Alumnus Omar Samra Named UNDP Goodwill Ambassador Omar Samra ’00, the first Egyptian to climb Mount Everest, has been officially appointed a Goodwill Ambassador by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in Egypt.
Sciences, Engineering Dean Hassan El-Fawal: AUC is an Educational Oasis Hassan El-Fawal, new dean of the School of Sciences and Engineering, brings with him not only a wealth of academic knowledge and administrative experience, but is also a living embodiment of the liberal arts philosophy that is a cornerstone of AUC.
September 22, 2016 Student Nouran Gohar Crowned World Junior Squash Champion For the second consecutive year, Nouran Gohar, construction engineering sophomore and the first recipient of the Wadi Degla Scholarship, came in first at the World Squash Federation’s World Junior Squash Championships held in Poland last month.
September 21, 2016 Board of Trustees Welcomes Two New Members Two new members have joined AUC’s Board of Trustees: Teresa Barger, co-founder and managing director of Cartica Management, LLC, and Mark Turnage, CEO of OWL Cybersecurity. Both previously studied Arabic at AUC.
New Faculty: Students Are Our Future Colleagues This fall, 32 new faculty members stand out among the hundreds of new faces on campus.
September 8, 2016 Balancing the Equation Although she has established a life in New York working in economic consulting, Faten Sabry ’88, ’91 has many distinctions in the AUC community.
September 8, 2016 President Ricciardone: Our People, Identity Are Our Greatest Assets As the academic year begins, AUC President J. Francis Ricciardone shares with News@AUC his priorities and plans during his first semester on campus and his future vision.
September 6, 2016 An Engineer with an Eye on Campus When mechanical engineering senior Khaled Hassan started his first semester at AUC, he was still deciding whether to major in graphic design or engineering. Hassan chose the latter, but has never stopped following his passion for the arts, more specifically, photography.
September 6, 2016 Returning from Rio Six members of the AUC community - all women - have returned home from the 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil full of pride, determination and a hunger for continued success.
September 5, 2016 Lighting Up Communities In an effort to provide advanced solar energy solutions to rural communities in Egypt, AUC’s Research Institute for a Sustainable Environment (RISE) recently partnered with Schneider Electric, a multinational company specializing in renewable energy and sustainable development, to provide an auto
Nicholas Kristof: Being at AUC Helped My Career In 1983, Nicholas Kristof (ALU ’84) faced a choice: either study law at Harvard to become a professor, or Arabic at AUC to become a journalist.Fast-forward to today, Kristof is a two-time Pulitzer Prize winner with a 33-year career in international and humanitarian journalism.
AUC Alumna, Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike on 2020 Olympics With Tokyo due to host the 2020 Olympics, Yuriko Koike (CASA '71), Tokyo's first female governor and a graduate of AUC's Center for Arabic Study Abroad, is focusing on making the event both environmentally friendly and cost-efficient, while also promoting women's rights.
September 4, 2016 New Minor in Educational Studies For the first time, the Graduate School of Education is offering courses to undergraduate students through its new minor in educational studies.
A Warm Welcome to the Class of 2020 The Class of 2020 has arrived on campus, full of aspirations and hope for the future.
August 25, 2019 Student Orientation Week Begins With the start of orientation week today, several activities are lined up for the incoming Class of 2020, from a majors fair, campus tours and peer-to-peer sessions to a crash course in Arabic and trips to Old Cairo and El Moez Street.