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October 12, 2017

‘Connecting Dots’: Student Blends Academic Interests

For Sarah Seif, a senior majoring in integrated marketing communication and minoring in theatre and development, AUC has provided a space to combine diverse academic and extracurricular passions into one transformative education.

January 1, 2018

School of Humanities and Social Sciences Receives $1 Million Grant to Promote the Humanities in Egypt

Widely recognized as a hub for cultural and artistic expression, AUC’s School of Humanities and Social Sciences (HUSS) recently received a three-year, $1 million grant from the Andrew W.

October 10, 2017

AUCians Represent Egypt, Achieve Victory in Arab Rugby Tournament

Four AUC alumni and one student represented Egypt as part of its national team in the third annual Arab Rugby 7s Championship, where they came in second out of eight competing countries. The winning AUC team members are:

October 10, 2017

New Associate Vice President for Advancement Kim Jackson Back Home at AUC

Kim Jackson '84 claims to be naturally shy. However, the new associate vice president for advancement’s effortless conversational style and warm personality tell another story.

From AUC to Facebook: Alumnus Reflects on Eye-Opening AUC Experience

Ahmed Gaballa ‘05, who graduated from AUC with a bachelor’s in computer science and a minor in business administration, is product manager for strategic growth at Facebook in Menlo Park, California.

October 9, 2017

Salima Ikram Elected to American Academy of Arts and Sciences, Visiting Professor at Yale

Salima Ikram, distinguished University professor of Egyptology and international archaeologist, was recently elected to the renowned American Academy of Arts and Sciences, whose fellows include more than 250 Nobel laureates and 60 Pulitzer Prize winners.

Accreditation Committee Discusses University Growth, Engages Community at Forum

Among AUC's strengths cited at the recent community forum on accreditation were the revision of the University's mission statement, development of clearly stated policies, a shift to primarily need-based financial aid, implementation of transparent grievance procedures, student support&

October 3, 2017

Robotix Club Wins First Place in World Robot Olympiad

Robotix club members built a robot to tackle one of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, scoring first place in the local round of the World Robot Olympiad (WRO).

October 2, 2017

Watch Video: AUC Takes Lead in Promoting Blended Learning in Egypt

Egypt’s Minister of Education and Technical Education Tarek Shawki; Vijay Kumar, associate dean of digital learning and executive director of the Abdul Latif Jameel World Education Lab at MIT; Maysa Jalbout, CEO of AGFE; and AUC Provost Ehab Abdel-Rahman were featured in the Yahduth fi M

Ted Purinton, dean of AUC's Graduate School of Education, calls for recognition of the “massive hidden potential” of people with disabilities

October 1, 2017

AUC, UNESCO Partner to Make Education, Technology Accessible for People with Disabilities

Dressed in smart casual attire and settled in their seats in Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Bin Abdulaziz Alsaud Hall, people began to adjust the volume on their translation headsets, flip through programs written in Braille and turn their heads toward a sign language interpreter at the front of the r

October 1, 2017

Scholarships Bring Exceptional Student Talent to Campus

Ali Mohamed Ghazal, a computer engineering freshman and an Al Ghurair STEM Scholar, wants to “re-imagine the Arab community” using artificial intelligence and electronics. His mentors in the field of entrepreneurship include Mark Zuckerberg and Elon Musk, people who fundamentally changed mod

October 1, 2017

Redefining Education in Egypt: AUC Pioneers Blended, Online Learning

In collaboration with Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and the Abdulla Al Ghurair Foundation for Education (AGFE), AUC, along with the American University of Beirut (AUB), is taking the lead in promoting online and blended learning across the region.

February 1, 2017

Alumna, PhD Student Designs Nanotechnology to Tackle Egypt's Water Crisis

Nouran El Badawi ’06, '13, AUC alumna and a Yousef Jameel PhD fellow studying applied sciences with a specialization in chemistry, is committed to her research at AUC, exploring the application of membrane technology as a means to retrieve fresh water.

September 28, 2017

Alumnus Develops Mobile App to Help the Visually Impaired

Abdel Ghani Barakat ‘13, Leadership for Education and Development (LEAD) scholar and AUC graduate who double majored political science and communication and media arts, developed the concept for an innovative and impactful mobile application for visually impaired individuals, dubbed E3rafli.

AUC Installs New Cairo Street Signs In Collaboration with Municipality

In an effort to ease the day-to-day lives and operations of both AUC and neighboring communities, the University has successfully collaborated with the municipality in the recent installation of several street signs surrounding the New Cairo campus.

‘Connecting Dots’: Student Blends Academic Interests

School of Humanities and Social Sciences Receives $1 Million Grant to Promote the Humanities in Egypt

AUCians Represent Egypt, Achieve Victory in Arab Rugby Tournament

New Associate Vice President for Advancement Kim Jackson Back Home at AUC

From AUC to Facebook: Alumnus Reflects on Eye-Opening AUC Experience

Salima Ikram Elected to American Academy of Arts and Sciences, Visiting Professor at Yale

Accreditation Committee Discusses University Growth, Engages Community at Forum

Robotix Club Wins First Place in World Robot Olympiad

Watch Video: AUC Takes Lead in Promoting Blended Learning in Egypt

AUC, UNESCO Partner to Make Education, Technology Accessible for People with Disabilities

Scholarships Bring Exceptional Student Talent to Campus

Redefining Education in Egypt: AUC Pioneers Blended, Online Learning

Alumna, PhD Student Designs Nanotechnology to Tackle Egypt's Water Crisis

Alumnus Develops Mobile App to Help the Visually Impaired

AUC Installs New Cairo Street Signs In Collaboration with Municipality

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