Nanotechnology for Treating Breast Cancer, Developing Natural Remedies After millennia of failed attempts, contemporary nanotechnology is the closest humanity has come toward the pursuit of alchemy.
June 1, 2018 AUC Trustees Weeklong Campus Visit Members of the Board of Trustees were on campus last week, as part of their weeklong visit to Cairo to engage directly with various constituencies and gain firsthand knowledge of Cairo and AUC.
October 22, 2015 Khaled Tarabieh: AUC is Pioneering Green Architecture in Egypt Sitting atop Egypt’s first green rooftop at AUC’s faculty housing building, Khaled Tarabieh, assistant professor of sustainable design in the Department of Construction and Architectural Engineering, stressed the idea that climate change cannot be addressed solely at the institutional level.
AUC Faculty Members Train Public School English Teachers in Ma’asara The Academic Community Engagement (ACE) Teacher Training Program is expanding AUC’s borderless classroom to Ma’asara, providing 20 public school teachers from the area with professional and technical training.
October 20, 2015 Emergency Relief Fund Provides Monetary Support to Employees Several years ago, an AUC custodian confronted a life-threatening situation. His son needed an immediate operation, but the father couldn't afford to pay for it.
AUC Students at International Student Government Conference: We are on Track For Amr Khaled Elalfy, Student Union chair representative, attending the American Student Government Association (ASGA) in Washington, D.C. was an opportunity for AUC’s student government to fine-tune its organization and gain credibility among the AUC community.
October 18, 2015 Scholarship Alumnus Rises in Google Marketing Despite the competitive nature of today’s job market, Tarek Abdalla ’99, Google’s regional head of marketing for the Middle East and North Africa, believes that AUC graduates are provided the requisite opportunities to excel in their chosen fields.
Cairo Review: Q&A with Sheikh Hamza Yusuf on ISIS Leading Islamic scholar Sheikh Hamza Yusuf says in an interview in the Fall 2015 issue of the Cairo Review of Global Affairs that the caliphate declared by the Islamic State group in 2014 is “completely bogus” because it fails to meet the criteria set down by hadith guiding Islamic
December 10, 2015 Mechatronics Paves the Way for Egypt's Future Coming from Beheira governorate, Seif Helal, recipient of the Joseph Van Vleck Endowed Scholarship, is excited to have joined AUC to pursue his long-harbored interest in electronics and robotics.
October 14, 2015 Omar El-Shenety ’05: AUC is the Best Return on Investment in Education For Omar El-Shenety ’05, founder of Multiples Group boutique investment bank in Dubai, AUC was a turning point in his life. Today, he is seeing the return on investment in his education and is choosing to do the same for future students.
AUC Alumnae, Trustees Named Most Powerful Arab Businesswomen in 2015 by Forbes Middle East Forbes Middle East recently released its third annual ranking of the 100 Most Powerful Businesswomen in the Arab World. This year, 11 ambitious women from the AUC community were included.
October 13, 2015 Alumna Rana el Kaliouby AUC’s Newest, Youngest Trustee Rana el Kaliouby ’98, ’00, chief strategy and science officer of Affectiva, a spinoff of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Media Lab, has been named to AUC’s Board of Trustees.
October 11, 2015 King Tut's Sandals Featured at Ancient Egyptian Footwear Exhibition The latest exhibit at the Egyptian Museum in Cairo lets visitors take a walk in King Tut’s shoes.
October 8, 2015 AUC Team Awarded MIT Grant for Solar Energy Research Collaboration For the first time, a team from AUC has been awarded a grant from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) International Science and Technology Initiatives (MISTI) Seed Fund to support collaboration on solar energy research between AUC and MIT.
AUC President Meets with Ruler of Sharjah During a presidential trip to the Emirates, AUC President Lisa Anderson met with His Highness Sheikh Sultan Bin Mohammed Al Qasimi, supreme council member and ruler of Sharjah, to discuss ways to enhance scientific and research endeavors between AUC and the American University of S
