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March 2018

AUC’s Board of Trustees Elects Richard Bartlett as New Chair

March 18, 2018, Cairo – The Board of Trustees of The American University in Cairo (AUC) elected Richard Bartlett, managing director of Resource Holdings Ltd, as its chairman, succeeding Atef Eltoukhy ’74, chairman of Aurum Capital Management.Bartlett has known AUC since his childhood, when he lived

Saudi Businesswoman Lubna Olayan Discusses a Vision for the Rising Arab Generation at AUC

March 14, 2018, Cairo – The American University in Cairo (AUC) hosted Lubna S. Olayan, CEO and deputy chairman of Olayan Financing Company as the guest speaker of the Nadia Younes Memorial lecture.

In Celebration of AUC’s Psychology Department Inauguration, Panel Discuss “Breaking Down Stigma Barriers”

March 8, 2018, Cairo – In celebration of the Department of Psychology inauguration at The American University in Cairo (AUC), the University held yesterday a panel discussion, titled "Breaking down Stigma Barriers”, where panelists tackled stigmas related to sexual/gender-based violence, persons

AUC and University of Seoul Partner to Expand International Collaborations

March 5, 2018, Cairo – The American University in Cairo (AUC) and the University of Seoul (UOS) in South Korea recently signed a partnership agreement, mutually expanding their group of partner universities on an international level.

AUC Launches Smoke and Tobacco Free Campus Initiative

February 27, 2018, Cairo – In an effort to make The American University in Cairo (AUC) a healthier campus by the centennial celebration in 2019, the University has launched an initiative to ban smoking and tobacco use on campus in phases.

February 2018

A Special Issue on Media and Crisis in AUC's Arab Media & Society Journal

February 26, 2018, Cairo – The Kamal Adham Center for Television and Digital Journalism in the School of Global Affairs and Public Policy at The American University in Cairo (AUC) has published its Winter/Spring issue of Arab Media & Society (AMS) on “Media and Crisis”.AMS is a biannual peer-rev

In the Closing Ceremony of AUC’s MCM: Minister Hala El Said and Students Discuss Egypt’s Vision 2030

The American University in Cairo (AUC) held the closing ceremony of the MCM summit held by the student-run Model of the Council of Ministers (MCM) organization yesterday in the New Cairo campus.

AUC Offers First Blended Degree in The Region, Pairs With MIT

Pioneering new pathways in education, The American University in Cairo (AUC) is now the first University in the region to offer a blended degree, pairing with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology to grant MITx MicroMasters online learners credits that would count toward the completion of a full

AUC Celebrates Midyear Graduation Commencement Ceremonies

The American University in Cairo (AUC) held yesterday its midyear graduation commencement ceremonies that witnessed the graduation of 523 bachelor’s degree candidates, of whom 84 graduated with honors, 79 with high honors and 65 with highest honors.