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February 1, 2017

Alumna, PhD Student Designs Nanotechnology to Tackle Egypt's Water Crisis

Nouran El Badawi ’06, '13, AUC alumna and a Yousef Jameel PhD fellow studying applied sciences with a specialization in chemistry, is committed to her research at AUC, exploring the application of membrane technology as a means to retrieve fresh water.

September 28, 2017

Alumnus Develops Mobile App to Help the Visually Impaired

Abdel Ghani Barakat ‘13, Leadership for Education and Development (LEAD) scholar and AUC graduate who double majored political science and communication and media arts, developed the concept for an innovative and impactful mobile application for visually impaired individuals, dubbed E3rafli.

AUC Installs New Cairo Street Signs In Collaboration with Municipality

In an effort to ease the day-to-day lives and operations of both AUC and neighboring communities, the University has successfully collaborated with the municipality in the recent installation of several street signs surrounding the New Cairo campus.

New Faculty Find 'Landscape of Possibilities' at AUC

As AUC grows, so does the number of new faculty finding their way to its campus from all over the map.

September 25, 2017

AUC Only College Outside North America in Princeton Review’s Green Guide for Third Consecutive Year

For the third year in a row, AUC is the only higher education institution outside of North America to be featured in The Princeton Review’s 2017 Guide to Green Colleges.

Computer Science and Engineering Program Maintains Distinguished ABET Accreditation

For the fourth consecutive time, AUC’s computer science and engineering (CSE) program was reaccredited by the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET). The program was praised for the quality of its curriculum, student creativity and completion of projects, flourishing

September 15, 2017

New VP for Digital Innovation: ‘I Look at AUC as a Changemaker in the Business Community’

As AUC embarks on an ambitious strategy to digitally transform the University experience, Hanan Abdel Meguid ’93, AUC’s new vice president for digital innovation, will spearhead its strategy.

September 20, 2017

Meet AUC's Newest Trustees

Gretchen Welch, a former diplomat, and Richard A. Drucker, a partner of Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP, are the newest members of AUC’s Board of Trustees.

September 19, 2017

Honoring Pandeli Glavanis: “A Life of Love and Service”

At an AUC memorial held yesterday in honor of the late Pandeli Glavanis, professor of practice, director of Academic Community Engagement (ACE) and associate director of Center for Learning and Teaching (CLT), President Francis J.

September 17, 2017

Student Union Uses Commencement Ticket Sales for New Scholarship Fund

Last spring, the University sold extra commencement tickets, directing the money collected to a new Student Union Scholarship Fund to be granted to two students each semester. Approximately 100 leftover tickets were sold, raising a total of LE 43,500.

September 6, 2017

Public Administration, Public Policy Master’s First Worldwide to be Triple Crown Accredited

A recent European recognition makes two programs in AUC’s School of Global Affairs and Public Policy –– the Master of Public Administration and Master of Public Policy –– the first in the world to receive “triple crown” accreditation in the field of public affairs education.

June 4, 2017

Fresh Philosophy Graduate Joins Harvard Law School

Mohammed El Shafie ’17, philosophy graduate and recipient of the HSBC Bank Egypt Public School Scholarship, now steps up to a new challenge as he enters his first year at Harvard Law School this fall.

Alumna, Graduate Student Wins First Prize in UNESCO Architecture Competition

Heba El Sawy ’17, who graduated from AUC with a major in architecture and minor in anthropology, won first place in the UNESCO-UIA & MIDO Student Design Prize for Responsible Architecture competition, for her project, “Anthro-Architecture: The Mountains of Mansheyat Nasser.”

September 12, 2017

Graduate School of Education, Educate Me Partner to Reform Public Schools

Sharing a common goal and vision, AUC’s Graduate School of Education (GSE) and Educate Me Foundation recently partnered in holding the first Moallem, or Teacher, conference, bringing together Egyptian public school teachers, GSE instructors and AUC faculty members to introduce innovative strategi

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