February 13, 2023 AUC Welcomes Veerle De Laet as New Executive Director of AUC Press Veerle De Laet has been named executive director of AUC Press, the leading English-language publisher in the Middle East.
February 13, 2023 Midyear Commencement Ceremonies Feature Distinguished Speakers Ayman Ismail ‘95, ‘97, the Abdul Latif Jameel Endowed Chair of Entrepreneurship, associate professor in the Department of Management and founding director of the AUC Venture Lab, and Heba Elsewedy, founder and chair of Ahl Masr Foundation, will be speakers at A
February 20, 2023 Raising the Bar: New Scholarship Program to Support Excellent Students AUC launched the Excellence Scholarship Program
October 8, 2020 How It Began The American University in Cairo began as a preparatory school. Its first class arrived in the fall of 1920 — fewer than 150 students following a curriculum that was equivalent to the last two years of American high school.
February 8, 2023 New Faculty Book Spotlights Power of Women in Ancient Egypt From Women in Ancient Egypt book coverrom Hatshepsut and Nefertiti to everyday women from the artisan village of Deir el-Medina, a new volume edited by Mariam Ayad ‘94, associate professor in AUC’s Department of Sociology, Egyptology and Anthropology, offers a comprehensive look into the autonomy of women in ancient Egyptian society.
February 6, 2023 AUC Master's Student Creates Arabic Chatbot to Promote Brain Health Developed by Asmaa Saeed, a public health master’s student in AUC’s Institute of Global Health and Human Ecology, the Arabic-speaking bot seeks to teach Arab individuals ways to improve their brain health in a conversational manner, such as giving advice on maintaining healthy eating habits or referring individuals to mental health websites and resources.
February 5, 2023 AUC Welcomes New Dean of Students Yorgun Marcel As the spring semester kicks off at AUC, stay on the lookout for a new face around campus: Yorgun Marcel, the new dean of students.
November 4, 2022 The Rubik’s Challenge As countries scramble to improve their resilience to climate change, the need for cross-border cooperation becomes apparent.
January 30, 2023 AUC Welcomes Mena Hanna as Director of Government Relations Last fall, AUC welcomed Mena Hanna as the University’s new director of government relations.
November 4, 2022 Waste Not, Want Not “Go to waste” has never been on Salah El Haggar’s agenda. A mechanical engineering professor at AUC since 1987, El Haggar is a guru when it comes to waste management, renewable energy applications and recycling.
January 17, 2023 Steve Marchese Elected to Board of Trustees Steve Marchese, a principal at Cornerstone Government Affairs, is the newest member of
January 15, 2023 Students from AUC, United States Address Inequality Through Art This fall, students from AUC and City University of New York collaborated virtually to study income and wealth disparity in Egypt and the United States.
January 10, 2023 From Our Library to Yours: Faculty Suggestions for Winter Reading As winter sets in and more of us are opting to unwind indoors with our next great read, News@AUC asked AUC faculty members for recommendations.
November 4, 2022 Following in Our Footprints Carbon is a major indicator of climate change. In the last century, the amount of carbon in our air has exponentially risen to a record high of over 400 particles per million — a level reached on Earth only millions of years ago.