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For Amanda Brenner, SIS/BA ’16, improving mental health care is a career and a calling.

Achievements ·

Fighting Stigma Raising Mental Health Awareness

For Amanda Brenner, SIS/BA ’16, improving mental health care is a career and a calling.
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The American University Alumni Awards are the highest honors presented by the AU Alumni Association.

Alumni ·

Call for 2024 Alumni Awards Nominations

Alumni awards are the highest honors presented by the AU Alumni Association.
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AU president Sylvia Burwell

Achievements ·

AU Power Players

President Sylvia Burwell and five other AU community members named to Washingtonian's biennial list of DC's most powerful women
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Alumni Neil Kerwin, Bronté Burleigh-Jones, and Michael Scher pose with fresh produce—offerings of the Airlie CSA program.

Alumni ·

Three Eagles Link Up to Unlock the Potential of Airlie, the Groundbreaking Change Can’t Wait Gift

An 18-month plan envisions long-term sustainability, local buy-in, and community-supported agriculture for the historic 300-acre “island of thought.”
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Derek Jones headshot

Alumni ·

Alumnus Derek Jones Is Proud to Play a Part in Change Can’t Wait’s Bold Vision

Derek Jones, CAS/BA ’79, champions impact at AU through student support and Campaign Committee service.
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Shuwanza Goff

Alumni ·

SPA Alumna Shuwanza Goff Named White House Director of Legislative Affairs

Goff (MS, '08) a ‘trusted voice on both sides of the aisle,’ said President Biden.
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From left: Victoria Tinker, Clawed Z. Eagle and Davis Owens.

Alumni ·

All You Need Is Clawed

Clawed Z. Eagle, part of an AU love story, appears at the wedding of alums Victoria Tinker and Davis Owens.
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Teresa Garcia Castro

Alumni ·

SIS Alumna's Work Helps Strengthen Democratic Societies in Latin America

Teresa Garcia Castro, SIS/MA ’18, grew up in Cuba and has always had a close connection to Latin America and the Caribbean; she decided to study international relations to better understand international politics, power dynamics, and human rights systems.
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Jennifer Morgan

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SIS Alumna and Environmental Leader Jennifer Morgan on Climate Change and Foreign Policy in a Time of Crisis

SIS welcomed environmental leader Jennifer Morgan, SIS/MA ’94, to campus on September 15, 2023, for a discussion on climate policy in a time of multipolarity and multiple crises
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Tracy Weitz

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Tracy Weitz’s Groundbreaking Appointment to Committee on Reproductive Health, Equity, and Society

Pioneering expert on abortion will advise on reproductive health in United States
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