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AUB<br />
January/ February 2011—Vol.13, No.2<br />
www.aub.edu.lb/~webbultn/<br />
<br />
AUB: A historical<br />
accident<br />
The American University of Beirut is largely the result of serendipity,<br />
said sociology Professor Samir Khalaf to a surprised audience during a<br />
lecture titled “Godly and Ungodly Puritans: AUB as a Cultural Transplant.”<br />
The December 8, 2010 lecture kicked off a series of seminars about<br />
the history of AUB which will be held throughout the 2010-11 academic year.<br />
The lecture was based on Khalaf’s extensive research on the early American<br />
missionaries (New England Presbyterians) who eventually established AUB.<br />
The book, covering the 40 years (1820-60) before the establishment of the<br />
Syrian Protestant College, which later became AUB, is the first of two vol-<br />
ume<a title="AUB Bulletin January 2011.pdf page 1" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/12b388ec?page=1">AUBJanuary/ February 2011—Vol.13, No.2www.aub.e</a> AUBJanuary/ February 2011—Vol.13, No.2www.aub.e<a title="AUB Bulletin January 2011.pdf page 2" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/12b388ec?page=2">AUB: A historical accident </a> AUB: A historical accident <a title="AUB Bulletin January 2011.pdf page 3" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/12b388ec?page=3">AUB research van to study pollution in aone-year</a> AUB research van to study pollution in aone-year<a title="AUB Bulletin January 2011.pdf page 4" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/12b388ec?page=4">ASHA grant to support teaching, research,and pat</a> ASHA grant to support teaching, research,and pat<a title="AUB Bulletin January 2011.pdf page 5" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/12b388ec?page=5">AUB team spearheads internationalconsortium to s</a> AUB team spearheads internationalconsortium to s<a title="AUB Bulletin January 2011.pdf page 6" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/12b388ec?page=6">How to stop headache pain </a> How to stop headache pain <a title="AUB Bulletin January 2011.pdf page 7" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/12b388ec?page=7">Are Lebanon’s fruits and vegetables safe to eat?</a> Are Lebanon’s fruits and vegetables safe to eat?<a title="AUB Bulletin January 2011.pdf page 8" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/12b388ec?page=8">AUB-UNRWA survey provides figures onPalestinian r</a> AUB-UNRWA survey provides figures onPalestinian r<a title="AUB Bulletin January 2011.pdf page 9" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/12b388ec?page=9">German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD)represent</a> German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD)represent<a title="AUB Bulletin January 2011.pdf page 10" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/12b388ec?page=10">when compared with results of studies from the tw</a> when compared with results of studies from the tw<a title="AUB Bulletin January 2011.pdf page 11" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/12b388ec?page=11"> </a> <a title="AUB Bulletin January 2011.pdf page 12" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/12b388ec?page=12">Lebanese Academy of Sciences elects thirdAUB pro</a> Lebanese Academy of Sciences elects thirdAUB pro<a title="AUB Bulletin January 2011.pdf page 13" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/12b388ec?page=13">20 higher education initiatives throughout the re</a> 20 higher education initiatives throughout the re<a title="AUB Bulletin January 2011.pdf page 14" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/12b388ec?page=14">Nursing school director named to AmericanAcademy</a> Nursing school director named to AmericanAcademy<a title="AUB Bulletin January 2011.pdf page 15" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/12b388ec?page=15">from the Lebanese Ministry of Health and in 2003 </a> from the Lebanese Ministry of Health and in 2003 <a title="AUB Bulletin January 2011.pdf page 16" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/12b388ec?page=16">Iraqi emergencyprofessionals train atAUBImpro</a> Iraqi emergencyprofessionals train atAUBImpro<a title="AUB Bulletin January 2011.pdf page 17" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/12b388ec?page=17">and teaching in epidemiology throughout the </a> and teaching in epidemiology throughout the <a title="AUB Bulletin January 2011.pdf page 18" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/12b388ec?page=18">stressed the need to be a smart shopper. 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