August 24, 2021 Jacaranda: Advancing the Arts For Tarek Atia, director of AUC's Tahrir Cultural Center, the arts in Egypt have a shining opportunity to reach the global stage.
August 23, 2021 Campus Conversation: Fall Semester and COVID19 Updates Last week's Campus Conversation covered everything you need to know about the return to campus and the status of COVID-19 nationwide.
August 17, 2021 AUC Students Win Shell Egypt's Imagine the Future Competition A team of AUC students, named AUC-07, won first place in Shell Egypt's Imagine the Future Competition earlier this month, winning a prize of EGP 20,000. The team competed against 60 other teams and about 800 students.
August 17, 2021 Creating a Universal Pictographic Language Associate Professor and Chair of the Department of the Arts Haytham Nawar's latest project, “Generative Pictographic Language,” is currently exhibited in the exhibition “Scripts and Calligraphy: A Timeless Journey,” organized by The Saudi Ministry of Culture to celebrate the cultural value of Ara
August 10, 2021 'The Man-Killer Race': An AUC Faculty Member Reflects on His Time as a Record-Breaking Athlete Many of us didn't stop and admire the great sports achievement that took place in Tokyo a few days ago. Norwegian olympian Karsten Warholm won the gold medal in the 400 meter hurdles race, but more importantly, he smashed the world record—which happened to be his own
August 5, 2021 HR Interview on Work in Fall 2021 In an interview with Senior AVP for HR Sarah Refaat, we learn the policy and plans for how to help staff transition back to work on campus in the fall.
August 3, 2021 Meet the Tokyo 2020 AUC Olympians After being postponed due to the coronavirus pandemic, the 2020 Tokyo Olympic games are currently taking place, and AUC is leaving its mark halfway across the world. A number of students and alumni have taken part in this year's games, and some are about to get started.
July 29, 2021 Reconfiguring Classrooms Since the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, a task force led by Ahmed Tolba ’97, ’01, associate professor of marketing and chair of the Department of Management, has worked to facilitate the best and safest mode of study for the past four semesters.
July 27, 2021 Alumni Shine at Egypt's Entrepreneur Awards AUC's alumni left their mark at Egypt's Entrepreneur Awards, taking home a number of awards. The event is held to honor the country's brightest entrepreneurs. You can find the full list of awardees here.
July 13, 2021 Riham El Adl '99 Wins Top Prize at Prestigious Italian Art Competition Rihem Al Adl '99 spent 18 years of her life working in public relations and corporate communications, but at one point two years ago, she decided to drop everything and pursue her passion for painting full time.
July 6, 2021 Scholarships Open for Second Cohort of USAID Scholars for Egyptian Public School Students “I have been dreaming of this opportunity for so long. I have benefited so much from this program and managed to make many friends," said USAID Scholar Mohamed Hamdy, a visually impaired student, accepted in the first cohort of the USAID Scholars Activity.
July 13, 2021 Memes and the #MeToo Movement: Wrong or Right? “Disclosing personal experiences online can be described as a form of online activism or even cyber justice, where victims and survivors can use informal digital spaces to raise awareness around sexual violence and rape culture,” said
November 1, 2021 The Bartlett Family: A Longtime Affinity with AUC More than 50 years ago, Thomas A. Bartlett returned to the United States after serving as AUC’s youngest president when he was in his mid-30s.
June 27, 2021 Board of Trustees Approves New Tenures At its recent meeting, AUC's Board of Trustees approved the tenure of Assistant Professors Rania Samir
June 29, 2021 Fish Fossils Provide Crucial Glimpse Into Future of Our Planet A team led by Hesham Sallam, Egyptian paleontologist and associate professor at the Institute of Global Health and Human Ecology, discovered ancient fish fossils that reveal important information about the Earth’s environment during one of the most transf
