually expand "smoke-free" areas on campus, including in student dormitories. Please help keep our campus clean and healthy by refraining from smoking except in designated areas and by disposing of cigarette butts in appropriate receptacles. We count on you to keep AUB the leader in all disciplines. |
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Volunteers Are Needed |
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| 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. | ||
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2008 Competition: Imagination | |
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For Innovative Good Governance in the Public Sector |
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Send Us Your News | |
| This calendar is intended as
a service to the community. Please help us make it as useful as possible
by sending advance notice of any activity to the AUB Calendar - Office
of Information and Public Relations, or by email at: information@aub.edu.lb Comments and suggestions are welcome. Your notice should include full date, time, activity, organizer, location, charges and comments. |
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Research Assistance | |
| Research Assistance for papers
and projects is available at the University Libraries In person at the Reference Desk By email: jftref@aub.edu.lb By telephone: Extension: 2620/1 Physical Plant Help Desk Call 2015 or e-mail: pphd@aub.edu.lb |
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AUB Periodicals Available On-line | |
| MainGate:
http://staff.aub.edu.lb/~webmgate/ AUB Bulletin Today: http://www.aub.edu.lb/~webbultn/ AUBMC News: http://www.aub.edu.lb/aubmc Outlook: http://www.aub.edu.lb/outlook AUB Calendar of Events http://wwwlb.aub.edu.lb/~webinfo/ calendar/ |
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AUB Bookstore Bliss Building | |
| 8 am to 6 pm. 2390/1. The state-of-the-art copy center is at AUB ext. 2394. | ||
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Coffee Shop | |
| The AUBMC Coffee Shop serves breakfast and lunch From Monday till Friday, from 9:00 am to 3:30 am. Special prices for students. Managed by AUBMC Women's Auxiliary volunteers since 1950. For your information ext. 6150-1. | ||
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Bargain Box | |
| Open 9:00 am-11:50 noon, Tuesdays, Thursdays, Fridays. Opposite the Medical Library. AUB ext. 6156. | ||
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Do You Know! | |
| In the summer of 1969, a number
of major renovation projects were carried out on campus, within the
University Capital Works Program approved by the BOT. In one of these
projects, the Old Chemistry Building was completely rehabilitated
for use for administrative offices and academic classes and labs.
The building maintained its outer look but its interior was completely
modernized. Mr. Aziz Nahas, director of the Physical Plant, supervised
the work. |
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Credits | |
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The AUB Calendar is a semi-monthly publication, issued by the Office
of Information and Public Relations and covering extra-curricular
activities on AUB Campus. For information, contact Mrs. Hassana
Tabbara, Office of Information and Public Relations, Ada Dodge Hall,
ext. 2670, 2671, |
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