American University of Beirut
The American University of Beirut (AUB; Arabic: الجامعة الأميركية في بيروت) is the first American university to be built in Beirut, Lebanon. Its old name was the Syrian Protestant College, and it was built in the year 1866.[1] The name was changed to American University of Beirut on November 18, 1920.[2]
American University Of Beirut Media
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Daniel L. Bliss, who helped found Syrian Protestant College (American University of Beirut) and was its first president
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Buildings of American University, Beirut, between 1898 and 1914
New buildings on the campus
Part of the upper campus as seen from Penrose dormitory
Football field at AUB lower campus
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Looking northwest across the campus towards the Mediterranean Sea
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Angela Jurdak Khoury, Lebanon's First Woman Diplomat
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References
- ↑ "Protests in Lebanon over AUB's cutting 850 jobs amid coronavirus, economic crisis" (in en). Al Arabiya English. 20 July 2020. https://english.alarabiya.net/News/middle-east/2020/07/20/American-University-of-Beirut-lays-off-850-employees-amid-coronavirus-economic-crisi. Retrieved 17 April 2021.
- ↑ "History of AUB". www.aub.edu.lb. Retrieved 16 October 2023.
