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Media Releases and Statements

September 2019

AUC Forum MENA Data Bank First to Centralize, Organize Data on Middle East

The American University in Cairo (AUC) launched this week the AUC Forum Data Bank

Statement on Campus Access Policy

The American University in Cairo welcomes the participation of all persons, without discrimination, in a wide range of campus activities specifically open to the public.

Internationally Renowned Reading Ambassador Danny Brassell to Speak at AUC

The Graduate School of Education (GSE) at The American University in Cairo, in collaboration with the Department of Rhetoric and Composition, AUC Main Library, and AUC Press and Bookstores, is organizing a series of public talks with Danny Brassell, worl

AUC, Alexandria University and USAID Celebrate the Inauguration of the Center of Excellence in Water

The American University in Cairo (AUC) and Alexandria University celebrated today the inauguration of a USAID-funded Center of Excellence in Water, in Alexandria University.

AUC Discusses Future Plans and Priorities in a Media Roundtable Discussion

The American University in Cairo (AUC) held recently a media roundtable discussion titled, “AUC: A new century, future plans and priorities.” Speakers were AUC President Francis Ricciardone; AUC Counselor Ashraf Hatem; and AUC Provost Ehab Abdel Rahman.

August 2019

Thirteen AUC Master's Programs Among Top in Africa, Top 200 Worldwide

Thirteen of master’s programs at The American University in Cairo (AUC) have topped the 2019 Eduniversal Rankings, with six being ranked the first in Africa and all among the top 200 worldwide.

AUC's Rare Books and Special Collections Library Holds an Exhibition on Princess Fawzia

The Rare Books and Special Collections Library (RBSCL) at The American University in Cairo (AUC) is holding an exhibition titled, Princess Fawzia: The Duality of Egyptian Womanhood Through Western and Egyptian Eyes.

AUC Professor Authors the 100 Most Iconic Islamic Houses of Worship

Bernard O'Kane, professor of Islamic art and architecture at The American University in Cairo (AUC), has released his latest book Mosques: The 100 Most Iconic Islamic Houses of Worship.

July 2019

An International Team, Including AUC Professor, Reveals First Organism Without Mitochondrial DNA

An international team of researchers, including Ahmed Moustafa, associate professor at the Department of Biology at The American University in Cairo (AUC), revealed in a paper recently published in the Science Advances journal, the f