Peace Corps volunteer with school children in Rwanda

Announcement ·

AU Ranks Among Top Schools for Peace Corps Volunteers for Third Straight Year

For the third consecutive year, AU has been ranked No.2 among medium size schools on the Peace Corps’ 2020 list of Top Volunteer-Producing Colleges and Universities with 48 Eagles serving worldwide.
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Alumna Sophia Vos with Dan Myers and Mary Clark

Announcement ·

American University Named a Top-Producing Institution for Fulbright U.S. Students

American University was named one of the nation’s leading universities and colleges for Fulbright U.S. Students.
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Anthony Cino

Alumni ·

SIS Alum Uses Business Strategies to Improve Healthcare

Alumnus Anthony Cino is a senior vice president at Albright Stonebridge Group, and through his role, he aims to serve the global community.
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European Union flag and US flag merged together.

On Campus ·

New Transatlantic Policy Center Evaluates Europe’s Key Challenges

We spoke with the Transatlantic Policy Center's co-directors, Professors Michelle Egan and Garret Martin, about the new EU Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence housed at SIS.
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Marines with 2nd Combat Engineer Battalion carry combat boots, a rifle, and Kevlar helmet to build the battlefield cross in honor of three fallen Marines during a memorial ceremony aboard Camp Leatherneck, Afghanistan, July 8, 2014.

International ·

From Vietnam to Afghanistan, All US Governments Lie

US officials have consistently lied over decades about progress in the Afghanistan war. The lies are no surprise, writes Professor Emeritus Gordon Adams–but they have profound consequences.
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Woman standing in front of trees and walkway.

International ·

For Boren Fellow, Language Is a Labor of Love

Kayla Tolbert has worked full-time through grad school and she’s now studying immersive Arabic in Jordan.
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Abid Shamdeen

Alumni ·

ISIS Destroyed His Community—Now He Advocates for Survivors

Abid Shamdeen (SIS/MIS ’19) advocates for Yazidis, a marginalized religious group that has been discriminated against throughout history.
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Alumni ·

Leading KIND: Alumna Wendy Young advocates for unaccompanied minors

KIND – or Kids in Need of Defense – an organization co-founded by actor and activist Angelina Jolie and Brad Smith of Microsoft.
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Achievements ·

Inspiring Grad Stories: Diana Knott

The Boren Scholar faced challenges, studied abroad, and succeeded.
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2019 Made History.

International ·

2019 Made History

To help put the last year into perspective, we asked experts from the School of International Service to list what they believe will be remembered as historic in the years to come.
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