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Media Releases and Statements

November 2015

AUC First in Egypt in QS Rankings and Among Top Universities Worldwide

For the fifth consecutive year, The American University in Cairo (AUC) has been rated by QS World University Rankings as one of “the world’s highest-performing universities,” ranking first in Egypt.

AUC Team Awarded MIT Grant for Solar Energy Research Collaboration

For the first time, a team from The American University in Cairo (AUC) has been awarded a grant from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) International Science and Technology Initiatives (MISTI) Seed Fund to support collaboration on solar energy research between AUC and MIT.

King Tut's Sandals Featured at Ancient Egyptian Footwear Exhibition with Support of Two AUC Professors

Visiting research scholar and ancient footwear expert, André Veldmeijer at the American University in Cairo (AUC) and Salima Ikram, renowned Egyptologist and AUC professor joined efforts in the latest exhibit displaying King Tut’s shoes at the Egyptian Museum in Cairo: Stepping Through Time: Footwea

October 2015

AUC Faculty Members Train Public School English Teachers in Ma’asara

The Academic Community Engagement (ACE) Teacher Training Program at The American University in Cairo (AUC) is expanding the University’s borderless classroom to Ma’asara neighborhood in Cairo, providing 20 public school teachers from the area with professional and technical training.

AUC BOT Chairman Holds Farewell Dinner in Honor of AUC President and Launches Lisa Anderson Endowed Professorship in Politics and PolicyMaking

The chairman of the Board of Trustees (BOT) of The American University in Cairo (AUC), Richard Bartlett, held a farewell dinner in honor of Lisa Anderson, AUC’s president, for her years of service to the University.

AUC Trustees Conclude their Annual Visit to The University

The Board of Trustees of the American University in Cairo (AUC) concluded their annual visit to the University as part of their weeklong visit to engage directly with various constituencies and gain first-hand knowledge of Cairo and AUC.

AUC's Green Campus: Global Exemplar of Sustainability in UN Universities Toolkit

Sustainable campus practices at The American University in Cairo(AUC) have been featured in the United Nations Environment Programme’s (UNEP) Green Universities Toolkit as a global example of a green, low-carbon institution.

Alumna Rana El Kaliouby, AUC’s Newest and Youngest Trustee

Rana el Kaliouby ’98, ’00, chief strategy and science officer of Affectiva, a spinoff of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Media Lab, has been named to the Board of Trustees of The American University in Cairo (AUC).

Sheikh Hamza Yusuf to Cairo Review: Islamic State’s Caliphate is “Completely Bogus”

Leading Islamic scholar Sheikh Hamza Yusuf says in an interview with the Cairo Review of Global Affairs published today that the caliphate declared by the Islamic State group in 2014 is “completely bogus” because it fails to meet the criteria set down by hadith guiding Islamic jurisprudence.