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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.

Students Laila Ziko and Nancy El-Baz work together on innovative research aimed at improving breast cancer treatments

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.

The Board of Trustees visted Cairo last week, getting a first hand look at life at AUC

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.

ACE's Teacher Training Program connects AUC faculty with public school teachers from Ma'asara

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.

The Employee Emergency Relief Fund provides financial support to members of the AUC Community

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.

Members from AUC's Student Government joined student leaders from around the world at the American Student Government Association (ASGA) conference in Washington, D.C.

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.

Sheikh Hamza Yusuf discusses the Islamic State in the latest issue of the Cairo Review

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.