Media Releases and Statements
December 2014
AUC Professor Investigates A New Way To Make Aluminum Stronger Using Carbon Nanotubes
December 4, 2014, Cairo – Amal Esawi, a mechanical engineering professor at The American University in Cairo (AUC), is investigating a new way to make aluminum strong, but still lightweight through the application of carbon nanotubes.
AUC Venture Lab Announces Third Incubator Cycle
December 1, 2014, Cairo – AUC Venture Lab (V-Lab) at The American University in Cairo’s School of Business has announced ten new startups incubated in V-Lab’s third cycle.
November 2014
Cairo University Graduate is The First Recipient of AUC Mostafa El Baradei Law Fellowship
November 26, 2014, Cairo – Cairo University Law School graduate Farida Ibraheem, has become the first recipient of the Mostafa El Baradei Fellowship in International and Comparative Law (LLM), The American University in Cairo (AUC).
AUC Social Research Center Releases Latest Findings on Harassment
November 24, 2014, Cairo – A baseline study conducted by the Social Research Center (SRC) at the American University in Cairo (AUC) in three urban low-income neighborhoods in Egypt revealed that at least 80 percent of the women reported verbal harassment –– including winks, whistles and inappropriat
AUC Tops Qs World University Rankings in Egypt
ovember 20, 2014, Cairo – The American University in Cairo (AUC) was ranked as the top university in Egypt and the fourth in the region, according to the recently released 2014 – 2015 QS World University Rankings.
AUC Professor Develops, with a Team from Ain Shams University, Novel Solar Panels To Brighten Alleyways And Narrow Streets
November 11, 2014, Cairo – Khaled Nassar, associate professor of construction and architectural engineering at The American University in Cairo (AUC), is working with a team of graduate students and professors from Ain Shams University on the design of plastic panels that improve lighting of dim are
Launch of Arab Human Development Report At AUC
November 3, 2014, Cairo – The American University in Cairo (AUC) is hosting today, on Tahrir Square campus, a two-day conference on the launch of the “Arab Human Development in the 21st Century: The Primacy of Empowerment” report, organized by the AUC Forum .
Recipient of Al Alfi Foundation Sustainable Development Fellowship Advocates Environmental Awareness in Estabel Antar
November 2, 2014, Cairo –Mennatallah Sabry, a second year graduate student in the Center for Sustainable Development (CSD) at The American University in Cairo (AUC) and recipient of the Al Alfi Foundation Sustainable Development Fellowship, developed a passion for environmentalism during her undergr
October 2014
Adopt-A-Plot Brings AUC Community Together Through Organic Gardening
October 23, 2014, Cairo – The Research Institute for a Sustainable Environment (RISE) at The American University in Cairo (AUC) has initiated Adopt-a-Plot program, which encourages the AUC community members to cultivate and harvest their own vegetable plots on campus.