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February 2023

AUC Road to College Program Provides Free English Language Online Courses for High School Students

The American University in Cairo has launched AUC Road to College program, which provides free English language online courses designed specifically for high school students in Egypt.

AUC Team Develops Construction Engineering Safety Training Using Virtual Reality

Using virtual reality (VR), construction engineering faculty members and graduate students at The American University in Cairo (AUC) developed and deployed training models to enhance safety on construction sites.

AUC Venture Lab Recognized as MENA’s Top Challenger by UBI Global

AUC Venture Lab has been recognized as MENA’s Top Challenger by UBI Global World Rankings 2021-2022 of business incubators and accelerators.

January 2023

AUC Press Publishes New Edition of DUST, a Photographic Compilation of Abandoned Palaces and Grand Buildings in Egypt

The American University in Cairo Press (AUC Press) has released a newly revised and expanded edition of Dust: Egypt’s Forgotten Architecture by Xenia Nikolskaya. With photographs by Nikolskaya and contributing essays by Heba Farid and Omar Nagati, the book is a stunning photographic compilation of Egypt’s abandoned palaces and grand buildings.

December 2022

AUC Launches New Minor in Behavioral Neuroscience

The American University in Cairo (AUC) has launched a new behavioral neuroscience minor.

Students from The American University in Cairo Win at the Universities Squash World Cup Games

Student athletes at The American University in Cairo (AUC) won two gold and one bronze medals in the Squash World University Championship held in Egypt at New Giza courts.

AUC Receives $86 Million USAID Grant, Largest in University History, for Scholarships and Training

The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) has awarded The American University in Cairo (AUC) $86 million for USAID Egyptian Pioneers.

The American University in Cairo Celebrates the Graduation of the 13th Cohort of The Access Microscholarship Program

The School of Continuing Education (SCE) at The American University in Cairo (AUC) celebrated the graduation of the 13th cohort of The Access Microscholarship Program.

AUC Press Awards Fatma Qandil the Naguib Mahfouz Medal for Literature 2022

The American University in Cairo (AUC) Press announced today the award of the 2022 Naguib Mahfouz Medal for Literature to the Egyptian writer Fatma Qandil for her novel Aqfas farigha (Empty Cages).