Media Releases and Statements
January 2015
Launch of Ain Shams University Employability and Career Development Centers
January 11, 2015, Cairo – The American University in Cairo (AUC) and Ain Shams University (ASU) celebrated yesterday the official inauguration of two Employability and Career Development Centers (ECDC) – one at ASU main campus and the second at ASU Faculty of Engineering. Funded by the U.S.
AUC Dorm Students Spearhead Recycling Campaign
January 6, 2015, Cairo – Dorm students at The American University in Cairo (AUC) organized a full-fledged recycling initiative in the University Residences in New Cairo, with a future plan for green initiatives next semester.
December 2014
AUC Engineering Student Wins First Place in the Prestigious Chopin Competition In Egypt
December 31, 2014, Cairo – AbdelRahman Bahieldin, a junior student at The American University in Cairo (AUC), pursuing a double major in music performance and engineering, recently won first place in the prestigious Chopin Piano Competition in Egypt at the Cairo Conservatory, for the above 18 age gr
A Student From Luxor First Recipient of AUC Shokry Diab Public School Scholarship
December 28, 2014, Cairo – Walaa Mahmoud, a student from a small village outside of Esna, Luxor in Upper Egypt, has become the first recipient of the Shokry Diab Public School Scholarship at The American University in Cairo (AUC).
AUC Professor Examines Water Distribution and Land Grabbing along the Nile
December 22, 2014, Cairo – Jasmine Moussa, assistant professor of law at The American University in Cairo (AUC), has been examining the politics of the Nile.
AUC’s School Of Continuing Education Celebrates 90th Anniversary
December 17, 2014, Cairo – The School of Continuing Education (SCE) at The American University in Cairo (AUC) has celebrated its 90th anniversary year of adult education in a broad range of areas.
AUC Chemistry Students Design Nanorods for Solar Energy Conversion
December 14, 2014, Cairo – Working as part of a research team at The American University in Cairo (AUC), chemistry junior Dina Eissa is using nanotechnology in the form of zinc oxide nanorods to produce a clean, sustainable and cheap method of harnessing solar energy as a way of confronting the loom
AUC Press Awards Hammour Ziada the 2014 Naguib Mahfouz Medal for Literature
December 11, 2014, Cairo – At a ceremony held tonight at The American University in Cairo (AUC) Tahrir Square campus, the AUC Press awarded the 2014 Naguib Mahfouz Medal for Literature to the Sudanese writer Hammour Ziada for his novel Shawq al-darwish (The Longing of the Dervish).
AUC Announces the Winning Team Qualifying to $1 Million Hult Student Competition
December 8, 2014, Cairo – The American University in Cairo (AUC) announced the winner of the on-campus competition held on Saturday to qualify a team of AUC students to participate in the Hult Prize competition, the world’s largest student crowd-sourcing platform for social good.