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	Inside the Gate
	Views from Campus: Honorary Degrees and Graduation 2008; Western Students Exceed Lebanese Expectations; Teaching in Tehran; A May Explosion
	Features
	Fast Track to Slow Food: A Crash Course in Lebanese Heritage Cuisine Heavenly Halloumi Better Barley, Wonder Wheat and Champion Chickpeas A Night Out in Beirut


	Charles W. Hostler Student Center Welcomes Students, Staff and Alumni
	Try it On On-line
	Redefining Nursing in Lebanon
	Collecting Lebanon's Past
	Fast Track to Slow Food: A Tour of Lebanon's Best Culinary Traditions
	Better Barley, Wonder Wheat and Champion Chickpeas
	Class notes: May Albert Rihani Receives the 2008 Khalil Gibran International Award
	Last Glance: Lee Observatory

Summer 2008 Vol. VI, No. 4

Better Barley, Wonder Wheat and Champion Chickpeas

The International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA) is focusing on agricultural sustainability and genetic engineering to take on climate change, women's empowerment, and global food security. The following articles and websites provide more information on their initiatives.

"Stem Rust Never Sleeps"

"GLOBAL: Killer wheat fungus a threat to global food security?"

"Afghan Agriculture: Dropping the Poppy Habit"

"Mint-ing Money"