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Almar Latour

On Campus ·

“Never Bet Against America”: Almar Latour on the Radical Reinvention of Media

The Wall Street Journal publisher and Dow Jones CEO returned to AU on April 22 to urge the next generation of “media barons” to embrace accountability and AI.
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Kwame Alexander

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Kwame Alexander on the “Life-Giving Breath” of Poetry

The award-winning poet and 250+ at American Sine Institute Fellow reflected on the beauty and resilience of language on April 8.
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SPA Lunch and Learn

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Classrooms as “Nurseries” for Citizenship: SPA Faculty Bridge Career Readiness and Civic Life

During the final 250+ at American Lunch and Learn of the spring semester on April 14, panelists discussed scholarship with real-world impact.
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Schuyler Bailar.

Athletics ·

Navigating the Waters of Identity

On International Transgender Day of Visibility, Students for Change and AU Athletics cohosted Schuyler Bailar—the first openly transgender male athlete in NCAA Division I athletics—for a discussion on identify and moving through the world authentically.
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Mary Beth Tinker

On Campus ·

For Mary Beth Tinker, Free Speech in Schools Is a “Good Way of Life”

KPU and the ACLU at AU hosted the activist on March 26 as part of the 250+ at American initiative.
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Nicholas Boggs during the Bishop C.C. McCabe Lecture on March 25. Photo by Jeff Watts.

On Campus ·

Love and Other Things

During the Bishop C.C. McCabe Lecture on March 25, Nicholas Boggs, CAS/MFA ’09, award-winning author of Baldwin: A Love Story, reflects on the “impossible” relationships that fueled James Baldwin’s life and legacy.
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SOC Lunch and Learn

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Living Learning Laboratory: SOC Faculty Showcase Scholarship with Social Impact

March 18 Lunch and Learn—part of the 250+ at American initiative—featured professors Natalie Hopkinson, Aram Sinnreich, and Laura Waters Hinson
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Lonnie Bunch with AU President Jon Alger. Photo by Jeff Watts.

On Campus ·

Embracing the Rough Edges of American History

Lonnie Bunch III, secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, returned to his alma mater on March 4 to discuss the nation’s 250th anniversary and the mission driving his leadership of the world’s largest museum, education, and research complex.
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María Teresa Kumar

On Campus ·

Winning the Latino Vote

One day after the State of the Union, Voto Latino’s María Teresa Kumar and Rep. Joaquin Castro (D-TX) joined the Sine Institute to challenge Gen Zers to overcome disillusionment at the ballot box
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Photo by Jeff Watts.

Athletics ·

Views from the Press Box

Athletic senior columnist David Aldridge, SOC-CAS/BA ’87, discussed journalism, democracy, and the power of sports during a 250+ at American event on February 24.
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