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Nicholas Kristof on a train in northern Sudan during AUC's winter break

Nicholas Kristof: Being at AUC Helped My Career

In 1983, Nicholas Kristof (ALU ’84) faced a choice: either study law at Harvard to become a professor, or Arabic at AUC to become a journalist.Fast-forward to today, Kristof is a two-time Pulitzer Prize winner with a 33-year career in international and humanitarian journalism.

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AUC Alumna, Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike on 2020 Olympics

With Tokyo due to host the 2020 Olympics, Yuriko Koike (CASA '71), Tokyo's first female governor and a graduate of AUC's Center for Arabic Study Abroad, is focusing on making the event both environmentally friendly and cost-efficient, while also promoting women's rights.

September 4, 2016

New Minor in Educational Studies

For the first time, the Graduate School of Education is offering courses to undergraduate students through its new minor in educational studies.

A Warm Welcome to the Class of 2020

The Class of 2020 has arrived on campus, full of aspirations and hope for the future.

August 25, 2019

Student Orientation Week Begins

With the start of orientation week today, several activities are lined up for the incoming Class of 2020, from a majors fair, campus tours and peer-to-peer sessions to a crash course in Arabic and trips to Old Cairo and El Moez Street.

August 18, 2016

AUC Acquires Rare Library Collection of Journalist Mostafa Amin

AUC’s Rare Books and Special Collections Library (RBSCL) recently received a donation of more than 5,000 books in several languages from the private library of the late Egyptian journalist Mostafa Amin.

August 11, 2016

Students Find Roots of Humanity in Literature

Exploring the roots of humanity. That’s what students in the class, Celebrating Ideas: A Voyage Through Books, Film, Art and Theater, did this summer, using classic works of literature to understand what binds us all as humans.

August 4, 2016

AUC Partners with Goldman Sachs to Empower Women as Entrepreneurs

When Reem Fawzy, founder of Rimo Tours Holdings, graduated from the Goldman Sachs 10,000 Women program at AUC after the Egyptian revolution in 2011, she was able to grow her tourism business, despite the post-revolution economic turmoil “After the revolution, the tourism industry fell si

August 4, 2016

AUC Mourns Loss of Trustee Ahmed Zewail

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July 31, 2016

Students, Alumni Compete in Rio 2016 Olympics

With only one week left to the 2016 Olympics, four AUC students and one alumna are competing in the games to be held from August 5 to 21 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

July 27, 2016

AUCians Represent Egypt in Ultimate Frisbee World Championship

At this year’s 2016 World Ultimate and Guts Championships (WUGC) held in London, England, Egypt’s national frisbee team ranked 30th out of 31 teams that played in the men’s division.

July 22, 2018

Three Ways AUC is Fighting Hepatitis C

This story was published in 2018 and has been updated with 2019 statistics.

July 13, 2016

Brexit: Why Should We Care?

On June 23, a referendum was held in the United Kingdom to decide whether the country remains part of the European Union (EU). The referendum resulted in a thin margin, with 52 percent of voters supporting Britain to leave while 48 percent voted against leaving the EU.

QS Rankings: AUC Top in Egypt, Fifth in Region

For the third year in a row, Quacquarelli Symonds (QS) ranked AUC the number one University in Egypt and fifth in the Arab region in their 2015 - 2016 World University Ranking. Taking into ac

July 10, 2016

Student Swimmer Reem Kassem Qualifies for Rio 2016 Olympics

Reem Kassem, architectural engineering junior, is the first Egyptian and Arab female to qualify for the Olympics in the 10k open swim event. She is set to compete in the 2016 Olympic Games to be held in Rio de Janeiro next month, from August 5 to 21.