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AUC Welcomes Egypt's Top Student

“Overwhelmed!” is what Nada Hussein Habib — who received the top score in the national thanawiya amma examinations — felt about the rapid series of events that led to her being offered a full scholarship to attend AUC.

Menna Hasan (MSc '18): My master’s at AUC was even better than I expected

June 28, 2018

First AUC Graduate of Al Ghurair STEM Scholars: My Master's was Better than I Expected

With a Master of Science in nanotechnology, Menna Hasan (MSc ’18) is the first AUC graduate of Al Ghurair STEM Scholars Program.Hasan, who received her Bachelor of Science in chemistry from Alexandria University, came out of AUC not only with a degree, but an impactful experience accumulated over the course of two years. She is satisfied with the significant step forward she took in her career. “Alhamdolelah! I feel great and proud of my work,” she reflected. “My master’s at AUC was even better than I expected.”From Alex to AUC

Designing with a Purpose: Architecture Students Propose Acoustic Solutions for AUC Library

The AUC Library is filled with pages of information, nooks to work in, and a number of gadgets and resources to help students and faculty in their research and other tasks. But, one aspect where the library still struggles is reducing the noise level in its Learning Commons – the open area you see when you first walk into the library.

Provost Ehab Abdel-Rahman presented Professor Sir Magdi Yacoub with a silver plate in recognition of his "enduring commitment and remarkable impact in serving humanity"

Professor Sir Magdi Yacoub: Science, Creativity Go Hand in Hand

For Professor Sir Magdi Yacoub, science and creativity go hand in hand. In fact, creativity fosters science and vice versa. “Science and medicine offer unprecedented opportunities for discovery and, most importantly, alleviating human suffering, … and creativity and innovation … [are] essential for achieving any target in research," Yacoub affirmed in his speech titled “Creativity: An Illusive Target" at AUC's 2018 Research and Creativity Convention.

AUC Promotes Education for Sustainable Development in Egyptian Schools

In the midst of growing movements toward educational change in Egypt, AUC’s Center for Sustainable Development has launched a project, titled School of 2030: Education for Sustainable Development in Boulaq El Dakrour – EduCamp III. The project’s main objective is to transform education in Egypt by building schools in areas of informal settlement that meet the goals of the country’s larger sustainable development strategy, known as Egypt Vision 2030.

June 1, 2018

Campus Architect Abdelhalim Ibrahim Reflects on AUC New Cairo Then and Now

In 2009, AUC received a special award at the Urban Land Institute 2009 Awards for Excellence: Europe, Middle East, and Africa competition because it was “designed to be a tool and stimulus in itself for learning and to anchor community development around the University.”

AUC's Earth week will run from April 19 - 23

April 10, 2017

Cleaner and Greener: Earth Week 2017

From April 19 to April 23, AUC will celebrate Earth Week, marking the University’s annual participation in international Earth Day on April 22.

More than 100 students and faculty members presented their research at AUC Research Day

April 17, 2016

Faculty, Student Winners of the First AUC Research Day

At AUC’s first Research Day, held on March 30, more than 100 students and faculty members presented a diverse array of innovative and creative research taking place at the University.

Master's student Eman Motawi is double majoring in community psychology and sustainable development at AUC

March 29, 2016

A Palestinian Refugee’s Perspective: Community Psychology for Sustainable Development

When Eman Motawi returned to her homeland, Palestine, to live there for the first time at age 15, it was a bittersweet reunion. “It was beautiful; it was more than what I imagined. But what I didn’t imagine was the concept of living under occupation,” said the AUC graduate student.

February 5, 2014

EduCamp Project Integrates Sustainability in Egyptian Public Schools

Ending a three-year pilot project to introduce sustainability concepts in Egyptian public schools, AUC’s Center for Sustainable Development (CSD), in cooperation with the Education for Sustainable Development Beyond the Campus (EduCamp) consortium, handed over Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) school kits to the Ministry of Education for implementation in public schools across the country.

November 10, 2013

Sustainable Development Graduate Program Provides New Perspectives

AUC recently launched a graduate program in sustainable development, which welcomed 24 new students. President Lisa Anderson, Provost Amr Shaarawi and deans and faculty members from all participating schools celebrated the launch in an event where students emphasized the importance of the program, which is the first-of-its-kind in the region and one of few in the world.

Undergrads Design Nanoscale Devices for Biomedical, Computing Purposes

Abdulilah Azzazi, a physics undergraduate with a minor in computer science, has designed novel nano-scale devices for optical interconnections, allowing light to communicate between chips and cores on computer motherboards, increasing speed and reducing cost. One of the smallest devices ever designed, at 500 by 500 nanometers, the design will be sent to a Japanese university for fabrication and will be returned to Egypt for testing.