Media

The AUIS Department of Communications is the university's bridge to local, regional, national and international media organizations.

Members of the media are encouraged to contact us using the information below.


Kyle Long
Director of Communications
kyle.long@auis.edu.iq
+964 771 026 8263

Bzhar Ali Boskani
Media & Outreach Specialist
bzhar.ali@auis.edu.iq
+964 770 152 1893

Kaitlin Taylor
Communications Officer
kaitlin.taylor@auis.edu.iq
+964 771 152 0183

News

Sulaimani, Iraq – May 25, 2013 – The American University of Iraq, Sulaimani (AUIS) will host its second annual commencement exercises on May 30.  Nearly 1,000 family members, friends, and distinguished guests are expected to attend the event held on the AUIS campus.  The ceremony will be presided over by Chairman of the Board of Trustees...
Sulaimani, Iraq – May 5, 2013 – This Spring, nearly 6,000 students from sixty different high schools in the Sulaimani Governorate visited the American University of Iraq, Sulaimani (AUIS) to attend admissions information sessions and walking tours of the University’s facilities.
Sulaimani, Iraq – April 21, 2013 – From April 26-May 2 the American University of Iraq, Sulaimani (AUIS) will host a groundbreaking international festival, The Art of Social Justice.  Seven critically-acclaimed guest artists from the United States, as well as a dozen Iraqi artists, from the disciplines of film, theater, photography,...
April 4, 2013 – Sulaimani, Iraq – The library of the American University of Iraq, Sulaimani (AUIS) recently received a large donation of over 7,400 volumes from the Sabre Foundation, an American NGO that works to build free institutions and to examine the ideals that sustain them. The collection has been valued at nearly two hundred thousand US...
Sulaimani, Iraq – March 14, 2013 – For two days last week the Board of Trustees of the American University of Iraq, Sulaimani (AUIS) met at its campus to discuss the current state of the University and to set the vision for its future.  The AUIS Board of Trustees establishes policies for, and oversees, the University and its management...
Sulaimani, Iraq – March 14, 2013 – The American University of Iraq, Sulaimani (AUIS) has successfully completed the inaugural Sulaimani Forum, the signature conference of the University’s new research center, the Institute for Regional and International Studies (IRIS). 
Sulaimani, Iraq – March 12, 2013 – Today marks the opening day of the first annual Sulaimani Forum, the signature conference of the American University of Iraq, Sulaimani’s new research center, the Institute for Regional and International Studies (IRIS). The topic of this year’s Forum is “The Changing Geopolitics of the Middle East.”
Sulaimani, Iraq – February 21, 2013 – The American University of Iraq, Sulaimani (AUIS) is welcoming seven new faculty members for the 2012-2013 spring semester in the departments of Business Administration, Engineering, English and Journalism, Social Sciences, and Mathematics and Natural Sciences.
Sulaimani, Iraq – January 30, 2013 – The American University of Iraq, Sulaimani (AUIS), the only independent, non-profit institution of higher learning in Iraq, announces a search to recruit its next president. Current AUIS President Dr. Athanasios Moulakis will retire at the end of the current academic year after serving the university for three...
Sulaimani, Iraq – January 30, 2013 – The American University of Iraq, Sulaimani (AUIS) offered its first winter session courses this month.  These specially-designed, intensive courses, which took place during the break between AUIS’ Fall and Spring terms, aimed to give students the opportunity to explore new subjects and pick up required...

Press Releases

Sulaimani, Iraq – June 3, 2013 – The American University of Iraq, Sulaimani (AUIS) announced today that it is the beneficiary of a generous donation from Genel Energy.  The bequest of $20 million USD, which was facilitated by the Kurdistan Regional...
Sulaimani, Iraq – May 28, 2013 – The Board of Trustees of the American University of Iraq, Sulaimani (AUIS) announced today that it has unanimously elected Dr. Dawn Dekle as President of AUIS. “I am honored and privileged to be given the opportunity to lead this...
Sulaimani, Iraq – October 2, 2012 – The American University of Iraq, Sulaimani’s Professional Development Institute (PDI) has partnered with the Kurdistan Regional Government’s Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research to provide intensive language courses...
Sulaimani, Iraq – July 16, 2012 – The American University of Iraq, Sulaimani (AUIS) is pleased to announce a significant reduction in tuition rates. The university's new, merit-based tuition scale, which will go into effect this fall, aims to give Iraq’s best students...
Sulaimani, Iraq – June 1, 2012 – The American University of Iraq, Sulaimani (AUIS) will confer undergraduate degrees for the first time on Saturday, June 16, 2012 at 6:00pm during its inaugural commencement exercises, which will be held on its beautiful new 418-acre...
Sulaimani, Iraq – May 7, 2012 – The American University of Iraq, Sulaimani (AUIS) student production of “Noor”, a play by Akbar Ahmed, premieres tomorrow, May 8. The show will run throughout May at Sulaimani University's College of Fine Arts in Raparin.
Sulaimani, Iraq - Feb 28, 2012 - The Professional Development Institute at the American University of Iraq, Sulaimani (AUIS) has announced that it will be offering four project management courses in both English and Arabic to train participants in the USAID/Iraq...
Sulaimani, Iraq – Jan. 29, 2012 – Just days after announcing the addition of a mechanical engineering program, the American University of Iraq, Sulaimani (AUIS) today released information about another new degree program, the Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) in English, which...
Sulaimani, Iraq - Jan. 23, 2012 - In response to overwhelming student interest in engineering, AUIS today announced the first in a series of additions to its existing engineering science program: the undergraduate degree (B.Sc.) in mechanical engineering.  The...
Sulaimani, Iraq – Dec. 5, 2011 – U.S. Ambassador Jeffrey Feltman, currently Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs, visited the American University of Iraq, Sulaimani (AUIS) this weekend as part of a visit to Iraq, Jordan, Israel, and Lebanon. ...