Delivering American University's news and views since 1925 | Monday, December 11, 2023
Students and local residents learned at a panel discussion Wednesday evening about the history of the AU Experimental Station and where the Army Corps of Engineers’ dig for World War I-era munitions is headed in the future.
The Army Corps of Engineers began its munitions destruction operations today on federal property behind Sibley Hospital, prompting condemnation from several local Advisory Neighborhood Commissioners.
A dig by the Army Corps of Engineers in late March revealed yet another underground cache – this one containing a drum that emitted smoke.
The Army Corps of Engineers plans to destroy five chemical munitions today in its Explosive Destruction System behind Sibley Hospital.
The Army Corps of Engineers does not have an emergency public safety plan in place for when it destroys the chemical munitions behind Sibley Hospital this April.
The manual that determines how faculty are hired, fired and receive tenure is in the process of undergoing changes, according to Professor Stephen Silvia.
The Army Corps of Engineers recovered five more broken glass bottlenecks at its 4825 Glenbrook Rd. investigation, bringing the total to eight bottlenecks found in the last month, according to the Corps’ Spring Valley project manager Dan Noble.
Spring Valley residents questioned the Army Corps’ recently announced findings regarding anion levels in local drinking water sources.
Three broken glass jugs emerged during a dig conducted by the Army Corps of Engineers on Monday, Jan. 25, according to a Corps spokesman. Based on old photographs of similar jugs, some suspect that these may have contained a chemical agent called mustard, according to environmental specialist Richard Albright.
AU’s Community and Local Government Relations office started a new program to satisfy students’ cravings for home-cooked meals in the homes of Spring Valley residents.
