August 14, 2022 Hani Sewilam Appointed Egypt's Minister of Water Resources and Irrigation Hani Sewilam, professor at AUC’s Institute of Global Health and Human Ecology and director of the Center for Applied Resea
August 9, 2022 Ancient Afflictions: Salima Ikram Investigates Mummy Who Suffered From Oldest Documented Stroke A new study co-authored by Salima Ikram (YAB '86) suggests that ancient Egyptians were capable of treating and rehabilitating patients who suffered from strokes.
August 8, 2022 Alumna Shahira Diab Elected to Board of Trustees Shahira Diab ‘98 is AUC's newest trustee. She is currently the chief executive officer of La Poire Group, which operates 174 retail stores in Egypt and employs more than 3,600 employees.
June 22, 2022 The Great Design of History Some of the more than 600 visuals featured in A History of Arab Graphic Design: the anatomy of a horse in crimson and azure, labeled in elegant Arabic calligraphy and preserved on paper for six centuries; tiles in shades of cerulean, turquoise and ultramarine adorning the half-moon entry
June 22, 2022 Akher Kalam Unlike green or ecological design, sustainable design is a broader paradigm that encompasses the social, environmental, economic and cultural dimensions. A good definition of sustainable design combines the meanings of both design and sustainability.
June 22, 2022 Cop-tivating a City When Issa Shahin (YAB ’94, ’96*) first came to study abroad at AUC in 1994, he was eager to finally spend time in the city that colored his father’s stories.
June 22, 2022 Enter the CAVE Hesham Ismail ’04, ’07 wanted to document an afternoon riding electric scooters with his wife in downtown Los Angeles, California, but he couldn’t take his hands off the handlebars to reach for his phone.
June 22, 2022 Finding the Superpower Within While working as an intern at Alexandria University hospital, Sara Nasr, a graduate student at AUC’s Institute of Global Health and Human Ecology (I-GHHE), witnessed constant misfortunes.
June 22, 2022 ‘Mostakbal’ of Urbanism On a windy afternoon in February, AUC students from the Urban Design and Landscape Architecture course, taught by Momen El-Husseiny, assistant professor in the Department of Architecture, piled out of a bus and onto the sandy grounds of
June 22, 2022 Creativity with Compassion By integrating design thinking into the curriculum, AUC is teaching students to approach complicated problems with a sense of empathy, creativity and resilience, explained Hoda Mostafa, professor of practice and director of the University’s C
June 22, 2022 Metaverse: Pervasive or Invasive? Here are some of the technologies AUC students have contributed to in just the last several years: a self-navigating wheelchair, applications that route traffic more intelligently and a smart mirror capable of determining a person’s vitals.
July 26, 2022 Faculty Receive Tenure AUC’s Board of Trustees has approved the tenure of three faculty members for their commitment to academic excellence and dedication to the proliferation of knowledge at all levels.
July 19, 2022 The Road to Sharm El Sheikh: Preparing for COP27 “We have a large challenge ahead of us –– the fight against climate change.