Media Releases and Statements
January 2016
AUC Faculty Receive Sheikh Hamad Award for Translation and International Understanding
Ferial Ghazoul, English and comparative literature professor at The American University in Cairo (AUC), and John Verlenden, former writing instructor at the Department of Rhetoric and Composition, have won the Sheikh Hamad Award for Translation and International Understanding.
AUC Announces the Winning Team Qualifying to $1 Million Hult Student Competition
The Hult Prize has announced the winning team from The American University in Cairo (AUC) to advance to the regional finals of the 7th annual Hult Prize in response to President Bill Clinton’s Crowded Urban Spaces Challenge.
December 2015
Frien10 App of AUC’s V-Lab Wins First Place in UN Entrepreneurship Competition
Contrary to the common argument that apps and smartphones have disconnected people from each other, a group of young entrepreneurs, graduates of the fifth cycle of The American University in Cairo’s Venture Lab incubator, are actually using this technology to bring people together in real life. Ahme
Two AUC Alumni Create a Fund to Help Syrian Refugees
Two alumni, who were Study Abroad students at the American University in Cairo (AUC) in 2008, Lexi Shereshewsky and Demetri Blaisdell created The Syria Fund, a nonprofit organization dedicated to helping Syrian refugees affected by the ongoing crisis.
AUC Renovates University’s Swimming Pool to Serve Students with Disabilities
The Sports Center at The American University in Cairo (AUC) has renovated the Paul B. Hannon Swimming Pool to ensure that people with disabilities have an easy and accessible means of entering and exiting the pool by installing a specialized, sloped staircase in the pool.
AUC Ranks Number One as the Top Academic Institution in Egypt in Nature Index 2015
The American University in Cairo (AUC) has been ranked the top affiliation among the academic institutes in Egypt in the lately released Nature Index 2015.
AUC Press Awards Hassan Daoud the 2015 Naguib Mahfouz Medal for Literature
At a ceremony held tonight at The American University in Cairo (AUC) Tahrir Square campus, AUC Press awarded the 2015 Naguib Mahfouz Medal for Literature to the Lebanese writer Hassan Daoud for his novel La tariq ila al-janna (No Road to Paradise).
AUC V-Lab Celebrates the Graduation of Cycle 5 on Demo Day Showcasing Products and Services of 12 Startups
The School of Business at The American University in Cairo (AUC) is celebrating today the graduation of the fifth cycle of AUC Venture Lab (V-Lab), where 12 incubated startups are showcasing their products and services that range from software, online platforms, websites and mobile apps.
AUC Names Trustee Thomas E. Thomason Interim President
The Board of Trustees (BOT) of the American University in Cairo (AUC) announced today the appointment of Trustee Thomas E. Thomason as interim president of the University starting January 2016 until the end of the academic year.