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Professor Brie Anderson with students Madeline Bartin, Evelyn Bristol, and Ally Friedman

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Physics Students Win First Prize at National Optical Sciences Competition

Madeleine Bartin, Evelyn Bristol, and Ally Friedman traveled to the University of Arizona with Professor Brie Anderson for national physics workshop and competition
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A person in PPE vaccinates a chicken

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What We Need to Know About Bird Flu: A CAS Conversation

Virologist Taisuke Izumi breaks down risks and spread of the bird flu in the United States
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Waste Not, Want Not

At an E-Waste Drive held last week, the American University community did its part in responsibly discarding electronic waste—collecting 433 pounds of unwanted tech items that might otherwise have landed in the landfill.
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AI apps on smartphone. Credit: Rokas - stock.adobe.com

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Can We Trust AI? Making Artificial Intelligence Safe and Responsible

Professors Nathalie Japkowicz and Zois Boukouvalas publish “Machine Learning Evaluation: Towards Reliable and Responsible AI,” a timely guide to testing and evaluating AI
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AU Men's 11th Annual Sustainability Awareness Game

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Annual Zero Waste Competition Tips Off with Sustainability-themed Men’s Basketball Game, Feb. 10

Part of the Campus Race to Zero Waste competition to reduce waste produced on campus
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Sustainability tracking, assessment, and rating system

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American University Earns Its Seventh STARS Gold Rating

Association for Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education rates AU’s sustainability efforts.
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Kelsey Kirsch

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Getting Published as a First Author: A CAS Conversation with Kelsey Kirsch

Undergraduate biochemistry major shares how her research was published in Royal Society of Chemistry journal Dalton Transactions
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A SMIF/REIT student event

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Community Health Programs

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A SMIF/REIT student event

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Community Health Programs

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A SMIF/REIT student event

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Community Health Programs

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