Research and Initiatives
- March 2, 2021The Department of Chemistry's NanoEbers recently won the Coup de Couer prize at the French Egyptian Startup Competition for creating a technology used to detect harmful toxins in water.
- December 30, 2020
Paving the Way for Future Generations: Faculty Researches Generating Renewable Fuels from Waste
“I believe research should impact human life toward a better environment, living standard and best use of natural resources,” said Mohy Mansour,
- October 21, 2020
AUC's Center of Excellence for Water Participates in Cairo Water Week 2020
For the second year in a row, the Center of Excellence for Water at The American University in Cairo (AUC) is participating in Cairo Water Week (CWW) 2020, one o
- October 5, 2020
Egyptian Team Wins the Regional Finals of Schneider Electric’s Go Green Competition 2020
An Egyptian team of two undergraduate students: Habiba Abdelwahed, construction engineering senior at AUC who is minoring in business, and Abdallah Mohamed from the German University in Cairo, rece
- September 29, 2020
AUC, University of Lübeck Assemble World’s First Comprehensive Egyptian Reference Genome
Mohamed Salama, visiting associate professor at AUC's Institute of Global Health and Human Ecology, physician and clinical neurotoxicologist, together with an Egyptian-German team from the University of Lübeck, assembled and annotated the world’s first comprehensive North African reference genome, EgyptRef. - September 28, 2020
The Center of Excellence for Water MOU Signing
AUC and Alexandria University signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the Holding Company for Water and Wastewater, Sierra Engineering and Contracting and Demerdash sister companies. - September 10, 2020
AUC's Center of Excellence for Water Offers Scholarships for Students in Egypt to Study Water Engineering
AUC’s USAID-funded Center of Excellence for Water is offering full four-year university scholarships for students in Egypt to study civil engineering, with a focus on water, at Alexandria and Ain Shams universities. - June 21, 2020
AUC Holds Third Virtual Media Discussion on Pandemic and Post-Pandemic Research and Innovation Initiative
AUC's third Virtual Media Discussion centered on the Pandemic and Post-Pandemic Research and Innovation Initiative. - March 22, 2020
Save Egypt's Water: 'Small is Big' - World Water Day
As reported by the United Nations, Egypt is facing an annual water deficit of
- March 22, 2020
Wash Your Hands but Still Save Water
A tip from the Office of Sustainability: Turn off the tap while you scrub! - November 12, 2019
Students Reuse Industrial Waste in Construction to Provide Practical Housing Models
According to the World Bank, with rapid population growth and urbanization, annual waste generation is expected to increase to 3.4 billion tons in 2050.
- October 29, 2019
Madina Mahmoud '12, '18 Receives Prestigious Award from Italy for 'A New Future for Water' Research
University NewsCongratulations to Madina Mahmoud '12, '18 for receiving the 2019 Eni Young African Talents Award for her research on "a new future for water" — in energy, sustainability and environmental protection solutions. The award offers a PhD scholarship, with which she will complete her studies at an Italian university or research institute.
Climate Change Events
Tomorrow's Leaders (TL) Annual Symposium 2023
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.
Net Zero International Conference
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.
Urban Climate Symposium: Cities and Climate Change in Developing Countries
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.
RCC 2023: Heaven or Hell in the Anthropocene
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.