Tomorrow’s Leaders Graduate Program for Graduate students
After being previously awarded the Tomorrow’s Leaders Program (TLG) for undergraduate students, AUC received Tomorrow’s Leaders grant for graduate students funded by the U.S. Department of State in the amount of $2,500,000 for a duration of five years.
President Francis Ricciardone's interview in Arabic with Al Youm Al Sabie
Read President Francis Ricciardone's interview in Arabic with Al Youm Al Sabie about scholarships and fellowships at AUC, the future of scientific research in Egypt and the University's role as a cultural hub.
Fresh AUC Graduate Designs Mechanical Engineering Prototype for Healthcare Applications
In Summer 2018, as part of AUC's Undergraduate Research Program, Belquis Haider ’19, mechanical engineering graduate and a recipient of the Tomorrow's Leaders Scholarship, interned with the University of Leeds in the United Kingdom.
Egypt’s Ministry of Tourism Wins the World Travel Market’s 2019 Global Leaders Award for “Outstanding Contribution to the Industry”
Egypt's Ministry of Tourism recently won the World Travel Market's 2019 Global Leaders Award for Outstanding Contribution To The Industry at the biggest event of the global travel industry, the World Travel Market, which brings together a total of 5,000 exhibitors from around the globe and gathering more than 30,000 attendees. During the event, Egypt was honored among the very best in the travel industry.
AUC PhD Student Wins L'Oréal-UNESCO For Women in Science Award
Sarah Halawa '11, '14, PhD student in applied sciences at AUC, with a specialization in biotechnology, received the L'Oréal-UNESCO For Women in Science Award for her PhD dissertation, which focuses on the genetics and epigenetics of cardiovascular diseases, helping to improve our understanding of valve biology, with potential implications on valve tissue engineering approaches. The research is a joint venture between AUC and the Magdi Yacoub Foundation.
AUC Sponsors MESA Annual Meeting, Faculty Present Research
AUC was a sponsor of the 2019 Middle East Studies Association annual meeting — "the single largest gathering of experts on the Middle East."
AUC, USAID Inaugurate Menoufia University Center for Career Development
AUC inaugurated the Menoufia University Center for Career Development, the 13th out of 21 funded centers in 14 universities across Egypt, funded by the United States Agency for Career Development. The main aim of the centers is to provide 1 million students with access to career education.
Ranking and Accreditation: Which is Which?
“We complement each other. Rankings and accreditation are a key to establish a way forward for institutions,” said Ashwin Fernandes, regional director, MENA and South Asia at Quacquarelli Symonds (QS), one of the world's leading international higher education network. "Our mission at QS is to enable more educated people around the world to fulfill their potential by fostering international mobility, educational achievement and career development."
Fayza Haikal Receives Special Award of Excellence from International Association of Egyptologists
The International Association of Egyptologists awarded Fayza Haikal, professor of Egyptology at AUC, an Honorary Membership — the association's highest accolade — "for a lifetime of brilliant scholarly contributions to Egyptology." Only four other people have ever been recognized with this honor since the establishment of the association in the early 1970s.
Emmy and Academy Award-Nominated Filmmaker Jerome Gary Visits AUC
Emmy and Academy Award-nominated filmmaker and Chairman of the MENA Media Fund Jerome Gary visited AUC recently to discuss his work in the region and his future plans in Egypt. Renowned Director Yousri Nasrallah and Producer Mohamed Hefzy with Filmmaker Jerome Gary
RiseUp summit is Coming to AUC
For the first time, AUC will be the main partner and host of RiseUp Summit, the one-stop-shop event connecting startups in the Middle East and Africa.
Atta Gebril, Mona Amer '98 Receive Elsevier 2019 Scopus Researcher Awards
Atta Gebril, associate professor in the Department of Applied Linguistics, and Mona Amer '98, associate professor and chair of the Department of Psychology,received the Elsevier 2019 Scopus Researcher Awards for the impact of their research in the fields of education and psychology, respectively, on Egyptian society. Gebril and Amer are the only two award recipients from AUC.
Students Reuse Industrial Waste in Construction to Provide Practical Housing Models
According to the World Bank, with rapid population growth and urbanization, annual waste generation is expected to increase to 3.4 billion tons in 2050.
Alum, Faculty Laila Ziko Wins Innovators Under 35 MENA Award for Using Microbes to Cure Diseases
Laila Ziko (MSc '13, PhD '19), adjunct professor of biology, is one of the winners of the Innovators Under 35 MENA award, presented by MIT Technology Review Arabia and the Dubai Future Foundation. Her research focuses on using microbes to cure diseases, bypassing antibiotic resistance and cancer chemotherapeutic resistance.
AUC Undergraduate Group Wins Award at SensUs 2019 Competition in the Netherlands
A group of AUC students won second place in the Analytical Performance category at the SensUs 2019 competition recently held at the Eindhoven University of Technology in the Netherlands. SensUs is an annual competition where multidisciplinary student teams develop biomedical biosensors to measure markers of diseases or therapeutic drugs in patient blood.
