microphone on yellow background beside the words "what makes a great foreign policy podcast?"

International ·

What’s Your Favorite Foreign Policy Podcast?

A foreign policy podcast can examine many different types of issues, from national security to economic development. Here is a list of a few foreign policy podcasts we like in both content and approach.
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SIS Awards 2024

Achievements ·

2024 SIS Awards

A list of 2024 SIS Faculty, Staff, and Student Awardees
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Anastasiia Baydyuk, SIS/MA ’24, is the 2024 graduate student speaker for the SIS Commencement ceremony

Student Life ·

Meet Anastasiia Baydyuk, SIS Graduate Student Speaker

Ahead of the 2024 SIS Spring Commencement ceremony on May 11, we spoke with this year’s graduate student speaker, Anastasiia Baydyuk, SIS/MA ’24.
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Jeremy Acaba

Student Life ·

Meet Jeremy Acaba: Undergraduate Student Commencement Speaker

Get to know the 2024 SIS undergraduate commencement speaker, Jeremy Acaba.
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Participants in Bring Your Child to Work Day pose with Clawed Z. Eagle in front of Mary Graydon Center. Photo by Andie Rowe.

On Campus ·

What Do My AU Parents Do?

Take Your Child to Work Day, April 25, gave 55 Eaglets a chance to see and learn about the campus where their parents work.
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Sakura Scholars, faculty, and staff meet with the MEXT minister and delegation from the Japanese Embassy.

International ·

Sakura Scholars Program Fosters US-Japan Connection

The Sakura Scholars program at SIS is a one-of-a-kind, undergraduate, dual degree program that allows students to study at Ritsumeikan University (RU) in Kyoto, Japan, and at American University (AU) in Washington, DC.
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The student authors include: Cherisse Lewis, Chris Chavers, Monique Vaz, Sharit Cardenas Lopez, Aliza Inam, Matilda Olufunke Ajibola, Lili Martin, Courtney McGourty, Eleftherios Hazapis, Hannah Lipstein, Nicholas Sergio Ferrari, and Jean-Philippe Beaudet.

On Campus ·

AU Students Submit Human Rights Report to UN

A group of SIS master's students recently authored two publications that were submitted at the request of the United Nations.
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Portraits of Aneisa Babkir and Ifeanyi Umunna

Alumni ·

American University Alumni Join Gates Cambridge Class of 2024

Graduates of American University are recipients of the Gates Cambridge Class of 2024
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2024 commencement speakers: David M. Rubenstein, Michael S. Barr, Kwame Alexander, Caroline Aaron, British Robinson, Sherrilyn Ifill

Announcement ·

David Rubenstein, Kwame Alexander, Caroline Aaron to Send Eagles Soaring into Their Next Chapter at American University’s 2024 Spring Commencement

American University is proud to host a dynamic series of commencement speakers to celebrate the next generation of American University graduates this spring. The speakers include a financier, an author and other changemakers.
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a Peace Corps volunteer in Nepal

International ·

An Urge to Serve: AU Named the Top Producer of Peace Corps Volunteers Among Medium-Sized Colleges

More than 750 Eagles have fanned out around the globe since the agency was founded in 1961.
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