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May 2015

AUC’s Rise Promotes Sustainable Environmental Education And Research in Egypt and the Region

May 5, 2015, Cairo – The American University in Cairo (AUC) has launched the Research Institute for a Sustainable Environment (RISE) to serve as a multidisciplinary institute dedicated to promoting research in sustainable environments in Egypt, the Middle East and North Africa.

April 2015

Boutros Boutros-Ghali Donates Rare, Firsthand Diplomatic Collection To AUC

April 30, 2015, Cairo – The Rare Books and Special Collections Library (RBSCL) at The American University in Cairo (AUC) recently acquired a collection of more than 13,000 books in several languages from Boutros Boutros-Ghali, former secretary-general of the United Nations (1992 - 1997) and the firs

AUC President Lisa Anderson Elected Member of Renowned

April 26, 2015, Cairo – President of The American University in Cairo (AUC) Lisa Anderson has been elected among the 2015 members of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, alongside Nobel laureates; Pulitzer Prize winners; MacArthur and Guggenheim fellowships; Grammy, Emmy, Oscar, and

AUC Signs Agreement with Wadi Degla to Establish Wadi Degla Scholarship for Student Athletes

April 22, 2015, Cairo, Egypt— For the first time in the history of The American University in Cairo, top performing student athletes will have a chance to get a full- fledged scholarship to study at the University.  In a ceremony held yesterday at AUC’s New Cairo campus, AUC signed an agreement

AUC Hosted the 10th Nadia Younes Memorial Lecture And a Debate on the UN Role Over 70 Years

April 21, 2015, Cairo – The American University in Cairo (AUC) hosted the 10th anniversary of the Nadia Younes Memorial Lecture and the 70th anniversary of the United Nations yesterday at the New Cairo Campus.

AUC Professor Bahgat Korany Awarded the Global South 2015 Award of the International Studies Association

April 14, 2015, Cairo – For the first time in its history, the International Studies Association (ISA) has awarded an Arab scholar, Bahgat Korany, professor of  international relations and political economy at The American University in Cairo (AUC) and director of the AUC Forum, the Global

Ex-Un Envoy Brahimi to Cairo Review: Bombing will not Defeat ISIS

April 7, 2015, Cairo, Egypt—Former United Nations peace envoy Lakhdar Brahimi says that negotiations to resolve internal disputes in Syria and in Iraq are critical to ensuring the defeat of the radical group known as the Islamic State in Syria and Iraq (ISIS).

AUC Undergrads Develop Nanoscale Device Used for Selective Drug Delivery

April 6, 2015, Cairo – Two undergraduate students at The American University in Cairo (AUC), led by Mohamed Swillam, assistant professor of physics and associate chair of the Department of Physics, have recently received international recognition for their work in the nano-optics field, developing n

March 2015

ECDC, Supported by AUC, Organizes First Employment Fair

March 31, 2015, Cairo – The Employability and Career Development Center (ECDC) at Suez Canal University (SCU) organized today its first employment fair.