Fall 2009

FEATURES

Unlocking Arabic

Dorm Doors Open


Caring for The Children


Cutting-Edge Cure


A Name That Lasts

From Inside AUC

Instrument of Change

AUSCENES
AUC Trustee Kenneth Bacon dies, Sherif Kamel named dean of the new School of Business, New Cairo
Campus receives land use award, psychology master’s program begins, Elsaid Badawi receives CASA’s Lifetime Contribution Award

LETTER

FACULTY SPOTLIGHT
Instilling a love of Arabic in students,
Elsaid Badawi received CASA’s Lifetime Contribution Award

ALUMNI PROFILE
Yervant Terzian ’60 received Armenia’s highest honor for his
achievements in astronomy

AROUND THE WORLD

AKHER KALAM
Shaden Khallaf ’98, ’04 recounts how her experience with AUC’s
Model United Nations paved the way for her work at the real
United Nations

 

Unlocking Arabic
AUC alum Justin Majzub pioneers an innovative design for Arabic letters that turns, swivels and clicks into different forms. More.

Cutting-Edge Cure
AUC’s biotechnology graduate
students are researching medications for viral infections and genetic diseases in Egypt.
MORE

Instrument of Change
John Baboukis, assistant professor in the performing and visual arts department, has revitalized the university’s music program. MORE

Dorm Doors Open
The New Cairo Campus student residences, which opened in January 2009, offer
students the opportunity to live on campus and enjoy campus life.
MORE

A Name That Lasts
Continuing a tradition that began on the Tahrir Square Campus, alumni and friends have named spaces on the New Cairo Campus as a way of supporting the university. MORE