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Some of the reused light fittings that were diverted from waste.

Environment ·

A Bright Idea: Reducing Energy Through Material Reuse

AU reduces waste by reusing materials from demolition during recent tunnel renovation.
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From left: AU undergraduate Maxwell Downing, Dana Fisher, two Columbia University researchers and AU graduate student Caitlin Wiley take a photo at the March to End Fossil Fuels.

Environment ·

Taking the Temperature of Global Warming

SIS professor Dana Fisher and a team of researchers polled participants about climate change at the March to End Fossil Fuels.
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To the Point: Anacostia River

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Is DC’s Anacostia River on the Rebound and Safe for Swimming?

Environmental science department chair and associate professor Karen Knee answers our question of the week
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Audience member asks a question at a past conference.

Arts ·

Thirteen Years of Breaking Boundaries: AU's Feminist Art History Conference

Conference fosters broad dialogue with scholars from around the world
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New energy-saving LED fixtures in Mary Graydon Center

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Energy-saving LED lights come to Mary Graydon Center and Roper Hall

Renovations this summer brought energy-saving LED lights to Mary Graydon Center and Roper Hall
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Bronté Burleigh-Jones (AU CFO), Edwin Santos (President AUSG), and Marcus Neil (President RHA) with Clawed at the Tunnel ribbon-cutting

Buildings ·

AU Delivers Summer 2023 Transformations in Leonard Hall, the Tunnel, and Mary Graydon Center

Student Thriving Project kicks into high gear with Tunnel, Mary Graydon Center, and Leonard Hall improvements designed to enable students’ success.
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DANCEWORKS 2023. Photo: Justin Williams

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Announcing Fall Performing Arts Events

Music, theatre, and dance performances are free for AU students
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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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AU Chamber Singers perform at the Martinů Hall of Music and Dance Faculty of the Academy of Performing Arts, Prague (The Lichtenstein Palace).

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AU Chamber Singers Perform Across Central Europe

Ensemble took the stage in Czechia, Slovakia, and Hungary
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US Park Rangers at Death Valley's Furnace Creek on a 132-degree day, July 16. (Photo by David McNew/Getty Images)

Environment ·

Two Facts and a Fiction: Heat Wave

AU atmospheric scientist Valentina Aquila explains what on Earth is happening on the heels of the hottest June on record
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