November 5, 2019
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
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November 5, 2019AUC Undergraduate Group Wins Award at SensUs 2019 Competition in the Netherlands
Today in News@AUCA 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.
November 4, 2019AUC Community Service Leaders Visit Cancer Hospital in Luxor
On Saturday October 26th, 8 leaders of the community service clubs, accompanied by their advisor, went on a one day trip to Shefaa’ Al-Orman Cancer Hospital in Luxor. The trip was organized by Al-Orman Organization. The aim of the trip was to give exposure to the students on the process of charity. The students were able to see how community service takes place outside of campus and how hard work and cooperation can result in an impactful result in serving the less fortunate in Egypt. The hospital has advanced technology in dealing with cancer, as well as a high level of hygiene and sanitation.
November 3, 2019AUC Hosts Fourth MENA Social Policy Conference
In collaboration with the British Council in Egypt, and as part of the American University in Cairo’s (AUC) centennial celebration, the Middle East and North African Social Policy Network (MENASP Network) organized its 4th edition conference in Cairo, Egypt titled “Social Policy in the MENA Region: Policy Learning in the Era of Social Protection” on October 30 and 31 at AUC New Cairo. The opening session of the conference was attended by the Egyptian Minister of Health and Population, Dr Hala Zaid.
October 29, 2019Madina Mahmoud '12, '18 Receives Prestigious Award from Italy for 'A New Future for Water' Research
University NewsCongratulations to Madina Mahmoud '12, '18 for receiving the 2019 Eni Young African Talents Award for her research on "a new future for water" — in energy, sustainability and environmental protection solutions. The award offers a PhD scholarship, with which she will complete her studies at an Italian university or research institute.
October 29, 2019Using the 'Power of Design' to Shape the Future of Architecture and Autism
University NewsIn 2002, Magda Mostafa, associate professor in the Department of Architecture, was approached by a group of parents to design Egypt’s first educational center for autism. She was eager to get to work, certain it would be easy with all the guidelines and research she’d find on how to design for individuals with autism. But to her surprise, she found “absolutely nothing.” No architect, she said, in Egypt or anywhere around the world had ever looked through and structured evidence-based methodology into this topic.
October 27, 2019AUC to Host NAQAAE Evaluation Team
NewsAUC is currently seeking the reaffirmation of its national accreditation with the National Authority for Quality Assurance and Accreditation of Education (NAQAAE) — the first University t
October 22, 2019Women in Ancient Egypt Current Research and Historical Trends
International scholars and Egyptologists from Egypt, the United States, United Kingdom, Australia, Spain, Switzerland, France, Germany and a host of other countries will be at AUC Tahrir Squar
October 22, 2019'Timeless' Investments: New Scholarships Widening Our Reach
Samaa Abdelhamid, a freshman majoring in political science, said her life changed when she found out she’d be attending AUC.
October 29, 2019AUC's New Associate Provost for Assessment, Accreditation Zeinab Amin is On Board
During her 13 years of service to AUC, Zeinab Amin has worn multiple hats, from being a professor in the Department of Mathemati
October 17, 2019Sustainable Community Rooftop Garden in an Informal Cairo neighborhood
AUC graduate students Omar Abdelkader and Menna Mansour, both pursuing a Master of Science in sustainable development, were interviewed on CBC
October 17, 2019J-PAL at AUC Partners with UNICEF, Uses Evidence-Based Methods to Reduce Poverty
The Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab at AUC (J-PAL) is partnering with UNICEF Egypt to host the first Global Evidence for Egypt seminar titled “Overcoming Youth Unemp