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Editor’s note: This article originally appeared on theeaglecoronavirusproject.com, a separate website created by Eagle staff at the onset of the coronavirus pandemic in spring 2020. Articles from that website have been migrated to The Eagle’s main site and backdated with the dates they were originally published in order to allow readers to access them more easily.
Editor’s note: This article originally appeared on theeaglecoronavirusproject.com, a separate website created by Eagle staff at the onset of the coronavirus pandemic in spring 2020. Articles from that website have been migrated to The Eagle’s main site and backdated with the dates they were originally published in order to allow readers to access them more easily.
Srijita Wolf-Gazo, a senior studying psychology at American University, died on April 18, leaving behind a community that remembers her as selfless and caring.
American University unknowingly distributed counterfeit KN95 masks to the student body during the first week of in-person classes, an Eagle investigation found.
Editor’s note: This story contains references to sexual assault and misconduct as well as profanity. This story has been updated to add additional information.
Editor’s note: This story contains references to sexual assault and suicide.
American University’s Center for Neuroscience and Behavior received a $5 million endowment from the David and June Trone Family Foundation, President Sylvia Burwell announced in an email Wednesday.
American University has consistently under-tested its on-campus student population since doubling in-person classes and tripling the number of campus residents for the Mid-Semester Residential Experience that began in early March.
After the coronavirus pandemic stole Francisco Ferrisi’s senior year of high school and first semester of college, he jumped at the opportunity to move to D.C. when American University announced the Mid-Semester Residential Experience during the spring semester.
American University is experiencing its first confirmed coronavirus cluster among on-campus students, Housing and Residence Life announced in a Friday morning email.
Update: This story has been updated throughout, including with information from a March 5 email.
American University will not increase tuition or housing costs for the 2021-22 academic year, but it will stop offering its 10 percent tuition discount once the spring semester concludes, President Sylvia Burwell and University leadership wrote in a Monday email.
After a multiyear development process, American University submitted its 10-year campus plan to the D.C. Zoning Commission on Dec. 14. Although the University champions the plan as “student-focused,” it has drawn criticism on multiple fronts from the student body, as well as nearby residential communities.
Exactly one week after the streets of D.C. rang with celebration over Joe Biden’s projected presidential win, thousands of Donald Trump supporters flocked to the District for their own, generally maskless, gathering at Freedom Plaza to protest the results of the election.
Correction: This article has been updated since it was first published to correct that Jessica Herzstein did not inherit the residence adjacent to Jacobs Field from her father; she bought it.
Update and correction: This story has been updated to include that the Board of Trustees did not respond to requests for comment and corrected to clarify that employees participate in the election process. It has also been updated with a statement from AU denying that the University is engaging in union busting.
