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Undergrads Design Nanoscale Devices for Biomedical, Computing Purposes

Abdulilah Azzazi, a physics undergraduate with a minor in computer science, has designed novel nano-scale devices for optical interconnections, allowing light to communicate between chips and cores on computer motherboards, increasing speed and reducing cost.

AUC Olympics Ends Today

The second AUC Olympics brought together the University community to compete in basketball, volleyball, football, table tennis, and track and field.

First Green Roof at AUC Provides Vegetation, Learning Space

The Desert Development Center (DDC), supported by the U.S. Forest Service and DC Greenworks, has recently established AUC’s first extensive green roof on the site office building where the DDC is located.

October 2, 2013

Nageh Allam Receives State Award in Technological Sciences

Nageh Allam, assistant professor of physics, recently received the Egyptian State Award in Technological Sciences from the Egyptian Academy of Scientific Research and Technology for his research on ways to create “smart energy” to produce renewable fuels and electricity from sunlight on a sustain

October 2, 2013

October 1920 AUC Opens Doors to First Class of Students

On October 5, 1920, AUC welcomed the first 142 students who entered the University as part of the American College of Arts and Sciences, the initial unit of the American University at Cairo. Classes were equivalent to the last two years of high school and the first two years of University.

October 1, 2013

New Dual Degree Combines Bachelor’s in Political Science, Master’s in Law

Political science undergraduate students who want to prepare for a postgraduate degree while completing the requirements for the Bachelor of Arts (BA) in political science may now do so with the dual degree option offered by the Department of Political Science and the Department of Law.

October 2, 2013

Egypt's First University Spinoff to Market Affordable Hepatitis C Test

Egypt has the greatest burden of hepatitis C infection worldwide, with 10 percent of people between 15 and 59 years living with the virus.

September 29, 2013

Campus Strategy Results in 60% Water Usage Savings, More Storage

In response to recurring water shortages during the 2012 - 2013 academic year, some of which forced the closure of the New Cairo campus, AUC convened a task force to study the University’s water needs and develop recommendations for both increasing the supply of water available to the campus and

September 26, 2013

Ismailia Film Festival to Begin at AUC Tomorrow

The visual cultures program in the Department of Arts is hosting a film festival at AUC Tahrir Square.

Blood Drive Draws AUC Community, Helps Save Lives

The ambulance parked in the corridor leading to the bus terminal at AUC New Cairo during the past weeks was not a cause for concern, but a sign of the AUC community’s ongoing commitment to service, as 137 AUCians donated blood during a campaign organized by Resala AUC and the Anti-Cancer Team (AC

Faculty Wary of Constitution, Call for Greater Protections; Watch Video

Egypt’s new constitution does not go far enough to protect freedoms and ensure balance of power among various branches of government, according to a panel of faculty experts dissecting the current draft of Egypt’s next constitution.

September 24, 2013

Student Spotlight: Color Palette Chemistry Reveals Genuine, Fake Art

A chemistry student at school and an art lover at heart, Mayan Sabry, who graduated with a bachelor’s in chemistry last spring, has utilized her scientific knowledge to introduce mechanisms by which forged art may be identified.

Egypt Ranked an Unhappy Nation by World Happiness Report

Egypt is not a happy nation, according to the World Happiness Report, commissioned by the United Nations Sustainable Development Solutions Network and published by the Earth Institute at Columbia University.

September 23, 2013

Syria’s Chemical Weapons: Drawing the Humanitarian Line

On August 21, missiles loaded with the chemical agent Sarin were launched at Ghouta, a suburb of Damascus, Syria. Nearly 1,500 people were killed in the attack, and U.S.

September 22, 2013

Scholarship Recipients Pursue Career Goals, Ambitions at AUC

“I have one concrete goal, which is to be a force for progress wherever I am in the universe, and this goal has translated into a dream of developing Egypt so that it is a top country worldwide across all fields,” said Mazan Ayman, an electronics engineering senior and recipient of the Ayman Korr