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Mr. Rogers’s Neighborhood 

In March, the men’s basketball team went dancing for only the fourth time in program history—and while the Eagles were eliminated in the First Four, the Cinderella season was still a win for the AU community

Inside the Beltway

The Beat Go-Goes On

Cofounded by SOC professor Natalie Hopkinson, the new Go-Go Museum—showcasing the official music of DC—is bumpin’

Insights and Impact

Dateline Antarctica 

Even before he graduated, student journalist Gabe Castro-Root chased down a story few reporters will, documenting Earth’s final frontier

4400 Mass Ave

Just Keep Swimming 

WCL professor Rebecca Hamilton, AU’s 2025 Scholar/Teacher of the Year, has navigated some choppy waters in her life

Perspectives

Best Nest: Keep Austin Weird 

An SPA alumna shares why the Texas capital, home to bluebonnets, bats, and barbecue, is more than “all right, all right, all right” 

Perspectives

Catalyst: Taking Her Shot

Getty photographer Anna Moneymaker came to AU to study international relations—but then another passion came into focus