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Cheer on the AUC Frisbee Team at First Regional Championship this Weekend

Show your eagle pride this weekend by cheering on the AUC Club Frisbee Team at the first annual MENA Frisbee Club Championship. Scroll through the slideshow above for a preview of the event.

Mohamed Abdel Rehim and Mohammed Saleh scan books for AUC Library's new project with Arabic Collections Online

November 16, 2015

AUC Joins Top Universities in Arabic Collections Online Archives Initiative

AUC’s collection of Arabic books will soon become part of Arabic Collections Online (ACO), a digital archive of Arabic materials, in partnership with New York University in Dubai, as well as Columbia University, Cornell University, Princeton University and t

For the fifth consecutive year, AUC is one of the top 3 to 5 percent of higher education institutions worldwide that are included in global rankings.

November 16, 2015

Changing Lives

Providing scholarships and financial aid to students from Egypt and the world to study at AUC provides them with an education that empowers them to create positive change in their communities. The U.S.

November 15, 2015

Global Entrepreneurship Week Fosters Out-of-the-Box Thinking on Campus

Global Entrepreneurship Week (GEW) starts today, challenging AUC’s business-minded community to think outside of the box.

Finance Professor Aliaa Bassiouny offers insight into the fluctuations of the Egyptian pound against the U.S. dollar

November 12, 2015

Surging Dollar, Fluctuating Pound: What's Next?

The Central Bank of Egypt (CBE) recently appreciated the Egyptian pound (LE) after a series of devaluation measures due to shortage of foreign reserves and to preserve the value of the pound compared to other foreign currencies.

November 11, 2015

Dean Shawki: Egyptian Knowledge Bank to Widen Research, Education Opportunities

Tarek Shawki, dean of the School of Sciences and Engineering, signed agreements with publishers from around the world to establish the “Egyptian Knowledge Bank”, a nationwide project aimed at providing all Egyptian citizens with access to quality research and education materials.

November 11, 2015

AUConnect Brings Alumni to Campus

In an effort to build strong professional networks among alumni, the University has launched the AUConnect series, which brings prominent AUC graduates to speak about relevant topics in their fields, offer advice to students and build connections to other alumni.

Ghada Mustafa recently received the Best Poster Award at the International Marine Microbiology Conference in Qingdao, China

November 9, 2015

PhD Student Internationally Awarded for Marine Pollution Research

Microorganisms may be small, but according to Ghada Mustafa, PhD candidate in AUC’s biotechnology program, they offer a critical look into pollution’s impact on marine life.

November 3, 2015

Graham Harman Among Most Powerful Forces in Art World

The London-based ArtReview magazine has ranked Graham Harman, AUC Distinguished University Professor, number 75 on its annual Power 100 list, which ranks the most influential people in the international art world. Harman was ranked previously in 20

November 2, 2015

QS Rankings Place AUC Among Top Universities Worldwide

For the fifth consecutive year, AUC has been rated by QS World University Rankings as one of “the world’s highest-performing universities,” coming in at 345, several positions higher than its ranking last year and the highest it has been since AUC entered the QS ranking in 2011.

The "Universities and Their Neighborhoods in the Emerging Middle East: Civic Engagement Meets Anchor Strategies" conference focuses on communty outreach

November 2, 2015

AUC-AUB Community Dialogue: No University is an Island

“No University is an island” is the main message of the symposium, Universities and their Neighborhoods: An AUC-AUB Conversation, spotlighting the responsibilities of universities to their local communities.

Sahar Nasr looks to share her global vision as the new Minister of International Cooperation

Economics Alumna, Faculty Sahar Nasr New Minister of International Cooperation

Sahar Nasr ’85, ’90, adjunct faculty in the Department of Economics, is now the new minister of international cooperation.

Halloween Dress-up: Costume or Culture?

Imagine someone came to a Halloween party dressed as an “African,” wearing tribal print clothes and painting their skin black. They tell you that they wanted to celebrate African culture, but earlier that day another student had called their costume disrespectful and even racist.

Alumnus Mourad Wahba: UN Helping Haitians Face the Future with Confidence

Working with a country as complex as the Caribbean nation of Haiti requires a person of many talents and diverse experiences. Last spring, the United Nations decided Mourad Wahba was that person.

Students in the Leadership for Education and Development (LEAD) program hosted the 11th annual conference on Outlive: Breast Cancer

October 26, 2015

LEAD Student Conference Focuses on ‘Outlive: Breast Cancer’

Breast cancer is the most commonly diagnosed cancer among women in Egypt, according to the Breast Cancer Foundation of Egypt, and in the United States, one in every eight women is diagnosed with breast cancer in her lifetime, according to the U.S. National Cancer Institute.