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September 8, 2016

Balancing the Equation

Although she has established a life in New York working in economic consulting, Faten Sabry ’88, ’91 has many distinctions in the AUC community.

September 8, 2016

President Ricciardone: Our People, Identity Are Our Greatest Assets

As the academic year begins, AUC President J. Francis Ricciardone shares with News@AUC his priorities and plans during his first semester on campus and his future vision.

Hassan's winning photo of the #AUCinBloom contest

September 6, 2016

An Engineer with an Eye on Campus

When mechanical engineering senior Khaled Hassan started his first semester at AUC, he was still deciding whether to major in graphic design or engineering. Hassan chose the latter, but has never stopped following his passion for the arts, more specifically, photography.

Yossra Ashraf meets U.S. swimmer Michael Phelps at the Rio 2016 Summer Olympics

September 6, 2016

Returning from Rio

Six members of the AUC community - all women - have returned home from the 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil full of pride, determination and a hunger for continued success.

September 5, 2016

Lighting Up Communities

In an effort to provide advanced solar energy solutions to rural communities in Egypt, AUC’s Research Institute for a Sustainable Environment (RISE) recently partnered with Schneider Electric, a multinational company specializing in renewable energy and sustainable development, to provide an auto

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.