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May 21, 2024

The Taste of Coptic History

To picture ancient Coptic society, you have to look at how each piece of their daily lives wove together. but for professor Mennat-Allah El Dorry, there is something special about studying something everyone has a deep connection to: food.

May 15, 2024

Graphic Design Senior Showcase

Graphic design seniors are showcasing their graduation projects at the Command X (Cmd X) exhibition, currently on display at the Sharjah Gallery in AUC New Cairo, tackling themes on cultural heritage, gender equality and environmental protection while offering viable solutions through art. This is the 10th class of graphic design students to graduate from AUC since the program’s inception in 2011.

April 23, 2024

AUC Hosts Annual AAICU Meeting

AUC hosted this week the annual meeting for the Association of American International Colleges and Universities (AAICU), a consortium of independent, non-for-profit, higher education institutions located outside the United States and based on the American liberal arts model. The meeting was attended by leaders of member universities from the Middle East, Africa, Asia and Europe, including Nigeria, France, Switzerland, Italy, Greece, Lebanon, Iraq and the United Arab Emirates.

April 22, 2024

AUC Students Win With Sustainable Shopping

Finance juniors Salma Afifi, Jumana Elhefnawy and Maya Abu Shahba developed ScanHa to incentivize consumers toward making sustainable fashion choices, promoting conscious consumerism and reducing the industry's environmental impact.

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April 17, 2024

Adam Talib's Poetry Discovery

AUC faculty member has uncovered a “never-before-studied” source on the courtly life of Abbasid Baghdad, told through the eyes of a vizier from Mosul in northern Iraq.

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April 2, 2024

Building Community Resilience to Mitigate Floods

May Haggag ’11, ’16, assistant professor in AUC’s Department of Construction Engineering, uses data science and machine learning to develop effective flood risk-management strategies specific to Egypt's unique climate and geography.

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April 15, 2024

Yes, She Can: Continuing Education Success Story

Marwa Khalil, a 38-year old mother of three and entrepreneur, is a recent graduate of the She Can program.

March 18, 2024

Rasha Abdulla '92, '96 Appointed to the International Board of ARTICLE 19

Rasha Abdulla '92, '96, professor in the Department of Journalism and Mass Communication, has been

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March 25, 2024

Cairo Through Fiction: Gretchen McCullough

Looking at cross-cultural interactions through the lens of fiction, Shahrazad's Gift dives into the perspectives of the characters.

March 20, 2024

Healthy Aging Research Partnership

AUC collaborates with Davos Alzheimer's Collaborative and UCL to undertake initiatives focused on Alzheimer's disease.

March 20, 2024

AUC at Cairo Design Week

Cairo Design Week highlighted and celebrated artists through events, competitions and dynamic exhibitions.

March 13, 2024

Beyond Refuge: Graduate Diploma Combines Refugee Studies, Psychology

AUC is relaunching the graduate diploma, Psychosocial Interventions for Forced Migrants and Refugees, set to begin in Fall 2024.

Collage of five women winners in the Broadcast Education Association Festival of Media Arts

March 11, 2024

Undergrads, Grads, Faculty Shine in Media Arts Festival

Five AUC women are winners in the 2024 Broadcast Education Association Festival of Media Arts.

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February 27, 2024

JRMC Student Film Wins First Place

The students produced the film last spring as part of the Camera and Editing course taught by Mohammad Badawi, adjunct faculty and senior technical supervisor in the Department of Journalism and Mass Communication.

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February 21, 2024

Midyear Commencement Speakers

Meet our keynote speakers for the undergraduate and graduate commencements, respectively: AUC Trustee Ahmed Galal Ismail '97, CEO and board member of Majid Al Futtaim Holding, and Nabil Fahmy '74, '77, dean emeritus of AUC's School of Global Affairs and Pub