The Kamal Adham Center for Television and Digital Journalism is continuing its collaborative project with UNESCO, WHO Eastern Mediterranean Office, and United Nations Information Center Cairo Office, to host the 6th webinar in their series on misinformation, fake news and journalism in the time of COVID19. This webinar titled, "Social Media Verification: Assessing Sources and Visual Content" is scheduled on Wednesday, October 21, from 3-5 pm Cairo time, and will address the importance of verifying sources and visual content amid the sheer volume of user-generated visual content uploaded to social media platforms during the coronavirus pandemic, as well as the different types of common false or misleading visual content.

El Gouna in Tahrir is a long-awaited collaboration between AUC's Tahrir Cultural Center and El Gouna Film Festival. This is a series of 5 films selected from previous editions of the El Gouna Film Festival. They include the South Korean film Parasite today at 7 pm. Tickets for each film are EGP 50. Below is the schedule of all film screenings. All precautions will be taken to ensure the safety of our guests, including mandatory wearing of masks, social distancing and limited capacity in the hall.

The School of Global Affairs and Public Policy will hold its first Alumni Online Event in collaboration with the AUC Alumni Office. Throughout this series of events, we will have the chance to learn more about the GAPP Alumni experience and knowledge. In the upcoming event, GAPP Alumni will be discussing the Challenges and Opportunities for Global and Public Affairs in a Changing Environment. The Founding Dean Nabil Fahmy will be hosting the event and will discuss the school's achievements and challenges throughout the past years. The event is scheduled to take place on Sunday, October 25, 2020, from 7:30 pm till 8:30 pm Cairo Local Time (GMT + 2). Please check the flyer below for more details and the link below to join the event. **For registration and any questions, please feel free to contact us at: gapp_ea@aucegypt.edu We look forward to hearing back from you and to your participation. **Event Link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88252197145?pwd=N2w5REdKVHRLU3VRQjRDQmdmY3pVZz09 Passcode: 2525

Join an open discussion led by the co-chairs of the presidential search committee Trustees Tarek Masoud and Kristin Lord. During the interactive session, the co-chairs will look to the community for insights on the opportunities and challenges facing AUC and essential qualities of its next leader. To allow the greatest number of faculty, staff and students to participate, two sessions will be held at 1 pm on Tuesday, October 20 and on Monday, October 26. To register to attend one or both sessions, click here.

Join us in the SCE 2nd online lecture series? Power and Creativity: The New Generation of Women Entrepreneurs? featuring Elmira Bayrasli and Nelly El Zayat in conversation with James Ketterer. James Ketterer, Dean, School of Continuing Education Elmira Bayrasli, CEO and co-founder of Foreign Policy Interrupted and a professor at Bard College?s Global and International Affairs program and teaches at the City College of New York?s Newmark School of Journalism. Elmira Bayrasli is the author of From the Other Side of the World: Extraordinary Entrepreneurs, Unlikely Places, a book that looks at the rise of entrepreneurship globally. Nelly El Zayat, for the past 20 years Nelly has been working in international education, specifically in student advising, scholarship management, admissions, curriculum design, e-learning, learner-centered teaching, and on bridging the gap between education and the job market. She has held positions in several educational organizations including AMIDEAST, the Institute of International Education, Georgetown University, and the American University in Cairo. She has been part of the core team working on Education 2.0, Egypt?s new education system, since 2017. Nelly is the Co-founder and Director of Newton Education Services and is the Advisor to the Minister of Education on Early Childhood Education and Education Policy. She holds a Master?s degree in International Education Policy from Harvard University; a Master of Arts in Middle East Studies, and a Bachelor of Arts in Economics, both from The American University in Cairo. Title: Power and Creativity: The New Generation of Women Entrepreneurs. Date: 28 October 2020 Time: 4 PM ? Cairo Time Zoom: https://aucegypt.zoom.us/j/92000253258 Meeting ID: 920 0025 3258 #lectureseries #sce #women #entrepreneurs #JamesKetterer #ElmiraBayrasli #NellyElZayat

Assistant Professor of marketing Ibrahim Al-Sahouly is hosting the fifth Marketing Talk under the theme: "The Power of Data... Are you Ready to be Amazed?" featuring Architect and Managing Director of POLYGON Group Mohamed Abdel Fattah Atteya. Data is a trending topic nowadays; private companies, non-profit organizations, government agencies, public schools, and just about every other workplace are either already tracking and analyzing data, or determining which data they need to track. Companies are hiring statisticians, data analysts, and IT specialists in droves to develop data tracking tools and programs. You will be amazed when you get to know how data and collecting data affect our lives.

Join us for this year's online Nadia Younes Memorial Lecture featuring Dutch Minister for Foreign Trade and Development Cooperation Sigrid Kaag '85. Kaag previously worked in the United Nations and UNICEF, focusing on projects in the MENA region.