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Trends for AUC's class of 2019 include a rise in applications and more selective admissions.

September 1, 2015

AUC Welcomes Class of 2019

The New Cairo campus is bustling, as Fall 2015 classes begin today for nearly 941 new undergraduate students and 230 graduate students.

Nagla Rizk teaches CopyrightX to economics students.

August 31, 2015

AUC Offers Harvard Distance Learning Course in Copyright Law

AUC students 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 experts weigh in on the financial crisis

August 31, 2015

Faculty Insights on World Economy, China's Woes and Oil Prices

With China’s economic slowdown and the turbulence in global stock markets, oil prices and world stocks have gone down, and panic has spread among investors who fear the beginning of a new financial crisis.

Faculty Merit Awardees Enhance Teaching, Service and Research

The three faculty members who received the Spring 2015 faculty merit awards are driven by a common sense of purpose: to enrich the student experience and be of service to the AUC community.

New students orientation begins for the class of 2019

Student Orientation Week Begins; Mobile App, Peer Sessions Introduced

With orientation week beginning today for incoming freshmen, the campus will be buzzing with activity, from a student engagement fair to campus tours and sports competitions. New features of the student orientation this year include peer-to-peer sessions and a free mobile app.

Provost Sherif Sedky and professor Nageh Allam have been awarded the Abdul Hameed Shoman Award for Arab Researchers

Sherif Sedky, Nageh Allam Receive Abdul Hameed Shoman Award for Arab Researchers

Provost Sherif Sedky and Associate Professor of Physics Nageh Allam have received the 2014 Abdul Hameed Shoman Award for Arab Researchers. The award is given out each year to academics in six fields of scientific research.

Research Team Develops Ultrathin Nanotubes for Solar Cell Manufacture

Nageh Allam, assistant professor in the Department of Physics, is working with colleagues at AUC and Qatar University to create ultrathin nanotubes that can be potentially useful for manufacturing solar cells.

July 22, 2015

AUC Team Among Top Contributors at Canadian Engineering Conference

For the second consecutive year, AUC had a strong presence at the Canadian Society for Civil Engineering (CSCE) Conference, where a team of seven undergraduate and graduate students, accompanied by two faculty members, presented 19 research papers.

Ancient Egyptian artwork shows practices and traditions that have been carried on to modern times.

From AUCToday: Egyptian Like Me

AUC professor Fayza Haikal discusses how the study of ancient Egyptian literature allows Egyptologist to trace a path from the past to our modern traditions.

A Life Transformation Journey

Beshoy Habib from Sohag is the new recipient of the Molly Bartlett Endowed Scholarship, established in 2011 to provide support to one male Egyptian and one female Egyptian student who attended an Egyptian public high school.

July 9, 2015

Allehedan Establishes Scholarship, Scientific Research Fund at AUC

“I come from a modest family, and I didn’t get the chance to be educated,” said Saudi businessman Sheikh Mohammed Bin Abdulkarim A. Allehedan, who recently established a scholarship and scientific research fund at AUC.