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Centennial Stories
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Trustees Engage in Future Conversation, Centennial Celebrations
The Board of Trustees Cairo meeting on campus last week was packed with a range of activities and events, from AUC’s Centennial Celebration ...
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Rana el Kaliouby '98, 00: AI Pioneer Works to Humanize Technology, Reflects on Time at AUC
“At AUC, I discovered my passion for human-machine interaction, and the phenomenal classes I took in computer science set me up to be a lead...
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AUC Community, Friends, Families Celebrate Centennial at Community Carnival
From the food to the fashion show, virtual reality, live music, street performances and all the way to “everything,” AUC community members a...
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Everything You Need to Know About Centennial Celebration Week
Centennial Celebration Week begins this Saturday, February 15 and goes on until Wednesday, February 19. Every day of the week will have a di...
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AUC-RiseUp Summit Partnership in Centennial Year
RiseUp Summit is coming to AUC New Cairo for the first time and is expected to attract 8,000-10,000 people, representing 60 countries. Start...
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Memories of Ewart Memorial Hall
Ewart Memorial Hall has been a cultural hub of downtown Cairo since it opened its doors in 1928, serving as a gathering place for lovers of ...
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AUC Students Reflect on 1919 Revolution Through Music
With a fresh unconventional take on history, AUC students have worked on producing an archival publication as part of the University's cente...
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Pulitzer Prize Winner Maggie Michael '00 to Speak at Centennial Commencement
Maggie Michael '00, who graduated from AUC with a bachelor's degree in journalism and mass communication, will be the guest speaker...
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Akher Kalam: An American Student’s Impression of the College, 1930
To a student coming fresh from an American college to A.U.C., the change is not so tremendous as it might seem. Especially do the outward th...
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Centennial Benefit Dinner Photo Highlights
AUC hosted its eighth annual Benefit Dinner at the Metropolitan Museum of Art — one of the world's largest art museums, housing ov...
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Centennial Benefit Dinner Exceeds $1 Million Target for Student Scholarships
At its eighth annual Benefit Dinner, AUC raised more than $1.15 million for student scholarships — exceeding the University's $1 million tar...
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Speak English on Campus
In AUC’s early years, there were Speak English on Campus campaigns. Desserts were awarded to those who used English during the lunch hours a...
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Students’ Pyramid
Back in 1920s, each AUC student, dressed in short pants and an undershirt, took two hours of athletics each week, mainly calisthenics and gy...
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A Century of Visitors
Looking back on distinguished visitors AUC hosted over the past century. #AUC100
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AUC Launches El Mostakbal: The Middle East Looking Forward
This week as part of AUC's Centennial Campaign, the University launched "El Mostakbal: The Middle East Looking Forward," an initiative ...
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The Story of the Premises Goes Way Back
The monumental premises that is now Tahrir Cultural Center has been a cornerstone of downtown Cairo for over 150 yearsThis building has had ...
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AUC Students Reflect on 1919 Revolution Through Music
With a fresh unconventional take on history, AUC students have worked on producing an archival publication as part of the University's cente...
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100 Years of the Caravan Exhibit
The Caravan began in 1925 and was originally called The AUC Review. In its centennial year, AUC is honoring the well-established studen...
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A New Century of Impact: AUC Centennial Campaign Launches, Scholarship Students Reflect on AUC Experience
AUC launched the Centennial Campaign: A New Century of Impact, which has raised 70 percent of its $100 million target. At the laun...
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A New Century of Impact: AUC Centennial Campaign Raises 70% of $100M Target
To expand AUC's legacy of excellence for a second century, the University publicly launched the AUC Centennial Campaign: A New Century ...
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Bint al-Nil/Daughter of the Nile
Bint al-Nil/Daughter of the Nile, an exhibition by Egyptian-American artist Sherin Guirguis, shows a series of paintings and sculp...
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When Dreams Call for Silence
For her first exhibition at AUC in more than 20 years, artist Huda Lutfi has created an entirely new body of work. Comprised of drawings, pa...
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Commemorative Centennial Coin
The Egyptian government has minted AUC’s centennial coin, designed by five AUC students. This accomplishment was the culmination of a summer...
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It Runs in the Family
A three-generation alumni family shares AUC memories and reflections. For Farkhonda Hassan (MSc ’67), the phrase “mother knows best” take...
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Egyptian Government Approves AUC Centennial Coin
The Egyptian government recently approved the minting of AUC's centennial coin. "It's the government acknowledging that 100 years o...
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AUC's Centennial Logo: And the Winner Is...
The results of AUC’s 100-Year Logo Competition are in. The logo designed by Raghda Barakat, graphic designer and video editor in Engineering...
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100 Years Logo In the Making
To engage the community in the historic milestone of AUC centennial and to make sure that the logo reflects AUC community’s culture, a compe...
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AUC Throughout History
From AUC’s first president Charles Watson in 1919 to former President Christopher Thoron (1969 – 1973), who established the University as a ...
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A Tale of Two Alums
Born in 1946 in Ramleh/Jaffa on the Mediterranean shores of Palestine, Souhail El Farouki ’68 immigrated to Egypt in 1948, when the Arab-Isr...
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The Story Behind AUC's Historic Palace
AUC’s oldest building, the Khairy Pasha Palace, has overlooked Cairo’s downtown area for nearly 150 years. Perhaps best known for its imp...