Media Releases and Statements
November 2015
At AUC’s Media Roundtable Discussion: Egypt Needs out of the Box Solutions to Education Problems
Recognizing Egypt’s cumulative problems in education, a change in the mindset of educators and youth is key to better education, stressed the professors of the American University in Cairo (AUC) in yesterday’s media roundtable discussion series "Behind the Headlines," titled “Education for Life: Enh
AUC’s PhD Student Internationally Awarded for Marine Pollution Research
Ghada Mustafa, a PhD candidate in the biotechnology program at The American University in Cairo (AUC) has recently received the Best Poster Award at the International Marine Microbiology Conference in Qingdao, China.
AUC Venture Lab Named "High Impact Incubation Program" for 2015 by UBI Global
The Venture Lab (V-Lab) at The American University in Cairo (AUC) has been named “High Impact Incubation Program” in the Middle East and North Africa by Sweden-based UBI-Global.
AUC’S Dean Tarek Shawki Signs Agreements to Establish the Egyptian Knowledge Bank
Today, Tarek Shawki, dean of the School of Sciences and Engineering at The American University in Cairo (AUC), is signing agreements with publishers from around the world to establish the “Egyptian Knowledge Bank”, a nationwide project aimed at providing all Egyptian citizens with access to quality
AUC’s Society of Petroleum Engineers Receives International Recognition
The chapter of the Society of Petroleum Engineers at The American University of Cairo (SPE-AUC) is one of only 20 student chapters worldwide to receive the 2014 - 2015 Outstanding Student Chapter award from SPE International. "The highest honor for a chapter,” according to SPE International, this aw
AUC First in Egypt in QS Rankings and Among Top Universities Worldwide
For the fifth consecutive year, The American University in Cairo (AUC) has been rated by QS World University Rankings as one of “the world’s highest-performing universities,” ranking first in Egypt.
AUC Team Awarded MIT Grant for Solar Energy Research Collaboration
For the first time, a team from The American University in Cairo (AUC) has been awarded a grant from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) International Science and Technology Initiatives (MISTI) Seed Fund to support collaboration on solar energy research between AUC and MIT.
King Tut's Sandals Featured at Ancient Egyptian Footwear Exhibition with Support of Two AUC Professors
Visiting research scholar and ancient footwear expert, André Veldmeijer at the American University in Cairo (AUC) and Salima Ikram, renowned Egyptologist and AUC professor joined efforts in the latest exhibit displaying King Tut’s shoes at the Egyptian Museum in Cairo: Stepping Through Time: Footwea
October 2015
AUC Faculty Members Train Public School English Teachers in Ma’asara
The Academic Community Engagement (ACE) Teacher Training Program at The American University in Cairo (AUC) is expanding the University’s borderless classroom to Ma’asara neighborhood in Cairo, providing 20 public school teachers from the area with professional and technical training.