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Salima Ikram receiving Amelia Peabody award

October 19, 2025

AUC Inaugurates Amelia Peabody Professorship, Research Fund in Egyptology

The inaugural Amelia Peabody Endowed Professorship was awarded to Distinguished University Professor Salima Ikram, providing her with the funds to continue researching Egypt's past to better understand its future.

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Professor Mohamed Salama standing in front of the AUC library

September 10, 2025

AUC Launches African Brain Health Institute Fellowship Program

An exciting new frontier in brain studies is coming to AUC: The African Brain Health Institute Fellowship Program, a one-year initiative that will be jointly hosted at AUC and the A

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graphic of human heads carved out of trees

July 15, 2025

AUC Contributes to Groundbreaking International Study on Novel Factors Accelerating Aging

Where you live can make you age several years faster, increasing the risk of cognitive and functional decline.

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A collage of two faculty members standing with the AUC president, each holding their faculty merit award at commencement

July 9, 2025

Meet AUC's 2025 Faculty Merit Awardees

AUC honored two faculty members during the June 2025 undergraduate commencement for their distinguished contributions to research and academic service at the University.

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Diagram identifying the different body parts of early whales

July 2, 2025

Faculty Takes Part in Landmark International Research Unraveling New Discoveries on Early Whales

Professor Hesham Sallam co-authored the first documentation of the internal anatomy of amphibious whales that lived more than 40 million years ago.

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June 3, 2025

AUC Researchers Link Rising Temperatures to Women’s Cancer in Landmark Study

A new study correlating rising temperatures with women’s cancer in the Middle East recently attracted global media attention, seizing headlines in outlets like The Washington Post, Daily Mail, Fortune and more.

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March 24, 2025

Healthcare in Egypt: A Path to Reform and Sustainability

As Egypt expands its Universal Health Insurance System to cover all citizens by 2030, addressing gaps in access, affordability and quality of care has become crucial.

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February 16, 2025

Professor Hesham Sallam Leads Discovery of 30-Million-Year-Old Leopard-Sized Carnivore Skull

International study leads to discovery of a nearly complete skull in the Egyptian desert.

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Hassan Azzazy (right) stands smiling with two other men who are part of the plasmonic sensing network.

December 10, 2024

Plasmonic Sensing at AUC: Tackling Pathogens and Pollutants

With applications ranging from food security to environmental health, AUC’s pioneering work in plasmonic sensing is driving international collaboration.

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A group of men and women, including AUC architecture faculty and students, standing next to each other and smiling at the World Urban Forum

November 13, 2024

AUCians Excel at World Urban Forum

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A collage showing an illustration of a disinfectant being spared on a table and killing the germs, and the second half of the collage shows an AUC chemistry professor in his lab coat smiling in the lab.

November 4, 2024

AUC Research Team Develops Long-Term Disinfectant, NanoGuard

A research team led by Distinguished University Professor Hassan Azzazy developed a novel long-term dual disinfectant formula, NanoGuard.

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Woman standing crossing her arms and smiling, and a baby holds mother's hand

September 3, 2024

What Do You Need in a Relationship?

The Attachment Lab has garnered significant recognition both from within AUC and across other universities due to its unique capacity to conduct research within an Arab cont

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AUC Inaugurates Amelia Peabody Professorship, Research Fund in Egyptology

AUC Launches African Brain Health Institute Fellowship Program

AUC Contributes to Groundbreaking International Study on Novel Factors Accelerating Aging

Meet AUC's 2025 Faculty Merit Awardees

Faculty Takes Part in Landmark International Research Unraveling New Discoveries on Early Whales

AUC Researchers Link Rising Temperatures to Women’s Cancer in Landmark Study

Healthcare in Egypt: A Path to Reform and Sustainability

Professor Hesham Sallam Leads Discovery of 30-Million-Year-Old Leopard-Sized Carnivore Skull

Plasmonic Sensing at AUC: Tackling Pathogens and Pollutants

AUCians Excel at World Urban Forum

AUC Research Team Develops Long-Term Disinfectant, NanoGuard

What Do You Need in a Relationship?

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