December 18, 2013 Student Artwork Featured in Exhibition at Medrar for Contemporary Art Student projects from the visual arts program in the Department of the Arts were featured in an exhibition at Medrar for Contemporary Art.
Alumna First African Female Inducted into Taekwondo Hall of Fame Caroline Maher ’09 is the first Arab and African female to be inducted into the prestigious Taekwondo Hall of Fame, which recognizes the achievements of extraordinary athletes who have made a significant impact on the martial art of taekwondo.
December 17, 2013 AUC Celebrates First International Day of People with Disability For the first time, the AUC community celebrated the International Day of People with Disability at an event led by the Helm graduate student club.
December 16, 2013 Faculty Concerned with Balance of Power in New Constitution Draft As Egyptians prepare to vote on the new draft constitution on January 14 and 15, faculty experts argue that although Egyptians are most likely to vote “yes” in the referendum, the constitution may not be able to truly impact the country’s underlying social, political and economic issues, and affo
Galal Amin Receives Medal of Sciences and Arts of the First Class Professor Emeritus Galal Amin, a member of AUC’s Department of Economics for 44 years, has been awarded the prestigious Medal of Sciences and Arts of the First Class for his lifelong achievement and prolific body of work in the social sciences.
December 15, 2013 Alumnae Among the 100 Leading Global Thinkers of 2013 Two AUC alumnae were named in Foreign Policy's list of 100 leading global thinkers.Heba Morayef '02 andHaifaa Al-Mansour '97 were listed among “people who, over the past year, have made a measurable difference in politics, business, technology, the arts, the sciences and more.” Morayef is the Egy
October 4, 2015 Harnessing the Power of the Sun With the looming energy crisis in Egypt and the depletion of petroleum and natural-gas reserves, searching for sources of alternate fuel becomes all the more important.
November 10, 2013 Sustainable Development Graduate Program Provides New Perspectives AUC recently launched a graduate program in sustainable development, which welcomed 24 new students.
Writer Khaled Khalifa Receives Naguib Mahfouz Medal for Literature Syrian writer Khaled Khalifa was awarded the 2013 Naguib Mahfouz Medal for Literature for his novel No Knives in the Kitchens of this City.
December 11, 2013 Ten Things You Didn’t Know About the New Draft Constitution With a referendum on the new Egyptian constitution expected to be held in January 2014, following are some of the highlights of the 2013 draft, with input from faculty experts at AUC.
December 11, 2013 The Cairo Review Fall 2013 Spotlights Diplomatic Leaks, Urban Vision Daniel Ellsberg, whose leak of the top-secret Pentagon Papers in 1971 to reveal the undisclosed history of the Vietnam War led to his trial on espionage charges (which were later dismissed for government misconduct), talks about the U.S.
December 10, 2013 Minister of Tourism Hisham Zazou to Speak Tomorrow on Tourism Crisis Minister of Tourism Hisham Zazou will speak tomorrow on “The Crisis of Tourism in Egypt" as part of the Tahrir Dialogue series organized by the School of Global Affairs and Public Policy.
July 21, 2018 New Phase of Faculty Housing Complete, Embeds Green Concepts As part of an ongoing commitment to increasing energy efficiency, reducing waste and making AUC a sustainable community, the University recently completed a new phase of faculty housing units in New Cairo, with one of the two newly constructed buildings embedding green concepts in its design and
December 8, 2013 Nelson Mandela's Legacy of Peace, Justice Lives On The late Nelson Mandela, former president of South Africa and anti-apartheid activist, has left a legacy of peace and justice, having spent 27 years in prison for his anti-apartheid activities and dedicating his life to guaranteeing civil rights for black South Africans who had long faced oppress
AUC Venture Lab Supports Innovative Startups to Enter Market With approximately 23 million landmines buried in its deserts, Egypt is listed among the nations with the highest number of landmines worldwide.
