November 11, 2013 Tweet of the Day: Student Captures a Moment on Campus A picture of the Mobinil Tower, tweeted by Engy Abdelmoneim. The Mobinil Tower serves as a navigational reference point for the entire campus, as well as a bird’s-eye view of sporting events.
AUC-MIT Enterprise Forum Partnership to Build Entrepreneurship in the Arab World The Entrepreneurship and Innovation Program (EIP) at AUC’s School of Business signed a multilateral agreement with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Enterprise Forum (MITEF) of the Pan-Arab Region to help foster entrepreneurship in Egypt and the Arab world.
October 31, 2013 Advising with New Course Numbering System Starts Today Starting Winter 2014, AUC will be using a new course numbering system, switching from three-digit to four-digit number codes. The new system will ensure greater clarity in advising and registration, and will accommodate the increasing number of course offerings at the University.
October 30, 2013 Halloween Costumes Reinforce Gender Roles, Break Cultural Norms Costumes are an integral part of the Halloween tradition, yet sociologists argue that these costumes play a role in reinforcing gender stereotypes and, in some cases, breaking cultural norms.
October 29, 2013 Community Coalitions May Boost Development in Informal Settlements One of the common misconceptions about informal settlements is that all residents are poor and uneducated.
October 28, 2013 Verlenden, Ghazoul Receive International Translation Award Ferial Ghazoul, chair of the Department of English and Comparative Literature, and John Verlenden, writing instructor at the Department of Rhetoric and Composition, have won the University of Arkansas Arabic Translation Award.
October 28, 2013 AUC Helps Establish Community-Based Learning Model at Palestinian University With the success of the community-based learning (CBL) program at AUC, which is in its 10th year now, the University will partner with An-Najah National University in Palestine to help produce a similar program there.
October 27, 2013 Student Spotlight: Hong Kong EMBA Trip Gives Professional, Cultural Experience This past summer Yasmine Helal, e-Business Head at Citibank and an AUC alumna, found herself exploring Hong Kong’s business world through the University’s Executive Master of Business Administration (EMBA) program.
Resala AUC Launches Microfinance Projects to Help Deweika Residents Ahmed is a baker in Deweika shantytown, one of the most underprivileged areas in Cairo. His tiny bakery shop had old, broken machinery, so he couldn’t produce enough bread to earn a decent living.
A Behind-the-Scenes Look at the Emergency Management Team From water shortages to civil unrest, AUC has faced several emergencies in the past couple of years. During such crucial times, the response has to be immediate and well-informed.
October 22, 2013 Student Spotlight: Basketball Champ Trains with Paralympics Team Alhassan Sedky, an actuarial science sophomore, has been playing basketball since he was 8 years old. His love for the sport is noticeable when he passionately discusses his favorite team, the Los Angeles Lakers, and its star player, Kobe Bryant.
Chelsea Green: Music is a Pathway for Understanding World Cultures In societies with limited budgets for education and overcrowded classrooms, arts education is often considered the province of students with special talents, rather than an essential component of general education.
New Misr El Kheir Scholars Hope to Develop Upper Egypt Communities “One of my biggest dreams is to work for NASA, which I cannot reach without an accredited bachelor’s degree,” said Paules Zakhary, from El-Balyana town in Sohag governorate. “Studying at AUC will pave the way to NASA. Here, I am taking the first step toward my dream.”
October 20, 2013 Student Voices: Mayan Sabry "A Palette of Chemistry" A chemistry student at school and an art lover at heart, Mayan Sabry, who graduated with a bachelor’s in chemistry last spring, has utilized her scientific knowledge to introduce mechanisms by which forged art may be identified.
Ted Purinton: Flipped Classrooms Put Student Discovery, Learning at Center Out of 148 African, Asian and Western countries surveyed in the 2013 – 2014 Global Competitiveness Report recently released by the World Economic Forum, Egypt ranked last in terms of the quality of primary education, which experts contend lays the foundation for learning and development in later
