AUC’s Peer Mentors: Support for Student Success Adjusting to university life can be daunting. Offering students advice and counseling, peer mentors like Marwan Kamel aim to smooth the transition.
May 10, 2016 AUC Wins Outstanding Delegation Award for Seventh Consecutive Year at National Model United Nations in New York For the seventh year in a row, AUC students competing in the New York National Model United Nations conference earned the Outstanding Delegation Award.
May 9, 2016 Trump vs. Clinton: Who Will be the Next President of the United States? Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton are the frontrunners in the Republican and Democratic races for the 2016 presidential nominations.
May 5, 2016 First Educational Leadership Graduate: Empowering Students Encourages Better Learning For Rasha Essam Hassan (MA ’10, MA ’16), pursuing her second master’s degree in educational leadership (EDUL) at AUC was a privilege, but becoming the first graduate of the program is a distinguished honor.
AUC, Abdulla Al Ghurair Foundation Partner to Support Scholarships for Arab Youth Creating opportunities for high-achieving Arab students who require financial support to pursue an undergraduate or graduate degree at the University, AUC has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Abdulla Al Ghurair Foundation for Education, one of the largest privately funded phila
May 3, 2016 AUC, Cairo Governorate Collaborate on Sustainable Urban Development As part of the Neighborhood Initiative recently launched at AUC, Universities and their Neighborhoods: An AUC-AUB Conversation, which aimed at highlighting the responsibilities of universities to th
April 21, 2016 U.S. News & World Report: AUC Opens Broad Career Paths in Education Teaching isn't the only option for graduates of education degree programs in the Middle East and North Africa. A recent article in U.S.
April 21, 2016 AUC’s 22nd Annual Research Conference: Cultural Survival in Egypt in the 21st Century A University tradition for the past 22 years, the annual AUC Research Conference begins today.
April 19, 2016 Terrorism vs. Extremism: Are They Linked? With terrorist attacks in Brussels, Istanbul and, most recently, Kabul, as well as other parts of the world, Marco Pinfari, assistant professor of political science, examines the relationship between terrorism and extremism.1. What is extremism?
Stress Awareness Month: Tips to De-Stress April is Stress Awareness Month, and a good way to celebrate it is by reminding ourselves how we can live healthier lives. Although everyone deals with stress differently, understanding the causes of stress and how it affects the body and mind can make a difference in our overall well-being.
April 17, 2016 Undergraduate Research Conference Promotes Scholarly Work, Creativity, Talent Hoping to uncover the mystery behind ovarian cancer, biology student Aya El Serw is focusing her undergraduate thesis on “Molecular Analysis of Epithelial Ovarian Cancer.” Studying ovarian cancer tissue samples from Egyptian women, examining genes and testing clinical data provided by hospitals,
April 14, 2016 AUC Earth Week Promotes Sustainability, Living Greener Lives Sustainable living is the focus of AUC’s sixth annual Earth Week, which begins today.
April 14, 2016 Ahead of Cancer Originally from Lebanon, Nataly Naser Al Deen ’13 decided to pursue a career in cancer research while dissecting a kidney tumor as part of an oncology course at AUC, where she shadowed leading doctors that conducted applied research at the 57357 Children’s Cancer Hospital.
100 Under 40: Six AUC Alumni Ranked Among World’s Most Influential Young Arabs of 2016 Arabian Business recently released its annual ranking of 100 Under 40: The World’s Most Influential Young Arabs 2016.
April 17, 2016 Faculty, Student Winners of the First AUC Research Day At AUC’s first Research Day, held on March 30, more than 100 students and faculty members presented a diverse array of innovative and creative research taking place at the University.