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(08/27/09 2:31am)
Dozens of colleges across America have spoken out against Budweiser's new marketing campaign that features Bud Light cans decorated with popular school colors. The "Team Pride Fan Can" campaign sparked debate in the AU community about whether or not the cans would be popular among AU students.
(08/13/09 10:12pm)
There are only so many times that you can visit the Smithsonian museums. Sure, the Apollo spacecrafts are cool, and who doesn't want to see the Hope Diamond? But after a while you get tired of fighting the tourists and seeing the same old exhibits.
(06/18/09 4:00am)
Study aids such as Cramster, Course Hero, Koofers and SparkNotes have continued to rise in popularity on college campuses, sparking discussion at AU about the threat of these study aids and whether or not they discourage traditional learning.
(06/18/09 4:00am)
A group of AU students and professors participating in an interdisciplinary course, Practices of Environmentalism, recently returned from their trip to the Galapagos Islands.
(04/23/09 4:00am)
*Number of students living on campus (including Tenley Campus): 3,411
*Total number of undergraduates: 6,023
*On average, 65 percent of all undergraduate students live on campus.
*35 percent of undergraduate students live off-campus.
*Largest residence hall on campus: Anderson Hall, 770 residents
*Average number of resident assistants per residence hall: Eight
(04/16/09 4:00am)
Greg Handelsman was stunned when he found out he would be interning at Comedy Central's "The Daily Show with Jon Stewart" this summer.
(04/02/09 4:00am)
Members of the AU community gathered on Monday in the Katzen Arts Center to celebrate the unveiling of AU's newly redesigned Web site, which combines new technologies with user feedback to create a dynamic site that brings out the best aspects of AU.
(03/30/09 4:00am)
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(03/02/09 5:00am)
AU's Web Steering Committee will debut an updated american.edu March 30 that will make it easier to find and share information about the university.
(02/02/09 5:00am)
Panelists at a School of International Service forum on Thursday disagreed over how the Obama administration should handle the current Israeli-Palestinian conflict and whether or not peace is attainable in Israel.
(12/04/08 5:00am)
Private and public university presidents' salaries have continued to climb in recent years despite a weakening economy and the rising cost of tuition, according to a Chronicle of Higher Education study. AU President Neil Kerwin's $573,206 in salary and benefits for the 2006-2007 academic year is near the median salary for private university presidents, according to USA Today.
(11/17/08 5:00am)
Members of the AU community rallied in the rain Saturday against California voters' recent passage of Proposition 8, a referendum that banned gay marriages in that state.
(11/06/08 5:00am)
The next president of the U.S. will need to work to improve the country's reputation abroad and to solve serious domestic problems that also affect the global community, Michael Brown, a former member of the British Parliament, said during an AU British Society event Tuesday afternoon.
(10/30/08 4:00am)
A study on how students' politics change over the course of their time in college has raised discussion at AU about what and who are the most significant influences on a person's political beliefs.
(10/13/08 4:00am)
AU students will get better cell phone service when they travel on Metrorail because of legislation that will fund plans to expand cell phone service to include all carriers in the 20 busiest Metrorail stations, according to The Washington Post.
(09/29/08 4:00am)
Bender Library has taken measures to respond to a string of recent laptop thefts at the library. Bill Mayer, university librarian, said he has made it clear that the staff of Bender Library is fully committed to keeping AU students and their belongings safe.
(09/25/08 4:00am)
AU students have continued to go against the national trend of rising remedial class enrollment, as the number of students who have enrolled in remedial classes at AU dropped significantly in the past year.