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After three years, three procedures, two coronavirus infections, two hospitalizations, five emergency room visits and over 20 doctor appointments, Madelaine Reis said nobody in the American University administration ever cared to ask if she was okay.
Nina Larson, a 2019 American University alum, died Nov. 13 after she was struck by a car while crossing a street in the Adams Morgan neighborhood.
A petition that began circulating in late February on social media sparked a conversation among American University students and staff members alike — whether or not Islamophobia is rooted in the School of International Service.
Michael Brenner, American University’s Director of the Center for Israel Studies, received the first Salo W. and Jeannette M. Baron Award for Scholarly Excellence in Research on the Jewish Experience.
American University Student Government’s Center for Advocacy and Student Equity, often referred to as “CASE,” hosted a virtual town hall with multiple AU deans on Feb. 23 to discuss the hardships and triumphs of online classes and to advocate for student issues.
As people look back at the coronavirus pandemic, great economic fallout, reckoning over racism and political upheaval, it is evident that 2020 was a historic year for the United States. American University history professors discuss how they believe 2020 will be remembered.
President Sylvia Burwell announced in an email on Monday that the University will move forward with full residential options in the fall, with the on-campus housing room selection process beginning next week.
December marked the end of a tumultuous first semester for American University first-year students. Among the class were five Frederick Douglass Distinguished Scholars, all of whom received a full-ride, four-year scholarship.
American University’s South Asian Student Association hosted their annual Jalwa event in October, named Zoom Machale for this year’s virtual show, to celebrate the South Asian diaspora.
Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, spoke about a lack of trust in science and the evolving nature of the coronavirus pandemic at a virtual event hosted by the Kennedy Political Union on Tuesday.
