January 4, 2023 Business as Usual? The Past, Present and Future of Biden's Middle East Policy As the U.S. midterm elections passed this November it remains clear that the U.S. public is deeply divided by partisan lines.
November 4, 2022 Balancing the Scales As major flooding wracks Pakistan, droughts choke much of East Africa and wildfires raze Australia, it is becoming clear that the consequences of climate change are not distributed equally across the globe. Industrialized countries in the Global North, particularly those with strong colonial histories, have the worst carbon emission records.
November 4, 2022 Sea-curity for Reefs Stimulated by a desire to safeguard marine ecosystems and coral reefs, MBA student Aly Mohamed introduced Egypt’s first electric water scooter that uses only 3 kilowatts of electricity for a full one-hour charge, saving 8 tons of carbon dioxide emissions for every 100 hours.
December 20, 2022 Al Maghreb Wa Al Mashreq: World-Renowned Moroccan Musician Nouamane Lahlou to Appear at AUC As finals week comes to an end, AUC’s Department of the Arts, in collaboration with the Embassy of the Kingdom of Morocco in Cairo, is hosting a lecture-concert byMoroccan artist Nouamane Lahlou as well as a Moroccan-themed reception at AUC New Cairo’s Malak Gabr Arts Theater.
December 20, 2022 Gender and Climate: The Importance of Intersectionality As climate change continues to degrade the environment, disrupt people’s livelihoods and threaten social stability, it has become increasingly important to analyze its impacts and solutions through an intersectional lens.
December 18, 2022 AUC Offers New Behavioral Neuroscience Minor As an interdisciplinary program co-administered by AUC’s Department of Psychology and Department of Biology, the new behavioral neuroscience minor will allow students to study the relationship between the structure and function of the nervous system with an emphasis on the biological and psychological elements that affect emotions, behavior, learning and memory.
December 18, 2022 In Photos: Mapping Time Exhibition Captures Decade of Experimental Art More than 87 art projects from AUC’s Visual Arts Program are on display now at the archival exhibition Mapping Time, held at Tahrir Cultural Center.
December 19, 2022 AUC Receives $86 Million USAID Grant, Largest in University History, for Scholarships and Training The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) has awarded The American University in Cairo (AUC) $86 million for USAID Egyptian Pioneers, a new program that provides scholarships and training to Egyptian students with emphasis on sectors that can advance Egypt’s climate goals.
December 13, 2022 The Implications of Rapid Population Growth: Faculty Insight into the World Population Exceeding 8 Billion The United Nations recently announced that the world population has exceeded 8 billion, meaning that 1 billion people have been added to the global population in just 12 years.
December 12, 2022 AUC Press Awards Fatma Qandil the 2022 Naguib Mahfouz Medal for Literature AUC Press awarded the 2022 Naguib Mahfouz Medal for Literature to Egyptian author, poet, playwright and translator Fatma Qandil for her debut novel, Aqfas farigha
December 11, 2022 AUC’s School of Continuing Education Graduates 13th Access Program Cohort More than 150 students from Cairo, Tanta, Port Said and Aswan walked across the stage at AUC last month to celebrate their graduation from the English Access Microscholarship Program, commonly known as Access.
December 7, 2022 International Day of Persons With Disabilities: AUC Celebrates Equity, Accessibility AUC held a celebration yesterday for International Day of Persons with Disabilities, observed officially on December 3 under the theme “Transformative Solutions for Inclusive Development.”
December 7, 2022 School of Business Hosts 2022 CEMS Graduation at Giza Pyramids For the first time, AUC’s School of Business hosted the 2022 CEMS Annual Events and Master of International Management (MIM) graduation ceremony at the Pyramids of Giza, celebrating the graduation of more than 1,200
December 6, 2022 Qatar on the Global Stage: Faculty Insight into the FIFA World Cup 2022 Qatar is the first Arab country to host the FIFA World Cup, thrusting it into the global spotlight.
December 11, 2022 Culture Through Comedy: New Novel from AUC Professor Gretchen McCullough A former expatriate environmentalist accused of cyber terrorism, a Greek dance teacher and a dead body on an art thief’s property in central Texas set the scene of Confessions of a Knig