level research university opening in Saudi Arabia in 2009, to complement its academic and research programs in cutting-edge science and engineering with research and outreach programs aimed at giving students and faculty an appreciation of the rich history of scientific inquiry and discovery in the Arab and Islamic worlds. KAUST also intends to play a collaborative, facilitating role internationally to support the efforts of universities, libraries, and museums around the world whose collective work is essential to further scholarship in this area. --MORE