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ACE's Teacher Training Program connects AUC faculty with public school teachers from Ma'asara

AUC Faculty Members Train Public School English Teachers in Ma’asara

The Academic Community Engagement (ACE) Teacher Training Program is expanding AUC’s borderless classroom to Ma’asara, providing 20 public school teachers from the area with professional and technical training.

The Employee Emergency Relief Fund provides financial support to members of the AUC Community

October 20, 2015

Emergency Relief Fund Provides Monetary Support to Employees

Several years ago, an AUC custodian confronted a life-threatening situation. His son needed an immediate operation, but the father couldn't afford to pay for it.

Members from AUC's Student Government joined student leaders from around the world at the American Student Government Association (ASGA) conference in Washington, D.C.

AUC Students at International Student Government Conference: We are on Track

For Amr Khaled Elalfy, Student Union chair representative, attending the American Student Government Association (ASGA) in Washington, D.C. was an opportunity for AUC’s student government to fine-tune its organization and gain credibility among the AUC community.

October 18, 2015

Scholarship Alumnus Rises in Google Marketing

Despite the competitive nature of today’s job market, Tarek Abdalla ’99, Google’s regional head of marketing for the Middle East and North Africa, believes that AUC graduates are provided the requisite opportunities to excel in their chosen fields.

Sheikh Hamza Yusuf discusses the Islamic State in the latest issue of the Cairo Review

Cairo Review: Q&A with Sheikh Hamza Yusuf on ISIS

Leading Islamic scholar Sheikh Hamza Yusuf says in an interview in the Fall 2015 issue of the Cairo Review of Global Affairs that the caliphate declared by the Islamic State group in 2014 is “completely bogus” because it fails to meet the criteria set down by hadith guiding Islamic

December 10, 2015

Mechatronics Paves the Way for Egypt's Future

Coming from Beheira governorate, Seif Helal, recipient of the Joseph Van Vleck Endowed Scholarship, is excited to have joined AUC to pursue his long-harbored interest in electronics and robotics.

October 14, 2015

Omar El-Shenety ’05: AUC is the Best Return on Investment in Education

For Omar El-Shenety ’05, founder of Multiples Group boutique investment bank in Dubai, AUC was a turning point in his life. Today, he is seeing the return on investment in his education and is choosing to do the same for future students.

This year's Forbes Middle East ranking of the 100 Most Powerful Businesswomen in the Arab World includes 11 from AUC. Photo: Forbes Middle East

AUC Alumnae, Trustees Named Most Powerful Arab Businesswomen in 2015 by Forbes Middle East

Forbes Middle East recently released its third annual ranking of the 100 Most Powerful Businesswomen in the Arab World. This year, 11 ambitious women from the AUC community were included.

October 13, 2015

Alumna Rana el Kaliouby AUC’s Newest, Youngest Trustee

Rana el Kaliouby ’98, ’00, chief strategy and science officer of Affectiva, a spinoff of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Media Lab, has been named to AUC’s Board of Trustees.

Marquetry veneer sandal from the tomb of Tutankhamun (Carter No. 397). Photograph by André J. Veldmeijer. Courtesy of the Ministry of Antiquities/Egyptian Museum Authorities.

October 11, 2015

King Tut's Sandals Featured at Ancient Egyptian Footwear Exhibition

The latest exhibit at the Egyptian Museum in Cairo lets visitors take a walk in King Tut’s shoes.

Graduate students Ahmad Amer and Ahmed Hafez work in the lab as part of Nageh Allam's team researching solar cell technology with their MIT counterparts

October 8, 2015

AUC Team Awarded MIT Grant for Solar Energy Research Collaboration

For the first time, a team from AUC has been awarded a grant from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) International Science and Technology Initiatives (MISTI) Seed Fund to support collaboration on solar energy research between AUC and MIT.

AUC President Meets with Ruler of Sharjah

During a presidential trip to the Emirates, AUC President Lisa Anderson met with His Highness Sheikh Sultan Bin Mohammed Al Qasimi, supreme council member and ruler of Sharjah, to discuss ways to enhance scientific and research endeavors between AUC and the American University of S

Mark Mohy, SPE International President Nathan Meehan and Omar Fathy at the Student Awards Luncheon

October 7, 2015

AUC's Society of Petroleum Engineers Receives International Recognition

The AUC chapter of the Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE-AUC) is one of only 20 student chapters worldwide to receive the 2014 - 2015 Outstanding Student Chapter award from SPE International.

RISE engages volunteers, students, and local community members in sustainability projects across Egypt

October 5, 2015

Gold Stevie Award for RISE-HSBC Sustainability Partnership

AUC’s Research Institute for a Sustainable Environment (RISE) was recently recognized for its implementation of the Sustainable Water and Waste Management in Egyptian Communities program at the 2015 International Business Awards, where RISE’s corporate partner, HSBC Bank, received a prestigious G

The mummy of Irtieru. Musea Nacional De Arqueologia, Lisboa, DDF– Instituto Dos Museus e Conservacao, I.P.

First Kidney, Oldest Case of Renal Tuberculosis in a Mummy

Researchers in Portugal have found the first radiological outline of a kidney in an ancient Egyptian mummy and the oldest case of renal tuberculosis. To read the full article, click