American University of Beirut#Medical center

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On January 23, 1862, W. M. Thomson proposed to a meeting of the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions that a college of higher learning, that would include medical training, should be established in Beirut with Dr. Daniel Bliss as its president.Dodge, Bayard (1958) The American University of Beirut – A brief history. Khayat's Beirut. p. 10 On April 24, 1863, while Bliss was raising money for the new college in the United States and England, the State of New York granted a charter for the Syrian Protestant College. The college, which was renamed the American University of Beirut in 1920, opened with a class of 16 students on December 3, 1866. Bliss served as its first president, from 1866 until 1902.{{cite news|work=The New York Times|title=Rev. H. H. Jessup Dead|date=1910-04-29|url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1910/04/29/104931623.pdf|access-date=14 June 2018|archive-date=20 December 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191220053247/https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1910/04/29/104931623.pdf|url-status=live}} In the beginning Arabic was used as the language of instruction because it was the common language of the ethnic groups of the region, and prospective students needed to be fluent in Ottoman Turkish or in French as well as in English. In 1887 the language of instruction became English.Strauss, Johann. "Language and power in the late Ottoman Empire" (Chapter 7). In: Murphey, Rhoads (editor). Imperial Lineages and Legacies in the Eastern Mediterranean: Recording the Imprint of Roman, Byzantine and Ottoman Rule (Volume 18 of Birmingham Byzantine and Ottoman Studies). Routledge, 7 July 2016. {{ISBN|1317118448}}, 9781317118442. Google Books [https://books.google.com/books?id=gY-kDAAAQBAJ&pg=PT194 PT194] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230114151704/https://books.google.com/books?id=gY-kDAAAQBAJ&pg=PT194 |date=14 January 2023 }}.

AUB alumni have had an impact on the region and the world for many years. For example, 20 AUB alumni were delegates to the signing of the United Nations Charter in 1945—more than any other university in the world. AUB graduates continue to serve in leadership positions as presidents of their countries, prime ministers, members of parliament, ambassadors, governors of central banks, presidents and deans of colleges and universities, academics, business people, scientists, engineers, doctors, teachers, and nurses. They work in governments, the private sector, and in nongovernmental organizations.{{citation needed|date=September 2024}}

During the Lebanese Civil War (1975–1990) AUB pursued various means to preserve the continuity of studies, including enrollment agreements with universities in the United States. In 1982 acting president David S. Dodge was kidnapped on campus by pro-Iranian Shiite Muslim extremists.{{Cite web|url=https://www.wrmea.org/005-december/special-report-the-american-university-of-beirut-a-year-of-tragedy-and-hope.html|title=Special Report: The American University of Beirut: A Year Of Tragedy and Hope|website=WRMEA|access-date=18 March 2020|archive-date=18 March 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200318212556/https://www.wrmea.org/005-december/special-report-the-american-university-of-beirut-a-year-of-tragedy-and-hope.html|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|url = https://www.latimes.com/local/obituaries/la-me-dodge28-2009jan28-story.html|title = David Stuart Dodge dies at 86; former university president was kidnapped in Lebanon|website = Los Angeles Times|date = 28 January 2009|access-date = 18 March 2020|archive-date = 18 March 2020|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200318213443/https://www.latimes.com/local/obituaries/la-me-dodge28-2009jan28-story.html|url-status = live}} On January 18, 1984, AUB President Malcolm H. Kerr was murdered outside his office by members of Islamic Jihad, which preceded the Hezbollah.{{cite magazine |last=Farid |first=Farid |url=https://www.newyorker.com/news/news-desk/steve-kerr-and-his-mother-talk-about-the-legacy-of-his-fathers-assassination |title=Steve Kerr on the Legacy of His Father's Assassination |magazine=The New Yorker |date=2016-06-16 |access-date=2020-03-18 |archive-date=14 February 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190214214300/https://www.newyorker.com/news/news-desk/steve-kerr-and-his-mother-talk-about-the-legacy-of-his-fathers-assassination |url-status=live }} In 1984 and 1985 a number of university staff were kidnapped, including electrical engineering professor Frank Regier, professor J. Leigh Douglas, professor Philip Padfield, professor Joseph Cicippio, dean of the faculty of Agricultural and Food Sciences Thomas Sutherland (held captive from 1985 to 1991), director David Jacobsen, and librarian Peter Kilburn (killed by his captors).{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=IGU1i44tytgC&q=%22American+University+of+Beirut%22+regier&pg=PA188 |title=The American University of Beirut: Arab Nationalism and Liberal Education |author=Betty S. Anderson |date=15 November 2011 |publisher=University of Texas Press |isbn=9780292726918 |access-date=2020-03-18 |archive-date=1 October 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231001223940/https://books.google.com/books?id=IGU1i44tytgC&q=%22American+University+of+Beirut%22+regier&pg=PA188#v=snippet&q=%22American%20University%20of%20Beirut%22%20regier&f=false |url-status=live }}{{Cite web|url=https://apnews.com/article/a5194560f23d1d13dfa6e220965b562f|title=The Released Hostages: Where Are They Now? With PM-Hostages, Bjt|website=AP NEWS|access-date=27 March 2022|archive-date=27 March 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220327182731/https://apnews.com/article/a5194560f23d1d13dfa6e220965b562f|url-status=live}} In all, 30 university-connected people were kidnapped during the war.

On 8 November 1991 a car-bomb demolished the main administrative building, killing one member of staff.Middle East International No 416, 10 January 1992, Publishers Lord Mayhew, Dennis Walters MP; Jim Muir p. 12 The New York Times reported that it was believed to have been set off by pro-Iranian Muslim fundamentalists.{{cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1991/11/09/world/american-university-hit-by-bombing.html |title=American University Hit by Bombing |work=The New York Times |date=1991-11-09 |access-date=2020-03-18 |archive-date=18 March 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200318185507/https://www.nytimes.com/1991/11/09/world/american-university-hit-by-bombing.html |url-status=live }}{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1991/11/08/world/4-hurt-by-beirut-bomb-in-american-university.html |title=4 Hurt by Beirut Bomb In American University |work=The New York Times |date=8 November 1991 |access-date=2020-03-18 |archive-date=18 March 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200318185505/https://www.nytimes.com/1991/11/08/world/4-hurt-by-beirut-bomb-in-american-university.html |url-status=live }} Another source states that Hassan Abd al-Nabih, a senior intelligence officer in the South Lebanon Army was accused of being responsible.Middle East International No 435, 9 October 1992, Publishers Lord Mayhew, Dennis Walters MP; Jim Muir p. 12Middle East International No 413, 22 November 1991, Publishers Lord Mayhew, Dennis Walters MP; Michael Jansen p. 9

The university of Beirut (AUB) established a new campus, AUB Mediterraneo, in Paphos, Cyprus, in 2024. The official inauguration took place on September 4, 2024.{{Cite web |date=2022-04-01 |title=AUB to open campus in Cyprus |url=https://today.lorientlejour.com/article/1295548/aub-to-open-campus-in-cyprus.html |access-date=2025-01-31 |website=L'Orient Today |language=en}}

The list of university presidents since its establishment:{{cite web|url=https://www.aub.edu.lb/President/Pages/history.aspx|title=History of the Office|website=website.aub.edu.lb|access-date=2 November 2019|archive-date=1 November 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191101141404/https://www.aub.edu.lb/president/Pages/history.aspx|url-status=live}}

• Daniel Bliss (1866–1902)
• Howard S. Bliss (1902–1920)
• Bayard Dodge (1923–1948)
• Stephen B.L. Penrose Jr. (1948–1954)
• Constantin Zureiq (1954–1957)
• J. Paul Leonard (1957–1961)
• Norman Burns (1961–1965)
• Samuel B. Kirkwood (1965–1976)
• Harold E. Hoelscher (1977–1981)
• Malcolm H. Kerr (1981–1984)
• Calvin Plimpton (1984–1987)
• Frederic P. Herter (1987–1993)
• Robert M. Haddad (1993–1996)
• David S. Dodge (1996–1997)
• John Waterbury (1997–2008)
• Peter F. Dorman (2008 – June 2015)
• Fadlo R. Khuri (September 2015–present)

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The {{convert|61|acre|m2|adj=on}} American University of Beirut campus is on a hill overlooking the Mediterranean Sea on one side and bordering Bliss Street on the other. AUB's campus in Ras Beirut consists of 64 buildings, seven dormitories and several libraries. In addition, the university also houses the Charles W. Hostler Student Center, an Archaeological Museum as well as the widely renowned Natural History Museum. Students also have a range of recreational and research facilities, such as the 247 acre research farm and educational complex hosted by the Faculty of Agricultural and Food Sciences' AREC (Advancing Research Enabling Communities Center) in Beqaa, Lebanon.{{cite web|title=Campus|url=http://www.uniandi.com/?p=university_home&univid=542&lang=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131005002534/http://www.uniandi.com/?p=university_home&univid=542&lang=en|url-status=dead|archive-date=5 October 2013|publisher=Uniandi|access-date=30 March 2013}} Its AUB Mediterraneo is in Paphos, Cyprus.

• FAFS, Faculty of Agricultural and Food Sciences{{cite web|url=http://www.aub.edu.lb/fafs/pages/default.aspx|title=Faculty of Agricultural and Food Sciences|website=aub.edu.lb|access-date=21 March 2019|archive-date=21 March 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190321111544/http://www.aub.edu.lb/fafs/pages/default.aspx|url-status=live}}
• FAS, Faculty of Arts and Sciences{{cite web|url=https://www.aub.edu.lb/fas/pages/default.aspx|title=Faculty of Arts and Sciences|website=aub.edu.lb|access-date=21 March 2019|archive-date=21 March 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190321111542/https://www.aub.edu.lb/fas/pages/default.aspx|url-status=live}}
• FHS, Faculty of Health Sciences{{cite web|url=https://www.aub.edu.lb/fhs/Pages/default.aspx|title=Faculty of Health Sciences|website=aub.edu.lb|access-date=21 March 2019|archive-date=21 March 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190321111547/https://www.aub.edu.lb/fhs/Pages/default.aspx|url-status=live}}
• FM, Faculty of Medicine{{cite web|url=https://www.aub.edu.lb/fm/Pages/default.aspx|title=Faculty of Medicine|website=aub.edu.lb|access-date=21 March 2019|archive-date=21 March 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190321111544/https://www.aub.edu.lb/fm/Pages/default.aspx|url-status=live}}
• HSON, Rafic Hariri School of Nursing{{cite web|url=https://www.aub.edu.lb/hson/Pages/default.aspx|title=Rafic Hariri School of Nursing|website=aub.edu.lb|access-date=21 March 2019|archive-date=21 March 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190321111542/https://www.aub.edu.lb/hson/Pages/default.aspx|url-status=live}}
• MSFEA, Maroun Semaan Faculty of Engineering and Architecture{{cite web|url=https://www.aub.edu.lb/msfea/Pages/default.aspx|title=Maroun Semaan Faculty of Engineering and Architecture|website=aub.edu.lb|access-date=21 March 2019|archive-date=21 March 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190321111731/https://www.aub.edu.lb/msfea/Pages/default.aspx|url-status=live}}
• OSB, Suliman S. Olayan School of Business{{cite web|url=https://www.aub.edu.lb/osb/Pages/default.aspx|title=Welcome to the Suliman S. Olayan School of Business|website=aub.edu.lb|access-date=21 March 2019|archive-date=21 March 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190321111733/https://www.aub.edu.lb/osb/Pages/default.aspx|url-status=live}}

In fall 2018, there were over 9,000 students enrolled at AUB: 7,180 undergraduates and 1,922 graduate students.{{Cite web|url=https://www.aub.edu.lb/aboutus/Pages/facts.aspx|title=Facts and Figures|website=aub.edu.lb|access-date=21 March 2019|archive-date=21 March 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190321113750/https://www.aub.edu.lb/aboutus/Pages/facts.aspx|url-status=live}}

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AUB offers 141 undergraduate/graduate programs and 36 certificates and diplomas. In 2007, the university reintroduced PhD programs. AUB also includes dozens of research centers and institute that sponsor and promote research in a variety of fields.{{cite web|url=http://www.aub.edu.lb/research/Pages/default.aspx|title=Research Hub|website=aub.edu.lb|access-date=21 March 2019|archive-date=21 March 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190321114443/http://www.aub.edu.lb/research/Pages/default.aspx|url-status=live}}

The QS University Rankings 2025 place AUB at the 250th place worldwide and 6th place in the Arab world.{{cite web | url=https://www.topuniversities.com/universities/american-university-beirut-aub | title=American University of Beirut (AUB) | access-date=18 September 2017 | archive-date=19 September 2017 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170919235402/https://www.topuniversities.com/universities/american-university-beirut-aub | url-status=live }}

The AUB Medical Center (AUBMC) is the private, not-for-profit teaching center of the Faculty of Medicine. AUBMC, which is accredited by the Joint Commission International (JCIA) on hospital accreditation, includes a 420-bed hospital and offers comprehensive tertiary/quaternary medical care and referral services in a wide range of specialties and medical, nursing, and paramedical training programs at the undergraduate and post-graduate levels.{{citation needed|date=September 2024}}

Throughout its history, the AUB Medical Center, which was formerly known as the American University Hospital (AUH), has played a critical role in caring for the victims of regional and local conflicts.{{cite web|url=https://www.aub.edu.lb/President/Presidentsperspective/Pages/02may2017.aspx|title=Tuesday, May 2, 2017|website=aub.edu.lb|access-date=21 March 2019|archive-date=21 March 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190321114546/https://www.aub.edu.lb/President/Presidentsperspective/Pages/02may2017.aspx|url-status=live}} It provided care for the sick and wounded during World War I and World War II, the Lebanese Civil War,{{cite web|url=http://archive.aramcoworld.com/issue/199101/aub-the.family.looks.ahead.htm|title=Aramco World, AUB – The Family Looks Ahead, January/February 1991|website=Archive.aramcoworld.com|access-date=10 October 2017|archive-date=10 October 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171010211308/http://archive.aramcoworld.com/issue/199101/aub-the.family.looks.ahead.htm|url-status=live}} and the Palestinian conflict. In recent years, it has provided care for a number of Syrian refugees at the Medical Center in Beirut, at partner hospitals, and at mobile clinics.{{cite web|url=http://website.aub.edu.lb/news/2014/Pages/aubmc-syrian.aspx|title=AUB – 2014 – Syrian refugee relief crisis evokes community-wide response at AUB|website=website.aub.edu.lb|access-date=21 March 2019|archive-date=21 March 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190321114627/http://website.aub.edu.lb/news/2014/Pages/aubmc-syrian.aspx|url-status=live}}

Since 1905, AUB's medical services have included a nursing school. In 2008, the American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN) invited AUB's Rafic Hariri School of Nursing to become a full member, making it the first member of the AACN outside the United States. The American Nurses Credentialing Center's (ANCC) Magnet Recognition Program awarded AUBMC its prestigious Magnet designation on June 23, 2009. AUBMC is the first healthcare institution in the Middle East and the third in the world outside the United States to receive this award.{{cite web|url=http://website.aub.edu.lb/news/Pages/96941.aspx|title=American University of Beirut – News – AUB Medical Center designated first|website=website.aub.edu.lb|access-date=21 March 2019|archive-date=21 March 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190321114654/http://website.aub.edu.lb/news/Pages/96941.aspx|url-status=live}}

AUBMC now includes the Rafic Hariri School of Nursing Building, the Pierre Abu Khater Outpatient Building, the Wassef and Souad Sawwaf Building, the Medical Administration Building, the Halim and Aida Daniel Academic and Clinical Center, and the Inpatient and Outpatient hospital buildings.{{citation needed|date=September 2024}}

The university is also home to several Clinical and Research Centers of Excellence such as the Mamdouha El-Sayed Bobst Breast Unit, the Naef K. Basile Cancer Institute, the Abu-Haidar Neuroscience Institute, the Children's Cancer Center of Lebanon (affiliated with St. Jude Children's Research Hospital in Memphis, Tennessee), the Moufid Farra Heart and Vascular Outpatient Center, the Nehme and Therese Tohme Multiple Sclerosis Center, and the Ahmad and Jamila Bizri Neuro Outpatient Center. They address health issues endemic to the Arab region such as cancer, heart and vascular diseases, diabetes, obesity, multiple sclerosis, blood disorders, and mental illness.{{citation needed|date=September 2024}}

As part of the AUBMC 2020 vision, AUBMC held a groundbreaking ceremony for its New Medical Center Expansion Under the Patronage of President Michel Aoun in May 2019.{{cite web|url=http://www.aubmc.org/Pages/AUBMC-holds-a-groundbreaking-ceremony-for-its-New-Medical-Center-Expansion.aspx#sthash.OcXzHYep.dpbs|title=AUBMC holds a groundbreaking ceremony for its New Medical Center Expansion Under the Patronage of H.E. President Michel Aoun|website=AUBMC|access-date=24 June 2019|archive-date=14 June 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190614081348/http://www.aubmc.org/Pages/AUBMC-holds-a-groundbreaking-ceremony-for-its-New-Medical-Center-Expansion.aspx#sthash.OcXzHYep.dpbs|url-status=live}}

American University of Beirut Press (also known as AUB Press) is a university press supported by American University of Beirut, Lebanon.{{cite web |title=AUB Press |url=https://www.aub.edu.lb/aubpress/Pages/default.aspx |access-date=February 13, 2023 |publisher=American University of Beirut |archive-date=13 February 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230213142033/https://www.aub.edu.lb/aubpress/Pages/default.aspx |url-status=live }} The press specializes in the publication of monographs and edited collections pertaining to Lebanon and the Middle East.{{cite news |date=November 13, 1991 |title=Publishing Continues in Beirut Amidst War |work=Chronicle of Higher Education |url=https://www.chronicle.com/article/publishing-continues-in-beirut-amidst-war/ |access-date=February 13, 2023 |archive-date=13 February 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230213200720/https://www.chronicle.com/article/publishing-continues-in-beirut-amidst-war/ |url-status=live }}

The press in its current form can trace its origin back to 1969, when a formal publications office for the American University of Beirut{{em dash}}the Office of Publications{{em dash}}was created. In 2001, the university began publishing works under the "American University of Beirut Press" name, and in 2004, the Office of Publications was split into an Office of University Publications (later renamed the "Office of Communications") and the press itself, which answered to the Office of the Provost.{{cite web |title=AUB Press History |url=https://www.aub.edu.lb/aubpress/Pages/aubpresshistory.aspx |access-date=February 13, 2023 |publisher=American University of Beirut |archive-date=20 March 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230320170342/https://www.aub.edu.lb/aubpress/Pages/aubpresshistory.aspx |url-status=live }}

There are three museums at AUB: the Archaeological Museum, the Geology Museum, and the Natural History Museum.

The Archaeological Museum is the third oldest museum in the Near East. Its collection includes more than 16,000 objects and 10,000 coins and features pottery, prehistoric flint tools, bronze figurines, Phoenician and classical sculptures and bas-reliefs, Egyptian alabaster vases from Byblos, hairpins, and musical instruments. The museum has conducted excavations in Lebanon and Syria.{{cite web|url=https://www.aub.edu.lb/museum_archeo/Pages/fieldwork.aspx|title=Field Work and Publications|website=aub.edu.lb|access-date=10 October 2017|archive-date=19 December 2012|archive-url=https://archive.today/20121219184407/http://www.aub.edu.lb/museum_archeo/Pages/fieldwork.aspx|url-status=live}} The Society of the Friends of the AUB Museum organizes lectures, exhibits, and activities for children.{{cite web|url=https://www.aub.edu.lb/museum_archeo/Pages/society.aspx|title=Society of the Friends the Museum|website=aub.edu.lb|access-date=10 October 2017|archive-date=12 August 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120812001600/http://www.aub.edu.lb/museum_archeo/Pages/society.aspx|url-status=live}}

The Geology Museum includes rocks, minerals, and fossils from around the world.{{cite web|url=https://www.aub.edu.lb/fas/geology/Pages/Museum.aspx|title=Geology Museum|website=aub.edu.lb|access-date=21 March 2019|archive-date=21 March 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190321115102/https://www.aub.edu.lb/fas/geology/Pages/Museum.aspx|url-status=live}}

The Natural History Museum houses a unique collection that represents the biodiversity of the area.{{cite web|url=http://www.aub.edu.lb/nhm/Pages/default.aspx|title=Natural History Museum|website=aub.edu.lb|access-date=21 March 2019|archive-date=21 March 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190321115101/http://www.aub.edu.lb/nhm/Pages/default.aspx|url-status=live}} It is especially well known for the Post Herbarium, which includes 63,000 specimens.{{cite web|url=https://academic.oup.com/botlinnean/article/159/2/315/2418462/Type-specimens-of-G-E-Post-in-Beirut-and-The|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171010215306/https://academic.oup.com/botlinnean/article/159/2/315/2418462/Type-specimens-of-G-E-Post-in-Beirut-and-The|url-status=dead|archive-date=10 October 2017|title=Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society, Volume 159, Issue 2, 1 February 2009, Pages 315–321|website=Academic.oup.com|access-date=5 January 2018}}

AUB's Archives and Special Collections includes important documents related to the founding of the Syrian Protestant College in 1866 and also many materials (documents, maps, photographs, etc.) of interest to scholars of Lebanon and the region including the Beirut Codex,{{cite web|url=https://web.aub.edu.lb/libraries/asc/Pages/manuscripts.aspx|title=American University of Beirut, Archives and Special Collections|website=Aub.edu.lb|access-date=5 January 2018|archive-date=10 October 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171010212458/https://web.aub.edu.lb/libraries/asc/Pages/manuscripts.aspx|url-status=live}} a New Testament in Syriac, dating back to the ninth or tenth century; the E. W. Blatchford Collection{{cite web|url=https://web.aub.edu.lb/libraries/asc/Pages/photos.aspx|title=American University of Beirut, Archives and Special Collections|website=Web.aub.edu.lb|access-date=5 January 2018|archive-date=10 October 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171010212455/https://web.aub.edu.lb/libraries/asc/Pages/photos.aspx|url-status=live}} (photographs of the Middle East, Europe, and North Africa taken between 1880 and 1900); and political and cultural posters dating back to the 1940s.{{cite web|url=https://web.aub.edu.lb/libraries/asc/Pages/posters.aspx|title=American University of Beirut, Archives and Special Collections|website=Web.aub.edu.lb|access-date=5 January 2018|archive-date=11 October 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171011071725/https://web.aub.edu.lb/libraries/asc/Pages/posters.aspx|url-status=live}}

The American University of Beirut has embarked upon a new initiative (AUB Art Galleries and Collections) to play an active role in promoting fine and contemporary art in the region.{{Cite web|title=Art Galleries and Collections|url=https://www.aub.edu.lb/art_galleries/Pages/default.aspx|access-date=2021-10-24|website=aub.edu.lb|archive-date=24 October 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211024115436/https://www.aub.edu.lb/art_galleries/Pages/default.aspx|url-status=live}}

The very first step taken in this new direction coincided with the generous donation of Samir Saleeby to AUB. The Rose and Shaheen Saleeby Collection{{Cite web|title=Rose and Shaheen Saleeby Collection|url=https://www.aub.edu.lb/art_galleries/Pages/SaleebyCollection.aspx|access-date=2021-10-24|website=www.aub.edu.lb|archive-date=24 October 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211024115653/https://www.aub.edu.lb/art_galleries/Pages/SaleebyCollection.aspx|url-status=live}} includes paintings by artists of different generations, ranging from Khalil Saleeby (1870–1928) and Cesar Gemayal (1898–1958) to Omar Onsi (1901–1969) and Saliba Douaihy (1912–1994). It also features works by Haidar Hamaoui (b. 1937), Chucrallah Fattouh (b. 1956), and Robert Khoury (b. 1923). The Saleeby donation is the cornerstone upon which AUB will establish a comprehensive collection of modern and contemporary art from the region.

The new initiative commenced with the launching of new art spaces located in and around AUB campus: the Rose and Shaheen Saleeby Museum in Sidani Street and the Byblos Bank Art Gallery, in Ada Dodge Hall (on campus).{{cite web|url=http://www.aub.edu.lb/art_galleries/Pages/mission.aspx|title=Mission|website=aub.edu.lb|access-date=21 March 2019|archive-date=21 March 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190321112339/http://www.aub.edu.lb/art_galleries/Pages/mission.aspx|url-status=live}}

The AUB curates the Palestinian Oral History Archive ([https://www.aub.edu.lb/ifi/Pages/poha.aspx POHA]),{{Cite web |title=Narrating Palestine: The Palestinian Oral History Archive Project |url=https://www.palestine-studies.org/en/node/227700 |access-date=2023-05-12 |website=Institute for Palestine Studies |language=en |archive-date=12 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230512220433/https://www.palestine-studies.org/en/node/227700 |url-status=live }}{{Cite journal |last1=SLEIMAN |first1=HANA |last2=CHEBARO |first2=KAOUKAB |date=2018 |title=Narrating Palestine: The Palestinian Oral History Archive Project |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/26407673 |journal=Journal of Palestine Studies |volume=47 |issue=2 (186) |pages=63–76 |doi=10.1525/jps.2018.47.2.63 |jstor=26407673 |issn=0377-919X |access-date=14 May 2023 |archive-date=12 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230512220418/https://www.jstor.org/stable/26407673 |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |last=Shehabeddine |first=Nabila |title=LibGuides: Al-Nakba: 1948 Palestinian Exodus: Oral History |url=https://aub.edu.lb.libguides.com/c.php?g=342715&p=2477020 |access-date=2023-05-12 |website=aub.edu.lb.libguides.com |language=en |archive-date=12 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230512220418/https://aub.edu.lb.libguides.com/c.php?g=342715&p=2477020 |url-status=live }} an Oral history preservation project. Other notable Palestinian oral history archives are the [https://worldhistorycommons.org/palestinian-oral-history-map Palestinian Oral History Map], Columbia University's [http://palestine.mei.columbia.edu/oral-history-project Oral History Project] in New York, Duke University's Palestinian Oral History Project,{{Cite web |title=Palestinian Oral History Project, 2017–2020 – Archives & Manuscripts at Duke University Libraries |url=https://archives.lib.duke.edu/catalog/palestinianoralhistoryproject |access-date=2023-05-12 |website=David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library |language=en |archive-date=12 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230512220419/https://archives.lib.duke.edu/catalog/palestinianoralhistoryproject |url-status=live }} the Palestinian Rural History Project, [https://www.palestineremembered.com/OralHistory/Interviews-Listing/Story1151.html Palestine Remembered], and Zochrot.

The university libraries include:

• Nami Jafet Memorial Library
• Engineering and Architecture Library
• Saab Medical Library{{cite web|url=https://web.aub.edu.lb/libraries/sml/Pages/index.aspx|title=Home|website=web.aub.edu.lb|access-date=21 March 2019|archive-date=21 March 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190321110229/https://web.aub.edu.lb/libraries/sml/Pages/index.aspx|url-status=live}} serves the AUB Faculty of Medicine and Medical Center, Faculty of Health Sciences, the Rafic Hariri School of Nursing, in addition to the entire AUB campus.
• Science and Agriculture Library.{{citation needed|date=September 2024}}

The University Libraries are home to a collection{{cite web|url=https://www.aub.edu.lb/Libraries/About/Pages/FactsFigures.aspx|title=Facts & Figures, 2018–2019|website=aub.edu.lb|access-date=21 March 2019|archive-date=21 March 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190321113224/https://www.aub.edu.lb/Libraries/About/Pages/FactsFigures.aspx|url-status=live}} that consists of:

• Print titles: 412,775 (books); 5,776 (periodicals)
• Print volumes: 505,548 (books); 162,727 (periodicals)
• Electronic titles (including open access): 1,098,491 (books); 138,430 (periodicals)
• Databases (paid subscriptions): 262
• Print books purchased/added: 7,243 titles / 8,380 volumes
• Gift/Exchange books added: 4,136 titles / 5,048 volumes
• Manuscripts: 1,373 titles / 1,408 volumes
• Maps: 1,684 titles / 2,027 volumes
• University archives: 940 linear feet / 2,720 archival boxes
• Microform items: 11,487 titles / 33,265 volumes
• Film and video titles: 3,544 titles / 4,629 volumes
• Audio recordings: 456 titles / 740 volumes{{citation needed|date=September 2024}}

AUB Outlook is a student newspaper circulated on campus grounds and on their website.{{Cite web|title=AUB Outlook|url=http://auboutlook.com/|access-date=2020-10-03|website=auboutlook.com|archive-date=1 November 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201101013147/http://auboutlook.com/|url-status=live}} It was established in 1949 and gained official status on July 15, 1957. by a license given to AUB under order no.113 issued by the Lebanese Minister of Information.{{Cite web|url=https://www.aub.edu.lb/SAO/activities/Documents/AUB%20Outlook%20ByLaws.pdf#search=aub%20outlook|title=AUB Outlook Bylaws|access-date=15 April 2023|archive-date=4 April 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220404172935/https://www.aub.edu.lb/SAO/activities/Documents/AUB%20Outlook%20ByLaws.pdf#search=aub%20outlook|url-status=live}} Outlook is not affiliated politically and strives to not be biased toward any sect, religion, race, or ethnicity. It is run by students and is independent from the direct control of the university with an editorial board of at least 12 members appointed annually.

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AUB was granted institutional accreditation in June 2004 by the Commission on Higher Education of the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools. The university's accreditation was reaffirmed in 2009 and again in 2016 and 2019.{{cite web|url=http://www.aub.edu.lb/accreditation/Pages/default.aspx|title=Accreditation and Reaccreditation|website=aub.edu.lb|access-date=21 March 2019|archive-date=21 March 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190321115526/http://www.aub.edu.lb/accreditation/Pages/default.aspx|url-status=live}}

In September 2006, the Council on Education for Public Health (CEPH) accredited the Graduate Public Health Program in the Faculty of Health Sciences (FHS). The program was reaccredited in 2012 for seven years. The AUB Graduate Public Health Program is the first CEPH-accredited public health program outside the North American continent and the only CEPH-accredited public health program in the Arab world, Asia, and Africa.{{cite web|url=http://www.aub.edu.lb/fhs/Pages/ceph_accreditaion.aspx|title=Faculty of Health Sciences | CEPH Accreditation|website=aub.edu.lb|access-date=21 March 2019|archive-date=21 March 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190321120032/http://www.aub.edu.lb/fhs/Pages/ceph_accreditaion.aspx|url-status=live}}

The Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education (CCNE) accredited AUB's Rafic Hariri School of Nursing's BSN and MSN programs on October 13, 2007. The accreditation was reaffirmed in 2012.{{cite web|url=http://www.aub.edu.lb/hson/Pages/Accreditation.aspx|title=Accreditation|website=aub.edu.lb|access-date=21 March 2019|archive-date=21 March 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190321120218/http://www.aub.edu.lb/hson/Pages/Accreditation.aspx|url-status=live}}

In April 2009, the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB) accredited the Suliman S. Olayan School of Business (OSB). The accreditation was reaffirmed in 2014. AACSB is the leading international accrediting agency for undergraduate, master's, and doctoral degree programs in business administration and accounting. Less than five percent of business schools worldwide have earned AACSB International accreditation.{{Cite web |url=https://www.aub.edu.lb/news/Pages/93887.aspx |title=American University of Beirut – News – AUB's Olayan School of Business Earns AACSB International Business Accreditation |access-date=2017-10-02 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171002215501/https://www.aub.edu.lb/news/Pages/93887.aspx |archive-date=2017-10-02 |url-status=dead }}

The Maroun Semaan Faculty of Engineering and Architecture at the American University of Beirut received accreditation for its undergraduate BE civil engineering, BE computer and communications engineering, BE in electrical and computer engineering, and BE in mechanical engineering programs from the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET) in 2008. The accreditation was reaffirmed in 2016. The undergraduate program in chemical engineering was accredited in 2013.{{citation needed|date=September 2024}}

The Faculty of Agricultural and Food Sciences' undergraduate Nutrition and Dietetics Coordinated Program (NDCP) was accredited by the Accreditation Council for Education in Nutrition and Dietetics (ACEND) in 2013. It was reaccredited in 2017.{{cite web|url=http://www.aub.edu.lb/accreditation/Pages/-program-accreditation.aspx|title=Program Accreditation|website=aub.edu.lb|access-date=21 March 2019|archive-date=21 March 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190321115531/https://www.aub.edu.lb/accreditation/Pages/-program-accreditation.aspx|url-status=live}}

{{Main|List of American University of Beirut alumni}}

AUB has 64,417 living alumni. They reside in more than 120 countries.{{cite web|url=http://www.aub.edu.lb/aboutus/Pages/facts.aspx|title=Facts and Figures|website=aub.edu.lb|access-date=19 July 2018|archive-date=19 July 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180719054437/http://www.aub.edu.lb/aboutus/Pages/facts.aspx|url-status=live}}

20 AUB graduates or former students were delegates to the signing of the United Nations Charter in San Francisco in 1945, including notable alumna Angela Jurdak Khoury, Lebanon's first woman diplomat.{{cite web|url=http://website.aub.edu.lb/news/2013/Pages/un-charter.aspx|title=AUB – 2013 – AUB remembers alumni who participated in establishment of the UN Charter in 1945|website=website.aub.edu.lb|access-date=21 March 2019|archive-date=21 March 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190321120337/http://website.aub.edu.lb/news/2013/Pages/un-charter.aspx|url-status=live}} During its 150th celebration in 2016, the university identified "History Makers" – men and women who have distinguished themselves in the areas of Leading, Innovating, and Serving by their accomplishments as scholars, politicians, artists, and in many other fields as well.{{cite web|url=http://150.aub.edu.lb/makers|title=AUB 150th website, History Makers|website=150.aub.edu.lb|access-date=5 January 2018|archive-date=17 November 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171117014517/http://150.aub.edu.lb/makers|url-status=live}}

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The most notable alumna of the American University of Beirut is Angela Jurdak Khoury, who completed her undergraduate studies in 1937 and her master's degree in 1938.{{cite book |last1=Anderson |first1=Betty S. |title=The American University of Beirut: Arab Nationalism and Liberal Education |date=15 November 2011 |publisher=University of Texas Press |isbn=9780292726918 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=IGU1i44tytgC&dq=Angela+Jurdak+Khoury&pg=PA117 |access-date=29 January 2023 |archive-date=28 March 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230328062150/https://books.google.com/books?id=IGU1i44tytgC&dq=Angela+Jurdak+Khoury&pg=PA117 |url-status=live }} She is the first known woman to graduate with a master's degree from the American University of Beirut. She went on to become Lebanon's first woman diplomat and was awarded the National Order of the Cedar, Lebanon's highest ranking state award, in 1959.{{cite web |last1=Stimson |first1=Andrew |title=The Washington Report on Middle East Affairs |url=https://www.proquest.com/docview/879347357 |id={{ProQuest|879347357}} |access-date=29 January 2023 |archive-date=1 October 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231001223942/https://www.proquest.com/docview/879347357 |url-status=live }}

Many other notable alumnae reached high positions in various fields. Some of these women are listed and described below:

• Reem Acra, an American University of Beirut business graduate that was awarded with the Fashion Design Department's award and Ellis Island award;
• Zaha Hadid, who studied mathematics at the American University of Beirut. She received an Honorary Degree from AUB, and one of her completed projects is the Issam Fares Institute for Public Policy and International Affairs Building which is currently present at AUB;{{cite web|url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Zaha-Hadid|title=Zaha Hadid|website=website.britannica.com|access-date=18 November 2021|archive-date=18 November 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211118121121/https://www.britannica.com/biography/Zaha-Hadid|url-status=live}}
• Rula Ghani, a former first lady of Afghanistan listed as the Top 100 world's most influential people by Times magazine;{{cite web|url=https://tolonews.com/afghanistan/rula-ghani-among-100-most-influential-people|title=Rula Ghani Among "100 Most Influential People"|website=tolonews.com/|access-date=18 November 2021|archive-date=18 November 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211118121829/https://tolonews.com/afghanistan/rula-ghani-among-100-most-influential-people|url-status=live}}
• Ghada El Samman is a famous Arab writer. She received her master's degree from the American University of Beirut, and founded her own publishing house;{{cite web|url=https://www.jadaliyya.com/Details/30601|title=Ghada El-Samman: A Profile from the Archives|website=jadaliyya.com|access-date=18 November 2021|archive-date=18 November 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211118130151/https://www.jadaliyya.com/Details/30601|url-status=live}}
• Karimeh Abbud, born in 1893 and graduated with a degree in Arabic Literature. She is considered to be the first female photographer in the Arab world. She received her first camera as a gift when she was 17 years old. Moreover, her work includes hundreds of photos regarding the Palestinian History;{{cite web|url=https://stepfeed.com/10-former-aub-students-who-went-on-to-change-the-world-7801|title=10 former AUB students who went on to change the world|website=stepfeed.com|date=29 July 2017|access-date=22 November 2021|archive-date=22 November 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211122185603/https://stepfeed.com/10-former-aub-students-who-went-on-to-change-the-world-7801|url-status=live}}
• Dr. Amal Mudallali graduated from the American University of Beirut with a degree in political science. She is the first Lebanese female to ever become Lebanon's UN ambassador;
• Edvick Jureidini Shayboub, women's rights activist, author, and radio journalist, well known for her dedication and fight for women's rights, both locally and globally;{{Cite web |title=History Makers |url=https://150.aub.edu.lb/makers |access-date=2024-05-01 |website=150.aub.edu.lb |language=en}}
• Lina Abu Akleh, a human rights advocate.{{Cite web |title=Personality of the Month 1 |url=https://thisweekinpalestine.com/shireen-abu-akleh/ |access-date=2023-01-11 |website=This Week in Palestine |date=8 June 2022 |language=en-US |archive-date=11 January 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230111212026/https://thisweekinpalestine.com/shireen-abu-akleh/ |url-status=live }}

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