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September 2016

Two New Members Join AUC’s Board of Trustees

Two new members have joined AUC’s Board of Trustees, Teresa Barger, co-founder and managing director of Cartica Management, LLC, and Mark Turnage, CEO of OWL Cybersecurity.

AUC’s RISE Partners with Schneider Electric to Provide Solar Energy to Rural Communities

In an effort to provide advanced solar energy solutions to rural communities in Egypt, The Research Institute for a Sustainable Environment (RISE) at The American University in Cairo (AUC) recently partnered with Schneider Electric, a global company specialized in energy management an

AUC Welcomes Students for 2016 Fall Semester

The American University in Cairo (AUC) welcomes today nearly 1,000 undergraduates and more than 250 admitted graduate students for the 2016 Fall semester coming from diverse countries, including the United States, Canada, France and Switzerland, as well as different parts of Africa and the Midd

August 2016

AUC Acquires Rare Library Collection of Late Egyptian Journalist Mostafa Amin

The Rare Books and Special Collections Library (RBSCL) at The American University in Cairo (AUC) recently received a donation of more than 5,000 books in several languages from the private library of the late Egyptian journalist Mostafa Amin.

AUC Partners With Goldman Sachs to Empower Women as Entrepreneurs

When Reem Fawzy, founder of Rimo Tours Holdings, graduated from the Goldman Sachs 10,000 Women program at The American University in Cairo (AUC) after the Egyptian revolution in 2011, she was able to grow her tourism business, despite the post-revolution economic turmoil “After the revolut

AUC Top in Egypt, Fifth in Region in QS Rankings

For the third year in a row, Quacquarelli Symonds (QS) ranked The American University in Cairo (AUC) the number one University in Egypt and fifth in the Arab region in their 2015 - 2016 World University Ranking.  AUC was also ranked the fourth top University in Africa.

July 2016

AUC Partners with CIB to Create AUC Venture Lab Fintech Accelerator

Focusing on the area of financial technologies (FinTech), The American University in Cairo (AUC) and the Commercial International Bank-Egypt (CIB) are partnering to support entrepreneurship in Egypt, by creating the AUC Venture Lab FinTech Accelerator, powered by CIB.New and emerging financial techn

AUC Student Swimmer Reem Kassem Qualifies for Rio 2016 Olympics

Reem Kassem, architectural engineering junior student at The American University in Cairo (AUC), is the first Egyptian and Arab female to qualify for the Olympics in the 10k open swim event.

Cairo Review Special Report: “Trouble in Europe”

The latest edition of the Cairo Review of Global Affairs is featuring a Special Report: “Trouble in Europe”, which surveys the continent’s deepening social, security, and political crises.