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.
July 3, 2016 AUC Wins 13 Gold Medals at National Universities Tournament Facing off against 38 other universities in the 43rd National Universities Tournament, AUC came away with 13 gold, 15 silver and 12 bronze medals in 12 individual and nine team sports. The men’s swimming team also achieved its first ever national championship.
July 3, 2016 Alumna, Faculty Dina Sherif First Arab Honored by UN as Pioneer for Social Entrepreneurship Dina Sherif '99, '07, associate professor of management and the Willard W.
April 5, 2016 Faculty Awarded for Distinguished Contributions Recognized for their contributions, two faculty members were honored at the Spring 2016 commencement ceremony: Zeinab Amin, associate professor of the Department of Mathematics and Actuarial Science and director of the actuarial science program, received the Excellence in Academic
AUC Egyptology Alumnus Recognized by National Geographic as Emerging Explorer Yukinori Kawae '03, who graduated from AUC with a Bachelor of Arts in Egyptology, is one of 13 worldwide to be selected as a National Geographic Emerging Explorer. Kawae is now bringing ancient Egypt to modern Japan.
Trustee, Alumnus Hisham El-Khazindar: Path to Success AUC Trustee Hisham El-Khazindar is the co-founder and managing director of Qalaa Holdings, a leading investment firm in Africa and the Middle East. Prior to co-founding Citadel Capital in
July 22, 2018 Distinguished Alumni Recognized at Awards Ceremony At this year’s Alumni Awards Ceremony, two distinguished alumni were recognized for their professional accomplishments: Nagla Rizk ’83,’87, professor of economics and founding director of the Access to Knowledge for Development C
June 5, 2016 Watch Commencement Speeches by Actress Yosra, Alumnus Ahmed Zahran AUC held it's 93rd commencement on Saturday, June 4. Alumnus Ahmed Zahran '02, CEO and co-founder of KarmSolar, delivered the graduate commencement speech.
May 26, 2016 Actress Yosra, Alumnus Ahmed Zahran to Speak at Commencement AUC’s Spring 2016 graduation will take place on Saturday, June 4.
Shukran Award Winners: Going Above and Beyond Ten staff members were recognized last week as this year's Shukran awardees. A special reception was held last Monday for the Shukran (Thank You) staff awards, where President Ad Interim Thomas E. Thomason presented awards to the staff members, who were nomin
