November 4, 2022 Waste Not, Want Not “Go to waste” has never been on Salah El Haggar’s agenda. A mechanical engineering professor at AUC since 1987, El Haggar is a guru when it comes to waste management, renewable energy applications and recycling.
January 17, 2023 Steve Marchese Elected to Board of Trustees Steve Marchese, a principal at Cornerstone Government Affairs, is the newest member of
January 15, 2023 Students from AUC, United States Address Inequality Through Art This fall, students from AUC and City University of New York collaborated virtually to study income and wealth disparity in Egypt and the United States.
January 10, 2023 From Our Library to Yours: Faculty Suggestions for Winter Reading As winter sets in and more of us are opting to unwind indoors with our next great read, News@AUC asked AUC faculty members for recommendations.
November 4, 2022 Following in Our Footprints Carbon is a major indicator of climate change. In the last century, the amount of carbon in our air has exponentially risen to a record high of over 400 particles per million — a level reached on Earth only millions of years ago.
January 4, 2023 Business as Usual? The Past, Present and Future of Biden's Middle East Policy As the U.S. midterm elections passed this November it remains clear that the U.S. public is deeply divided by partisan lines.
November 4, 2022 Balancing the Scales As major flooding wracks Pakistan, droughts choke much of East Africa and wildfires raze Australia, it is becoming clear that the consequences of climate change are not distributed equally across the globe. Industrialized countries in the Global North, particularly those with strong colonial histories, have the worst carbon emission records.
November 4, 2022 Sea-curity for Reefs Stimulated by a desire to safeguard marine ecosystems and coral reefs, MBA student Aly Mohamed introduced Egypt’s first electric water scooter that uses only 3 kilowatts of electricity for a full one-hour charge, saving 8 tons of carbon dioxide emissions for every 100 hours.
December 20, 2022 Al Maghreb Wa Al Mashreq: World-Renowned Moroccan Musician Nouamane Lahlou to Appear at AUC As finals week comes to an end, AUC’s Department of the Arts, in collaboration with the Embassy of the Kingdom of Morocco in Cairo, is hosting a lecture-concert byMoroccan artist Nouamane Lahlou as well as a Moroccan-themed reception at AUC New Cairo’s Malak Gabr Arts Theater.
December 20, 2022 Gender and Climate: The Importance of Intersectionality As climate change continues to degrade the environment, disrupt people’s livelihoods and threaten social stability, it has become increasingly important to analyze its impacts and solutions through an intersectional lens.
December 18, 2022 AUC Offers New Behavioral Neuroscience Minor As an interdisciplinary program co-administered by AUC’s Department of Psychology and Department of Biology, the new behavioral neuroscience minor will allow students to study the relationship between the structure and function of the nervous system with an emphasis on the biological and psychological elements that affect emotions, behavior, learning and memory.
December 18, 2022 In Photos: Mapping Time Exhibition Captures Decade of Experimental Art More than 87 art projects from AUC’s Visual Arts Program are on display now at the archival exhibition Mapping Time, held at Tahrir Cultural Center.
December 19, 2022 AUC Receives $86 Million USAID Grant, Largest in University History, for Scholarships and Training The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) has awarded The American University in Cairo (AUC) $86 million for USAID Egyptian Pioneers, a new program that provides scholarships and training to Egyptian students with emphasis on sectors that can advance Egypt’s climate goals.
December 13, 2022 The Implications of Rapid Population Growth: Faculty Insight into the World Population Exceeding 8 Billion The United Nations recently announced that the world population has exceeded 8 billion, meaning that 1 billion people have been added to the global population in just 12 years.
