Earlier this month, 14 AUCians joined young changemakers from the MENA region at the first-ever Regional American Field Service (AFS) Youth Assembly in Cairo to tackle urgent issues
With the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic, millions of used and contaminated face masks and gloves were being disposed improperly, leading to a possible risk of spreading the virus.
AUC students, faculty and staff joined forces to compete in the Solar Decathlon Middle East (SDME) in Dubai in November 2021.
“I believe research should impact human life toward a better environment, living standard and best use of natural resources,” said Mohy Mansour,
June 3-5, The TL Symposium is a student-led conference that aims to improve students' intellectual, personal, and civic skills through high-impact experiential and hands-on learning. It aims to enhance students' awareness of the social problems in the MENA region to achieve the objective of becoming civic-minded and gender-conscious leaders who can advocate for evidence-based public policy reforms.
May 26-28, Along the same lines related to climate change and proactive, innovative actions to support incorporating sustainability, the first-of-its-kind Net Zero International Conference brought together education institutes, government representatives, the private sector, financial institutes, and civil society to explore opportunities and debate challenges and transfer knowledge to help pave the way towards a Net Zero future.
May 2 - 3, The School of Global Affairs and Public Policy (GAPP) held the Urban Climate hybrid symposium titled Cities and Climate Change in Developing Countries.
March 12 - 16, This was an experiential artwork to inform people of the possible futures we face as humans if we do – or don't – change our attitudes towards the environment.