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Scientific Success: Actuarial Science, Biology Fill Niche
AUC's undergraduate actuarial science and biology programs recently received specialized accreditation by the Applied and Natural Science Accreditation Commission of ABET for a six-year duration, the maximum period for accreditation. This milestone accomplishment is an official recognition that both programs meet the rigorous standards established by ABET and the criteria for accreditation: students, program educational objectives, student outcomes, continuous improvement, curriculum, faculty, facilities and institutional support.
An Artist Amplified
Bahia Shehab, associate professor of design and founder of the graphic design program at AUC, recalls feeling "liberated" the first time she spray-painted a wall in Cairo. “It was a beautiful moment,” Shehab said.
Inside the Creative Force of Mona Hussein
News@AUC got the opportunity to sit down with one of Egypt’s leading interior designers and jury member for the AUC-TAMEER Water Tower Competition, Mona Hussein ’83, to learn more about her goals, why she decided to pursue interior design, her advice to future AUC graduates and more. Hussein is the founder and director of Mona Hussein Design House (MHDH) and Mahally. Both companies offer a wide range of design services, including interior, landscaping and product design, architecture and branding.
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AUC's Accreditation Reaffirmed
The Middle States Commission on Higher Education (MSCHE) has reaffirmed its accreditation of AUC through the 2026-2027 academic year.
Funding Change: The Bartlett Fund for Critical Challenges
What problems do you want to solve? The new Bartlett Fund for Critical Challenges will fund targeted research, enabling AUC students to address regional challenges and develop policy solutions. Learn more about the fund and what it aims to accomplish from Richard Bartlett and President Francis Ricciardone.
Provost Ehab Abdel-Rahman in Yahdoth fe Masr
Provost Ehab Abdel-Rahman is featured in MBC Masr's Yahdoth fe Masr (Happening in Egypt), highlighting the University's recent agreement with Harvard, its community outreach and international impact.
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AUC, A Safe Experience
At AUC, we recognize that a university campus serves as the center of a student’s academic and cultural experience, and our Office of Safety and Security is committed to providing a safe, secure and welcoming campus environment for our global community of students from more than 50 countries.
Cairo, Our City
AUC’s 260-acre technologically advanced and environmentally sensitive campus is located in the heart of New Cairo – a secure residential suburb in Cairo and a vibrant, historical city in the heart of the Middle East.
Egypt, A Safe Experience
Egypt was recently ranked the safest country in Africa — higher than both the United States and the United Kingdom, coming in 16th out 135 countries worldwide, according to the 2018 Gallup Global Law and Order Report.
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Campus Tours
AUC offers on-campus tours at select dates during the academic year and the summer. Interested high school students and their parents can email enrolauc@aucegypt.edu, to arrange a tour.
#MakingAUCProud
AUC student Mohamed Hassan was part of the team that won first place in the virtual pitch competition that is a culmination of the MENA-Michigan Initiative for Global Action (M2Gate), a social entrepreneurship program where international peers collaborate and learn together through virtual exchange. The team also qualified for the M2Gate Entrepreneurship Week and the final phase of the competition in the United States.
AUC's Vice President for Student Life Deena Boraie '78, '82, '88 is the recipient of the 2019 James E. Alatis Award for Service to TESOL [Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages]. Boraie is the first Egyptian and Arab to serve as TESOL president from 2012 to 2015.
Nabil Fahmy '74, '77, founding dean of the School of Global Affairs and Public Policy and Egypt's former foreign minister, speaks to NPR about the Trump administration's foreign policy and U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo's recent address at AUC. Listen to the interview or read the transcript here.
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