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July 9, 2019

Building a Planet on Earth

For Mohamed Zaghoo ‘08, his first introduction to science as a child was when he got his hands on an Arabic copy of the magazine, Scientific American. It was a special edition about the famed Cassini–Huygens space mission, an international collaboration to send a probe to study the planet Saturn.
June 10, 2019

Akher Kalam: An American Student’s Impression of the College, 1930

To a student coming fresh from an American college to A.U.C., the change is not so tremendous as it might seem.
June 19, 2019

CASA Alum Seth McCombie: "I Feel Privileged to Have Studied Here'

For more than five decades, AUC's Center for Arabic Study Abroad (CASA) has served as the world's premier full-immersion Arabic language learning program, having trained more than 1,500 upper-
June 9, 2019

AUC Partners with Consortium of Universities of the Washington Metropolitan Area

AUC recently partnered with the Consortium of Universities of the Washington Metropolitan Area for student and faculty exchange, as well as other forms of academic collab
May 29, 2019

Japanese Government Bestows Dean Nabil Fahmy with Grand Cordon of the Order of the Rising Sun of the First Degree

Nabil Fahmy '74, '77, Egypt's former foreign minister and founding dean and professor of practice in the School of Global Affairs and Public Policy, has been bestowe
May 27, 2019

Board of Trustees New York Meeting Highlights

The Board of Trustees held its May meeting in New York earlier this month.
August 27, 2019

Students Establish Sustainable Rooftop Community Garden in Informal Cairo Neighborhood

Students in the Institute of Global Health and Human Ecology established a sustainable rooftop community garden in the informal Hattaba neighborhood of Cairo, near the Citadel.
May 29, 2019

AUC's Board of Trustees Votes Unanimously to Renew President Ricciardone

The American University in Cairo’s Board of Trustees voted unanimously to renew President Franc
May 23, 2019

Centennial Benefit Dinner Photo Highlights

AUC hosted its eighth annual Benefit Dinner at the Metropolitan Museum of Art —&nbsp
May 29, 2019

Alum Uses Philosophy Studies at AUC to Found Go Clean Initiative

“Go clean is all about changing people's perspective on recycling so that their brains give them negative signs when they witness environmental hazar
May 23, 2019

Centennial Benefit Dinner Exceeds $1 Million Target for Student Scholarships

At its eighth annual Benefit Dinner, AUC raised more than $1.15 million for student scholarships — exceeding the University's $1 million target for Centennial Scholarships, which help top students attend AUC. This is part of AUC's $100 million Centennial Campaign, which has now reached 80 percent.
March 12, 2019

Culturally Connected

AUC signed an agreement with prominent businessman and investor Naguib Sawiris, chairman of Orascom Investment Holding, to support the establishment of AUC’s Tahrir Cultural Center (TCC)

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Building a Planet on Earth

Akher Kalam: An American Student’s Impression of the College, 1930

CASA Alum Seth McCombie: "I Feel Privileged to Have Studied Here'

AUC Partners with Consortium of Universities of the Washington Metropolitan Area

Japanese Government Bestows Dean Nabil Fahmy with Grand Cordon of the Order of the Rising Sun of the First Degree

Board of Trustees New York Meeting Highlights

Students Establish Sustainable Rooftop Community Garden in Informal Cairo Neighborhood

AUC's Board of Trustees Votes Unanimously to Renew President Ricciardone

Centennial Benefit Dinner Photo Highlights

Alum Uses Philosophy Studies at AUC to Found Go Clean Initiative

Centennial Benefit Dinner Exceeds $1 Million Target for Student Scholarships

Culturally Connected

AUC New Cairo

AUC Tahrir Square

New York Office