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May 29, 2018

Chad-Cameroon Oil Pipeline: Mapping Community Voices

With summer in sight, Amber Murrey-Ndewa, postdoctoral teaching fellow in the Core Curriculum affiliated with the Department of Sociology, Anthropology and Egyptology, is gearing up to travel to Cameroon to continue work on a six-year long ethnographic project.

May 27, 2018

A Passion for the Field: Student Pursues Love of American Football

In September 2016, Alia Haytham, mass communications major, and her friends walked past a booth on Bartlett Plaza promoting try-outs for the AUC women’s American football team. When a male friend suggested that American football wasn’t “a girl’s sport,” Haytham immediately felt fired up.

AUC students perform Lysistrata, directed by Jillian Campana

July 22, 2018

'One-Person Show': Integrating Art and Performance in Teaching

“Teaching is like a one-person show,” said Jillian Campana, professor of theatre in the Department of Arts, likening the students to an audience, and a lesson plan to a script.

Jim Bond, Kerri Bartlett and Chairman Richard Bartlett

May 14, 2018

For the Love of CASA: AUC's Benefit Dinner Surpasses $600,000

For the seventh year, AUC hosted its annual Benefit Dinner in New York, raising more than $600,000 to go toward the Center for Arabic Study Abroad (CASA) Endowment Fund.

Keeping the Tradition Alive: Community Service Clubs Invite All to Join Ramadan Spirit

From expanding distribution across Cairo and different parts of the country and partnering with the community to catering to medical and educational needs and paying off debt, AUC's community service clubs are as active as ever this Ramadan.

May 14, 2018

A Taste of Teaching: Educational Psychology Students Mentor Community Youth

Learning about teaching may seem simple at times. But actually applying what you learn in the classroom is another game entirely.

July 21, 2018

Campus Community Braces for Storm Together

New Cairo bore the brunt of the heavy rains that hit Cairo just over a week ago. The storm caused severe flooding of both streets and buildings, including AUC, leading to power outages, major traffic jams and damage to infrastructure.

IMF: Time for Egypt to Keep Pedaling, for Everyone to be Like Mo Salah

“I think it’s time for everyone to be like Mo Salah,” David Lipton, first deputy managing director at the International Monetary Fund (IMF), referring to the "Egyptian King" on everybody’s minds.

July 22, 2018

Community Psychology Interventions Can Help Bring Diabetes Under Control

It is estimated that 17 percent of all Egyptian adults have diabetes, according to the 2017 statistics by the World Health Organization’s Eastern Mediterranean Regional Office.

Designing with a Purpose: Architecture Students Propose Acoustic Solutions for AUC Library

The AUC Library is filled with pages of information, nooks to work in, and a number of gadgets and resources to help students and faculty in their research and other tasks.

April 30, 2018

Students Experience the Real World of L’Oreal: Because It’s Worth It

“It’s a link between the two worlds,” said Nahed Azab, adjunct faculty at the Department of Management about her students recently having an opportunity to train with one of the world's leading personal care companies, L’Oreal, as part of the course Entrepreneurial IT and Electronic Business

Mostafa Kandil co-founder and CEO of Swvl

July 22, 2018

Mostafa Kandil '15 Achieves Largest Round of Venture Capital Funding in Egypt

Mostafa Kandil '15, co-founder and CEO of Swvl, a mobile app that organizes convenient transportation routes around Egypt at reasonable prices, was recently featured in

Abdalla El-Ebiary ‘94, recipient of the Distinguished Alumni Award

April 30, 2018

Building Momentum: Distinguished Alumni Awarded for Innovation, Global Impact

“We’re doing great things at AUC,” said President Francis Ricciardone, looking out at a crowd of dedicated international alumni gathered to recognize the feats of their peers. “There’s an energy. There’s a momentum. We’re innovating all of the time.”

'Take the Next Challenge' Business Alum Khaled Bichara on Finding Success

Khaled Bichara '96 may be a well-known business mogul now, but in the late 1990s, the bank had so little faith in his startup’s venture that he had to take a loan for the business out against his house.

April 24, 2018

AUC's Model United Nations, Model Arab League Break Records at International Conferences

AUC's Cairo International Model United Nations (CIMUN) and Cairo International Model Arab League (CIMAL) broke records this year at their international conferences, taking home more awards than AUC teams have ever won before.

Chad-Cameroon Oil Pipeline: Mapping Community Voices

A Passion for the Field: Student Pursues Love of American Football

'One-Person Show': Integrating Art and Performance in Teaching

For the Love of CASA: AUC's Benefit Dinner Surpasses $600,000

Keeping the Tradition Alive: Community Service Clubs Invite All to Join Ramadan Spirit

A Taste of Teaching: Educational Psychology Students Mentor Community Youth

Campus Community Braces for Storm Together

IMF: Time for Egypt to Keep Pedaling, for Everyone to be Like Mo Salah

Community Psychology Interventions Can Help Bring Diabetes Under Control

Designing with a Purpose: Architecture Students Propose Acoustic Solutions for AUC Library

Students Experience the Real World of L’Oreal: Because It’s Worth It

Mostafa Kandil '15 Achieves Largest Round of Venture Capital Funding in Egypt

Building Momentum: Distinguished Alumni Awarded for Innovation, Global Impact

'Take the Next Challenge' Business Alum Khaled Bichara on Finding Success

AUC's Model United Nations, Model Arab League Break Records at International Conferences

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