August 6, 2019
From AUC to Sheffield: Paules Zakhary '18 — A NASA Scientist in the Making
"After being granted my bachelor’s degree in physics with high honors from the American University in Cairo, Egypt, I applied for five m
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August 6, 2019Egypt's Top Thanawiya Amma Student Reflects on One Year as an Engineering Student at AUC
Do you remember Nada Hussein Habib, Egypt's top thanawiya amma student in 2018 who was offered a full
July 7, 2019AUC, University of Surrey Bring Together International Experts to Combat Air Pollution
According to the World Health Organization, air pollution causes 7 million premature deaths worldwide, disproportionately affecting poor and vulnerable communities and exacerbating ineq
June 16, 2019"Creating Lively Communities" Winners
AUC architecture students recently participated in the sponsored studio "Creating Lively Communities," where they presented urban design proposals to a jury for a site ow
July 9, 2019Building a Planet on Earth
For Mohamed Zaghoo ‘08, his first introduction to science as a child was when he got his hands on an Arabic copy of the magazine, Scientific American. It was a special edition about the famed Cassini–Huygens space mission, an international collaboration to send a probe to study the planet Saturn.
August 27, 2019Students Establish Sustainable Rooftop Community Garden in Informal Cairo Neighborhood
Students in the Institute of Global Health and Human Ecology established a sustainable rooftop community garden in the informal Hattaba neighborhood of Cairo, near the Citadel.
May 14, 2019AUC Students Win Omnicom Group MENA Inter-University Challenge
AUC students Nour El Tahawy, Nour Beshir, Yousef Nassar, Mai El-Ghamry and Nadine Riad won the Omnicom Group MENA Inter-University Challenge with a $10,000 prize, competing with students from other international universities to solve a real data analytics science problem.
May 8, 2019Acting Abroad: Students Travel to Berlin for 19th Festival International New Drama
Earlier this month, 15 AUC theatre students traveled to Berlin to participate in the 19th Festival International New Drama (FIND) at the Schaubühne T
April 14, 2019EarthWeek: Staying Sustainable at AUC
This week, the Office of Sustainability and the Center for Applied Research on the Environment and Sustainability are celebrating AUC’s EarthWeek, an annual event celebrating international Ear
April 9, 2019Mining the Future: New Data Science Major First in Egypt, Arab World
The first-of-its-kind in Egypt and the Arab world, AUC's undergraduate data science program will begin in September 2019, leading to a Bachelor of Scienc
Alum Radwa Hamed Selected as Knight-Hennessy Scholar
Radwa Hamed '17, computer engineering and electronics and communications engineering AUC graduate, was chosen to receive a fully funded scholarship to pursue her graduate studies at Stanford University as a member of the 2019 Knight-Hennessy Scholars program.
Senior Student Nadine El Tanahy Takes Home EGYPS Women in Energy Award
Congratulations to the Petroleum Engineering Graduating Senior Student Nadine El Tanahy who won the first prize for EGYPS Women In Energy Award for the year 2019.