April 29, 2014 Active Student Engagement Key to Sustainable Development Ever since the United Nations first adopted an agenda for sustainability in 1992, universities have rapidly incorporated sustainable development programs into their curricula.
April 28, 2014 Lust for Color Exhibition by Gazbia Sirry Opens On Campus The Lust for Color exhibition, a collection of oil paintings donated to the University by internationally renowned Egyptian artist Gazbia Sirry, opened in The Photographic Gallery, Abdul Latif Jameel Hall, AUC New Cairo. The exhibition will continue until Thursday, September 4, 2014.
April 27, 2014 MBA Students Place Fifth Worldwide in Business Case Study Competition A team of four MBA students won fifth place worldwide at the Aspen Institute’s 2014 Business and Society International MBA Case Competition, the final round of which was recently held in New York.
Mohamed Moustafa: Computers Can Think, See Like Humans in Near Future “The next generation of national IDs will not just have a bar code, but will have computerized biometric markers that include information from the fingerprint, face and even the iris in the eye,” predicted Mohamed Moustafa, associate professor in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering
April 22, 2014 Cornell Professor to Speak Today on Education in Africa N'Dri T. Assié-Lumumba, professor at Cornell University's Africana Studies and Research Center and president-elect of the Comparative and International Education Society, will be delivering a lecture titled “Higher Education and African Development Since the 1960s: Global-Local Dynamics.”
Conference on Post-2011 Egyptian Cinema to Begin Tomorrow The film program in the Department of the Arts is hosting a four-day conference from Thursday, April 24 to Sunday, April 27 on Post-2011 Cinema in Egypt: Challenges and Opportunities.
April 16, 2014 Alum Artist Hassan Khan Featured in New AUC_Lab Arts Program The University’s Sharjah Art Gallery has partnered with AUC alumnus and internationally acclaimed artist Hassan Khan to produce a specially tailored program titled “Footnotes to Hassan Khan.” The program is part of a newly launched initiative, AUC_Lab, which aims to bring to the University artist
April 10, 2014 This Month in AUC History: First AUC Fundraiser, Student Newspaper 100th Anniversary of AUC’s Inaugural Fundraiser Dinner
July 22, 2018 RISE Promotes Water Efficiency at Caring for the Planet UN Conference As part of the seventh annual Let’s Take Care of the Planet United Nations conference, AUC’s Research Institute for a Sustainable Environment (RISE) educated youth on water management techniques and the major issues Egypt is facing with regard to water shortage.
Architecture Program First in Region to Receive Global Validation The architectural engineering undergraduate program in the Department of Construction and Architectural Engineering has received a three-year validation, with no reservations, from the prestigious joint UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) and International Union of Archi
Alumna Malak Helmy Uses Art to Interact with AUC New Cairo Campus Alumna artist Malak Helmy ‘05 has opened her first major solo exhibition at AUC’sSharjah Art Gallery. The exhibition, Lost Referents of Some Attraction, interacts with the site of AUC’s campus in New Cairo through a variety of art forms, including text, film, audio and three-dimensional objects.
Student Spotlight: Writer, Pianist, Philosopher Dreams of Better World “I hope one of these days to do something to make the world a better place,” mused Mohamed ElShafie, a philosophy sophomore who is attending AUC with the support of the HSBC Bank Egypt Public School Scholarship, which gives preference to students with special needs.
Stephen Grand: People, Not Leaders, are the True Test of Democracy Democracy does not rely on the leaders in power, but the mass of people who hold those leaders accountable, argued Stephen R.
April 2, 2014 Hamzawy to Deliver Provost's Lecture Today on a Margin for Democracy Amr Hamzawy, professor of public policy and administration, will deliver the lecture “A Margin for Democracy in Egypt” today, April 6, as part of the Provost’s Lecture series. The lecture will take place from 3:30 to 5:00 pm at Moataz Al Alfi Hall, AUC New Cairo.
April 1, 2014 Brookings Expert to Speak Today on Democracy Prospects in Arab World Stephen R. Grand, a nonresident senior fellow at the Brookings Institution’s Saban Center for Middle East Policy, will be delivering a lecture today, April 2, titled “Understanding Tahrir and Its Prospects: What Experiences Elsewhere Teach Us About Arab Democratization.”
