April 2022

tangled fishing nets on the cover of the spring 2022 American magazine

Meet AU changemakers tackling ghost gear, period poverty, the digital divide, food insecurity in the District, the toxic situation in Lake Erie, and the influx of Afghan refugees to our area. Also in the spring issue of the magazine: Professor Elizabeth Rule’s Guide to Indigenous DC, a blueprint for the most stunning structures in the world, the odds of a Friday-free work week, an SOC course that dials up ’90s nostalgia, and a primer on the Rooney Rule.

Inside the Beltway

SySTEMic Change

Three Eagles among the 120 women in STEM featured in the Smithsonian's groundbreaking new exhibition

4400 Mass Ave

History of US

AU hosts 1619 Project's Nikole Hannah-Jones in one of the first in-person events in two years

Perspectives

Healing Words

After unimaginable tragedy, Vince Granata finds forgiveness in the pages of a book

Insights and Impact

Techs and Balances 

WCL professor Andrew Guthrie Ferguson offers a starting point for our difficult national conversation on big data policing

Reporter's Notebook

30 Minutes On Parking

Jeff Perkins became CEO of ParkMobile in July. Managing the application’s rapid growth has been all park and little recreation. 

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Time on Her Side 

Swimmer Mimi Watts is AU’s first College Swimming and Diving Coaches Association scholar all-American since 2010

Rubbing Elbows

Virtual Office

Matthias McCoy-Thompson brings world wonders to the masses through VR storytelling

Giving

Scholarships Help Eagles Soar

As part of Change Can't Wait, the AU Fund for Student Support helps the university meet the changing needs of students