AU in the News Archives
Welcome to our archives of news about American University in Washington, DC. American University sometimes appears in local, national, and even international news–we seek to archive and catalog those articles here. Each of these articles has appeared on our home page at AmercianUReport.com. We have archived them here to give you more news about American University.
- American University receives “F” in College Free Speech Rankings…
- City Journal ranks AU #87 out of 100…
- Trial begins for man charged in AU professor’s murder…
- Wall Street Journal ranks AU #272, up 8 spots since last year…
- US News: American University is #88, up from #91 last year…
- Again: AU ranked most liberal college in the US…
- AU students stay on campus to protest Trump actions…
- Forbes magazine ranks AU #136…
- American University ranks #311 in “2025 Best Colleges for Your Tuition (and Tax) Dollars”…
- WAMU knocked off air by tower climber…
- Former AU prez to lead Harvard Board of Governors…
- AU grad/Israeli embassy worker shot and killed in DC by anti-Israel gunman…
- AU School of Public Affairs ranked #9 in graduate school category…
- Pulitzer-winning School of Communication prof out after multiple Title IX complaints…
- AU could lose government funding due to handling of campus anti-semitism…
- Basketball coach Duane Simpkins featured in Washington Post…
- Princeton Review: AU is the #2 green school in the nation…
- AU’s aspiring bureaucrats reconsider career plans after DOGE…
- AU president Jonathan Alger elected chairman of American Association of Colleges and Universities…
- National college enrollment rises…
- Lichtman: Lack of “rational, pragmatic electorate” caused 13 keys to be wrong…
- American University transgender grad elected to US Congress…
- American University ranked #280 by Wall Street Journal…
- AU one of 40 colleges sued over financial aid…
- US News ranking yo-yo: AU #72 in 2022; #105 in 2023; now #91…
- Presidential election guru Professor Allan Lichtman predicts Harris win…
- Alum dad helps freshman daughter move into AU dorm…
- Here we go again: more WWI munitions debris found at American University…
- American University students rally to protest investments in Israel…
- American University adds Taylor Swift-focused economics class…
- Trump loves American University grads as lawyers…
- AU gets a “C” on ADL’s campus anti-semitism report card…
- Kogod’s push into AI featured in Wall Street Journal…
- American University pilloried for new protest and poster rules…
- Jewish organizations file civil rights complaint against American University…
- Washington Post media critic, AU grad Tom Shales dead…
- As Ivy League dream fades, student considers early decision at American University…
- AU drops 33 spots in US News college rankings…
- Wall Street Journal ranks American University #132 in US…
- American University president Sylvia Burwell offers word salad in national TV interview…
- AU Washington College of Law grad “Bambi the Billionaire” arrested for $28,000 in bad checks…
- Trans AU grad to run for Congress…
- AU’s “Disagree with a Professor” program profiled in WaPo…
- Summary of race-issue responses at American University…
- Transfer FROM AU makes the news…
- Suspect in 2010 murder of AU professor arrested in Mexico…
- She’s back: AU grad/Russian spy Maria Butina comments on Brittney Griner prisoner swap…
- AU freshman to compete on Jeopardy!
- AU law student is also Washington Wizards dancer and US Marine…
- American U ZBT frat reunion profile…
- WalletHub ranks American U. #158…
- AU’s Kogod MBA program ranked #47 by Bloomberg Businessweek…
- American U is #72 in US News 2022 rankings…
- Forbes ranks AU #133 in nation, up from #149 last year…
- AU law students under investigation for class group chat…
- Expelled AU grad student gets 7 months for homophobic/racist attack…
- COVID-era tuition lawsuits against AU, other DC universities continue…
- Shut out: No one from American University among 500 most influential in Washington, DC…
- AU grad out at NBC News after plagiarism…
- AU Muslim Student Association pulls out of interfaith event after Jewish student group supports Israel…
- Intersectionality: First black, gay NY state senator is AU law grad…
- American U. School of Public Affairs #10 in U.S. News graduate school rankings…
- Former AU VP Tom Minar’s private life uncovered, results in prison time…
- Tuition lawsuit against AU moves forward…
- American U retains its title as Most Liberal College…
- AU grad reports anti-Semitism on campus…
- ESPN and American University team up on journalism fellowship program…
- Army Corps completes clean-up of toxins at American University Experiment Station…
- AU grad Justin Bibb runs for Cleveland mayor…
- Bloomberg ranks AU Kogod MBA program #9 in diversity, #70 overall…
- American U. ranked #138 by Wall Street Journal, up one notch from 2020…
- Ex-WAMU editor Zuri Berry sues American University in $10 million defamation suit…
- AU drops 2 spots in US News rankings…
- USA Today: Pro-abortion op-ed from American U dean…
- American U lecturer counsels Virginia teachers to delink 9/11 attacks from Muslim extremism…
- AU law school grads borrow nearly 3x their salaries…
- AU parents are 17th in the nation in PLUS Loan borrowing…
- AU alum Berk Ehrmantraut is new head of South Dakota Democratic Party…
- Prof sues AU, alleges wage discrimination…
- Former AU president Joe Duffey dies at 88…
- American University ranked most liberal college in the US…
- Former AU president Cornelius Kerwin joins board of trustees at University of Rhode Island…
- Two with AU ties lead Trump impeachment…
- AU prof one of six women who are changing chemistry as we know it…
- AU prof Chris Edelson rejected as “too liberal” to address Louisiana library…
- Who’s Who in Cannabis: Washington College of Law grad David Moon…
- AU WCL grad and Ga. state rep Sam Park is a model of intersectionality…
- IBM hires AU grad/former trustee/former Trump admin official Gary Cohn as vice chairman…
- Son of US Representative/former WCL professor Jamin Raskin dies unexpectedly…
- American University to issue $100 million in debt; Moody’s confirms A1 rating…
- AU’s Washington College of Law is 2nd most liberal in US…
- Biden considers AU prez Sylvia Burwell for top HHS post…
- AU alum crafts wallets for members of Congress…
- Noted transgender AU alum Sarah McBride elected to state senate in Delaware…
- AU students drive half-way across the country to vote…
- AU dodges a bullet: Famed former professor Ibram X. Kendi steps in it after leaving AU…
- AU’s Delta Tau Delta fraternity chapter cancels itself…
- AU administration allegedly prevented firing of accused harasser at WAMU…
- AU moves up one spot in U.S. News rankings…now 76th…
- American University ranked #114 by Washington Monthly…