Media Releases and Statements
May 2016
For The Seventh Year: AUC Students Earn Outstanding Delegation Award in NY NMUN
For the seventh year in a row, AUC students competing in the New York National Model United Nations (NMUN) conference earned the Outstanding Delegation Award.
AUC Students and Faculty Win Awards for Outstanding Research Ideas at AUC Research Day
At AUC’s first Research Day, fourteen AUC students and seven faculty members were awarded with a cash prize and certificate for the best outstanding research.
AUC Signs An MOU With Al-Ghurair Foundation To Provide Scholarships For High Achieving Arab Youth
The American University in Cairo (AUC) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Abdulla Al Ghurair Foundation for Education, one of the largest privately funded philanthropic education initiatives in the world to support high-achieving Arab students who require financial support to pursue an un
April 2016
AUC and Cairo Governorate Collaborate on Sustainable Urban Development
As part of the Neighborhood Initiative recently launched at The American University in Cairo (AUC), Universities and their Neighborhoods: An AUC-AUB Conversation, which aimed at highlighting the responsibilities of universities to their local communities, AUC and the Cairo governorate signed a memor
AUC Professor Khaled Tarabieh Discusses AUC’s Sustainability Projects at “Faculty at the Forefront” Series
In the third series of “Faculty at the Forefront,” held at The American University in Cairo (AUC), titled “AUC’s Sustainability Projects: How Can They be Applied on a Wider Scale?” Khaled Tarabieh, assistant professor of sustainable design, Department of Architecture, discussed AUC’s susta
AUC’s V-Lab Launches its Sixth Incubator Cycle in Partnership With AAIB
AUC Venture Lab (V-Lab) at The American University in Cairo’s School of Business has announced the incubation of ten new startups in V-Lab’s sixth cycle in a three- year partnership with The Arab African International Bank (AAIB).
AUC Moves up in UI Greenmetric World University Ranking
The American University in Cairo (AUC) has moved up in the Universitas Indonesia (UI) GreenMetric World University Ranking, placing 81 out of 407 institutions worldwide, up from 105 out of 360 last year.
AUC Announces a Five-Year Partnership with GE to Sponsor the University’s V-Lab Incubator
The American University in Cairo (AUC) announced today a new five-year partnership with General Electric (NYSE: GE), through which GE will sponsor AUC Venture Lab (AUC V-Lab), the first university-based incubator in Egypt that aims to commercialize technologies and innovations developed by Egypt-bas
AUC Celebrates Orphans Day
To raise awareness of orphaned children in Egypt, the University Residences at the American University in Cairo (AUC) celebrated Orphans Day for the third year in a row this week, with a full day of gift-giving and entertainment activities for orphans and elderly adults.