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Colin Smalls AU Basket Ball Player

Alumni ·

An Athletic Center Where All Students Can Thrive

The 58,000 square-foot Center for Athletic Performance will propel teams and coaches to new levels of excellence and help their student fans achieve mind and body health and wellness.
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Glover Gate POB KSB Quad

Alumni ·

Working Together Toward AU's Future

The American University community is known for vision, generosity, and teamwork—and nowhere is that more apparent or vital than in our donors’ response to annual giving.
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Student Protest March

In the Community ·

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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In the Community ·

Working Together Toward AU's Future

The American University community is known for vision, generosity, and teamwork—and nowhere is that more apparent or vital than in our donors’ response to annual giving.
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Global Education Forum Conflict Justice

Research ·

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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Hall of Science (1)

Science ·

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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In the Community ·

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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Panelists from 2019 CIS conference on "Refugees and Asylum Seekers in Israel"

Announcement ·

Center for Israel Studies Receives Two Major Matching-Challenge Gifts

Meltzer and Trone families donate to $10 million fundraising initiative for Center for Israel Studies
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American University entrance with bushes and tress around brick structure with the name of the university

Law ·

Center for Human Rights & Humanitarian Law Receives Funding to Launch Three New Initiatives to Promote Human Rights

In Spring 2021, the Center for Human Rights & Humanitarian Law has launched three new, exciting initiatives related to access to justice, election monitoring, and public finance.
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Stephanie M. Bennett-Smith Life Skills and Leadership Academy

Athletics ·

Trustee Stephanie M. Bennett-Smith Donates $1.5 Million to the AU Eagles Leadership Academy

The Stephanie M. Bennett-Smith AU Eagles Life Skills and Leadership Academy prepares student-athletes for life after graduation.
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