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Nathan Brown Professor of Political Science and International Affairs United States

June 1, 2018

Campus Architect Abdelhalim Ibrahim Reflects on AUC New Cairo Then and Now

In 2009, AUC received a special award at the Urban Land Institute 2009 Awards for Excellence: Europe, Middle East, and Africa competition because it was “designed to be a tool and stimulus in itself for learning and to anchor community development around the University.”

April 5, 2017

AUC's New Carbon Footprint Report Provides Model for Region

As stated in AUC’s newly released 2017 Carbon Footprint Report, atmospheric concentrations of greenhouse gases are currently the highest they have been in 800,00

Mourad Wahba prioritizes regional challenges in his new role as assistant administrator and director of the Regional Bureau for Arab States at the United Nations Development Programme

April 24, 2017

Alum, Former Faculty Mourad Wahba Tackles Regional Challenges in Leading UN Roles

With more than 20 years of experience at the United Nations, Mourad Wahba '80, '82, alumnus and former economics professor at AUC, was recently appointed by the UN secretary-general as assistant administrator and director of the Regional Bureau for Arab States at the United Nations Dev

April 23, 2017

Volunteers in Action Holds 12th Annual Campus Wedding for Orphan Brides

For the 12th year, Volunteers in Action (VIA) student club organized its annual group wedding for orphans, helping five orphan brides celebrate the wedding of their dreams.

Fadwa El Guindi is the first speaker of the Distinguished Alumni Lecture Series.

April 20, 2017

Award-Winning Anthropologist Fadwa El Guindi ’60 to Speak at AUC

The new Distinguished Alumni Lecture Series will kick off today with its first alumni speaker, Fadwa El Guindi ’60, award-winning professor of anthropology, international lecturer and founder of El Nil Research, who will speak on “My Passage from AUC to Anthropology

AUC's Earth week will run from April 19 - 23

April 10, 2017

Cleaner and Greener: Earth Week 2017

From April 19 to April 23, AUC will celebrate Earth Week, marking the University’s annual participation in international Earth Day on April 22.

Alumnae Among World's Most Influential Arab Women

Eight AUC alumnae have been named by Arabian Business among its list of The World's Most Influential Arab Women:

Naguib Sawiris and Hamza AlKholi are the newest members of AUC's Board of Trustees

April 10, 2017

Naguib Sawiris, Hamza AlKholi Join AUC’s Board of Trustees

Two new members have joined AUC’s Board of Trustees: Naguib Sawiris, chairman of Orascom TMT Investments, and Ambassador Hamza B. AlKholi, chairman and CEO of the Alkholi Group in Saudi Arabia. Businessman Naguib Sawiris

Egypt’s 1919 revolution, April 8-9, from Taxiphote digitization project. Photo courtesy of Rare Books and Special Collections Library.

April 5, 2017

AUC Digitizes, Documents Rare Snapshots of Egyptian History: 1913-1921

AUC’s Rare Books and Special Collections Library recently digitized and made accessible a collection of photographs from the early 20th century, featuring a series of images that document major events throughout Egyptian history, such as the 1919 revolution, with its anniversary approa

April 5, 2017

AUC Faculty, International Expedition Discover Pharaonic Statue

Salima Ikram, distinguished University professor and head of the Egyptology unit, and Louise Bertini, affiliate assistant professor of Egyptology, are members of the joint Egyptian-German expedition that is excavating one of the most important Pharaonic religious sites in Egypt.

April 3, 2017

Students, Alumni Excel in Amazon Alexa Hackathon at AUC

By AUC student Hossam Elsamanoudy

Egypt ranked as the 104th happiest country in the 2017 UN World Happiness Report

April 2, 2017

Egypt Moves Up in World Happiness Report Rankings

Representing a significant increase from last year’s report, Egypt has moved to a higher place in the 2017 UN World Happiness Report.

Magda Mostafa's Global Autism Index: 'True Architecture for Everyone'

When Magda Mostafa, associate professor in the Department of Architecture, was asked to design Egypt’s first educational facility for children with autism 15 years ago, she found no existing architectural guidelines for designing such buildings and decided to create her own.

A book installation, part of the No, A Thousand Times No Project, that was exhibited at the Haus der Kunst in Munich in Germany in 2010

Bahia Shehab First Arab Woman to Win UNESCO-Sharjah Prize for Arab Culture

Bahia Shehab (MA ’09), associate professor of professional practice in the Department of the Arts, has become the first Arab woman to ever receive the UNESCO-Sharj

Dr. Nathan Brown

Campus Architect Abdelhalim Ibrahim Reflects on AUC New Cairo Then and Now

AUC's New Carbon Footprint Report Provides Model for Region

Alum, Former Faculty Mourad Wahba Tackles Regional Challenges in Leading UN Roles

Volunteers in Action Holds 12th Annual Campus Wedding for Orphan Brides

Award-Winning Anthropologist Fadwa El Guindi ’60 to Speak at AUC

Cleaner and Greener: Earth Week 2017

Alumnae Among World's Most Influential Arab Women

Naguib Sawiris, Hamza AlKholi Join AUC’s Board of Trustees

AUC Digitizes, Documents Rare Snapshots of Egyptian History: 1913-1921

AUC Faculty, International Expedition Discover Pharaonic Statue

Students, Alumni Excel in Amazon Alexa Hackathon at AUC

Egypt Moves Up in World Happiness Report Rankings

Magda Mostafa's Global Autism Index: 'True Architecture for Everyone'

Bahia Shehab First Arab Woman to Win UNESCO-Sharjah Prize for Arab Culture

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