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Dr. Naomi S. Baron

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Will Human Writing Survive in an Era of Generative AI?

‘Who Wrote This?’ by renowned linguist Naomi S. Baron examines the promise and peril of AI in writing
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College Track Partners with AU and other Institutions of Higher Education in Significant Push to Increase Opportunity for First-Generation College Students

Agreements emphasize and elevate the wealth of talent that exists within underserved and underestimated communities.
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Making History and Leaving Legacies: First Textbook on U.S. First Ladies Now Available to Educators

The nation’s first textbook focusing on the transformational legacies of the wives of America’s Presidents is now available to college level students and educators across the United States.
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Researchers Investigate Microplastics in D.C.'s Waterways

New research documents pollution problem to help policymakers
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Young People

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New Poll Reveals Young Americans’ Outlook on Future, Barriers to Success, and the American Dream

New poll from the Sine Institute of Politics and Policy reveals insights into how young Americans feel about the future and the reimagined American Dream.
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Prof. Thurka Sangaramoorthy

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When the Personal Is Political

CAS Prof. Thurka Sangaramoorthy's new book documents plight of rural immigration and health care challenges
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Portrait of SIS professor Mohammed Abu-Nimer

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New Endowed Chair at American University to Advance Strategies  for International Peace and Conflict Resolution

SIS Professor Mohammed Abu-Nimer will serve as the inaugural Abdul Aziz Said Chair in International Peace and Conflict Resolution to advance the development and adoption of faith-informed peace interventions.
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Kogod School of Business Welcomes New Faculty to Award-Winning Sustainability Program

The Kogod School of Business at American University announced today the addition of two new faculty members and a new Executive-in-Residence who will be joining its award-winning sustainability program this fall.
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Steven Cushner, Tides, 2018. Acrylic on canvas, 110 x 132 inches. Courtesy of Hemphill Artworks.

Arts ·

Five New Exhibitions Open Sept. 9 at the American University Museum

Five new exhibitions and the continuation of Lost Europe: On the Edge of Memories are open for viewing at the American University Museum at the Katzen Arts Center beginning Saturday, Sept. 9.
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New Report Reveals How America’s Gun Violence Crisis Affects Young People at Home, at School and in Communities

Four out of five youth agree that the level of gun violence in the U.S. is a problem, according to research from Everytown, SPLC and PERIL
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