July 21, 2018 AUC Pioneers Simulation Technology for Green Buildings in Egypt As architectural design in Egypt is becoming more environmentally conscious, researchers at AUC are looking to build performance simulation to create better green buildings.
Prestigious Arabic Study-Abroad Program Back at AUC The Center for Arabic Study Abroad (CASA), the world's premier immersion study-abroad Arabic program that is now based at Harvard University, is returning to AUC during the 2015 – 2016 academic year, after a temporary, two-year relocation to Jordan.
Wadi Degla Establishes Full Tuition Scholarship for Student Athletes Top-performing student athletes now have the chance to receive a full-fledged scholarship to study at AUC through the Wadi Degla Endowment Scholarship Fund for Student Athletes.
April 22, 2015 Anderson Elected to Members of Renowned American Academy of Arts, Sciences AUC President Lisa Anderson has been elected among the 2015 members of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, alongside Nobel laureates; Pulitzer Prize winners; MacArthur and Guggenheim fellowships; Grammy, Emmy, Oscar, and Tony awards; as well as some of the world's most accomplished leaders
March 11, 2015 Faculty Examine Strategies, Outlook of Economic Conference Tomorrow With all eyes turned to Sharm El Sheikh for the upcoming Egypt Economic Development Conference, Egypt: The Future, due to begin tomorrow and expected to bring in a host of regional and international investors who will help develop the country’s investm
March 10, 2015 AUC Students Merge Engineering, Business at Montreal Case Competition For the first time, four AUC students are competing in the second annual student-run Engineering and Commerce Case Competition (ECCC) at Concordia University in Montreal, Canada. AUC's team is one of only two from outside of North America.
AUC: Elevating Arts; Watch Video The growing digital world also means that people have access to the web in more places and on more devices like smartphones and tablets. Consequently, AUC's new website design will be responsive to all devices.
March 8, 2015 Benefit Dinner Raises Scholarship Funds, Honors Alumni Shapers of Arts At the fourth annual benefit dinner held in New York City under the theme of AUC: Elevating Arts, the University raised more than $450,000, with net proceeds being used to support student scholarships.
Distinguished Female Visitors in Ewart History AUC looked critically at the current website and pinpointed areas that needed to be improved. The old website was used simultaneously as a marketing tool, community resource and archive. Now, the new website will be organized into two categories: 1) a public site and 2) an internal site.
Beyond Demo Day: Startups Find Success After the AUC Venture Lab The Venture Lab (V-Lab) at AUC's School of Business is hosting Demo Day today, Thursday, March 5, for its third cycle, which is coming to a close.
March 3, 2015 Arab Human Development Report: Empowerment, Home-Grown Democracy Vital The University is implementing this new design on an innovative, open-source content management system (CMS) called Drupal. All these enhancements aim at making sure that AUC keeps, and rather increases, its current traffic, which is nearly 1 million visitors per semester.
February 26, 2015 The Science Behind Chocolate: Why It Makes Us Feel Good We eat it to celebrate or when we're sad. We give it away to say, "I love you" or sometimes, "I'm sorry." Strangely, some people even bathe in it. Chocolate is one of the most coveted foods in the world, and people have enjoyed this sweet treat for more than 4,000 years.
February 24, 2015 Al Habtoor Establishes 10 Scholarships for Egyptian Students • A complete audit of content has consolidated information into a simplified structure and eliminated duplicate pages, and will ultimately make information easier to find.
February 18, 2015 Self-Powered Sensors to Monitor Car Tire Pressure Tire pressure fluctuations may be a thing of the past, thanks to a new wireless, self-powered monitoring system that can be installed into modern and old car models to alert drivers of pressure fluctuations.
February 17, 2015 AUC Partners with Ministry of Justice to Advance Legal Education AUC recently signed a three-year academic cooperation agreement with the Ministry of Justice to providing training, education and research opportunities to judges, public prosecutors and members of other judicial bodies in Egypt.