February 21, 2023 AUC Road to College Provides Free, Online English Courses for High School Students AUC is the first educational institution in the region to offer free, English-language online courses for high school students in Egypt.
February 20, 2023 AUC's Theatre Program Debuts Original Plays Tackling Mental Health Part of AUC’s Mental Health and Well-being Initiative, Piece of Mind is a bilingual theatrical performance that aims to start conversations about mental well-being, ranging from depression to social media addiction.
February 19, 2023 AUC Awards Exceptional Graduates at Midyear Commencement Ceremonies Fifteen graduates were awarded at AUC's Fall 2023 undergraduate and graduate commencement ceremonies in February. Recipients were recognized for a variety of academic and service-related accomplishments.
November 4, 2022 Eco-nomics When Abeer Elshennawy (MA ’92), professor in the Department of Economics, was a PhD candidate at the University of Minnesota, her adviser recommended she concentrate on the environment — unusual advice for someone studying applied economics in 1992.
February 22, 2023 AUC Department of Construction Uses Virtual Reality to Teach Site Safety Faculty members and graduate students from AUC’s Department of Construction Engineering are using virtual reality (VR) to develop and deploy training models that will improve safety at construction sites.
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.