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New Students Look Forward to Firsthand Learning, Cultural Experience

AUC welcomed more than 1,100 students this fall, bringing in a highly selective group of students, with an 18 percent increase in undergraduate applications and a more than 25 percent increase in international students compared to last fall.

Provost Mahmoud El-Gamal: I Have a Deep Love for AUC

The first alum to serve as provost, Mahmoud El-Gamal ’83, ’85, professor of economics and statistics at Rice University, is excited about returning to Egypt and to AUC.

August 28, 2014

Orientation Week Begins Today for Incoming Students

Orientation for incoming students kicks off today, with a full schedule of activities throughout the week, including interactive competitions, a majors fair and the Convocation Ceremony for freshmen; a new networking session for graduate students and a trip to El Moez Street, one of the oldest pa

August 13, 2014

Behind the Scenes: The Making of Exhibitions

With the ever-changing rotation of exhibits in the Rare Books and Special Collections Library (RBSCL), few may stop to wonder how these exhibits are conceived of and executed.

August 6, 2014

Summer Study Abroad Gives Students Fresh Outlook on Culture, Life

For Radwa Soliman, secretary-general of the Cairo International Model United Nations and a double major in computer engineering and electronics and communications engineering, studying abroad this summer at the University of California, Berkeley offered her “the best of both worlds.”

July 27, 2014

Undergraduate Guide on Parenting in Turmoil Helps Counter Social Fears

In post-revolution Egypt, many parents feel unsafe in the country and have, therefore, become more overprotective, strict, short-tempered and impatient with their children, sometimes feeling helpless about their ability to secure a good future for them.

July 21, 2014

AUC's Kestrel Falcons Leave Campus Nest; Watch Video

The chicks born in the kestrel falcon nest discovered in the Administration Building earlier this year have left the nest, along with their parents.

Undergrads Pioneer Innovative Research at AUC, Abroad

Ramy El Adli ’14, a mechanical engineering major who graduated this spring, spent the last two summers of his undergraduate years at Harvard University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology conducting research in astrophysics and oxy-fuel combustion.

AUC Facebook Fans Predict Germany to be World Cup Winner

In a recent poll, fans on the AUC Facebook page predict that the German team will win the 2014 World Cup.

July 9, 2014

The Cairo Review Summer 2014 Features Mobility of Art

Chinese artist and public intellectual Ai Weiwei discusses the global impact of art and the future of China in an interview with The Cairo Review of Global Affairs.

July 9, 2014

Student Grant Proposal Tackles Waste Disposal in Informal Areas

Two AUC students won first place in a grant competition for their proposal to help solve solid waste accumulation in the informal settlement of Ezbet Khairalla.

July 2, 2014

Swillam Receives State Award for Design of Optical Nanoscale Devices

Mohamed Swillam, assistant professor and associate chair of the Department of Physics, recently received the state award in the Advanced Technology field for his work in nanoscale device fabrication and optical research, commonly known as nanophotonics.

First Executive MBA, Finance Master’s Graduates Set New Career Goals

For Yasmine Helal, who works as the retail banking technology head at Citibank, joining the Executive Master of Business Administration (EMBA) program two years ago was a business challenge.

June 25, 2014

Student Organizations Heighten Service, Charity in Ramadan

With the start of Ramadan, several student organizations have planned community service activities throughout the month.

June 24, 2014

AUC Students Design Race Car for London Formula Competition

Twelve mechanical engineering students have designed and manufactured asingle-seat race car that competed in the Formula Student 2014 competition in London from July 9 to 14.