AUC: Elevating Arts; Watch Video The growing digital world also means that people have access to the web in more places and on more devices like smartphones and tablets. Consequently, AUC's new website design will be responsive to all devices.
March 8, 2015 Benefit Dinner Raises Scholarship Funds, Honors Alumni Shapers of Arts At the fourth annual benefit dinner held in New York City under the theme of AUC: Elevating Arts, the University raised more than $450,000, with net proceeds being used to support student scholarships.
Distinguished Female Visitors in Ewart History AUC looked critically at the current website and pinpointed areas that needed to be improved. The old website was used simultaneously as a marketing tool, community resource and archive. Now, the new website will be organized into two categories: 1) a public site and 2) an internal site.
Beyond Demo Day: Startups Find Success After the AUC Venture Lab The Venture Lab (V-Lab) at AUC's School of Business is hosting Demo Day today, Thursday, March 5, for its third cycle, which is coming to a close.
March 3, 2015 Arab Human Development Report: Empowerment, Home-Grown Democracy Vital The University is implementing this new design on an innovative, open-source content management system (CMS) called Drupal. All these enhancements aim at making sure that AUC keeps, and rather increases, its current traffic, which is nearly 1 million visitors per semester.
February 26, 2015 The Science Behind Chocolate: Why It Makes Us Feel Good We eat it to celebrate or when we're sad. We give it away to say, "I love you" or sometimes, "I'm sorry." Strangely, some people even bathe in it.
February 24, 2015 Al Habtoor Establishes 10 Scholarships for Egyptian Students • A complete audit of content has consolidated information into a simplified structure and eliminated duplicate pages, and will ultimately make information easier to find.
February 18, 2015 Self-Powered Sensors to Monitor Car Tire Pressure Tire pressure fluctuations may be a thing of the past, thanks to a new wireless, self-powered monitoring system that can be installed into modern and old car models to alert drivers of pressure fluctuations.
February 17, 2015 AUC Partners with Ministry of Justice to Advance Legal Education AUC recently signed a three-year academic cooperation agreement with the Ministry of Justice to providing training, education and research opportunities to judges, public prosecutors and members of other judicial bodies in Egypt.
February 16, 2015 Measures of a Quality Education, Role of University Rankings Ted Purinton, associate provost for academic administration and international programs, examines the fundamental measures of a quality education for universities, the difference between liberal arts and research-based institutions, accreditation and rankings.
February 12, 2015 Omar Khairat Receives Honorary Doctorate, Two PhDs Awarded Instead of the traditional keynote speech, students and parents at the undergraduate commencement ceremony enjoyed a dynamic performance by the Egyptian pianist and composer, Omar Khairat, who received an honorary doctorate in fine arts from the University.
February 11, 2015 Anne Justus: Romantic Love is a Modern Convenience Imagine two people meet in awkward, but inevitably charming, circumstances. There is some clear contradiction in their personalities or lifestyle, but, like magnets, opposites attract. They try to resist but, because they are clearly soul mates, they fall in love anyway.
February 10, 2015 Syrian, Yemen and Bahrain Show Patrimonial Military Not Always “Loyal” In the past four years, the Middle East has seen a sweep of revolutions and regime change. During these moments of upheaval, political scientists often argue that the essential ingredient for a successful revolution or regime change is the position of the military.
February 5, 2015 Discovery of Egyptian Queen Tomb Fills Gap in Royal Family History The tomb of a previously unknown queen has been discovered at the Abusir necropolis, southwest of Cairo. Thequeen’s tomb provides crucial insight into constructing the royal family history of the Old Kingdom and understanding the role of women at that time.
February 4, 2015 World Cancer Day: An Inside Look at Radiation Therapy While the word radiation is normally associated with harmful exposure and nuclear weapons, it can also be beneficial, particularly in the health sector where it is used in medical imaging scans such as X-rays.
