Halah Mohsen
Assistant Director for Media Relations
Cairo tel 20.2.2797. 5183
Cairo fax 20.2.2794.1880
hmohsen@aucegypt.edu

Rehab Saad
Assistant Director for Media Relations
Cairo tel 20.2.2797. 5526
Cairo fax 20.2.2794.1880
rehabsaad@aucegypt.edu

Media Newsroom

Welcome to the American University in Cairo newsroom, which is maintained by the Office of Communications and Marketing. The university’s media relations unit serves as a liaison between journalists and the university, directing reporters to appropriate members of the university community and coordinating distribution of news releases and other communications.

AUC to Move to State-of-the-Art New Campus

After almost 90 years, AUC is moving from downtown Cairo to the suburb of New Cairo. The university's new campus is located on 260 acres and will:

Accomodate 7,000 full-time students and 1,500 faculty and staff.
Feature state-of-the art educational classrooms and labs
Weave Egyptian urban and architectural traditions with modern design.
Comply with international energy management systems for optimal environmental

The construction project is regarded as one of the biggest in the country, with a total cost of $400 million.

Learn more about AUC's new campus and the architects building it.

Read the new campus news release in English and Arabic .

See the latest images from the new campus site.

Columbia Professor Lisa Anderson Named Provost of The American University In Cairo

AUC announced the appointment of Columbia University Professor Lisa Anderson, a specialist on politics in the Middle East and North Africa, as its next provost. Dr. Anderson succeeds Dr. Earl (Tim) Sullivan who has been AUC provost since 1998 and professor of political science at AUC since 1973. More .

President Arnold Speaks at Georgetown University, Honors Alumnus Marcelle Wahba

AUC President David D. Arnold gave an address at Georgetown University in Washington D.C. on American higher education in the Middle East and presented U.S. Ambassador Marcelle Wahba with AUC’s Distinguished Alumni Award. More.

Helping Women Take Charge

AUC and the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania will create a business and management certificate program funded by the Goldman Sachs Group Inc. as part of its newly launched 10,000 Women initiative. More.