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February 6, 2014

Community Day, March 4: Win Prizes by Visiting Stops Around AUC

Organized by the AUC Student Ambassadors, the Around AUC portion ofCommunity Day will allow you to visit stops around campus to participate in an activity that helps you learn more about AUC's academic programs and collect raffle tickets.

Bradley Cook to Speak Tomorrow on Premortality and Islam

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February 5, 2014

Student Spotlight: AUC Ambassador Meets Diplomats, State Leaders

Nouran Ghannam, a political science senior, joined the AUC Student Ambassador program two years ago, during which she developed a passion for the program, as well as the political science field and development work.

February 4, 2014

AUC Forum Panel on Constitutional Future on Campus Tomorrow

In AUC Forum’s first panel discussion this semester, Nathan Brown, professor of political science and international affairs at The George Washington University, senior scholar at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace and president of the Middle East Studies Association, will speak on “Eg

February 4, 2014

First AUC Community Day Today; Take Part in Activities Around Campus

From student organizations and academic schools to alumni sponsors and administrative offices, more than a dozen campus groups have worked together to bring to life AUC's first Community Day.

February 6, 2014

New Personalized Drugs Hold Promise for Cancer Treatment

Chemotherapy drugs, which are frequently administered as part of cancer treatment to either kill the tumor or keep it from growing larger while making the patient more comfortable, are often associated with crippling side effects and high costs.

Salah Arafa Implements Sustainable Development Model in Sharqiya

Recently selected as the scientific adviser to the Sharqiya governorate, Salah Arafa, professor of physics, is focused on transferring technology to induce real development in rural areas, not by enforcing change from the outside, but by involving the members of the community every step of the wa

Alexandria University Professor Donates Rare Cacti to AUC

AUC has recently received a rare collection of more than 1,000 cactus plants of different sizes and types from Saad El Din Al Rakshy, professor of dairy microbiology at Alexandria University.

AUC's Facebook Page Reaches 300,000 Fans

February 2, 2014

Low Egypt Rankings Due to Frail Economy, Poor Administrative System

Out of 148 countries surveyed in the 2013 – 2014 Global Competitiveness Report, Egypt ranked 118 in terms of global competitiveness, lagging behind other countries in the Middle East and North Africa region, and ranked last in terms of the quality of primary education.

February 5, 2014

EduCamp Project Integrates Sustainability in Egyptian Public Schools

Ending a three-year pilot project to introduce sustainability concepts in Egyptian public schools, AUC’s Center for Sustainable Development (CSD), in cooperation with the Education for Sustainable Development Beyond the Campus (EduCamp) consortium, handed over Education for Sustainable Developmen

Sustainability Discussion Series on Renewable Energy Begins Today

Egypt faces persistent fuel and electricity shortages, as well as the threat of rising sea levels from global warming. Quite often, the answer proposed for Egypt’s energy challenges, large-scale and small, consists of just two words: renewable energy.

New Irrigation System, First Community Garden in Western Desert Oases

The Research Institute for Sustainable Environment (RISE), formerly the Desert Development Center, has successfully installed a new drip irrigation system, including pop-up sprinklers, and established two community gardens in the Western Desert oases of ElHeiz and Abu Minqar, utilizing grey water

Community-Based Learning Broadens Perspectives, Social Understanding

Reem Deif, a psychology major and development studies minor, went to an orphanage every Saturday to teach children with learning disabilities Arabic, math and general skills through the nongovernmental organization Wataniya.

January 16, 2014

Finance Students Get Taste of Real World Stock Market, Investments

Getting a glimpse of real-life stock brokerage, students in the Investment Analysis finance class used a simulation software to trade on the U.S. market for seven weeks and track how their stocks performed, giving them a practical experience that they can draw upon in their future careers.