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Staff at the National Council for Childhood and Motherhood (NCCM) Helpline 16000 are being trained to provide support and advice to parents

Community Psychology for Positive Parenting

According to a 2015 study by UNICEF and Egypt’s National Council for Childhood and Motherhood (NCCM) on violence against children in the governorates of Cairo, Alexandria and Assiut, 60 percent of youth between the ages of 13-17 were exposed to physical violence, while 78 percent were exposed to

AUC athletes proudly represent AUC and Egypt

October 30, 2016

AUC Athletes Win 20 Gold Medals, Break National Record at International Tournament

AUC athletes recently won the entire American University of Beirut (AUB) President’s Club International Sports Tournament with 38 medals, 20 of which are gold, even breaking an Egyptian national record along the way.

October 27, 2016

Inauguration, Campus Connectivity Highlights of Board of Trustees Cairo Visit

At their annual weeklong Cairo visit earlier this month, members of AUC’s Board of Trustees attended President Francis J. Ricciardone’s inauguration.

AUC's Board of Trustees elects Atef Eltoukhy as its chairman, the first Egyptian-American and first alumnus to hold this position

October 26, 2016

First Egyptian-American Elected to Chair AUC Board of Trustees

AUC’s Board of Trustees elected Atef Eltoukhy ’74, money manager and chairman of Aurum Capital Management in Woodside, California, as its next chairman, succeeding Richard Bartlett, who has completed his second, three-year term as chairman this October.

Distinguished scholarship recipients with President Francis J. Ricciardone

Scholarships at AUC: Opening Doors, Changing Lives

Zeinab Abd El Aziz is about to graduate with a bachelor’s in electronics and communications engineering from AUC; has interned with the Suez Canal Authority, where she learned about navigation systems and wireless devices used in maritime transport; has conducted extensive research as an undergra

October 23, 2016

Egypt's President El-Sisi Meets with AUC's Board of Trustees

During his meeting last week with AUC’s Board of Trustees, Egypt’s President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi commended AUC’s leading role in providing high-quality education and service in the country.

Zeina Mohamed Abdelgamid is a freshman majoring in mechanical engineering and another Al Ghurair STEM Scholar.

October 20, 2016

Al Ghurair STEM Scholars: 'Opportunity of a Lifetime'

For Helmi Hazem Abouramadan, a freshman majoring in construction engineering who was born and raised in Gaza, studying outside of Palestine has always been a big dream. However, given the unstable circumstances in Gaza, crossing the Egypt-Gaza border seemed outside the bounds of possibility.

Experiential learning is a helpful way to experiment with different employment possibilities.

5 Tips to Land the Right Job for You

Although it is only October, many soon-to-be alumni are already asking the inevitable question: What will I do after I graduate? For AUC graduates, there are a wealth of potential career paths to pursue, yet figuring out which one is right for you is often an overwhelming task.

The third and final U.S. presidential debate airs tonight.

What the U.S. Elections Could Mean for Egypt

Tonight, the third and final U.S. presidential debate will be held at the University of Las Vegas, Nevada. The six discussion topics will be immigration, entitlements and debt, the Supreme Court, the economy, foreign policy and each candidate's fitness to serve as president.

October 18, 2016

President Ricciardone Officially Inaugurated

Inaugurated in a packed Bassily Auditorium, AUC’s 12th President Francis J.

October 12, 2016

Presidential Inauguration: Everything You Need to Know

Monday, October 17 Official Ceremony

October 10, 2016

A Traveler's Tale, as Told by Students

Students in the rhetoric and composition class, Travel Narratives in the Middle East, had the chance to not only write about their travel adventures in different cities around the world, but also get them published in Egypt Today magazine.

Abdu Daramalli speaks to students with the Living Villages exhibition around them which had been put up just for that day.

October 9, 2016

Preserving Qurna Through Oral History

AUC alumni and staff members have partnered with the Qurna History Project to collect oral histories from local residents of the Upper Egyptian town of Qurna, before their stories disappear forever.

International students tour Cairo as part of their introduction to AUC

October 4, 2016

Why International Students Choose AUC

Following a steep decrease in 2011, the number of international nondegree students at AUC (those who are studying abroad or enrolled in the Arabic Language Intensive Program or the Center for Arabic Study Abroad) has seen a steady increase over the past three years (see graph).

Hoopoe Fiction is a new imprint recently launched by the AUC Press.

October 3, 2016

Hoopoe Brings Arab Fiction to the World

Hoopoe Fiction, a new imprint launched by the AUC Press, is aimed at bringing contemporary stories about the Middle East to a wider global audience.