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American University students travel the globe to delve into their academic and career interests through the school’s study abroad programs. In the fall semester, AU students gained hands-on experience in diverse areas such as filmmaking and public health in culturally vibrant cities like Prague, Brussels and Nairobi.
The Sine Institute of Policy and Politics, Kennedy Political Union and the Bipartisan Group of American University partnered to introduce and host the Sine Institute’s 2024 fellow class in an event on Feb. 1 in Constitution Hall as protesters gathered outside.
American University will pay $5.439 million into a settlement fund as a class action lawsuit against the University seeking partial tuition refunds for the spring 2020 semester has reached a preliminary class action settlement.
An additional $1.3 million will be added to American University’s budgetary shortfall, totaling an approximate $33 million deficit, according to an email sent Feb. 2 sent to the AU community by Vicky Wilkins, the University’s acting provost and chief academic officer, and Bronté Burleigh-Jones, the University’s chief financial officer and treasurer.
Thousands of people descended upon the National Mall for the 51st annual anti-abortion March for Life on Jan. 19, despite freezing temperatures and travel plans delayed nationally.
The American University chapter of Students for Justice in Palestine organized its largest demonstration on Jan. 26, with an estimated near 300 attendees. At the protest, dubbed “American U End the Genocide,” protesters from the organization delivered a letter to the President's Building doorstep.
Metro announced in a press release Wednesday that service at some stations on the Red Line will be closed on Saturday Feb. 3 and Sunday Feb. 4, impacting the Red, Yellow and Green lines.
The annual Women’s March saw hundreds of attendees Jan. 20 as people demonstrated at Freedom Plaza to both mourn the second anniversary of the overturning of Roe v. Wade and call on Congress to aid in the fight for reproductive rights in the United States
A truck spotted on campus Jan. 29 called on American University President Sylvia Burwell to “PROTECT YOUR JEWISH STUDENTS!”
American University’s chapter of Students Supporting Israel participated in a national walkout Jan. 18 in honor of the over 130 hostages who have been held by Hamas for more than 100 days.
Water will be shut off in Roper Hall until approximately 1 p.m. due to an “emergency issue” with the residence hall’s water main, according to an email sent from Housing and Residence Life to the hall’s residents Jan. 26. Roper Hall is home to about 50 residents in the University’s Black Affinity Housing program.
American University formally condemned antisemitism and banned protests inside University buildings, mandated that clubs welcome all students and that posters around campus and university-sponsored events “promote inclusivity” in an email sent to the community on Jan. 25.
The Louis D. Brandeis Center for Human Rights Under Law and Jewish On Campus filed a complaint Wednesday with the U.S. Department of Education’s Office of Civil Rights against American University, asking OCR to formally investigate alleged violations of Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. This follows Jewish On Campus’s complaint against — and subsequent OCR investigation into — Wellesley College in November 2023, making this the second OCR complaint that the organization has filed since Oct. 7.
An individual was arrested in December 2023 on burglary and sexual misconduct charges related to an October 2022 break-in and sexual assault in Leonard Hall, according to a Jan. 19 email from President Sylvia Burwell and Chief Financial Officer Bronté Burleigh-Jones.
Thousands of pro-Palestine demonstrators gathered in D.C.’s Freedom Plaza on Jan. 13 as part of a “global day of action” to demand an immediate ceasefire in Gaza and a halt to United States aid to Israel.
The American University Experience II course will undergo significant changes this semester, including adding antisemitism and anti-Muslim hate to the curriculum. Students may delay taking the class until changes are fully implemented, according to a Jan. 17 email from President Sylvia Burwell and Acting Provost Vicky Wilkins.
American University’s most competitive scholarship, the Frederick Douglass Distinguished Scholars program, is set to change in the fall of 2024. Scholars within the current program will continue to receive a full ride to AU, but future cohorts will see a restructured program, without the full-ride scholarship.
The COVID-19 test vending machines that have been on American University’s campus since fall 2022 will be removed on Dec. 18, Vice President of Student Affairs Raymond Ou and Interim Vice President for Inclusive Excellence Sarah Baldassaro announced in an email Friday.
Editor’s Note: Rebecca Oss is a former managing editor for Online for The Eagle.
Editor’s Note: This story contains references to mass violence. This story was updated after an email to the AU community from administrators addressed protest policies on Thursday.
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