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The American University of Beirut (AUB; Arabic: الجامعة الأميركية في بيروت, romanized: al-Jāmiʿa l-Amērkiyya fī Bayrūt) [4] is a private, non-sectarian, and independent university chartered in New York with its campus in Beirut, Lebanon. [5]
American University of Beirut. John Cabot University. Richmond, The American International University in London. Franklin University Switzerland. This is a list of American-style colleges and universities outside the United States. It is meant to include only free-standing universities or satellite campuses, not programs by which one may study ...
The Lebanese American University (LAU; Arabic: الجامعة اللبنانية الأميركية) is a secular private American university in Beirut and Byblos, Lebanon. It is chartered by the board of regents of the University of the State of New York and is accredited by the New England Commission of Higher Education (NECHE). [ 5 ]
The Archaeological Museum of the American University of Beirut (AUB Archaeological Museum) was formed in 1868, after Luigi Palma di Cesnola gifted a collection of Cypriot pottery to the newly formed American University of Beirut. [2] Georges Post was the first curator of this collection and Morris Jesup donated the funds for construction of ...
The American University of Beirut: A Brief History of the University and the Lands Which It Serves, Beirut, Khayat's, 1958; Aspects of the Fatimid Philosophy, The Muslim World, L, No.3 (Jul, 1960) Al-Azhar Mosque: A Millennium of Muslim Learning. Washington, Middle East Institute (1961) – a comprehensive history of the world famous university ...
Beirut (/ b eɪ ˈ r uː t / bay-ROOT; [3] Arabic: بيروت, romanized: Bayrūt ⓘ / b eɪ ˈ r uː t /) is the capital and largest city of Lebanon.As of 2014, Greater Beirut has a population of 2.5 million, [4] which makes it the third-largest city in the Levant region and the thirteenth-largest in the Arab world.
President of the American University of Beirut. Known for. Hostage. Parent. Bayard Dodge (father) David Stuart Dodge (November 17, 1922 – January 20, 2009) was an American politician and university president. He was the Vice-President for Administration (1979–83), Acting President (1981–82) and President (1996–97) of the American ...
Lee Observatory. The Lee Observatory is an astronomical observatory on the campus of the American University of Beirut in Beirut, Lebanon. Opened in 1873, it is the first and the oldest observatory [clarification needed] of the Middle East in modern times. Nowadays the observatory has only an academic role.