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March 15, 2017

Robotix Club Builds Underwater Robot, Advances to Regional Finals

Building an underwater robot, AUC’s Robotix club recently won the local round of Remotely Operated Vehicle (ROV), an international robotics competition organized by Marine Advanced Technology Education. The team now qualifies for the regional finals, to be held in Alexandria on April 6.

CIMUN's secretary-general speaks at the opening ceremony

March 15, 2017

Egypt's Foreign Affairs Minister Addresses 'Future Colleagues' at Model United Nations

Addressing students as “potential future colleagues," Minister of Foreign Affairs Sameh Shoukry spoke to the longstanding relationship between the Cairo International Model United Nations (CIMUN), AUC and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs at yesterday’s opening ceremony of the

NASA's Seven-Planet Discovery: Are We Alone in the Universe?

“For most of human history, we have been asking an identity question: ‘Are we alone [in the universe]?'” said Fady Morcos, associate professor of practice in the School of Sciences and Engineering.

July 22, 2018

International Student Advances Cross-Cultural Ties Through AUC Studies

Currently, a graduate fellow at AUC’s Middle East Studies Center, Heather Hunt (YAB ’09, ALU ’11) has long been passionate about forging non-traditional, global connections and cross-cultural understanding.

AUC community members holding banner saying "Become a donor"

March 8, 2017

Giving Starts at Home: President's Challenge Fund Engages Community

Giving Starts at Home

March 7, 2017

Benefit Dinner Raises Scholarship Funds, Honors Philanthropist Suad Juffali

The sixth annual AUC Benefit Dinner, themed Investing in the Future: A Celebration of Philanthropy, took place last week in New York City, raising more than $ 671,000 to support scholarships for students.

March 6, 2017

Legendary Egyptian Opera Singer to Speak at Met’s La Traviata this Saturday

One of the first Egyptian opera singers, Soprano Nabila Erian, will be speaking prior to the Met Opera screening of La Traviata this Saturday at the Malak Gabr Arts Theater. The performance will be broadcast live from New York to more than 2,000 theaters

March 5, 2017

Neighborhood Initiative Fosters AUC Connections With Community

With its main message as “No university is an island,” the Neighborhood Initiative was first introduced to AUC in 2015 in the form of an AUC–AUB symposium intended to spark

March 2, 2017

RISE Opens Water Education Center in El Heiz Village

AUC’s Research Institute for a Sustainable Environment (RISE) recently opened the El Heiz Water Education Center, a space designed to educate farmers, engineers, professionals, youth and teachers about effective ways of reducing water consumption and reusing it to produce food.

Mohamed El-Geish '07 (left) is a founding member of the Silicon Valley startup, Workfit

From Microsoft, LinkedIn to Silicon Valley Startup: Passion Drives Alum to Success

Mohamed El-Geish ’07 wrote his first computer program at just 10 years old, after stumbling upon a book about BASIC (Beginner’s All-Purpose Symbolic Instruction Code).

March 1, 2017

15 Women Photographers Exhibit Highlights Women's Contributions

Coinciding with International Women’s Day on March 8, The Photographic Gallery at AUC is hosting a group exhibition titled 15 Women Photographers, featuring a collection of photographs captured through the lens of 15 female photographers with a wide array of international and diverse perspectives

AUC ranked 365th on the QS World University Rankings

February 28, 2017

AUC Among Top World Universities in QS Rankings

The 2016 QS World University Rankings has placed AUC as the 365th best university globally, directly following The George Washington University, Northeastern University and Virginia Tech, three prestigious U.S. universities.

July 21, 2018

AUC First in Region to Host LafargeHolcim Sustainable Architecture Competition

Reflecting its position as a global leader in sustainable design, AUC has been chosen to host the coming regional jury cycle of the fifth International LafargeHolcim Awards for Sustainable Construction competition, the first University from the region ever to do so.

Three members of the AUC community have recently been appointed ministers for the Egyptian government

Three AUC Community Members Appointed as Egyptian Ministers

Out of the nine newly appointed Egyptian ministers, three are members of the AUC community:

February 21, 2017

AUC Selected as Only Team in Region for International Biosensor Competition

An AUC undergraduate and graduate student team -- the only team from the Middle East and Africa -- has been selected as one of 10 teams worldwide to compete in Eindhoven University of Technology’s SensUs biosensor competition.