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April 2014

AUC Portal to Light Up In Blue Tonight for World Autism Day

April 2, 2014, Cairo – Tonight, The American University in Cairo (AUC) will be lighting up the portal in blue as part of a worldwide Light It Up Blue campaign for World Autism Awareness Day, which aims to bring awareness to individuals with autism.

AUC Volunteers in Action Holds 9th Annual Campus Wedding for Orphan Brides

April 1, 2014, Cairo – For the ninth year in a row, the Volunteers in Action (VIA) student club at The American University in Cairo (AUC) organized a wedding ceremony for five orphan brides at AUC New Cairo.

March 2014

AUC Professor Discovers Meat Mummies with Luxury Resin to Feed the Dead

March 30, 2014, Cairo – Salima Ikram, professor of Egyptology at The American University in Cairo (AUC), and researchers from the University of Bristol discovered in a recent study that the tombs of wealthy ancient Egyptians contained mummified meat that was specially prepared with a rare and expens

AUC's RISE Encourages Local Farmer Strategies to Combat Water Scarcity

March 26, 2014, Cairo – The Research Institute for a Sustainable Environment (RISE) at The American University in Cairo (AUC) recently collaborated with the Columbia Global Center Middle East and the American University of Beirut to conduct an analysis on farmers’ responses to water scarcity in the

AUC Alumna Monica Hanna Internationally Awarded for Saving Antiquities

March 23, 2014, Cairo – The American University in Cairo (AUC) alumna, Monica Hanna ’04, ’07, has been recognized by the Saving Antiquities for Everyone (SAFE) nonprofit organization for her tireless efforts to publicize and expose the rampant looting of Egypt’s Ancient Egyptian, Coptic and Islamic

AUC Journalism Students Win Top Prizes in International Media Competition

March 19, 2014, Cairo – Nancy Salem and Nazly Abaza, both multimedia journalism seniors at The American University in Cairo (AUC) recently won top awards at the Broadcast Education Association (BEA) Festival of Media Arts, which received more than 1,350 entries from 150 colleges and universities for

AUC Launches Swimming Academy for Children and Adults

March 17, 2014, Cairo – The American University in Cairo (AUC) has launched a Swimming Academy for Children and Adults, in the first of what might become a successive line of University-based sports academies.

AUC Students Awarded for New 3D System

March 12, 2014, Cairo, Egypt – A group of computer science students at The American University in Cairo (AUC) created an innovative open-source platform to meet developers’ needs.

AUC Holds its First Ever Community Day

March 5, 2014, Cairo – The American University in Cairo (AUC) held its first Community Day yesterday on the New Cairo Campus, bringing together students, faculty, staff and alumni for a single campus event for the spring semester.