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September 3, 2024

Cybersecurity Fundamentals for Professionals

Immerse yourself in our dynamic program, covering everything from the basics to advanced techniques. With flexible courses and certificates at every level, this is your gateway to a successful cybersecurity career. Enroll now and get ahead in this high-demand field!

August 22, 2024

Students Design Community-Based, Architecture Pavilions

Students in the Digital Representation Tools for Architects course worked hands-on to create creative, architectural pavilions.

August 22, 2024

AUC Olympians

News@AUC connected with some of the students and alumni who took part in the Paris 2024 Olympics, capturing their emotions and unforgettable experiences from the event.

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August 13, 2024

Health and Happiness

Professor Mohamed Salama tackles misconceptions about aging and delves into Egypt’s first long-term aging study, which he launched last year.

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July 2, 2024

Commencement Winners

Meet our faculty and student awardees who were honored at the 2024 graduate and undergraduate commencement ceremonies for their outstanding achievements.

May 20, 2024

Eco-Excellence at Faculty Housing Green Building

AUC’s Faculty Housing is the second building in Egypt to be awarded the prestigious LEED Gold v4.1.

April 22, 2024

AUC Students Win With Sustainable Shopping

Finance juniors Salma Afifi, Jumana Elhefnawy and Maya Abu Shahba developed ScanHa to incentivize consumers toward making sustainable fashion choices, promoting conscious consumerism and reducing the industry's environmental impact.

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April 2, 2024

Building Community Resilience to Mitigate Floods

May Haggag ’11, ’16, assistant professor in AUC’s Department of Construction Engineering, uses data science and machine learning to develop effective flood risk-management strategies specific to Egypt's unique climate and geography.

March 20, 2024

Healthy Aging Research Partnership

AUC collaborates with Davos Alzheimer's Collaborative and UCL to undertake initiatives focused on Alzheimer's disease.

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February 21, 2024

Midyear Commencement Speakers

Meet our keynote speakers for the undergraduate and graduate commencements, respectively: AUC Trustee Ahmed Galal Ismail '97, CEO and board member of Majid Al Futtaim Holding, and Nabil Fahmy '74, '77, dean emeritus of AUC's School of Global Affairs and Public Policy and Egypt's former minister of foreign affairs.

February 11, 2024

Tackling Water Scarcity Through AI

Professor Amal Esawi ’89, ’90, the first Egyptian woman mechanical engineer to be chartered in the United Kingdom and the first scientist in Egypt to specialize in nanotubes, is making waves in the field of nanocomposites, leading a project that utilizes the power of AI to enhance water desalination membranes.

December 18, 2023

AUC at COP28

AUCians made their voices heard at COP28, the 2023 United Nations Climate Change Conference in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.

AUC students smiling and holding their Most Novel Idea certificate for their total artificial heart

December 14, 2023

Students Win 'Most Novel Idea' for Total Artificial Heart Design

AUC undergraduate and graduate students won the Most Novel Idea award at the global Heart Hackathon.

professor Moustafa Yousef in Computer Science Department

December 7, 2023

UniCellular: An Accurate and Ubiquitous Floor Identification System.

Moustafa Youssef, professor in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering, paper selected as the Best Paper Award Runner-up at the 31st ACM SIGSPATIAL International Conference.

mohamed elholy student winner in computer science and engineering competition