Media Releases and Statements
March 2017
Statement on State Council Verdict
According to news reports, the State Council issued a verdict today in a lawsuit regarding tuition.The University will await communication of the court's written decision before responding to the court or commenting in public.
Legendary Egyptian Opera Singer to Speak at Met’s La Traviata This Saturday at AUC
One of the first Egyptian opera singers, Soprano Nabila Erian, will be speaking prior to the Met Opera screening of La Traviata this Saturday at the Malak Gabr Arts Theater at The American University in Cairo (AUC). The performance will be broadcast live from New York to more than 2,000 theaters in
AUC Selected as Only Team in Region For International Biosensor Competition
An undergraduate and graduate student team at The American University in Cairo (AUC) -- the only team from the Middle East and Africa -- has been selected as one of 10 teams worldwide to compete in Eindhoven University of Technology’s SensUs biosensor competition.
AUC Alumna and PhD Student Awarded First Place at Magdi Yacoub Heart Disease Conference
Sarah Halawa, PhD student and alumna of The American University in Cairo (AUC) was recently awarded first prize for her project on the genetic basis of cardiovascular disease in the Egyptian population, submitted to a rheumatic heart disease conference co-organized by the Magdi Yacoub Foundation and
AUC Press Books Receive International Acclaim
The American University in Cairo (AUC) Press received international recognition for three of its titles at the PROSE Awards (Scanning the Pharaohs and The Mosques of Egypt) and the Gourmand World Cookbook Awards (The Taste of Egypt).Each year, the PROSE Awards recognize the best professional and sch
February 2017
Professor Yehea Ismail at AUC’S “Faculty at The Forefront” Series: Biochips Will Revolutionize Cancer Diagnosis
In the fifth series titled, “BioChips: Revolutionizing Future Disease Detection and Diagnosis”, held at AUC, Yehea Ismail, director of the Nanoelectronics and Devices Center at AUC and Zewail City and professor in the Department of Electronics and Communications Engineering at AUC discussed how BioChips are planned to replace more traditional medical diagnostic functions, such as cancer detection.
AUC V-Lab Celebrates the Graduation of the First Cycle of the FinTech Accelerator in Partnership With CIB
The School of Business at The American University in Cairo (AUC) is celebrating today the graduation of the first cycle of the AUC Venture Lab FinTech Accelerator, powered by the Commercial International Bank-Egypt (CIB).
AUC Celebrates Midyear Graduation Commencement Ceremonies
The American University in Cairo (AUC) held its midyear graduation commencement ceremonies yesterday that witnessed the graduation of 528 bachelor’s degree candidates, of whom 80 graduated with honors, 75 with high honors and 69 with highest honors.
AUC Signs a Cooperation Protocol With the National Council for Women
Hussein Amin, director of the Kamal Adham Center for Television and Digital Journalism at The American University in Cairo (AUC), signed a cooperation protocol with Maya Morsi, president of The National Council for Women (NCW), to initiate cooperation between the two institutions with regard to wome