AU ranked 'greenest' university in country
AU is currently considered the greenest university in the country, according to a recent sustainability rating.
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AU is currently considered the greenest university in the country, according to a recent sustainability rating.
Catherine Litten, a junior in the School of International Service, had been in Egypt less than two weeks before she and other AU students were evacuated. She will continue her study abroad in Rabat, Morocco.
Mariam Aziz heard gunshots through the phone as she talked to her best friend in Cairo at 5 a.m. on Jan. 29.
AU proposes to move the Washington College of Law from its current location on Massachusetts Avenue to the Tenley Campus in 2013.
AU raised $7.6 million above its AnewAU campaign goal for endowments, allowing the university to increase the number of scholarship awards for the incoming freshmen class.
The top prize in the annual Eagle Endowment awards was given to the Latino Youth Conference in a ceremony last Friday.
The Student Government started a new campus campaign called "Fan Fridays," during which prizes will be given to students on campus sporting AU apparel.
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Housing and Dining Programs will start issuing SmarTrip-enabled student IDs this Monday, allowing students to partake in a pilot program to get data on student Metro ridership.
Students reacted positively to the February launch of AU’s branch of the Zimride rideshare program, according to Curtis Rogers, national account manager of Zimride.
D.C. is working to become more bicycle-friendly as more bicycle lanes are being added to downtown streets.
The unfinished building on the corner of Albemarle and Wisconsin avenues is expected to be completed this Friday, but there is no tenant for it yet, according to George Pedas, vice president of Circle Management, the company that owns the space.
At least four dorm room thefts of televisions, laptops and iPods occurred in one day in Anderson and Letts Halls.
Despite projections that there would be a serious lack of on-campus housing for people who desired it, everyone who participated in the lottery Wednesday through Friday last week was able to get housing.
The AU Student Government hopes to provide a Metro discount for AU students by creating SmarTrip-compatible AU IDs to get data on student ridership that will ultimately lead to a discount, according to SG President Andy MacCracken.
One student in the School of Public Affairs’ Public Financial Management program on Haiti died in last month’s earthquake. The other 19 are safe, though many suffered personal losses.
While last week’s blizzard kept many students indoors, it also provided money-making and saving opportunities, like shoveling driveways for AU’s neighbors and discounts at Z-Burger.
The record-breaking, two-punch snowfall that blanketed campus last week forced AU to house staff nearby or on campus. Classes after noon on Friday, Feb. 5 were canceled as were classes from Monday to Thursday, though the university was open Friday.
This winter’s unusually heavy snowfall and low temperatures in D.C. are evidence of climate change, according to the National Wildlife Federation.
The record-breaking, two-punch snowfall that has blanketed campus for the last week has led to AU staff being housed nearby or on campus as well as nearly a week of class cancellations.