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March 2014

AUC Alumni and Coaches Train Street Children Soccer Team

March 2, 2014, Cairo – Alumni and University sports coaches at The American University in Cairo (AUC) have been training a team of Egyptian street children to practice football twice a week at AUC’s Khalaf Ahmad Al Habtoor Football and Track Stadium.

February 2014

AUC Team Uses Solar Energy to Develop Self-Powered Wireless Networks

February 26, 2014, Cairo – Professor Yehea Ismail, director of the Center for Nanoelectronics and Devices at The American University in Cairo (AUC) and the Zewail City of Science and Technology is leading a team to develop a chip that would harvest solar energy in order to power wireless sensor netw

AUC Places in Top Third Worldwide Greenmetric Ranking

February 24, 2014, Cairo – The American University in Cairo (AUC) has been ranked 101 overall out of 301 universities in the University of Indonesia’s fourth annual GreenMetric World University Ranking.

Top Brazilian Diplomat in The Cairo Review of Global Affairs: U.S.-Iran Thaw Is Middle East "Game Changer"

February 20, 2014, Cairo –Brazil’s top diplomat at the United Nations says that the recent thaw in relations between the United States and Iran could be a “game changer” in the Middle East.

AUC Officially Launches The First University Incubator in Egypt " AUC Venture Lab (V-Lab)"

February 19, 2014, Cairo, Egypt– The American University in Cairo (AUC) announced today, in a press conference held on Tahrir Square campus, the official launch of the first University-based incubator in Egypt, the AUC Venture Lab (V-Lab).

AUC Awards the First PhD in its History at the Midyear Graduation Commencement of Fall 2013

February 17, 2014, Cairo, Egypt – The American University in Cairo (AUC) held its mid-year commencement ceremonies for 700 master’s and bachelor’s degree candidates.

AUC Launches New Research Institute For a Sustainable Environment

February 4, 2014, Cairo – The American University in Cairo (AUC) has launched the newly established Research Institute for a Sustainable Environment (RISE), which serves as a multidisciplinary institute dedicated to promoting research in sustainable environments in Egypt, the Middle East and North A

January 2014

Seven AUC Master’s Programs Ranked among Top 200 Worldwide

January 27, 2014, Cairo - Seven AUC graduate programs were recently ranked among the best five in Africa and among the top 200 worldwide in the 2013 - 2014 Eduniversal rankings.

AUC Issues Carbon Footprint Report 2.0

January 21, 2014, Cairo – The American University in Cairo (AUC) issued the Carbon Footprint 2.0 Report which highlights the strategies adopted by the sustainability team to reduce energy consumption on campus.