American University’s chapter of Amnesty International won the 2026 “Leading Change! Student Group of Year Award” in March, an accolade for student groups whose work and dedication have furthered Amnesty International USA’s mission. The award was created in 2019 by the AIUSA Youth Collective ...
The following piece is satire and should not be misconstrued as actual reporting. Any resemblance to a student, staff or faculty member is coincidental. Earlier today, following the runaway success of Microsoft OneDrive, lauded by critics as “infuriating” and “frustrating,” Microsoft CEO John ...
The UN has reported that American women comprise only 7 percent of the 12 million jobs in STEM fields, and in North America and Europe, women represent just 37 percent of officials in local deliberative governing bodies. In Washington, D.C., women across the city are working to remedy these statistics. Though ...
On a typical Monday night in the McDowell formal lounge, the calm buzz of campus life is interrupted by the crisp sound of a kick landing on a training mat, the heavy smack of a punch landing on a pad and the steady rhythm of feet gliding across the floor. Students aren’t gathered for a study ...
After the sighting of a man impersonating an Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent on campus in February 2025 and the recent surge in ICE enforcement activity in the broader Washington, D.C., area, American University Staff Union Representative David Kaib said staff and faculty were put on edge. Rather ...
With the Middle Eastern North African Student Association frozen last semester because previous leaders graduated, Jude Kamme and Hammoudeh Qandeel found themselves looking for a new place to celebrate their Arab culture. Qandeel lived in Palestine for 18 years and said he missed practicing his culture. ...
Artwork displaying the rich history of the city of Constantinople — now Istanbul — filled the halls of Katzen Arts Center earlier this year. The exhibition, assembled by Professor Joanne Allen, a senior professorial lecturer of art history, showcased the city’s history of drastic changes in power ...
The following piece is an opinion and does not reflect the views of The Eagle and its staff. All opinions are edited for grammar, style and argument structure and fact-checked, but the opinions are the writer’s own. American University has spent nearly two decades turning its campus into an exemplar ...
Aprender un nuevo idioma puede ser una tarea intensiva, difícil y angustiante. En American University, el Center for Language Exploration, Acquisition, and Research (CLEAR) ofrece recursos a estudiantes inscritos en un curso con este propósito. CLEAR ofrece tutorías gratis para el fortalecimiento ...
It’s 6:15 a.m. While most students are sleeping, including me, American University swimmers are already in the pool, and they will be for at least three more hours that day. That makes for a busy week, every week, for these athletes. “It’s a lot of time,” American head swim and dive coach Garland ...
American University launched its Campus Climate Action Response Team two years ago with no official announcement. With the program now on hiatus, some students and staff remain confused. Following several protests regarding the Israel-Hamas war, CART launched in 2024 with the Office of Inclusive ...
Between jobs, internships, extracurriculars and course loads, students have a lot on their plates. American University recognizes this and is making an effort to help students learn to cope in healthy ways with courses in stress management offered by the College of Arts and Sciences. Susan ...
The following piece is an opinion and does not reflect the views of The Eagle and its staff. All opinions are edited for grammar, style and argument structure and fact-checked, but the opinions are the writer’s own. We are seeing a crisis in higher education. We could point fingers at an over-reliance ...
¿Existe realmente el progreso para toda la población en un mundo que condena a millones de niños incluso antes de su nacimiento? Actualmente, algunas de las noticias que se desarrollan incluyen componentes relacionados con avances tecnológicos, crecimiento económico y promesas de un mejor ...
Ahen Kim knew he had something special on his hands at the beginning of October 2025. The American University women’s volleyball team had just beaten the Lehigh Mountain Hawks in convincing straight sets in Bethlehem, Pa. Lehigh was the bane of Kim’s previous year as the head coach of the ...
In April 2024, the general managers of WVAU told then-Rebbeca Haghnegahdar and other club members that they likely wouldn’t have a studio next year. Haghnegahdar, an e-board member and DJ, would have no studio, no media space and no communication from American University administration moving ...
Affirmation after affirmation on TikTok tells me to always put myself first before anyone else and make myself my number one priority. Because in the end, all you have is yourself, right? By that logic, I didn’t need to show up to my friend’s birthday last week because I was busy, I didn’t have ...
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