School of Global Affairs and Public Policy News

Should cultural artifacts be returned to their country of origin?

The Center of American Studies and Research (CASAR) Student Discussion Series for the fall 2023 semester event is a student-led debate on whether cultural artifacts should be returned to their country of origin or not. The debate began with a welcome remark by CASAR Director Professor Mark W.

DiaMiGo Project- Joint Exchange Program between CMRS and the University of Cologne

Ten AUC students and six AUC faculty and staff participated in the Dialogue on Migration Governance in the Euro-Mediterranean (DiaMiGo) Fall Academy held at the University of Cologne, Germany.

Current Gender Scholars, Future Change Agents

The Tomorrow’s Leaders Gender Scholars (TLS) program welcomed its third cohort of students from various academic backgrounds.

Gaza Crisis: What’s Next?

A week into the most recent conflict in Gaza, News@AUC spoke with Bahgat Korany, political science professor, and Ibrahim Awad, professor of practice in global affairs and director of the Center for Migration and Refugee Studies, to gain insight into what the future may hold. 

Does Social Media do More Harm Than Good?

Launching the Center of American Studies and Research (CASAR) Student Discussion Series for the Fall 2023 semester, a student-led debate event took place on "Whether social media does more harm than good?"

Yousef Jameel GAPP Public Leadership Program Welcomes A New Cohort

The Yousef Jameel Public Leadership Program welcomed its 12th cohort of scholars from across Egypt who will pursue a master's degree at AUC, in addition to studying abroad for a semester and working at public, private and nonprofit organizations.

AUC witnesses the graduation of two cohorts of the Digital Media Diploma

AUC witnesses the graduation of two cohorts of the Digital Media Diploma (DMD).

Meet Our New Faculty

A warm welcome to all our new faculty! With research interests from international policy to visual storytelling, we are thrilled to have incoming faculty this fall who are experts in a range of disciplines.

Shahjahan Bhuiyan has been appointed as a Commissioner of NASPAA

Shahjahan Bhuiyan, professor at the Department of Public Policy and Administration and GAPP's associate dean for Undergraduate Studies and Administration, has been appointed as a Commissioner of the Network of Schools of Public Policy, Affairs, and Administration's (NASPAA)

A Country of Defiance; Mapping the Casamance in Senegal. New Book by Mark W. Deets

A historiographical analysis of human geography and a social history of nationalist separatism and cultural identity in southern Senegal.

CASAR students Academic Trip to Banati Foundation (NGO for homeless girls)

Yasmeen El-Ghazaly, Adjunct Professor escorted undergraduate class taking a course under the Prince Alwaleed Center for American Studies & Research (CASAR) at the School of GAPP to the Banati Foundation - a shelter and rehabilitation facility for mainly girls with no homes.

CASAR Students Academic field trip to Asmarat Women’s Shelter and Counseling Center

An academic field trip to Asmarat Women’s Shelter and Counseling Center for the AMST 1099 undergraduate students at the Prince Alwaleed Center for American Studies and Research (CASAR).

'Say More with Threads': What's Next?

Threads, Meta’s newest addition to the social media platform, has received both praise and criticism since its launch a few weeks ago.

CNN's Fareed Zakaria GPS highlighted GAPP's quarterly journal The Cairo Review of Global Affairs he quotes the Cairo Review of Global Affairs essay by Albadr Alshateri

Leadership for Government Excellence Programme Receives Prestigious Award

Hosted in collaboration with AUC’s School of Business and School of Global Affairs and Public Policy, the Leadership for Government Excellence Programme (LEP) was awarded the prestigious Excellence in Practice Award – Silver Award from the European Foundation for Management Development.