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Shahd El Helbawy stands with Wei Liu, smiling in front of a painting.

April 5, 2023

Shaping an Artist's Future: Meet the First Recipient of the Liu Shiming Endowed Scholarship

Shahd El Helbawy sees mysteries to be explored through her most recent artistic pursuit: sculpting. Her passion for art has led her to be the first recipient of the Liu Shiming Endowed Scholarship.

Three photos of Carere placed in a line. Carere sits at a table in the street with Egyptian food in front of her, sharing suhoor with her neighbors. Carere smiles and poses with a peace-sign in front of a shop selling lanterns in downtown Cairo. Carere smiles and stands next to a mascot of a Ramadan character near Talaat Harb, holding fresh strawberry juice.

April 3, 2023

Ramadan from the Heart of Cairo

International student Sara Carere has never experienced a month quite like Ramadan in Egypt.

people stand on stage at the Venture Capital Competition

March 30, 2023

AUC Students Get Industry Experience at Egypt's First Venture Capital Competition

While a business school education can be the foundation for a young entrepreneur's career, nothing matches hands-on industry experience.

March 28, 2023

AUC Students Craft Sustainable Fishing Nets to Revive Local Village Economy

Armed with fruit and a desire to help the small Egyptian village of El Bahtiny in Ismailia, seniors Yara Yousry, Heidi Mahmoud, Aliaa Moussa and Mariam El-Halabi are working to fashion biodegradable fishing nets out of locally sourced, cost-effective banana fibers in order to revive the vil

Two promotional images are shown. The promotional image of "Way Home" shows an artistic rendition of a head facing left. In the center of the head is a doorway with a figure standing in it. The color scheme is light brown and a pale green. On the right is the promotional image for the film "Okay". It shows a face peering through a broken pane of glass with the word "Okay" in jagged text beneath it.

March 27, 2023

Two AUC-Directed Films Featured at Visions Film Festival

Lights, camera, action! The Visions Film Festival, which took place at AUC’s Tahrir Cultural Center earlier this month, featured a number of projects by AUCians, including two student-directed films.

A collage of four students standing next to their Ramadan designs on campus. In the top right, a female student stands next to her banner design, on the top left, a girl smiles in front of the library facade with her AUC and Ramadan Kareem signs on the front. On the bottom left, a male student stands next to his library with his AUC design with the "C" as a crescent. On the bottom right, a female student stands next to her geometric designs strung between the trees. In the center bottom a male student.

March 27, 2023

Ramadan By Students: Five Designs Win Decoration Competition

Campus is coming alive this month with the spirit of Ramadan

November 4, 2022

Future Fuel

Hydrogen can replace fossil fuels in essentially any area. It can be processed into fuel for airplanes and ships. It can be burned to generate electricity, power cars or facilitate industrial processes that require a large amount of heat.

Group of people posing in the AUC Gardens

March 22, 2023

A Legacy of Learning: AUC's Center for Learning and Teaching Celebrates 20 Years

AUC’s Center for Learning and Teaching

A photo of a campus statue of the words "#AUCSpeakUp" in blue on a red rectangular box. There are trees and the AUC garden in the background and a red veranda/pillars on the sides and over the top.

March 27, 2023

#AUCSpeakUp Featured at Arab Forum for Sustainable Development 2023

“As the leading University in Egypt, AUC was keen on playing a role in raising awareness of sexual harassment as an important social issue and supporting national and global efforts, in particular as they relate to college campuses,” stated Reem El-Mograby ‘09,

Three flags cut diagonally across the image, the Iranian flag in the top right corner, the Chinese flag through the middle, and the Saudi Arabian flag in the bottom left hand corner. Each flag is separated by a black bar.

March 20, 2023

Saudi-Iran Agreement Brokered by China: Regional Implications

Saudi Arabia and Iran agreed to re-establish diplomatic ties

flower growing out of concrete and a cityscape of old Cairo near the citadel with new course titles: Sustainability in the Cracks of Urban Policy: Communities, Bureaucracies and Adaptation and Climate Change: From Interdisciplinarity to Action

March 15, 2023

AUC Faculty Develop New Courses on Climate Change, Sustainability During 2023 Research and Creativity Convention

Two courses aimed at informing and empowering AUC students to lead the charge against climate change won this year’s Core Curriculum Course Competition during AUC’s 2023 Research and Creativity Convention (

President Ahmad Dallal sits on a stage with moderator Amina Elbendary. He holds a microphone and gestures with his right hand, with a screen behind him showing an infographic explaining AUC's strategic priorities.

March 12, 2023

Campus Conversation; AUC's Strategic Priorities

During a campus conversation last week, President Ahmad Dallal spoke about the University's four core strategic pillars — student-centered culture, academic excellence, future of work: extended ed and civic engagement — and explained initiatives and projects under each.

Screenshots from three documentary films on youtube. The top screenshot is a shot of branches of a date tree from beneath with the words "Quorsaya People" in Arabic and English. The middle photo is a screenshot of a video showing a shot of the nile from a small boat with a small island in the distance, with the words "Nile Inhabitants" in Arabic and English. The bottom image is a screenshot of a video of date trees from far away with the text "Golden Fingers" in Arabic in English, all with video play button

March 12, 2023

Graduate Students Receive International Recognition for Documentary Films

Three graduate students from the Kamal Adham Center for Television and Digital Journalism

Smiling man in glasses wearing a button-up and blue tie leaning against a wall at AUC

March 8, 2023

Sherif Aly First from Region to Join Prestigious Accreditation Executive Committee

Sherif Aly ‘96, professor and chair of the Department of Computer Science and Engineering, has become the first person from the MENA region to join the executive committee of the Computing Accreditation Commission of the

A crack runs along the side of a wall through a window and exposes brick under plaster, with the text "Earthquakes in Egypt?" in the bottom right hand corner

March 6, 2023

Earthquakes in Egypt? Tremors in Suez Raise Concerns

The recent earthquake that struck Suez in February was moderate and caused no repor

Shaping an Artist's Future: Meet the First Recipient of the Liu Shiming Endowed Scholarship

Ramadan from the Heart of Cairo

AUC Students Get Industry Experience at Egypt's First Venture Capital Competition

AUC Students Craft Sustainable Fishing Nets to Revive Local Village Economy

Two AUC-Directed Films Featured at Visions Film Festival

Ramadan By Students: Five Designs Win Decoration Competition

Future Fuel

A Legacy of Learning: AUC's Center for Learning and Teaching Celebrates 20 Years

#AUCSpeakUp Featured at Arab Forum for Sustainable Development 2023

Saudi-Iran Agreement Brokered by China: Regional Implications

AUC Faculty Develop New Courses on Climate Change, Sustainability During 2023 Research and Creativity Convention

Campus Conversation; AUC's Strategic Priorities

Graduate Students Receive International Recognition for Documentary Films

Sherif Aly First from Region to Join Prestigious Accreditation Executive Committee

Earthquakes in Egypt? Tremors in Suez Raise Concerns

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