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February 27, 2023

ChatGPT: Danger to Learning or Opportunity for Efficiency?

Universities around the world are facing fresh concerns brought on by the use of artificial intelligence, as newly launched programs like ChatGPT and Chatsonic allow users to enter a question and receive a structured essay in response.

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February 21, 2023

AUC Road to College Provides Free, Online English Courses for High School Students

AUC is the first educational institution in the region to offer free, English-language online courses for high school students in Egypt.

February 20, 2023

AUC's Theatre Program Debuts Original Plays Tackling Mental Health

Part of AUC’s Mental Health and Well-being Initiative, Piece of Mind is a bilingual theatrical performance that aims to start conversations about mental well-being, ranging from depression to social media addiction.

Students in cap in gown sit at commencement

February 19, 2023

AUC Awards Exceptional Graduates at Midyear Commencement Ceremonies

Fifteen graduates were awarded at AUC's Fall 2023 undergraduate and graduate commencement ceremonies in February. Recipients were recognized for a variety of academic and service-related accomplishments.

November 4, 2022

Eco-nomics

When Abeer Elshennawy (MA ’92), professor in the Department of Economics, was a PhD candidate at the University of Minnesota, her adviser recommended she concentrate on the environment — unusual advice for someone studying applied economics in 1992.

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February 22, 2023

AUC Department of Construction Uses Virtual Reality to Teach Site Safety

Faculty members and graduate students from AUC’s Department of Construction Engineering are using virtual reality (VR) to develop and deploy training models that will improve safety at construction sites.

Photo of Veerle De Laet standing and smiling next to book shelves

February 13, 2023

AUC Welcomes Veerle De Laet as New Executive Director of AUC Press

Veerle De Laet has been named executive director of AUC Press, the leading English-language publisher in the Middle East.

Photos of Ayman Ismail and Heba El Sewedy

February 13, 2023

Midyear Commencement Ceremonies Feature Distinguished Speakers

Ayman Ismail ‘95, ‘97, the Abdul Latif Jameel Endowed Chair of Entrepreneurship, associate professor in the Department of Management and founding director of the AUC Venture Lab, and Heba Elsewedy, founder and chair of Ahl Masr Foundation, will be speakers at A

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February 20, 2023

Raising the Bar: New Scholarship Program to Support Excellent Students

AUC launched the Excellence Scholarship Program

October 8, 2020

How It Began

The American University in Cairo began as a preparatory school. Its first class arrived in the fall of 1920 — fewer than 150 students following a curriculum that was equivalent to the last two years of American high school.

Well-preserved hieroglyphs on the wall of a tomb in Luxor, Egypt

February 8, 2023

New Faculty Book Spotlights Power of Women in Ancient Egypt

From Women in Ancient Egypt book coverrom Hatshepsut and Nefertiti to everyday women from the artisan village of Deir el-Medina, a new volume edited by Mariam Ayad ‘94, associate professor in AUC’s Department of Sociology, Egyptology and Anthropology, offers a comprehensive look into the autonomy of women in ancient Egyptian society.

February 6, 2023

AUC Master's Student Creates Arabic Chatbot to Promote Brain Health

Developed by Asmaa Saeed, a public health master’s student in AUC’s Institute of Global Health and Human Ecology, the Arabic-speaking bot seeks to teach Arab individuals ways to improve their brain health in a conversational manner, such as giving advice on maintaining healthy eating habits or referring individuals to mental health websites and resources.