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Syllabus: Founding a New Perspective

Professor Gautham Rao’s students stripped the nation’s founding documents “down to the studs”—even using modern slang and legal theory to rewrite the Declaration of Independence

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Be Our Guest: Spring 2026

From the future of AI to power of Gen Z voters to the necessity of bipartisan unity, explore compelling insights from AU’s most impactful speakers during the nation’s 250th year

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Safe Passage

AU is ensuring the Hall of Science isn’t a dead end for DC’s migratory birds

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In Their Own Words

Read nine of the admissions essays that opened the door to AU

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Manual: Model Community 

Head delegate shares the “unconventional” diplomacy behind AU Model’s four-year reign as the nation’s No. 1 team

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Common Threads

Campus art project builds community—stitch by stitch, block by block

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Audacious Eagle: Chemical Reaction 

Bernadette Storey-Laubach keeps the Hall of Science’s high-tech machinery—and its R1 research—running at peak performance

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Take a Bow

Revisit the posters that brought 20 years of music, dance, and drama to life at the Katzen Arts Center

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From Tray to Table

Discover how a new partnership with TDR s turning surplus turkey and pasta into a vital lifeline for DC neighbors

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AU Abstracts: Fall 2025

News and notes on impact-driven scholarship and learning