# News and Events
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March 9, 2026
## [AI in Healthcare: AUC Is Egypt’s First Hub for the Harvard Health Systems Innovation Lab Hackathon](https://www.aucegypt.edu/news/ai-healthcare-auc-egypt%E2%80%99s-first-hub-harvard-health-systems-innovation-lab-hackathon)
For the first time in Egypt, AUC will host a hub for the 2026 Harvard Health Systems Innovation Lab (HSIL) Hackathon, exploring the use of AI in healthcare.
[Global connections](https://www.aucegypt.edu/news/category/global-connections)
March 17, 2026
[## Faculty Insights: What's Next in U.S.-Israeli War in Iran](https://www.aucegypt.edu/news/faculty-insights-whats-next-us-israeli-war-iran)
News@AUC spoke with Ibrahim Awad, research professor in global affairs and director of AUC’s Center for Migration to examine the consequences of the U.S.-Israel war on Iran.
[Global connections](https://www.aucegypt.edu/news/category/global-connections)
March 11, 2026
[### Returning to Ramallah](https://www.aucegypt.edu/news/returning-ramallah)
[Civic Engagement](https://www.aucegypt.edu/news/category/civic-engagement)
March 5, 2026
[### Zeina Ghanem and the Power of Asking for Help](https://www.aucegypt.edu/news/zeina-ghanem-and-power-asking-help)
[Civic Engagement](https://www.aucegypt.edu/news/category/civic-engagement)
March 5, 2026
[### Meet Freshman Amina Orfi: World No.3 Squash Star](https://www.aucegypt.edu/news/meet-freshman-amina-orfi-world-no3-squash-star)
[Student Experience](https://www.aucegypt.edu/news/category/student-experience)
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AUCToday Spring 2026
## Tuesdays in Tahrir
An initiative reconnects students with AUC's historic campus.
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## Happening at AUC
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### Solar Decathlon Design Challenge - Africa 2025
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### Madalyn Lamont Literary Award Ceremony: Samboozies—an Aesthetics of Junk
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AUC New Cairo](https://auc-connect.aucegypt.edu/PUBLICEV/rsvp?id=300119495)
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### Trading Patterns in Middle East History, 700-1900: Impacts, Ruptures and Continuities
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### Research and Creativity Convention (RCC) 2026
Mar 29
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AUC New Cairo](https://auc-connect.aucegypt.edu/PUBLICEV/rsvp?id=300120057)
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### Arabic Calligraphy: When Words Become Art
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AUC New Cairo](https://auc-connect.aucegypt.edu/PUBLICEV/rsvp?id=300120095)
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### PerformaX: AdTech Innovation Hackathon
Mar 29
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AUC New Cairo](https://auc-connect.aucegypt.edu/PUBLICEV/rsvp?id=300120096)
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### The Pursuit of Stability (ʾistiqrār): Kinship, Class and the Making of Value in an Egyptian Steel Town
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AUC New Cairo](https://auc-connect.aucegypt.edu/PUBLICEV/rsvp?id=300120154)
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### CASAR Public Lecture — The New Middle East: Game of Thrones
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AUC New Cairo](https://auc-connect.aucegypt.edu/PUBLICEV/rsvp?id=300120175)
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### Contesting the State: Political Theology in Modern Egypt
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AUC New Cairo](https://auc-connect.aucegypt.edu/PUBLICEV/rsvp?id=300119362)
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## In the Media
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### AUC Hosts 'Great Arab Minds' Seminar to Combat Brain Drain and Support Scholars
February 18, 2026](https://www.scidev.net/mena/scidev-net-at-large/for-great-arab-minds/)
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### Double Victory for AUC Press: ‘Honey Hunger’ and ‘Granada’ Lead 2025 Banipal Translation Awards
January 15, 2026](https://www.atalayar.com/en/articulo/culture/marilyn-booth-wins-the-2025-saif-ghobash-banipal-prize-for-arabic-literary-translation/20260114170000222333.html)
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### African Biotechnology Academy in the Making with AUC Academic Leadership
January 1, 2026](https://www.scidev.net/mena/news/efforts-to-launch-an-african-biotechnology-academy/)
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### Cemex Egypt and AUC Champion Student Innovation in Sustainable Construction
December 29, 2025](https://www.zawya.com/en/press-release/companies-news/cemex-egypt-and-auc-champion-student-innovation-in-sustainable-construction-mo4autz1)
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