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Campus Sustainability Month 2026

Oct 7 – Oct 21

1:00 pm

Celebrate Campus Sustainability Month with hands-on events on waste management, World Food Day and energy conservation.

Building Healthy Relationships: Navigating Friendship in Adulthood Workshop

3:30 pm – 4:30 pm

Want deeper, more meaningful connections? Join this workshop for practical strategies on building and sustaining healthy relationships across all areas of life.

Turathna al-Hayy

9:30 am

AUC Tahrir Square

What happens to heritage when it is actively being erased? Join scholars and creatives at Turathna al-Hayy to explore living Palestinian and Egyptian heritage, community memory and shared futures.

Cocurricular Week: Game On

OSL Game On is a fun-filled day designed to give students a chance to take a break, recharge, and connect with their peers. The Plaza will come alive with a variety of arcade games, activities, and music, creating a lively and relaxed atmosphere where students can simply have fun and enjoy themselves. It’s an opportunity to step away from the pressure of classes and exams, get entertained, and ...

Ultra Relay Run 2026

Oct 16 – Oct 17

6:00 pm

Run together, challenge yourself and make every lap count — the Ultra Relay Run 2026 returns to AUC in support of the Magdi Yacoub Heart Foundation.

HUSS Matters: Meet the Dean

Take a break and join Dean Maurice Pomerantz and colleagues from across the School of Humanities and Social Sciences for food, drinks and good conversation.

The Comparison Trap: Navigating Peer Pressure, Social Media Loops and Perfectionism

1:00 pm – 3:00 pm

We live in a world where we constantly benchmark our messy, internal reality against everyone else's polished digital highlight reels. This interactive seminar dismantles the psychological mechanics of "Upward Social Comparison" that fuel imposter syndrome and perfectionism. We will decode how social media algorithms exploit our need for validation. Join us to break free from the comparison cyc...

Offline and Honest with Yosra El Lozy '07

A candid conversation on navigating online noise, mental health, and the power of real-world human connection.

From Tomb to Text: Talks on Coptic History

9:00 am

AUC Tahrir Square

The conference is organized by the Department of Sociology, Egyptology and Anthropology, with the support of The Gratus Foundation by Mary and Bishoy Azmy. Discover the rich archaeology of Coptic history as leading scholars from Egypt, Europe and the United States gather at The American University in Cairo to present their research.

Sep

Workshop on Gender-Based Violence and Digital Blackmail