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Archived news stories about American University.

  • AU prof pens paradoxical trigger warning for reprint of Orwell’s “1984”…“We’re getting someone to convict George Orwell of thoughtcrime in the book he wrote about thoughtcrime.”...
  • AU grad/Israeli embassy worker shot and killed in DC by anti-Israel gunman…
  • AU could lose government funding due to handling of campus anti-semitism…
  • AU’s aspiring bureaucrats reconsider career plans after DOGE…
  • Lichtman: Lack of “rational, pragmatic electorate” caused 13 keys to be wrong…
  • AU one of 40 colleges sued over financial aid…
  • 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...
    AU grad Michael Cohen to be released from prison…
  • 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...)
    American University alumna Judge Judy endorses Michael Bloomberg for president…
  • 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…
    Alleged Russian agent/American University grad Maria Butina cops plea with feds…
  • New York Times reviews American University’s role in WWI chemical warfare…
    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…
    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...
    Bummer summer continues…AU law school “Distinguished Alumnus” indicted…
  • 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…
  • WAMU knocked off air by tower climber…Eventually commits suicide in jump...
  • AU School of Public Affairs ranked #9 in graduate school category…#1 in DC...
  • Basketball coach Duane Simpkins featured in Washington Post…
  • AU president Jonathan Alger elected chairman of American Association of Colleges and Universities…
  • American University transgender grad elected to US Congress…
  • US News ranking yo-yo: AU #72 in 2022; #105 in 2023; now #91…
  • 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...
    AU law school grads borrow nearly 3x their salaries…
  • 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...
    Former AU VP Thomas Minar fired as president of Franklin College after arrest for sex crimes…
  • 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…
  • Former AU prez to lead Harvard Board of Governors…
  • Pulitzer-winning School of Communication prof out after multiple Title IX complaints…
  • Princeton Review: AU is the #2 green school in the nation…
  • National college enrollment rises…...while AU's falls...
  • American University ranked #280 by Wall Street Journal…
  • Presidential election guru Professor Allan Lichtman predicts Harris win…
    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 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 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…
    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...
    Rough summer for AU grads:
  • 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…