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The American University community reacted overwhelmingly after the Associated Press projected former Vice President Joe Biden’s victory in Pennsylvania on Saturday, as the state's 20 electoral votes made him president-elect of the United States.
One new coronavirus case was reported in the American University community on Dec. 7, bringing the total confirmed case number since the start of the fall semester to 39, according to the COVID-19 weekly case tracker.
Spring commencement for the Class of 2020 has been moved online as coronavirus disruptions continue, President Burwell wrote in an email to the AU community on Monday morning. The University plans to hold a special December 2020 commencement for May graduates as well.
In an email to the AU community on Thursday morning, Provost Dan Meyers and Deans Jessica Waters and Wendy Boland announced that the University is adopting a pass/fail option for students’ courses for the remainder of the semester, beginning April 1.
This article has been updated since its last update on April 7. This article will continue to be updated each week as more cases are reported.
An AU student living on campus tested positive for American University’s first known case of COVID-19, the University Medical Director David Reitman announced via email Monday afternoon.
This story has been updated with a statement from Director of Public Affairs Stacie Burgess.
In an email late Wednesday night, the University announced that in the wake of President Donald Trump’s decision to suspend all travel between Europe and the United States for the next 30 days starting Friday, all AU Abroad programs worldwide are cancelled effective immediately.
This article has been updated with an additional interview from freshman Sofia Nazeer and the inclusion of statements from the Intercultural Greek Collective, Phi Mu and the AU Black Caucus Committee, AU Black Student Union as well as an additional statement from Chi Omega. This article was also updated with a correction that Nazeer, not Babkir, was part of the 2020 Chi Omega pledge class.
This article was updated on March 6 with new information since its first publication on Feb. 4. This story will be updated as more information becomes available.
