Alumna Represents Egypt at Inaugural UN Women's Entrepreneurship Day

AUC alumna Rana El Kaliouby ’98 ’00 is serving as the Egypt ambassador and Middle East and North Africa board member for the inaugural event of Women’s Entrepreneurship Day (WED), to be held today, Wednesday, November 19 at the United Nations in New York.

Faculty Experts: Teachers, Sustainable Education Reform Policies

“We are betting on the Egyptian educator, and our plan is to help with the educator’s advancement and development; focusing on the teacher is a strategic investment,” said Malak Zaalouk, professor of practice in the Graduate School of Education and director of the Middle East Institute for Higher

The Game of Love and Chance Student Production Premieres Tomorrow

Donning a modern spin on a timeless tale, students involved in The Game of Love and Chance are finishing preparations for the play’s opening night on Wednesday, November 19, 6 pm, in the Malak Gabr Arts Theater.

Moussa Examines Water Distribution, 'Land Grabbing' Along the Nile

Undoubtedly the most historic river on Earth, the Nile continues to maintain its ancient legacy of supplying much needed water to arid Nile basin states. Less picturesque than its ancient history, though, are the current political problems that plague the distribution of the Nile’s waters.

Questions and Answers on South Tahrir Farm

Social Research Center on Harassment: It's All About Changing Mindsets

Both males and females believe that unemployment and lack of religious awareness, morals and manners are the primary reasons for harassment, followed by women’s way of dressing and walking.

AUC Team Wins Local Round of $1 Million Hult Global Competition

After winning in the local edition of the Hult competition, which was hosted for the first time at the University, a team of AUC students is now advancing to the regional round, which will take place in March 2015 in Boston, London, San Francisco, Dubai and Shanghai.

Award-Winning Scholarship Students Take Pride in AUC

In an evening of pride and joy, scholarship students were awarded for their academic achievements and participation in extracurricular activities at the third annual recognition ceremony for new and returning students.

Faculty Scholars, New York Alumni Dissect Higher Education in Egypt

“Every year, on the first day of my philosophy class, I ask, ‘Who would be here if they weren’t required to be?’,” said Nathaniel Bowditch, dean of the School of Humanities and Social Sciences. “Maybe one or two students raise their hands, but that’s it.

Answers to Your Questions About Three-Year Plan to Right-Size AUC

1) Why is AUC conducting a three-year staffing plan? What does "right-size AUC" mean? Right-sizing AUC means achieving the correct allocation of staff resources in offices and units throughout the University.

Strategic Plan Central Focus to Board of Trustees Visit

During its Cairo meeting last week, the Board of Trustees primarily discussed the draft of AUC¹s five-year strategic plan and reflected on where they see AUC in the next 100 years. The plan lays the foundations for the University¹s advancement as it approaches its centennial in 2019.

Lighting the Way: New Solar Panels to Brighten Narrow Streets, Alleys

As populations boom in cities worldwide, buildings are constructed closer together and more floors are added to meet the increased demand for housing in urban areas.

Regional Network Tackles IT Policies

A Microsoft research grant funds the Regional Academic Network on IT Policies (RANITP) to promote high-level multidisciplinary research in IT-related areas focusing on policy and impact.

The CIMUNers

Every spring, AUC hosts the Cairo International Model United Nations conference, held for the first time in 1989 and the first of its kind in the Middle East. More than 400 international and Egyptian students participate in CIMUN each year.

Afghanistan's Fate Scrutinized in Fall 2014 Cairo Review

Lawrence Wilkerson, the former army colonel who served as chief of staff to Secretary of State of Colin Powell in the George W. Bush administration, says in an interview with The Cairo Review of Global Affairs that the United States is headed for defeats in Afghanistan and Iraq.