The third annual AUC Benefit Dinner was held in New York City under the theme AUC: Inspiring Women. The intent of the event is to showcase the caliber of AUC graduates in Egypt and abroad who are actively contributing to Egypt and our global society. At the event, AUC raised more than $400,000, with net proceeds used to support scholarships for female students at the University. Three AUC alumnae were also honored at the event: Rana El-Kaliouby '98,'00, chief science officer of Affectiva, a spinoff of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Heba Morayef '02, Egypt director of Human Rights Watch; and Haifaa Al-Mansour, Saudi Arabia's first female filmmaker. For more information, click here.

Previous Benefit Dinners

Benefit Dinner 2012: Innovation, Entrepreneurship and the New Egypt; View Photos

Benefit Dinner 2011: AUC: Catalyst for Change; View Photos

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Highlights

Khalaf Ahmad Al Habtoor, founder and chair of Al Habtoor Group, addressed the Class of 2014 at the 91st annual commencement ceremony. A successful businessman and longtime supporter of education, Al Habtoor received an honorary Doctor of Philosophy from the University. Read more. View commencement photos here. Watch Al Habtoor's speech here	For more than five years, Reem Al Olaby ’10, ’14, a recipient of the Yousef Jameel PhD Fellowship in Applied Sciences and Engineering, has been researching and investigating ways to fight the two most dangerous diseases that are considered public health challenges in the world, Hepatitis C Virus (HCV) and malaria. Read more
Omkolthoum El-Badawy, the first student to graduate from the Yousef Jameel GAPP Public Leadership Program, has always had a passion to help people and make a difference, particularly in health care services, and her experience at AUC has helped her acquire many skills and expertise to achieve that goal. Read more	In a ceremony to celebrate graduating scholarship and fellowship recipients, donors got the chance to witness the impact their giving has had on the students and to wish them a prosperous future after graduation. Read more; View photos
In a friendly and entertaining ambiance, the Jameel MBA fellows celebrated the 10th anniversary of the Yousef Jameel MBA Fellows Program. Read more; View photos	Yasser Khaldi, recipient of the Taher Family Endowed Scholarships, talks about his art project that celebrates AUC's culture and history. Watch video
The Lust for Color exhibition displays a collection of oil paintings donated to the University by internationally renowned Egyptian artist Gazbia Sirry. Read more; View photos	Elaine Van Dalen ’14, a Middle East studies master’s student, is this year’s recipient of the Magda al-Nowaihi Graduate Student Award in Gender Studies, which recognizes student theses that focus on gender issues in any discipline. Read more
​Sponsored by SODIC and the Arab African International Bank (AAIB), AUC's School of Business held the AUC Venture Lab (V-Lab) Demo Day, where six incubated startups showcased their products and services. Read more; View photos; Click here for media coverage	Egypt’s Foreign Minister Nabil Fahmy delivered the Nadia Younes Memorial Lecture, “Foreign Policy for New Egypt: Beyond Ballots and Politics,” which addressed the challenges facing Egypt’s reform and role in the region. Read more; View photos; Click here for media coverage; View video
The Rare Books and Special Collections Library (RBSCL) recently held an event to commemorate Anis Mansour’s legacy and celebrate the special collection his family donated to AUC. Read more; Click here for media coverage	AUC held its mid-year commencement ceremonies for 701 graduate and undergraduate degree candidates. Outstanding students received named awards for their academic achievements and accomplishments outside the classroom. Read more
Yosra El Maghraby (’04, ’08, ’14) is the first graduate of the University's PhD program, which was established through a generous donation from Yousef Jameel '68, AUC alumnus and renowned businessman and philanthropist. Read more	The Senior Class Gift of 2014 marks the highest level of participation from the graduating class; where 34 percent of students gave back amounting to more than $1,000. Read more
Khalaf Ahmad Al Habtoor will receive an honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters from AUC at the June 2014 commencement ceremony. Read more	​ AUC has recently received a rare collection of more than 1,000 cactus plants of different sizes and types from Saad El Din Al Rakshy, professor of dairy microbiology at Alexandria University. Read more
HSBC has partnered with AUC to support community development projects at Abu Minqar, a newly reclaimed, remote oasis community in the Western Desert. View photos	To promote health and fitness, students in the Leadership for Education and Development (LEAD) program organized a biking tournament on Friday, November 22 called Not My Game, But Better Than No Game. Read more; View photos
On October 22, 2013, Hayel Saeed Endowed Scholarship recipients met a representative from the Hayel Saeed Anam Group of Companies, Ayman Hafez, assistant general manager, to brief him on their academic status, recent activities and their plans after graduation. Mr. Hafez was pleased with the scholars and offered them jobs at the Hayel Saeed Anam Group of Companies after graduation.	As part of HSBC’s Diversity and Inclusion Awareness Month, the bank invited Mohamed ElShafie, political science student at AUC and recipient of the HSBC Bank Egypt Public School Scholarship to deliver words of inspiration to HSBC employees. Read more
On October 1, 2013, AUC celebrated its newly awarded scholars and awarded outstanding current scholars at the second Annual Scholarship Ceremony in the presence of scholarship recipients, their parents, faculty and staff. Read more	On September 16, 2013, AUC signed an agreement with the Commercial International Bank (CIB) Egypt to establish the CIB Endowed Professorship in Banking to promote knowledge of banking through teaching, research and service. Read more; Click here for media coverage