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Over a hundred students, faculty and staff assembled in front of the American University President’s Office Building Wednesday and marched to the office of Bronté Burleigh-Jones, AU’s chief financial officer, vice president and treasurer, at 3201 New Mexico Ave. NW.
For D.C. residents, cherry blossoms have long symbolized the arrival of spring. In 1912 Yukio Ozaki, the then-mayor of Tokyo City, had 3,000 cherry trees planted in the District as a gift to the United States. One spring tradition that also has grown from the international relationship between the U.S. and Japan is the Cherry Blossom Princess Program, which this year selected American University student Alessandra Evangelista to be its queen.
Comic, musician, baker and hockey coach are just some of the job titles that Gregg Ivers, a professor in the School of Public Affairs, has had over the years. With such a lengthy and unique resume, there’s not much that Ivers hasn’t done under his motto that “life is for living.”
The American University Student Government voted to express no confidence in University President Sylvia Burwell and called for her to resign effective immediately in a statement emailed to the student body Wednesday night.
From the Newsstands: This story appeared in The Eagle's April 2024 print edition. You can find the digital version here.
From the Newsstands: This story appeared in The Eagle's April 2024 print edition. You can find the digital version here.
American University’s chapter of Students for Justice in Palestine organized a campus-wide walkout on April 23 calling for the University to divest from ties to Israel.
As the encampment at George Washington University stretched into a fourth day, protesters tore down the barricade surrounding University Yard before bringing in some of the tents that had been set up on H Street. In a statement from GW’s Executive Director of Media Relations and University Spokesman Josh Grossman, it’s estimated that around 200 protesters joined the students’ encampment on University Yard.
Editor’s note: This is reporting as of 10:00 a.m. April 29. The Eagle will monitor the situation through the day and continue to update coverage.
From the Newsstands: This story appeared in The Eagle's April 2024 print edition. You can find the digital version here.
Demonstrators descended upon the annual White House Correspondents’ Association dinner on Saturday, criticizing attendees for “break[ing] bread” with President Joe Biden, who continues to support Israel in its siege on Gaza.
As chanting and singing continued late into Friday night, demonstrators at George Washington University began setting up tents on H Street next to University Yard around 11:20 p.m., expanding the encampment set up Thursday.
Editor’s note: This is reporting as of 11 p.m. April 26. The Eagle will monitor the situation through the night and continue to update coverage.
Editor’s note: This is reporting as of 10 p.m. April 25. The Eagle will monitor the situation through the night and continue to update coverage.
American University students joined an encampment at George Washington University on the University Yard, along with students from other schools in the D.C., Maryland and Virginia area.
George Washington University students woke up this morning to an encampment of around 20 tents on the University Yard. By 10:30 a.m., an estimated 70 GW students had joined in calling for the university to divest from Israel. GWU Students for Justice in Palestine announced the encampment with DMV SJP on Thursday around 5 a.m., writing “rise and shine DMV” on an Instagram story and calling on other students across the D.C., Maryland and Virginia area to join.
In March, American University announced they would join 75 other colleges to participate in Hillel International’s Campus Climate Initiative to combat antisemitism on college campuses and strengthen Jewish student communities.
Sunday’s vote calling for the University to divest from Israel wasn’t Student Government’s first action regarding student advocacy on the conflict in Gaza: a week prior, on April 14, the Senate unanimously voted to pass a resolution condemning American University’s decision to place AU Students for Justice in Palestine on disciplinary probation for violating the indoor protest ban.
David Rubenstein, Michael S. Barr, British Robinson, Caroline Aaron, Kwame Alexander and Sherrilyn Ifill will be American University’s spring commencement speakers, University President Sylvia Burwell announced Wednesday.
Professor Ludy Grandas’ “Latinx Communities in the DMV” class organized a “Latinx at AU: Stories Unveiled” exhibit with AU’s Humanities Truck on the quad on April 10 to showcase recorded interviews and personal photos from American University’s Latino community.
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