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Fanta Aw to testify in front of Senate committee Tuesday

By Haley Samsel | June 19

University official to deliver viewpoint on campus free speech

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Taylor Dumpson reflects on her first month in office

By Lydia Calitri | June 19

Student government president talks about hate crime and what comes next

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SOC professor alleges she was unfairly denied tenure

By Brianna Crummy | June 16

Carolyn Brown says provost is punishing her for activism on race and gender issues

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Public Safety building will be demolished in June

By Haley Samsel | June 1

World War I munitions are likely buried beneath the building

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Anti-racist research and policy center coming to AU

By Anna Donohue | May 27

Acclaimed historian Ibram X. Kendi to lead center

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U.S. Attorney’s Office now involved in hate crime investigation

By Gabe Bichinho | May 24

President's memo states D.C. branch will join other law enforcement agencies in investigation

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The Russia-AU connection: University's Russian cultural institute stirs controversy

By Katherine Saltzman | May 23

Russian Ambassador Sergey Kislyak — a key player in the investigation into the president's national security adviser, Michael Flynn — is an honorary co-chair of a CAS institute. 

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Straight from print: AU is leader in Peace Corps participation

By Sarah Katherine Dolezal | May 9

AU alumna Katherin Sibel spends her days speaking Guarani, the national language of Paraguay. That’s where she’s stationed as a Peace Corps volunteer, managing several women’s agribusiness projects and social development programs within the Latin American community.

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American University student protesters block traffic in Bender tunnel to demand support for students of color

By Haley Samsel and Maria Carrasco | May 6

Student demonstrators blocked traffic in the tunnel of Bender Arena on Friday to demand that the University take specific actions to support people of color after the May 1 hate crime that targeted Taylor Dumpson and AU’s chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated. The demonstrators demanded ...

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American University Student Government hosts town hall on Monday's hate crime

By Maria Carrasco and Nora Turner | May 5

The American University Student Government held a standing room only town hall and press conference on Thursday afternoon to discuss action steps in response to the hate crime on Monday that targeted the historically African-American sorority, Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated. Student Government President Taylor Dumpson led the two hour town hall.

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University hosts Facebook livestream about strategies for cybersecurity

By Nora Turner | May 5

University is trying new ways of communicating with students

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Law enforcement dispatched to protect SG president

By Ellie Hartleb and Courtney Rozen | May 5

The University dispatched AU police officers yesterday to protect Student Government President Taylor Dumpson after a white supremacist group encouraged its followers to troll her online, Vice President for Communication Teresa Flannery announced in an email to the University Friday morning.

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“More action is required” on racial climate, AU administration says

By Haley Samsel and Nora Turner | May 3

AU administrators are grappling with new student criticism of AU’s racial climate following a hate crime on Monday that targeted members of the historically African-American Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated.

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Workshop for American University community tackles recent hate crime and campus race issues

By Sarah Katherine Dolezal | May 3

Students, faculty and staff gathered in a packed room in Mary Graydon Center on Wednesday morning for the workshop, “Anti-racism and Allyship: A Campus Conversation.” This discussion was created as a way for the AU community to talk about their frustrations toward the hate crime on May 1 and the fall incidents where African-American female students were targeted by having bananas thrown at them or left outside their dorm room door.

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American University police release videos showing person of interest in hate crime

By Haley Samsel | May 2

Police department is offering a $1,000 reward for information on the subject

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Alpha Kappa Alpha national headquarters responds to racist incident

By Courtney Rozen | May 2

The historically African-American sorority has nine members at AU

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American University hosts town hall to address racist incident targeting black women

By Haley Samsel and Nora Turner | May 2

The President’s Council on Diversity and Inclusion led a community town hall in the Kay Chapel on Tuesday to address Monday’s racist incident targeting black women and Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated, whose members include Student Government President Taylor Dumpson. “If you had told me [three years ago] that I would be student government president and that I would have bananas put on my campus, my university that I pay to go to, that I put my hard earned time into, that I work to get a degree just like anyone else,” Dumpson said at the town hall.

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