November 19, 2015 Sustainable Campus Day, Farmers' Market Today to Cultivate Green Living This year’s Sustainable Campus Day is making waves in Bartlett Plaza.
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.
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
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
