On November 1, 2022, AUCA’s Writing and Academic Resource Center (WARC) celebrated its twelfth anniversary. The celebration was attended by the WARC tutors, as well as a number of guests. In her speech, AUCA’s Vice President of Academic Affairs Nurgul Ukueva congratulated the WARC on this milestone and thanked the tutors for their efforts on behalf of AUCA students.

October Friday 28th was an important day for all AUCA community. On this day the American University of Central Asia (AUCA), the Court of the Astana International Financial Center (AIFC), and the International Arbitration Center (IAC) signed an Agreement of Mutual Understanding, which expands cooperation between organizations and marks the launch of the use of hearing halls in Bishkek.

With the support of the OSUN GeoHub project, AUCA received 50 licenses of ArcGIS Desktop and ArcGIS Pro software free of charge.

Basira Mir Makhammad graduated with a degree in Anthropology from AUCA in 2017. After AUCA, she went on to complete her Master’s degree in Archaeological Materials Science by studying at the University of Evora in Portugal, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki in Greece, and Sapienza University of Rome in Italy. Currently, she is studying at the Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History in Germany for her PhD. In this interview, Basira shares the story of how she managed to achieve her academic goals.

The recent issue of Ethics & International Affairs, a quarterly peer-reviewed academic journal published by Cambridge University Press on behalf of the Carnegie Council for Ethics in International Affairs, featured an essay written by the president of AUCA, Jonathan Berker. In the essay, Jonathan Beker analyzes the role of U.S. institutions globally and suggests ways in which they can play more constructive roles.

ArcGIS is ESRI's most advanced professional desktop GIS application. ArcGIS software allows AUCA students to explore and visualize data, create 2D and 3D maps, perform spatial analysis, and manage geographic data

Mursal Ayobi graduated with a Bachelor's degree in Psychology from AUCA in 2021. This year, she received a Chevening Scholarship, the UK government’s fully funded international scholarship, and is currently studying at the University of York in Heslington, United Kingdom. In this interview, Mursal shares what it was like studying at AUCA and her journey to getting her Master’s degree.

On October Tuesday 11th, the Software Engineering Department together with InkubasiaLAB has organized a very special seminar with guest speakers from Silicon Valley! The event of the day was held at the AUCA campus, there were so many students willing to attend the seminar that all the seats in the conference hall (CH) were filled before the start of the occasion.

After a long pause, the printed copies of the university newspaper The New Star can be spotted around the campus again. Since the start of the pandemic, when the COVID-19 pandemic forced a temporary switch to online virtual study, The New Star ceased publishing in hardcopy but the paper continued to publish online. Now, as of September 2022, the newspaper is able to publish a print edition, which many students have welcomed warmly.

Bermet Abaeva is a senior student of the Business Administration Department, who spent a semester studying at IESEG School of Management and living in Paris, France. Always having the vision to study as an exchange student abroad, she decided that the best place to fulfill her goal is to study at AUCA.