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Journalism Students Win Top Prizes in International Media Competition

Nancy Salem and Nazly Abaza, both multimedia journalism seniors, recently won top awards at the Broadcast Education Association (BEA) Festival of Media Arts, which received more than 1,350 entries from 150 colleges and universities for its media competitions.

Anis Mansour Family Donates Precious Library Collection to AUC

The Rare Books and Special Collections Library (RBSCL) at AUC has recently received 12,000 volumes of books donated by the family of the late Egyptian writer and philosopher Anis Mansour.

March 12, 2014

Middle East Expert Gilles Kepel to Speak on Arab Revolutions Today

Gilles Kepel, professor and chair of Middle East and Mediterranean studies at the Institut d’études de Paris and senior fellow at the IDEAS centre in the London School of Economics and Political Science, will be delivering a lecture today titled “The Dialetics of the Arab Revolutions: 2011 – 2013

March 11, 2014

Egypt's First University Ultimate Frisbee Team Established at AUC

Last year, senior Ibrahim El-Sayed established an ultimate frisbee team at AUC, the first University-sponsored team for this sport in Egypt.

March 10, 2014

Students Win Business Competition, Travel to Italy for Regionals

A team of AUC students scored first place in the local Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) Institute Research Challenge, beating five other Egyptian universities.

March 10, 2014

AUC Launches Egypt’s First University-Based Incubator

At a press conference held at AUC Tahrir Square, AUC officially launched the first University-based startup incubator in Egypt, the AUC Venture Lab (V-Lab).

March 9, 2014

AUC Launches Swimming Academy for Children, Adults

In the first of what might become a successive line of University-based sports academies, the AUC Swimming Academy is now officially open for applicants ages 4 and above who wish to take either private or group lessons.

Students Awarded Nationally for New 3D System

Helping software developers create new virtual reality applications –– from games, classroom learning and training simulations to therapy for sufferers of phobias and post-traumatic stress disorder –– a group of computer science students at AUC created an innovative open-source platform to meet d

March 5, 2014

International Day Today to Highlight World Cup Theme

The 27th annual International Day will be held today, Tuesday, March 11, at AUC New Cairo. This year’s International Day, which will begin at 1 pm, aims to celebrate campus diversity through its timely theme, AUC World Cup.

March 5, 2014

This Month in AUC History: Ewart Memorial Hall Completed

Construction of Ewart Memorial Hall began in 1927 and was completed in March 1928.

March 4, 2014

Q & A: The Process Behind the Selection of New Staff Uniforms

One of the noticeable things when walking around campus are the new uniforms worn by security guards and housekeeping personnel, as well as other University employees.

Al-Mutanabbi Street Starts Here Will Be Exhibited Through the Summer

As part of an international tour organized by a San Francisco-based project, the Rare Books and Special Collections Library is hosting the Al-Mutanabbi Street Starts Here exhibition, featuring 54 artistic and unconventional books dedicated to the memory of Baghdad’s Al-Mutanabbi Street.

Submit Pictures, Win Prizes at the Community Day Photo Contest

Submit pictures ofCommunity Day to [email protected] or use #AUCEgypt on Facebook, Twitter or Instagram. The three winners who are selected will receive vouchers from Auntie Anne's and L'Aroma Café.

Hudson: Arab Countries Need Authoritative, not Authoritarian, Leaders

What the Middle East needs the most right now are strong, authoritative –– not authoritarian –– leaders to come to power and restore stability, as well as the adoption of new “legitimacy formulas” that encompass the popular demands of the people, noted Distinguished Visiting Professor Michael C.

AUC Graduate Student Awarded by Japanese Prime Minister

Takeshi Kobayashi, an international relations graduate student at AUC, recently accepted an award from Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe for an essay he submitted in a nationwide competition on how to best prepare Japan for the 2020 Summer Olympics, which will be hosted in Tokyo.