https://cms.american.edu/rss feedsThu, 27 Nov 2025 16:36:03 +0000CommonSpot Content ServerFrom Silicon Valley to New Zealand, alumni have answered the call for guest speakers for AU’s signature Complex Problems program.https://www.american.edu/alumni/news/AlumniClassroom.cfmhttps://www.american.edu/alumni/news/AlumniClassroom.cfmMon, 19 Oct 2020 04:00:00 +0000After gaining a wealth of experiences in development and public health in DC and the Philippines, SIS alumna Zaina Sarhan returned to the city in which she grew up—Amman, Jordan—to use her skills and knowledge to improve the country's health system.https://www.american.edu/sis/news/20200713-sis-alumna-works-to-improve-public-health-in-jordan.cfmhttps://www.american.edu/sis/news/20200713-sis-alumna-works-to-improve-public-health-in-jordan.cfmMon, 13 Jul 2020 04:00:00 +0000MIS students and alumni combine their professional and academic knowledge to serve the global community, wage peace, and advance their careers and leadership capacity in international affairs.https://www.american.edu/sis/news/20200603-mis-program-helps-professionals-pair-their-experience-with-credentials-for-career-advancement.cfmhttps://www.american.edu/sis/news/20200603-mis-program-helps-professionals-pair-their-experience-with-credentials-for-career-advancement.cfmWed, 03 Jun 2020 04:00:00 +0000Dr. Thespina “Nina” Yamanis, associate professor at the School of International Service (SIS), holds a PhD and a master’s in public health, and focuses on understanding health behavior related to infectious diseases.https://www.american.edu/alumni/news/q-a-with-public-health-expert.cfmhttps://www.american.edu/alumni/news/q-a-with-public-health-expert.cfmTue, 14 Apr 2020 04:00:00 +0000Her career may not have followed a linear path, but for Pamela Hess, SIS/BA ’89, some great stories have come of it. “Everything was just luck,” she says.https://www.american.edu/alumni/news/Pamela-Hess.cfmhttps://www.american.edu/alumni/news/Pamela-Hess.cfmMon, 23 Mar 2020 04:00:00 +0000We spoke with the Transatlantic Policy Center's co-directors, Professors Michelle Egan and Garret Martin, about the new EU Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence housed at SIS.https://www.american.edu/sis/news/20200103-new-transatlantic-policy-center-evaluates-europes-key-challenges.cfmhttps://www.american.edu/sis/news/20200103-new-transatlantic-policy-center-evaluates-europes-key-challenges.cfmFri, 03 Jan 2020 05:00:00 +0000US officials have consistently lied over decades about progress in the Afghanistan war. The lies are no surprise, writes Professor Emeritus Gordon Adams–but they have profound consequences.https://www.american.edu/sis/news/20191220-from-vietnam-to-afghanistan-all-us-governments-lie.cfmhttps://www.american.edu/sis/news/20191220-from-vietnam-to-afghanistan-all-us-governments-lie.cfmFri, 20 Dec 2019 05:00:00 +0000Abid Shamdeen (SIS/MIS ’19) advocates for Yazidis, a marginalized religious group that has been discriminated against throughout history.https://www.american.edu/sis/news/20191216-isis-destroyed-his-community-now-he-advocates-for-survivors.cfmhttps://www.american.edu/sis/news/20191216-isis-destroyed-his-community-now-he-advocates-for-survivors.cfmMon, 16 Dec 2019 05:00:00 +0000KIND – or Kids in Need of Defense – an organization co-founded by actor and activist Angelina Jolie and Brad Smith of Microsoft.https://www.american.edu/alumni/news/Wendy-Young.cfmhttps://www.american.edu/alumni/news/Wendy-Young.cfmTue, 10 Dec 2019 05:00:00 +0000Ahead of the Stonewall riots' 50th anniversary, we spoke with SIS professor Naomi Moland to learn more about the impact of this historic event and the current state of LGBT+ rights movements across the globe.https://www.american.edu/sis/news/20190618-the-legacy-of-the-stonewall-riots.cfmhttps://www.american.edu/sis/news/20190618-the-legacy-of-the-stonewall-riots.cfmTue, 18 Jun 2019 04:00:00 +0000