Category: "AU in the News Archives"
Archived news stories about American University.
- Presidential election guru Professor Allan Lichtman predicts Harris win…
- American University students rally to protest investments in Israel…
- AU gets a “C” on ADL’s campus anti-semitism report card…
- Jewish organizations file civil rights complaint against American University…"Hostile environment towards Jews and Israelis"...Read the complaint...
- AU drops 33 spots in US News college rankings…Revised methodology focuses more on student outcomes...American University president Sylvia Burwell screed...
- AU Washington College of Law grad “Bambi the Billionaire” arrested for $28,000 in bad checks…
- Summary of race-issue responses at American University…
- She’s back: AU grad/Russian spy Maria Butina comments on Brittney Griner prisoner swap…
- American U ZBT frat reunion profile…
- American U is #72 in US News 2022 rankings…...up from #79 last year...
- Expelled AU grad student gets 7 months for homophobic/racist attack…
- AU grad out at NBC News after plagiarism…
- American U. School of Public Affairs #10 in U.S. News graduate school rankings…
- American U retains its title as Most Liberal College…
- Army Corps completes clean-up of toxins at American University Experiment Station…
- American U. ranked #138 by Wall Street Journal, up one notch from 2020…
- USA Today: Pro-abortion op-ed from American U dean…
- AU parents are 17th in the nation in PLUS Loan borrowing…
- Former AU president Joe Duffey dies at 88…
- Two with AU ties lead Trump impeachment…Jamie Raskin...Stacey Plaskett...
- Who’s Who in Cannabis: Washington College of Law grad David Moon…
- Son of US Representative/former WCL professor Jamin Raskin dies unexpectedly…Depression-influenced suicide after brief, promising life...
- Biden considers AU prez Sylvia Burwell for top HHS post…Opts for Haveri Becerra instead...
- AU students drive half-way across the country to vote…
- AU administration allegedly prevented firing of accused harasser at WAMU…
- AU president Sylvia Burwell appears on Face the Nation to talk colleges and coronavirus…
- AU moves fall classes online; offers 10% tuition discount…
- Endangered species found at American University: A Republican prof…Wins Virginia Senate primary...
- Earth Day: AU divests from fossil fuels…No word on China divestment...
- AU’s Teresa Flannery in the running for UW-Green Bay chancellor…Doesn't get the job...
- AU prof in defense of boomers…
- AU alum Judge Judy films promo for Mike Bloomberg…
- AU, other universities suspend Hong Kong study abroad programs…
- AU #49 for entrepreneurship…
- AU grad/Russian agent Maria Butina released from prison and deported…
- AU president Sylvia Burwell pushes for DC statehood…
- American University is the 14th greenest college in the US…
- AU #456 in Money Magazine’s Best Colleges for Your Money 2019…#204 in Kiplinger's Best College Values 2019...
- AU’s most famous transgender alum running for Delaware state senate…
- Washington College of Law alum Paul Edmondson named CEO of National Trust for Historic Preservation…
- AU prof Allan Lichtman says Dems may have a tough time in 2020…
- Former American University student government prez Taylor Dumpson sues neo-Nazi Andrew Anglin for $1.8 million. . .Previous settlement requires apology from OTHER racist internet troll...
- American University grad/Russian agent Maria Butina sentenced to 18 months in prison…Faces deportation after prison...
- US News ranks American University graduate school programs…School of Public Affairs #14...Washington College of Law #77...Kogod School of Business not worth ranking...
- Alumna Susan Zirinsky named head of CBS News…
- Trump lawyer/American University grad Michael Cohen gets 3 years in prison…
- Elizabeth Warren to outline her foreign policy views at American University on November 29…
- American University students try to guess who said what about immigration…and usually get it wrong…
- American University falls 9 spots in U.S. News rankings; now 78th…
- Alum named VP of Fox News Washington bureau…
- Rough summer for AU grads:Maria Butina (MA SIS 2018) charged with attempting to act as a Russian agent...Trump lawyer Michael Cohen (BA 1988) under federal investigation...Former NBA player Kermit Washington (BA CAS 1973) gets 6 years in prison...
- AU one of top 25 most “green” schools…
- Katzen Art Gallery to receive 9,000 pieces from Corcoran Gallery of Art…
- DC Metro expands student ridership based on program piloted with AU…
- Alum dad helps freshman daughter move into AU dorm…
- American University adds Taylor Swift-focused economics class…
- Kogod’s push into AI featured in Wall Street Journal…
- Washington Post media critic, AU grad Tom Shales dead…
- Wall Street Journal ranks American University #132 in US…
- Trans AU grad to run for Congress…
- Transfer FROM AU makes the news…
- AU freshman to compete on Jeopardy!
- WalletHub ranks American U. #158…
- Forbes ranks AU #133 in nation, up from #149 last year…
- COVID-era tuition lawsuits against AU, other DC universities continue…
- AU Muslim Student Association pulls out of interfaith event after Jewish student group supports Israel…
- Former AU VP Tom Minar’s private life uncovered, results in prison time…Six years in the pokey...
- AU grad reports anti-Semitism on campus…
- AU grad Justin Bibb runs for Cleveland mayor…...and wins...
- Ex-WAMU editor Zuri Berry sues American University in $10 million defamation suit…
- American U lecturer counsels Virginia teachers to delink 9/11 attacks from Muslim extremism…
- AU alum Berk Ehrmantraut is new head of South Dakota Democratic Party…
- American University ranked most liberal college in the US…Up from 3rd most liberal last year...
- AU prof one of six women who are changing chemistry as we know it…
- AU WCL grad and Ga. state rep Sam Park is a model of intersectionality…Gay/Korean descendant/Democrat/lawyer...
- American University to issue $100 million in debt; Moody’s confirms A1 rating…
- AU alum crafts wallets for members of Congress…
- AU dodges a bullet: Famed former professor Ibram X. Kendi steps in it after leaving AU…
- AU moves up one spot in U.S. News rankings…now 76th…
- WAMU general manager J. J. Yore driven to resignation…
- Georgetown University cuts tuition 10% for students who can’t attend on campus…George Washington University, too...American University: How about $26.50 off your activity fee?
- AU ranked 978th best university in the world…
AU grad Michael Cohen to be released from prison…Release delayed......and finally granted...
- VIDEO: AU students react negatively to Trump quotes…until they find out they are actually Democratic presidential candidate quotes…"Twitter informs a lot of my political decisions..."
- Racism and wellness checks at AU?…
- Former prof Lori Handrahan sues American University for age discrimination…
- New York Times: AU’s Carmel Institute falls under scrutiny…
- U.S. News & World Report: American University has 7th best study abroad program…
- American University alumna Judge Judy endorses Michael Bloomberg for president…(He's wasn't running at the time...)
- AU #153 in Wall Street Journal rankings…5th best in DC, behind Georgetown, GWU, Catholic, and Howard...
- AU grad Morgan Zegers founds Young Americans Against Socialism…
- Former student body president Taylor Dumpson awarded $725,000 in lawsuit against neo-Nazi…
- AU student Taylor Berlin is the youngest ANC commissioner in Washington, DC, history…
- American U grad Robert Michael St. John planned to rob bank on his first day out of prison…
- American U. alum Lonnie Bunch named head of Smithsonian Institution…
- Six more days of freedom for American University alum Michael Cohen…
- AU awards Madison Prize to Lamar Alexander and Patty Murray…
- American University’s Kogod School of Business MBA program ranking is 69th best but has 3rd highest debt load…
- American University and five other schools form “Diversity Alliance”…
- Alleged Russian agent/American University grad Maria Butina cops plea with feds…
- New York Times reviews American University’s role in WWI chemical warfare…
- AU tabbed as 745th best university in the world…
- Sierra Club: American University 12th coolest school…
- Bummer summer continues…AU law school “Distinguished Alumnus” indicted…Wikipedia bio...1976 grad gets 10 years for attempted homicide...
- Burwell leads committee to find new chancellor for DC public schools…
- 2016 alum is Miss Hawaii…
- AU law school 2017 “meaningful” graduate employment rate 22% below national average…
- Professors allege racial and gender discrimination…
- Here we go again: more WWI munitions debris found at American University…
- Trump loves American University grads as lawyers…...First, Michael Cohen......Now, Todd Blanche...
- American University pilloried for new protest and poster rules…
- As Ivy League dream fades, student considers early decision at American University…
- American University president Sylvia Burwell offers word salad in national TV interview…"Value proposition"...
- AU’s “Disagree with a Professor” program profiled in WaPo…
- Suspect in 2010 murder of AU professor arrested in Mexico…
- AU law student is also Washington Wizards dancer and US Marine…
- AU’s Kogod MBA program ranked #47 by Bloomberg Businessweek…
- AU law students under investigation for class group chat…
- Shut out: No one from American University among 500 most influential in Washington, DC…
- Intersectionality: First black, gay NY state senator is AU law grad…
- Tuition lawsuit against AU moves forward…
- ESPN and American University team up on journalism fellowship program…
- Bloomberg ranks AU Kogod MBA program #9 in diversity, #70 overall…
- AU drops 2 spots in US News rankings…Now #79...
- AU law school grads borrow nearly 3x their salaries…They borrow more but earn less than GWU, Georgetown, George Mason law grads...
- Prof sues AU, alleges wage discrimination…
- Former AU president Cornelius Kerwin joins board of trustees at University of Rhode Island…
- AU prof Chris Edelson rejected as “too liberal” to address Louisiana library…
- IBM hires AU grad/former trustee/former Trump admin official Gary Cohn as vice chairman…
- AU’s Washington College of Law is 2nd most liberal in US…
- Noted transgender AU alum Sarah McBride elected to state senate in Delaware…Entered American University as "Tim"...
- AU’s Delta Tau Delta fraternity chapter cancels itself…
- American University ranked #114 by Washington Monthly…
- Harassment tolerated at AU-owned WAMU radio…Calls for general manager's resignation...
- AU-owned WAMU radio has race problems, too…
- Oops: Government job recruiter accidentally releases personal data of 1,300 AU students…
- American University to get $3.16 million corona-bucks from the Feds…
- American University is the 3rd Most Liberal College in the US…
- Former AU VP Thomas Minar fired as president of Franklin College after arrest for sex crimes…Planned to meet officer posing as 15-year old boy...
- New American U scholarship offers full rides for 10 DC residents…
- GWU prepares students for Capitol Hill…...while AU prepares students for esports...
- AU’s Kogod School of Business full-time MBA program falls 19 spots in Bloomberg Businessweek rankings…Kogod unranked in The Economist...
- Wall Street Journal flags American U as a school that does not limit consideration of home equity in financial aid decisions…
- AU recognized as one of the top colleges for queer women…
- Overstock.com CEO resigns after admitting romance with AU grad/Russian agent Maria Butina…Says FBI asked him to have relationship...
- American U prof Ibram X. Kendi profiled in New York Times…And The New Yorker...And The Washington Post...
- American U economics professor and socialist Jon Wisman endorses Bernie Sanders “free college” plan…AU tuition = $26,170 PER SEMESTER...
- Married gay American U assistant chaplain Joey Heath-Mason ordained…Against United Methodist Church policy...
- American U. starts program to train lawmakers in negotiation…
- American University hosts antiracist book festival…Featured authors...
- American U. student Anna Sutherland pens “Six Steps of Organizing a Student Protest”…
- American University students filmed showing ignorance of immigration and border security…
- AU featured in Drudge Report link to article about spaces for students of color…(But we linked to the student newspaper story first...)
- Transgender hockey player speaks at AU…
- AU grad becomes first transgender person elected to citywide office in DC…
- Kogod MBA program named one of the best for entrepreneurship…
- Princeton Review: AU Financial Aid “Not So Great”…
- AU featured in book that helps transgender college students with housing…
- AU prez appointed to Florida Blue Cross/Blue Shield owner’s board of directors…
- AU named a top school for international students…
- Former AU student president sues white supremacist web publisher…
- Hitler poster posted near AU…