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American University announced new COVID-19 protocols that, starting May 11, will put an end to COVID-19 vaccine requirements and PCR test distribution, according to a Tuesday email to the community.
Fanta Aw, vice president of undergraduate enrollment, campus life and inclusive excellence will be leaving American University on March 8, according to an announcement sent by email to the community from President Sylvia Burwell on Thursday.
Food safety inspection reports obtained by The Eagle show additional recent health code violations in the Mary Graydon Center and the campus Starbucks.
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There is no longer an active threat in Tenleytown after gunshots were fired outside of Jackson-Reed High School Friday afternoon, American University announced via AU Alert.
Thasunda Brown Duckett, president and CEO of the Teachers Insurance and Annuity Association of America and the fourth Black woman to helm a Fortune 500 company, has been announced as American University’s Fall Commencement speaker.
For many students at American University, the most politically active college campus in the U.S., Election Day is sacred.
A recent health inspection report obtained by The Eagle shows that the dining facilities in the Mary Graydon Center violated numerous health regulations.
American University will not be offering isolation housing for students living on campus infected with COVID-19, the University announced in an email to students on June 30.
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All Eagle staffers participated in a diversity, equity and inclusion training Tuesday with professor Anita Varma from the University of Texas at Austin.
The Eagle hosted a roundtable discussion with multiple student-led affinity and cultural organizations Feb. 17 with the goal of identifying areas that we have overlooked or underreported in the past so we can better serve the community.
The Eagle’s Diversity, Equity and Inclusion group held its first meeting of the spring semester Jan. 26 to establish goals and to analyze the staff diversity report.
The American University Counseling Center has rolled out expanded services to accommodate students’ needs amid the coronavirus pandemic.
Correction: This article has been updated to clarify and correct information that Elizabeth Deal provided about an identified water leak in early October.
Shortly after graduating, the American University Class of 2021 was notified that their payment cards may have been compromised. Herff Jones, the vendor where graduates purchased their caps, gowns and other graduation attire, experienced a cyberattack resulting in fraudulent activity on some graduates’ payment account cards.
Update: This article has been updated to reflect that D.C. residents 16 and older will now be eligible for the vaccine starting April 12.
Fast food restaurants, like McDonald’s, are common in predominantly Black communities due to their cultural and social connotations, along with their affordability, said Marcia Chatelain, a Georgetown University professor, at a virtual University Library event Tuesday.
At a Nov. 10 virtual event hosted by American University Student Government Women’s Initiative, environmentalist and Native American activist Winona LaDuke spoke about renewable energy, the future of the economy, sustainable food systems and biodiversity.
With the tumult of the current political environment, especially during and following the election, American University students expressed heightened stress levels as well as difficulty balancing schoolwork with monitoring election results.
