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Ink markings appear in the first chapter of the rare 1853 edition copy of "The Whale"—definitively titled "Moby-Dick."

AU Friend and Neighbor Bequests Rare Copy of Moby-Dick to University Library

Margery Kraus accepting the Ansary Award

Momentum in Focus at the 2024 President’s Circle Celebration

Nicole Darnell on stage at her installation ceremony as Kogod Eminent Scholar in sustainability

Nicole Darnall Formally Installed as the Arlene R. and Robert P. Kogod Eminent Scholar Chair in Sustainability

Korea garden and cherry blossoms on campus

Alum Enriches the Global Experience at Kogod and SIS

Collage of photos of CCW campaign donors

Donor Superlatives: People of Change Can't Wait

Gary Wright standing in front of the American University gate on campus.

An AU Legacy of Leadership, Dedication, and Profound Serendipity

American University’s Kogod School of Business, School of Public Affairs Appoint Eminent Scholar Chair in Sustainability

Nulsen Endowed Professor of Practice announcement

New Kogod School of Business Endowed Professorship Makes University History

A box of grocery items with text "Faculty & Staff Gifts to the Market 1:1 Match to the Market."

Finish Line Initiative Matches Faculty and Staff Gifts to the Market

The Eagle statue on campus, framed by magnolia blossoms.

Heydt Scholarship Fund Honors a Commitment to Education

The Honored Benefactors Wall on campus.

AU Welcomes Inaugural Honored Benefactors

The signage for "Lydecker Way" in front of the President's House on AU's campus.

Celebrating Lydecker Way and Tunnel

Collage of archival documents and an empty picture frame with a question mark.

A Time-Old Question: Who Was Mary Graydon?

Rosy Chavez-Martinez sits reading on the steps in the School of International Service atrium at American University.

Honing a Global Vision

Attendees at the 2024 Celebration of Scholatships luncheon.

Gathering in Community to Celebrate Scholarships

"Change Can't Wait" displayed in the Morgan Library in NYC.

Last Stop on the Change Can’t Wait Tour: A Return to the Big Apple

AU Field Hockey team gathered in a huddle with Coach Jennings.

New Field Hockey Endowment Champions a Beloved Coach and Program

Community members gathered outside with shovels for ceremonial groundbreaking of the new Meltzer Center

AU Breaks Ground on a New Chapter in Athletics and Student Thriving

A "thank you" collage of AU athletes.

Athletics Celebrates Another Banner Year with Giving Day 2024

A SMIF/REIT student event

For Kogod’s Investment Fund Students, Learning is Collaborative

Robert and Virginia Severi in 1982 wearing 3D glasses and watching television.

“Best Friends at the Core:” AU Sweethearts Share Their Local Love Story

Professor Valentina Bruno delivering her inaugural lecture as Kogod Eminent Scholar in Finance.

AU Installs New Kogod Eminent Scholar Chair in Finance

Russell Williams II, SOC/BA ’74, and Barry Josephson, SPA/BA ’78, on stage with SOC Interim Dean Leena Jayaswal at the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures.

Change Can’t Wait on the Road: Los Angeles Highlights

Library Excellence in Access and Diversity Award 2024

American University Library is awarded inaugural INSIGHT Into Diversity LEAD Award

SAMI will celebrate its fifth anniversary with an open house for students and alumni and a public reception in 2023.

Celebrate Five Years of SAMI

SIS Alumnus Will Cooper, Jr., Believes in Giving Back

(From left to right) Kogod School of Business Dean Dave Marchick, Professor Sonya Grier, Acting Provost and Chief Academic Officer Vicky Wilkins

AU Installs Arlene R. and Robert P. Kogod Eminent Scholar Chair in Marketing

Aisley Wallace Harper, dressed in graduation regalia, sings the national anthem at the CAS May 2023 graduation ceremony

Embracing Passion(s)—Plural—at AU

(left to right) AU Board of Trustees chair Gina Adams, Ambassador Stuart Bernstein, and AU President Sylvia M. Burwell stand together onstage at the 2023 President's Circle Celebration

2023 President’s Circle Celebrates the AU Changemaking Spirit

faculty and students at the Veloric Center for Entrepreneurship

Deter, Detect, Defend

Jill Black delivers a speech at a podium at a Change Can't Wait event

For Alumna Jill Black, Opportunity Is Everything

Veloric Center For Entrepreneurship

The New Veloric Center for Entrepreneurship: Fostering Innovation and Building a Legacy at American University’s Kogod School of Business

Collage of photos from the Sine 5-Year Celebration.

The Sine Institute Celebrates Its 5 Year Anniversary

Alumni Neil Kerwin, Bronté Burleigh-Jones, and Michael Scher pose with fresh produce, all Airlie CSA offerings.

Three Eagles Link Up to Unlock the Potential of Airlie, the Groundbreaking Change Can’t Wait Gift

Kogod professor Sonya Grier and Chicago Tribune journalist Kim Quillen seated in conversation onstage at the University Club of Chicago.

Change Can’t Wait on the Road: Chicago Highlights

Professor Abu-Nimer delivering his lecture in the SIS atrium.

AU Installs Abdul Aziz Said Chair in International Peace and Conflict Resolution Honoring Peacebuilding Pioneer

Jack Rasmussen standing among artworks in the AU Museum in Katzen Performing Arts Center.

AU Museum's Jack Rasmussen Honored with Keating Directorship

Alumnus Derek Jones Is Proud to Play a Part in Change Can’t Wait’s Bold Vision

Chloe Leeds sitting outside on AU's campus

Learning to Teach, Teaching to Excite

Exterior of School of International Service Building

Endowed Chair Honors the Legacy and Future of Peacebuilding

Nan Shuker

"Keeping His Memory Alive:" Scholarship Fund Gifted to Ease Law Students’ Financial Burdens

Tom Snitch standing on the Quad in front of the SIS building.

Through Mentorship and Philanthropy, SIS Alumnus Prepares Students to Take on Tomorrow

Wrestler with American Flag

From Wrestling to Investing, an AU Eagle Plans Ahead

A Return to AU Marks a New Beginning

American University Students Studying on Campus

Control X: Cutting the Digital Divide at American University

American University entrance with bushes and tress around brick structure with the name of the university

Emergency Funds: Filling in the Financial Gap to Ensure Student Thriving

AU’s School of Communication Is Exactly Where Student Wants to Be

Photo of Jadyn Newman

“Because I Care:” Art, Change, and Self-Belief

Building Community Through Connection

Erdal Tekin

SPA Names Erdal Tekin Inaugural Fotis Family Distinguished Professor in Health Policy

Francesca Gill in front of world flags.

Pursuing a Path to Public Service

The Elevate Scholarship Initiative Sends Powerful Message “You Belong Where You Are”

Amy and Alan Meltzer

With a New Name and Transformative Gifts, AU’s Center for Israel Studies Turns 25

A panel discussion in front of an audience.

Faculty Fund Supports 25th Anniversary Peace Summit

Hannah VanWagner, a student, in sunglasses with Milan Duomo in background.

Kickstarting Change for a Student and the Planet

Sudama on the AU Campus

Elyn Zimmerman’s "Sudama" Unveiled on AU’s Campus

Rendering of Barry Goldberg Court

Cassell Family Honors Legendary AU Volleyball Coach Barry Goldberg

Change Can't Wait Flag on Quad

American University Faculty Experts On Why Change Can’t Wait

Gary Cohn with Marc Duber and Sylvia M. Burwell

AU Changemakers Honored at the 2022 President’s Circle Celebration

SOC3 Fall 2022 Students

American University’s School of Communication Launches SOC3

Kogod professors Sonya Grier and Valentina Bruno

Two Kogod Professors Honored with Endowed Chair Distinction

WCL Clinical Law 50th Anniversary

WCL celebrates 50 years of Clinical Law Program

Erika Pulley-Hayes of WAMU 88.5

WAMU 88.5: Building a Stronger Community One Story at a Time

Professor Heng Xu with a Rubik's Cube

Building Bridges: Redefining Corporate Social Responsibility Through AI

The Meltzers

$15 Million Gift Advances Student Thriving and Athletics at AU

Kate Pringle and John McCormick

Supporting Today’s Student Researchers—Tomorrow’s Agents of Change

Charles and Judy Bush

AU Changed Their Lives—Now They’re Easing the Way for a New Generation

L to R: Michael Carroll (Faculty Director), Matthew Bowers (Senior Finance & Grant Manager), Tumelo Mashabela (LLM student), Michael Palmedo (Post-Doctoral Research Fellow), Tahniat Saulat (Senior Program Coordinator), Christine Haight Farley (Faculty Dir

Advancing ‘Right to Research'

WCL alumni

Alumni Can Help Boost WCL

Photographer sets up shot across horizon

Filmmaking as Catalyst for Sustainability Change

Class gathering outside

Matching Gift Challenge: Coming Together to Give Back

student's jumping after graduation

Equity-based Giving on the Rise at AU

Professor Terry Davidson presents

University Installs Inaugural Trone Family Eminent Scholar Chair

WCL outdoors

Adjunct Faculty Put a New Spin on “Back to School”

group of students

Center for Media & Social Impact Announces More than $1 Million in New Grants

Outdoor landscape of Washington College of Law

Helping Students Carry the Hidden Costs of Law School

Two Graudates

Lectureship Advances Civility in Public Discourse

WCL outdoors

Paying Forward: Leadership And Shared Opportunity At WCL

Student Breaks New Ground for Her Immigrant Family

portrait of student

The Durable Impact of Scholarships

Diana Burley portrait

AU Women in Tech: At the Front Line of Cybersecurity

derek mcginty photo

SOC Alumnus and Journalist Derek McGinty Creates Journalism Endowment Fund for Students of Color

American University entrance with bushes and tress around brick structure with the name of the university

Neuroscience Research Offers Key to Addressing Critical Cognitive Disorders

An SOE classroom

Improving Educational Outcomes in DC

Global Education Forum Conflict Justice

Understanding and Interrupting Extremism

Hall of Science (1)

Forward-Looking Gift Helps Create Space for Global Solutions

Graduates walking down tree shaded lane

Helping First-Generation Students Access the American Dream

Student Graduating

Transforming the World One Scholar at a Time

Student Protest March

The Power and Responsibility of Free Speech

Residence Hall Triple Male

Working Together Toward AU's Future

Sine Institute Impeachment Last Resort

AU’s Sine Institute Solves Problems at Intersection of Politics and Policy

American University entrance with bushes and tress around brick structure with the name of the university

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

Stephanie M. Bennett-Smith Life Skills and Leadership Academy

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

Exterior of Katzen Arts Center

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