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October 2015

AUC Student Excels in the Annual Mathematical Association Of America (MAA) Mathfest Conference

Muhammad El Gebali, electronics engineering and mathematics senior at The American University in Cairo (AUC) was presented with the Outstanding Presentation Award for his research paper titled “The Combinatorial Interpretation of the LDU Decomposition of Totally Positive Matrices in the annual Mathe

September 2015

AUC’s Public Policy, Administration First in Region to Receive Global NASPAA Accreditation

The Master of Public Administration and Master of Public Policy at The American University in Cairo are the first two graduate programs in the Middle East and the third outside the United States to receive accreditation from the Network of Schools of Public Policy, Affairs and Administration (NASPAA

AUC Professors Analyze the Syrian Refugees’ Crisis at the Media Roundtable Discussion

The magnitude of the Syrian refugees crisis can’t be understood without considering the current domestic economic and political situation in the European Union, explained the professors of the American University in Cairo (AUC) in yesterday’s media roundtable discussion series "Behind the Headlines,

AUC Introduces an Innovative Course on U.S. Copyright Laws, Copyrightx, Created at Harvard University

Students at The American University in Cairo (AUC) had the opportunity to interact and collaborate online with professors and peers from around the world through an innovative course on U.S. copyright laws, CopyrightX, that was created at Harvard University.

AUC Awards Three Faculty Members the Spring 2015 Faculty Merit Awards

The American University in Cairo (AUC) awarded three of its faculty members the Spring 2015 faculty merit awards, in honor of their efforts to enrich the student experience and to their service to the AUC community.

AUC Provost Sherif Sedky and Professor Nageh Allam Receive the 2014 Abdul Hameed Shoman Award for Arab Researchers

Sherif Sedky, provost of The American University in Cairo (AUC) and Nageh Allam, associate professor of physics at AUC, have received the 2014 Abdul Hameed Shoman Award for Arab Researchers. The award is given out each year to academics in six categories of scientific research.

AUC Welcomes Students for 2015 Fall Semester

The American University in Cairo (AUC) welcomes today nearly 941 new undergraduate students and 230 graduate students for the 2015 Fall semester. Admissions rates continued to rise steadily and this year saw a 6 percent increase over last year.

August 2015

AUC Professor Joins a Team of Ocean Researchers in Uncovering a Series of Complicated Relationships among Marine Microbes

In a recent study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), a team of ocean researchers have uncovered a series of complicated relationships among marine microbes, and these relationships appear to have critical consequences for coastal Southern Ocean food webs.

AUC Egyptology Literature Class Draws Connections between Ancient and Modern Egypt

The class of Ancient Egyptian Literature as Cultural Expression, taught by  Fayza Haikal, professor of Egyptology at The American University in Cairo, brought out the fact that many practices in modern-day Egypt can be traced back to the ancient Egyptians, from funerals, agriculture and weaving to s