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

Announcement ·

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

Set for completion in 2026, the Meltzer Center will be the first newly constructed athletics and recreational facility on campus in more than 30 years.
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Robert and Virginia Severi

Alumni ·

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

A chance meeting in AU’s Mary Graydon Center leads to forty-plus years of marriage and companionship.
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Professor Valentina Bruno delivering her inaugural lecture as Kogod Eminent Scholar in Finance.

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AU Installs New Kogod Eminent Scholar Chair in Finance

Professor Valentina Bruno is an innovator within the intersection of macroeconomics and finance. Her appointment marks another milestone in the Kogods’ legacy of philanthropy at AU.
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Professor Valentina Bruno delivering her inaugural lecture as Kogod Eminent Scholar in Finance.

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AU Installs New Kogod Eminent Scholar Chair in Finance

Professor Valentina Bruno is an innovator within the intersection of macroeconomics and finance. Her appointment marks another milestone in the Kogods’ legacy of philanthropy at AU.
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Final Stretch of Change Can’t Wait – Campaign Progress Update

A Message from Courtney L. Surls, Vice President of University Advancement
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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.

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

Amidst the buzz of the 2024 film and television awards season, AU hosted a starry evening of its own in LA with a conversation about the power of storytelling in entertainment featuring faculty and alumni experts.
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Alumni ·

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

Will Cooper, Jr., SIS/BA, ’85, has created a scholarship to support the next generation of SIS students interested in making a difference in a global world.
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Luis Paredes BA '27

Education ·

Northrop Grumman Foundation Scholarship Recipient Announced

Luis Paredes Alvizurez received a full scholarship to become a math teacher.
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(From left to right) Kogod School of Business Dean Dave Marchick, Professor Sonya Grier, Acting Provost and Chief Academic Officer Vicky Wilkins

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

Professor Sonya Grier drives change by examining racial dynamics in the marketplace.
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Aisley Wallace Harper, dressed in graduation regalia, sings the national anthem at the May 2023 College of Arts and Sciences graduation ceremony

Alumni ·

Embracing Passion(s)—Plural—at AU

Aisley Wallace Harper, CAS/BA ’23, SPA/BA ’23, MS ’24, isn’t interested in disciplinary silos. The recipient of the Eleanor Gomolinski Lally Endowed Fund feels as at home onstage as in a counter-terrorism roundtable.
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