Egypt’s first University-based startup incubator and accelerator, the Venture Lab at AUC has been recently recognized as the Best Accelerator/Incubator Program in North Africa by the Global Startup Awards, a competition based in Copenhagen that reaches 124 countries.
Student athletes at The American University in Cairo (AUC) have won 19 medals: three gold, fourteen silver and two bronze medals, in the ongoing 49th National Universities Tournament, which kicked off in November.
The American University in Cairo (AUC) Press has recently released Ihsan Abdel Kouddous’s novel I Do Not Sleep, translated from Arabic by Jonathan Smolin.
Mostafa Youssef, assistant professor of computational materials science and engineering in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at AUC, and Mohamed Abdallah '21, a double major in mechanical engineering and physics, have published their research on an innovative technique for making ceramics more durable in the prestigious Physical Review Materials, a top-tier journal in materials physics.
The American University in Cairo ranked 1st place in Egypt and Africa and 159th out of 956 institutions in this year's University of Indonesia GreenMetric World University Rankings.
Moustafa Youssef, professor at the Department of Computer Science and Engineering at AUC, was recognized as a fellow of the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) for his contributions to location tracking algorithms.
John Hoey, associate professor of practice in the Department of the Arts at The American University in Cairo (AUC), Salma Hussein '20, a film major and digital media minor; Laila Ghoneim '20, an English and comparative literature major with a minor in theatre; and Sarah El Shazly '19, a double major in theatre and integrated marketing communication, led and assisted production teams for two major plays released this year.