March 17, 2023
Leaders from the American University of Kuwait traveled to Dartmouth to reaffirm their
commitment to advancing liberal arts education in the Persian Gulf region and continuing
cross-cultural collaborations between faculty, students, and staff at both institutions.
The two institutions have been partners in liberal arts education since 2003.
July 15, 2022
Six students from the American University of Kuwait, the first liberal arts university
in the Middle Eastern country, are spending the summer on campus taking classes, serving
as interns at the Tuck School of Business and the Office of Communications, and immersing
themselves in a culture and climate very different from their own.
August 25, 2021
Amro Nour, an electrical engineering professor at the American University of Kuwait
(AUK), came to Dartmouth to join engineering professor Fridon Shubitidze, the goal
was simple: To save lives through collaboration on two separate research projects.
February 18, 2021
Since his retirement in 2016, anthropologist Dale Eickelman ’64 has continued doing
familiar work—writing, mentoring students, and leading the Dartmouth College-American
University of Kuwait Program and the Tangier American Legation Institute for Moroccan
Studies.
October 23, 2020
The Middle East Studies Association of North America (MESA) awarded Dale Eickelman,
the Ralph and Richard Lazarus Professor of Anthropology and Human Relations emeritus,
the Jere L. Bacharach award for service.
May 8, 2018
Leaders from Dartmouth and the American University of Kuwait (AUK), the Gulf nation’s
first and only liberal arts university, met at the College last month to extend their
institutional partnership for another five years with an agreement that deepens and
expands the academic experience on both campuses.
Dec 18, 2015
During the 2016-17 academic year, the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth will engage
with the American University of Kuwait (AUK) by sending Tuck students to Kuwait as
part of Tuck's OnSite Global Consulting program. The team will work for AUK, researching
and recommending methods to enhance the current business and economics curriculum,
and conducting market studies to determine demand for growth and expansion in AUK
business and economics offerings.
