July 28, 2019 AUC Hosts First Official Meeting of the Egyptian In-House Legal Counsel Last month, AUC hosted the first official meeting of the newly established Egyptian In-house Legal Counsel (ELC) group, with more than 60 attendees.
July 24, 2019 AUC, USAID Open University Centers for Career Development at Zagazig, Ain Shams Universities In an attempt to help bridge the gap between university education outcomes and the needs of the labor market, AUC recently celebrated the opening of three USAID-funded University Centers for Career Development at Zagazig University and one at Ain Shams University - totaling
July 24, 2019 College Bound: AUC — What Is It Like to Be an AUCian? This summer, AUC ushered in high school students to experience college in the first launch of College Bound: AUC.
July 16, 2019 AUC Mourns Loss of Advisory Trustee Paul Corddry Paul Corddry, advisory trustee who served on the Board of Trustees for almost three decades, passed away on July 1, 2019.
July 16, 2019 O'Kane Authors The 100 Most Iconic Islamic Houses of Worship Bernard O'Kane, professor in the Department of Arab and Islamic Civilizations, has released his latest book Mosques: The 100 Most Iconi
July 9, 2019 First for Work of Arabic Literature: CASA Alum Marilyn Booth Wins International Booker Prize Marilyn Booth (CASA '80), the Khalid bin Abdullah Al Saud Professor in the Study of the Contemporary Arab World and professor and director of research in the Faculty of Oriental Studies at Magdalen College at the University of Oxford, won the In
July 9, 2019 Princess Fawzia Exhibit Portrays Duality of Egyptian Womanhood Through Western and Egyptian Eyes While women play a critical role in Egypt’s social, political and economic development, they are often portrayed in international media as victims of oppressive laws, societal expectations and religious boundaries.
July 7, 2019 AUC, University of Surrey Bring Together International Experts to Combat Air Pollution According to the World Health Organization, air pollution causes 7 million premature deaths worldwide, disproportionately affecting poor and vulnerable communities and exacerbating inequalities in Official Development Assistance countries.
July 3, 2019 Alumna Wins Harvard Intellectual Contribution Award Dalia Abbas '13, political science graduate, earned her Master's in Education (EdM) — Technology, Innovation, and Education — from the Harvard Graduate School of Education.
July 9, 2019 Summer@AUC: Islamic Studies in the Heart of Cairo This summer, 15 students from prominent U.S.
August 4, 2019 Sherif Kamel to Tell Egypt's 'Promising Economic Story' as President of AmCham Board of Governors As the 2019-2021 term for the Board of Governors of the American Chamber of Commerce in Egypt (AmCham Egypt) approached, Sherif Kamel ‘88, ‘90, ‘13, dean of AUC's School of Business, began to muse about running for president of the Board of Governors. Having been involved with AmC
July 1, 2019 AUC Trains Junior Political Science Faculty from Universities Across Egypt AUC's Department of Political Science held its first summer school for the training of junior faculty from universities ac
July 3, 2019 From AUC to the United Nations: Mourad Wahba '80, '82 on a Mission to Serve In 1993, after six years of teaching in AUC’s Department of Economics, Mourad Wahba '80, '82 joined the United Nations for what he thought was a quick stint as a senior officer in the Office of the Secretary-General.
July 3, 2019 AUC Leaps in QS World Rankings, Among Top 1.5% Worldwide AUC has moved up 25 places compared to last year in the 2020 QS World University Rankings, placing 395th globally — making it among the top 1.5% of universities worldwide.
July 16, 2019 AUC Students Reflect on 1919 Revolution Through Music With a fresh unconventional take on history, AUC students have worked on producing an archival publication as part of the University's centennial celebrations to document the 1919 Egyptian Revolution while reproducing and recreating the ingenious songs of the Egyptian composer Sayed Darwish and poet Badie Khairy, who “informed as they entertained” Egyptians at the time.
