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(03/25/18 12:58am)
As hundreds of thousands gathered outside the U.S. Capitol Saturday to call for an end to gun violence, American University student organizations protested in the March for Our Lives. The march was largely organized by survivors of February’s mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, which killed 17 people and wounded 17 others.
(02/06/18 6:08pm)
Colin Gerker, the assistant director of fraternity and sorority life, will leave his position Feb. 9, he told colleagues in an email Jan. 24. He will continue to work at the University in the human resources department.
(01/24/18 6:26pm)
Ross Levinsohn, an American University trustee, has taken a voluntary leave of absence from the Board of Trustees after an investigation by NPR revealed a history of sexual harassment claims against him.
(12/08/17 5:37pm)
Correction appended.
(11/10/17 8:52pm)
American University has been notified of a new suspected mumps case by the D.C. Department of Health, David Reitman, the director of the Student Health Center, announced Friday. This brings the total to seven mumps cases reported at the University.
(10/02/17 9:10pm)
Student Government and the Antiracist Research and Policy Center hosted a rally on the steps of Mary Graydon Center Friday in response to the hanging of Confederate flag posters across American University's campus on Sept. 26.
(09/30/17 10:03pm)
Confederate flag posters with cotton stalks attached to them were found across campus Tuesday night, prompting responses from African-American and Jewish groups at AU. One of the posters was found beneath a sign for the Center for Israel Studies, while another poster was found on a bulletin board outside the Center for Diversity and Inclusion.
(09/06/17 7:25pm)
American University will continue to support Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) students to the “full extent allowed by the law,” University President Sylvia Burwell said Tuesday in a memo.
(08/22/17 2:00pm)
The School of Communication professor who is appealing her tenure denial will not return for the fall semester.
(06/16/17 8:36pm)
An assistant professor in the School of Communication is contesting her tenure denial on the grounds that the provost unfairly assessed her application and is punishing her for activism on race and gender issues.
(04/30/17 4:00pm)
The Bender Library will undergo renovations this summer to increase study space for students and create a “more inspiring library space,” said University Librarian Nancy Davenport. The existing space will be redesigned but there will be no modifications made to the building’s structure.
(04/29/17 8:06pm)
The University will hire a new full time Title IX program officer by May 2017 following the recent departure of Heather Pratt, said Dean of Students Rob Hradsky.
(04/24/17 2:00pm)
Inside AU’s Archives and Special Collections lie posters from Vietnam protests, pro-choice marches, anti-Apartheid rallies and gay rights movements. And now, the department will be home to posters from this January’s Women’s March on Washington.
(04/12/17 6:47pm)
For the Kennedy Political Union’s last event of the year, rapper and actor Lonnie “Common” Lynn, spoke at an event in Bender Arena on April 5.
(03/23/17 9:00pm)
AU will host four events for the 25th annual Washington D.C. Environmental Film Festival this week.
(03/23/17 8:23pm)
Heather Pratt, AU’s Title IX officer, will leave the University this week following 15 months in her position, The Office of Campus life announced in a memo on March 20. She plans to continue to work in higher education.
(03/10/17 11:44pm)
Students to End Abortion Stigma (S2EAS), a new organization on campus founded in fall 2016, provides a space to discuss women’s reproductive rights.
(03/10/17 5:58pm)
Ambassador Susan Elizabeth Rice is now a member of AU faculty as a Distinguished Visiting Research Fellow, the University announced on March 8. She will serve as a mentor in the School of International Service on careers in national security. Rice will also spend time writing a new book while at AU.
(03/10/17 5:54pm)
CNN news anchor and Chief Political Correspondent Candy Crowley moderated a panel titled “Women on the Run” on March 6 to question misconceptions about women in politics.
(03/08/17 9:40pm)
The AU Faculty Senate unanimously approved a new Core Curriculum program last month that will be implemented in the 2018-2019 school year. The new curriculum was designed to “encourage our students to engage with complexity, value diversity and understand change,” according to the program proposal.