News

Local

Safety fears keep many homeless people from shelters, nonprofit leaders report

By Kadie Fishman and Sophie Milner-Gorvine | October 10

Budget cuts to nonprofits put homeless shelters and their services at risk

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News

BREAKING: SIS Dean Shannon Hader stepping down next week

By Sela Quiniones | October 10

Professor Rachel Sullivan Robinson to step-in as Interim Dean 

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Campus

Firewall for Freedom referendum comes up short

By Jake Mittleman | October 10

Referendum intended to prevent administrators from assisting federal authorities fails to receive enough student signatures

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News

American University students react to government control after Trump deploys federal troops

By Sophia Cooper and Matthias Jaylen Sandoval | October 10

‘It’s pretty much un-American to trample on the right to self-governance.’

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News

American University ranked at #88 overall in US News and World Report 2026 college rankings

By Yuri Perelman | October 6

Students look past rankings as University drops in 6 out of 10 categories

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Local

With public media funding loss across the nation, WAMU has endured

By Natalie Hausmann | October 6

WAMU prioritizes audio and culture reporting, noting success despite federal funding loss

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News

‘Monitors, not mentors’: Faculty and staff question changes to club advisor role

By Walker Whalen | September 30

Letter circulates urging advisors not to sign new form from Center for Student Involvement 

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Local

We Are America March welcomed in Washington DC by large crowd on National Mall

By Yuri Perelman and Sophia Cooper | September 29

‘We the people will not be silent’

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Features

The great Amy Eisman

By Samantha Skolnick | September 26

Former SOC professor honored with journalism scholarship in her name

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News

AU College Republicans host vigil for Charlie Kirk filled with prayer

By Olivia Wood and Sophie Milner-Gorvine | September 26

AUPD advised organizers to move event twice, cited safety concerns

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News

Cassell Fitness Center closed for emergency construction until further notice

By Kadie Fishman | September 26

Students dissatisfied with University response to sewage leak

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News

Student organizations join DC community to protest Trump’s takeover of Capital

By Sophie Milner-Gorvine and Jake Mittleman | September 22

“Youth is the future of our country.”

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News

New Eagle Access Course Materials Program leaves students confused as classes begin

By Jake Mittleman | September 19

All full-time undergraduate students were auto-enrolled in new course materials program for fall 2025 semester

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News

Students, community members protest Trump’s DC takeover on campus

By Olivia Wood and Jake Mittleman | September 16

AU was one of 4 DC universities to walkout Sept. 9

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News

AU gets a lesson on civic dialogue from Rep. Sarah McBride

By Kyle Galvin | September 10

First openly transgender congressperson returns to her alma mater

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News

AU Staff Union welcomes new students with move-in informational picket

By Abigail Hatting and Owen Auston-Babcock | September 9

Union members say administration failed to compensate overtime and respond to bullying

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News

Judge sentences Markus Huerta to 2 years jail time, 3 years supervised probation

By Sophie Milner-Gorvine | September 5

Huerta pleads guilty to multiple counts of voyeurism and attempted voyeurism

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