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June 18, 2014

Sustainable Engineering Student Research Internationally Recognized

Presenting innovative research on sustainable engineering and project management techniques in the construction field, undergraduate and graduate students at AUC were recognized at the 2014 Canadian Society for Civil Engineers (CSCE) conference for their distinctive contributions.

School of Business Among 1% Worldwide to be Triple Crown Accredited

AUC’s School of Business has recently been accredited by the European Quality Improvement System (EQUIS), making it one of only 70 business schools worldwide — out of nearly 14,000 — as well as the first in the Middle East and third in Africa, to achieve triple-crown accreditation from EQUIS, the

June 11, 2014

Commencement Flashback: AUC's Earliest Graduation Ceremonies

AUC’s first commencement was held in June 1923. Diplomas were awarded to 20 graduates. The valedictorian at the first commencement was Salah Ed Din Hafiz Awad, who went on to enter Oberlin College in the United States as a junior.

June 11, 2014

Faculty Awarded at Commencement for Distinctive Contributions

Three faculty members were honored at the commencement ceremony for their achievements in service, teaching and research.

Al Habtoor Urges Graduates to Rebuild Egypt After Stormy Three Years

“I advise you to keep a positive outlook on things, start your day full of energy ready to conquer the world. Your generation has learned a lot from the turbulence that stormed Egypt in the past three years, and now the dust has settled. Let us put our hands together and build this country.”

June 4, 2014

Al-Ississ Pioneers Free Online Courses in Arabic with Edraak

Representatives of AUC recently finalized an agreement withEdraak, a Queen Rania Foundation initiative, to include AUC in a select group of regional universities that will develop some of the first Arabic courses for the Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) platform.

June 4, 2014

AUC to Host Special Olympics Qualifiers for Global Competition

AUC will host the Special Olympics Public Championship on June 21 and 22 for specially abled children, aged 8 to 16, with the winners going on to represent Egypt in the 2015 Special Olympics World Summer Games in Los Angeles, California.

May 28, 2014

Amr Shaarawi Reflects on Years as Provost with Gratitude, Pride in AUC

After nearly two years of service as provost, following the tragic passing ofMedhat Haroun, Amr Shaarawi will now be leaving his post and rejoining the faculty in the Department of Physics, with Professor Mahmoud El-Gamal of Rice University assuming the position of provost.

May 27, 2014

Students to Design, Build Greenhouse Model Through Living Learning Lab

Architectural engineering students will be designing and building a small-scale model greenhouse next year, based on multiple visits they made this semester to an actual greenhouse at the Research Institute for a Sustainable Environment (RISE).

Seven AUC Community Members Awarded at University Forum

Six outstanding AUC staff members and administrators were honored with the President’s Catalyst for Change Awards during the University Forum yesterday, in recognition of their contributions to the AUC community.

May 22, 2014

Community-Based Learning Day to Announce New Program Name Today

On Tuesday, May 27, the annual Community-Based Learning (CBL) Day will be held on campus to not only celebrate CBL achievements during the past year, but also mark CBL’s change of name to the Academic Community Engagement program.

AUC Students Place Second Worldwide for Online Food Ordering App

Three AUC students are preparing to launch their award-winning mobile and web application for online food ordering, Engezni, which won second place worldwide at the University Mobile Challenge, an annual competition that is part of the Mobile World Congress, the largest conference and exhibition

May 20, 2014

Find Out Catalyst for Change Award Winners at University Forum Today

For the third consecutive year, winners of the President's Catalyst for Change award will be announced at the University Forum to be today, Sunday, May 25, at 1:00 pm in Moataz Al Alfi Hall. All members of the AUC community are welcome to attend.

May 20, 2014

Common Reading Program Instills Culture of Learning Among Freshmen

This year, AUC introduced the One Book, One Conversation, One Community pilot common reading program, where first-year students were all asked to read the first chapter of the novel Zeitoun as part of the freshman program orientation.

May 18, 2014

Cairo Review Spring 2014 Features Report on Arab World Struggle

Syrian poet Adonis, winner of the 2011 Goethe Prize for literature, said in an interview with The Cairo Review of Global Affairs that the Arab Spring in Syria lacked true revolutionary spirit and that without a foreign invasion, President Bashar Al-Assad will likely remain in power.