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As journalists, we're taught to never make ourselves part of the story. Our job is to tell the stories of others and hold institutions accountable. But what happens when the best way to communicate the truth to the public is to tell your own story?
President Sylvia Burwell has been nominated for election to the board of directors for Kimberly-Clark, an office supply and paper product company, the company announced in a press release on March 7.
Editor’s note: This story contains references to substance use and overdose. Please see the bottom of this story for additional resources.
American University President Sylvia Burwell received more than $1 million in total compensation for fiscal year 2019, according to public tax filings with the IRS published by the Chronicle of Higher Education.
The American University board of trustees approved an increase in undergraduate tuition by 5 percent for the next two years, the University announced in an email to the AU community Tuesday afternoon.
When this column first began in 2020, it was intended to provide more transparency to readers about how The Eagle made decisions and to offer insight into our reporting processes. Since then, this column has discussed decision-making in breaking news stories, student government endorsements and our role in covering underrepresented communities.
American University will implement a surveillance testing system for COVID-19 that selects students to undergo mandatory testing each week, the University announced Friday. Testing will start Monday, and students will be notified via text message and email on Mondays when it is their turn to take a test.
Editor's Note: This story is updated weekly with new data. It was last updated on May 10.
After finishing up her semester abroad in Nairobi, Kenya, College of Arts and Sciences senior Brooke Wong was excited to return to the U.S. and spend the holidays with her family. Wong and the rest of the students in the AU Nairobi program were on their way to the airport, ready to depart when they learned their stay in Kenya would be extended a little longer.
Although The Eagle’s staff is gathering virtually for now, there is always a certain buzz that accompanies the first news pitch meeting of every semester. New staffers are excited to learn the ins and outs of The Eagle, and returning staffers are eager to get back to work and tackle new stories and projects. In this edition of On the Record, I’d like to give readers a better understanding of how the news section operates and what we hope to accomplish this semester.
American University announced that classes will take place online until Jan. 30 as the Omicron variant of COVID-19 spreads in D.C. and across the country.
American University will require students, faculty and staff to receive a booster dose of the COVID-19 vaccine by Feb. 10, President Sylvia Burwell announced on Wednesday.
Every semester, The Eagle hires two Student Government beat reporters. For several current staffers, myself included, it is one of the first jobs they had at The Eagle. In this role, the reporters attend Undergraduate Senate meetings, stay up to date on initiatives and happenings within SG and, most importantly, hold student government accountable. One of the things that make this job so important is that it is where many of us have learned the fundamentals of reporting. SG reporters learn how to find and maintain sources, follow up on stories and be persistent.
Kogod School of Business Dean John Delaney will step down from his position in June 2022, Provost Peter Starr announced in an email to the American University community Tuesday.
Editor's Note: This article has been updated with a response from the University.
For Yazan Nusiebeh, talking about Palestine has never been easy — until he met professor Michael Brenner.
To continue with this column’s mission of being transparent with our readers and shedding some light on how The Eagle functions, I’d like to shed some light on how we determine what our publication covers.
At an event hosted by American University College Republicans Thursday, students gathered to protest the event’s speaker, Rep. Chip Roy (R-TX).
As journalists, it is our job to tell stories. It is a great privilege, and a responsibility myself and the rest of The Eagle’s staff do not take lightly. As student journalists, the stories we tell affect us personally — the people we write about are our peers, our professors and our community. We live and work in the community we cover, experiencing it first hand at both its highs and its lows.
A former employee of WAMU, the public radio station that is licensed to American University, filed a lawsuit against the University in August on the basis of race and sex discrimination, defamation and invasion of privacy.
