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June 2022

AUC Launches Its Climate Change Initiative

The American University in Cairo (AUC) launched its Climate Change Initiative this month in response to worldwide climate change challenges and the active role academic and research institutions must play in understanding and addressing them.

AUC Celebrates the Graduation of Class 2022: The First University-Wide Commencement Ceremony Since COVID-19

The American University in Cairo (AUC) held its undergraduate and graduate commencement ceremonies this week for the Class of 2022, the first University-wide commencement ceremonies since COVID-19.

AUC Professor Hesham Sallam Leads the Egyptian Team’s Discovery of Fossilized Remains of Bizarre Meat-Eating Dinosaur in Bahariya Oasis External

Hesham Sallam, professor of vertebrate paleontology at The American University in Cairo (AUC) and founder of Mansoura University Vertebrate Paleontology Center (MUVP) led the Egyptian team’s discovery of a new kind of a large-bodied meat-eating dinosaur, or theropod, from a celebrated fossil site in the Sahara Desert of Egypt.

AUC Construction Engineering Team Develops Glow-in-the-Dark Concrete

Four undergraduate construction engineering students at The American University in Cairo (AUC) developed self-luminous concrete, which can absorb sunlight and emit light after dark.

May 2022

AUC and the Ministry of Solidarity Sign MOU to Support USAID Scholars Activity

The American University in Cairo (AUC) and the Egyptian Ministry of Social Solidarity signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to support and promote the USAID Scholars Activity, which provides scholarships over ten years to more than 700 Egyptian students to study at AUC and several partner Egyptian public and private universities.

AUC Professor Amal Esawi: The First to Specialize in Nanotubes As Reinforcements in Aluminum in Egypt

Amal Esawi, professor of mechanical engineering at The American University in Cairo (AUC), is the first to specialize in nanotubes as reinforcements in aluminum in Egypt.

AUC Celebrates Faculty Excellence

The American University in Cairo (AUC) held a celebration last week to honor more than 50 of its award-winning faculty.

AUC’s CIMUN Team Wins Big at 2022 National Model United Nations Conference in New York

The Cairo International Model United Nations (CIMUN) team of The American University in Cairo (AUC) won Outstanding Delegation awards for the 12th consecutive year at the 2022 National Model United Nations (NMUN) conference in New York City this spring. The team won a total of 19 awards at the conference.

April 2022

Co-Founded by Mostafa Kandil '15, Egyptian Startup Swvl -Accelerated by AUC Venture Lab- Debuts on Nasdaq

Accelerated at The American University in Cairo (AUC) Venture Lab, Swvl has made its debut on Nasdaq and is now the first $1 billion-plus Middle East unicorn to list on Nasdaq and the largest African unicorn debut on any U.S.-listed exchange.