March 5, 2017 Neighborhood Initiative Fosters AUC Connections With Community With its main message as “No university is an island,” the Neighborhood Initiative was first introduced to AUC in 2015 in the form of an AUC–AUB symposium intended to spark
March 2, 2017 RISE Opens Water Education Center in El Heiz Village AUC’s Research Institute for a Sustainable Environment (RISE) recently opened the El Heiz Water Education Center, a space designed to educate farmers, engineers, professionals, youth and teachers about effective ways of reducing water consumption and reusing it to produce food.
From Microsoft, LinkedIn to Silicon Valley Startup: Passion Drives Alum to Success Mohamed El-Geish ’07 wrote his first computer program at just 10 years old, after stumbling upon a book about BASIC (Beginner’s All-Purpose Symbolic Instruction Code).
March 1, 2017 15 Women Photographers Exhibit Highlights Women's Contributions Coinciding with International Women’s Day on March 8, The Photographic Gallery at AUC is hosting a group exhibition titled 15 Women Photographers, featuring a collection of photographs captured through the lens of 15 female photographers with a wide array of international and diverse perspectives
February 28, 2017 AUC Among Top World Universities in QS Rankings The 2016 QS World University Rankings has placed AUC as the 365th best university globally, directly following The George Washington University, Northeastern University and Virginia Tech, three prestigious U.S. universities.
July 21, 2018 AUC First in Region to Host LafargeHolcim Sustainable Architecture Competition Reflecting its position as a global leader in sustainable design, AUC has been chosen to host the coming regional jury cycle of the fifth International LafargeHolcim Awards for Sustainable Construction competition, the first University from the region ever to do so.
Three AUC Community Members Appointed as Egyptian Ministers Out of the nine newly appointed Egyptian ministers, three are members of the AUC community:
February 21, 2017 AUC Selected as Only Team in Region for International Biosensor Competition An AUC undergraduate and graduate student team -- the only team from the Middle East and Africa -- has been selected as one of 10 teams worldwide to compete in Eindhoven University of Technology’s SensUs biosensor competition.
Ironwoman Alumna: 'Age is Only a Number; It's All About Passion' Ecstatic, blessed and proud are the words that Amany Dahawy ’90 used to describe her feelings after becoming the first Egyptian female to complete the 2016 Ironman Barcelona triathlon in the age group 50 to 54 years of age.
AUC Press Books Receive International Acclaim After celebrating noteworthy sales of just under LE 1.5 million at the Cairo International Book Fair, up LE 600,000 from last year, AUC Press continues to stand in the spotlight, receiving international recognition for three of its titles at the PROSE Award
February 16, 2017 Alumna, PhD Student Awarded First Place at Magdi Yacoub Heart Disease Conference AUC alumna and PhD student Sarah Halawa ’11, ’14 was recently awarded first prize for her project on the genetic basis of cardiovascular disease in the Egyptian population, submitted to a rheumatic heart disease conference co-organized by the Magdi Yacoub Fo
February 16, 2017 Feminist Theory: A New Take on Sexual Harassment According to a survey conducted by the United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women, a staggering 99 percent of Egyptian women surveyed said they had experienced some form of sexual harassment.
Learning Beyond the Classroom: AUC International Students Study Abroad in Washington “The highlight of my time in Washington would be the Women's March,” said Zainab Al Haddad, integrated marketing communication major who spend a semester abroad in the United States as part of the Tomorrow’s Leaders Scholarship Program.
February 13, 2017 Bernard O'Kane on the Reopening of Cairo's Museum of Islamic Art After being closed for reparations for nearly four years after the 2014 attack, the Museum of Islamic Art reopened last month, ushering in renewed academic use by AUC students and faculty members.
February 12, 2017 First Annual Valerie Farag Music Award Presented at 2017 Midyear Commencement Among the student awards distributed at yesterday’s midyear commencement ceremony was the first annual Valerie Farag Music Award, presented to Mohamed Basiouny Abou Qersh '17, who has exemplified “outstanding talent in the music technology program, not only in recording and editing, but in Wester