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Helping First-Generation Students Access the American Dream
The Center for Diversity and Inclusion supports first-generation students, helps them build community, and connects them with faculty and staff.
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Understanding and Interrupting Extremism
Domestic terrorism incidents have soared to new highs in the United States. American University's Polarization and Extremism Research and Innovation Lab (PERIL) is devising new ways to explore, understand, and counteract this escalating challenge.
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AU Launches ‘Change Can’t Wait’ $500 Million Comprehensive Fundraising Campaign
Historic endeavor will transform the student experience, fund impactful research, and build stronger communities
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AU’s Sine Institute Solves Problems at Intersection of Politics and Policy
AU Board of Trustees member Jeff Sine, SIS/BA ’76, and his wife, journalist Samira Sine, wanted to create an incubator to solve challenges facing politics and policy. Through their $10 million gift, AU launched the Sine Institute of Policy & Politics.
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Transforming the World One Scholar at a Time
The American University Frederick Douglass Distinguished Scholar (FDDS) program has opened a world of possibilities for students with rare talent, creative ability, and extraordinary drive.
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Change Can’t Wait Campaign Volunteers
American University gratefully recognizes the following individuals who are stepping up and leading the way to ensure AU remains an institution where purpose is nurtured, honed, and activated.
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Forward-Looking Gift Helps Create Space for Global Solutions
In October 2020, during a pandemic, on time, and under budget, AU’s new Hall of Science opened its doors, providing our faculty and staff with innovative spaces to support their groundbreaking work.
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The Power and Responsibility of Free Speech
The Project on Civil Discourse helps students learn to respectfully balance competing ideas in an increasingly polarized society.
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Improving Educational Outcomes in DC
The AU/DCPS Teacher Pipeline Project seeks to impact two issues: a shortage of highly qualified teachers in DC and the need for a diverse, antiracist, and culturally responsive teaching pool.
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Alumni ·
Helping First-Generation Students Access the American Dream
The Center for Diversity and Inclusion supports first-generation students, helps them build community, and connects them with faculty and staff.
Full Story
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