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href="#Residence_halls"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.2</span> <span>Residence halls</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Residence_halls-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Tenley_Campus" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Tenley_Campus"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.3</span> <span>Tenley Campus</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Tenley_Campus-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Academics" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Academics"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3</span> <span>Academics</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Academics-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle Academics subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-Academics-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Admissions_and_student_demographics" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Admissions_and_student_demographics"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.1</span> <span>Admissions and student demographics</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Admissions_and_student_demographics-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Study_abroad" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Study_abroad"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.2</span> <span>Study abroad</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Study_abroad-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Rankings" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Rankings"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.3</span> <span>Rankings</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Rankings-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Folio_literary_magazine" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Folio_literary_magazine"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4</span> <span><i>Folio</i> literary magazine</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Folio_literary_magazine-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Sine_Institute" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Sine_Institute"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5</span> <span>Sine Institute</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Sine_Institute-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Library_system" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Library_system"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6</span> <span>Library system</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Library_system-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Campus_life" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Campus_life"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">7</span> <span>Campus life</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Campus_life-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle Campus life subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-Campus_life-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Religious_life" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Religious_life"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">7.1</span> <span>Religious life</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Religious_life-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Greek_life" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Greek_life"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">7.2</span> <span>Greek life</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Greek_life-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Sustainability" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Sustainability"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">7.3</span> <span>Sustainability</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Sustainability-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Athletics" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Athletics"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">8</span> <span>Athletics</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Athletics-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Notable_people" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Notable_people"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">9</span> <span>Notable people</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Notable_people-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-References" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#References"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">10</span> <span>References</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-References-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-External_links" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#External_links"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">11</span> <span>External links</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-External_links-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> 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C.) – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Universidad Americana (Washington D. C.)" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amerika_Universitato" title="Amerika Universitato – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Amerika Universitato" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AF%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%B4%DA%AF%D8%A7%D9%87_%D8%A7%D9%85%D8%B1%DB%8C%DA%A9%D9%86" title="دانشگاه امریکن – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="دانشگاه امریکن" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_University" title="American University – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="American University" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%95%84%EB%A9%94%EB%A6%AC%EC%B9%B8_%EB%8C%80%ED%95%99%EA%B5%90" title="아메리칸 대학교 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="아메리칸 대학교" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Universitas_Amerika" title="Universitas Amerika – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Universitas Amerika" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_University" title="American University – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="American University" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%90%D7%9E%D7%A8%D7%99%D7%A7%D7%9F_%D7%99%D7%95%D7%A0%D7%99%D7%91%D7%A8%D7%A1%D7%99%D7%98%D7%99" title="אמריקן יוניברסיטי – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="אמריקן יוניברסיטי" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>עברית</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-arz mw-list-item"><a href="https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AC%D8%A7%D9%85%D8%B9%D9%87_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%85%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%83%D9%8A%D9%87" title="الجامعه الامريكيه – Egyptian Arabic" lang="arz" hreflang="arz" data-title="الجامعه الامريكيه" data-language-autonym="مصرى" data-language-local-name="Egyptian Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>مصرى</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_University" title="American University – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="American University" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%A2%E3%83%A1%E3%83%AA%E3%82%AB%E3%83%B3%E5%A4%A7%E5%AD%A6" title="アメリカン大学 – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="アメリカン大学" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_University" title="American University – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="American University" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk bokmål</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pnb mw-list-item"><a href="https://pnb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D9%85%D8%B1%DB%8C%DA%A9%D9%86_%DB%8C%D9%88%D9%86%DB%8C%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%B3%D9%B9%DB%8C" title="امریکن یونیورسٹی – Western Punjabi" lang="pnb" hreflang="pnb" data-title="امریکن یونیورسٹی" data-language-autonym="پنجابی" data-language-local-name="Western Punjabi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>پنجابی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_University" title="American University – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="American University" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Português</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D0%BC%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B8%D0%B9_%D1%83%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%B2%D0%B5%D1%80%D1%81%D0%B8%D1%82%D0%B5%D1%82" title="Американский университет – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="Американский университет" data-language-autonym="Русский" data-language-local-name="Russian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русский</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-simple mw-list-item"><a href="https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_University" title="American University – Simple English" lang="en-simple" hreflang="en-simple" data-title="American University" data-language-autonym="Simple English" data-language-local-name="Simple English" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Simple English</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-so mw-list-item"><a href="https://so.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jaamacadda_Maraykanka" title="Jaamacadda 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class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.65em;"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Motto in English</div></th><td class="infobox-data">"For God and Country"</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.65em;">Type</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Private_university" title="Private university">Private</a> <a href="/wiki/University_charter#Federal" title="University charter">federally chartered</a> <a href="/wiki/Research_university" title="Research university">research university</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.65em;">Established</th><td class="infobox-data">February 24, 1893<span class="noprint">; 131 years ago</span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated">1893-02-24</span>)</span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.65em;">Founder</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/John_Fletcher_Hurst" title="John Fletcher Hurst">John Fletcher Hurst</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.65em;"><a href="/wiki/Higher_education_accreditation" title="Higher education accreditation">Accreditation</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Middle_States_Commission_on_Higher_Education" title="Middle States Commission on Higher Education">MSCHE</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.65em;"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Religious affiliation</div></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/United_Methodist_Church" title="United Methodist Church">United Methodist Church</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.65em;"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Academic affiliations</div></th><td class="infobox-data"><style 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href="/wiki/International_Association_of_Methodist-related_Schools,_Colleges,_and_Universities" title="International Association of Methodist-related Schools, Colleges, and Universities">IAMSCU</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/National_Association_of_Independent_Colleges_and_Universities" title="National Association of Independent Colleges and Universities">NAICU</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/National_Space_Grant_College_and_Fellowship_Program" title="National Space Grant College and Fellowship Program">Space grant</a></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.65em;"><a href="/wiki/Financial_endowment" title="Financial endowment">Endowment</a></th><td class="infobox-data">$961.1 million (2023)<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.65em;"><a href="/wiki/University_president" class="mw-redirect" title="University president">President</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Jonathan_Alger" class="mw-redirect" title="Jonathan Alger">Jonathan Alger</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.65em;"><a href="/wiki/Provost_(education)" title="Provost (education)">Provost</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Vicky_M._Wilkins" title="Vicky M. Wilkins">Vicky M. Wilkins</a> (acting)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.65em;">Students</th><td class="infobox-data">13,019 (fall 2023)<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.65em;"><a href="/wiki/Undergraduate_education" title="Undergraduate education">Undergraduates</a></th><td class="infobox-data">7,571 (fall 2023)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.65em;"><a href="/wiki/Postgraduate_education" title="Postgraduate education">Postgraduates</a></th><td class="infobox-data">3,613 (fall 2023)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.65em;"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Other students</div></th><td class="infobox-data">1,835 (fall 2023)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.65em;">Location</th><td class="infobox-data adr"><div style="display:inline" class="locality"><a href="/wiki/Washington,_D._C." class="mw-redirect" title="Washington, D. C.">Washington</a></div>, <div style="display:inline" class="state"><a href="/wiki/District_of_Columbia" class="mw-redirect" title="District of Columbia">District of Columbia</a></div>, <div style="display:inline" class="country-name">United States</div><br /><span class="geo-inline"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1156832818">.mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct,.mw-parser-output .geo-inline-hidden{display:none}.mw-parser-output .longitude,.mw-parser-output .latitude{white-space:nowrap}</style><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=American_University&params=38.9371_N_77.0869_W_region:US_type:edu"><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">38°56′14″N</span> <span class="longitude">77°05′13″W</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">38.9371°N 77.0869°W</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">38.9371; -77.0869</span></span></span></a></span></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.65em;">Campus</th><td class="infobox-data">Large City,<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> 90 acres (36 ha)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.65em;">Newspaper</th><td class="infobox-data"><i>The Eagle</i></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.65em;"><a href="/wiki/School_colors" title="School colors">Colors</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r981673959">.mw-parser-output .legend{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .legend-color{display:inline-block;min-width:1.25em;height:1.25em;line-height:1.25;margin:1px 0;text-align:center;border:1px solid black;background-color:transparent;color:black}.mw-parser-output .legend-text{}</style><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#ED193A; color:black;"> </span> Red<br /><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#004FA2; color:white;"> </span> Blue<br /><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:white; color:black;"> </span> White</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.65em;"><a href="/wiki/Athletic_nickname" title="Athletic nickname">Nickname</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/American_Eagles" title="American Eagles">Eagles</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.65em;"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Sporting affiliations</div></th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/NCAA_Division_I" title="NCAA Division I">NCAA Division I</a> - <a href="/wiki/Patriot_League" title="Patriot League">Patriot League</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Eastern_Intercollegiate_Wrestling_Association" title="Eastern Intercollegiate Wrestling Association">EIWA</a></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.65em;">Mascot</th><td class="infobox-data">Clawed Z. Eagle</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.65em;">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://american.edu">american<wbr />.edu</a></span> <span class="mw-valign-text-top noprint" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q168000#P856" title="Edit this at Wikidata"><img alt="Edit this at Wikidata" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/10px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png" decoding="async" width="10" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/15px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/20px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="20" data-file-height="20" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:American_University_logo.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c6/American_University_logo.svg/200px-American_University_logo.svg.png" decoding="async" width="200" height="62" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c6/American_University_logo.svg/300px-American_University_logo.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c6/American_University_logo.svg/400px-American_University_logo.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="226" data-file-height="70" /></a></span></td></tr></tbody></table> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:AU_Flag.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ea/AU_Flag.jpg/220px-AU_Flag.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="293" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ea/AU_Flag.jpg/330px-AU_Flag.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ea/AU_Flag.jpg/440px-AU_Flag.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2304" data-file-height="3072" /></a><figcaption>The American University flag</figcaption></figure> <p><b>American University</b> (<b>AU</b> or <b>American</b>) is a <a href="/wiki/Private_university" title="Private university">private</a> <a href="/wiki/University_charter#Federal" title="University charter">federally chartered</a> <a href="/wiki/Research_university" title="Research university">research university</a> in <a href="/wiki/Washington,_D.C." title="Washington, D.C.">Washington, D.C.</a>, United States. Its main campus spans 90 acres (36 ha) on <a href="/wiki/Ward_Circle" title="Ward Circle">Ward Circle</a>, mostly in the <a href="/wiki/Spring_Valley_(Washington,_D.C.)" title="Spring Valley (Washington, D.C.)">Spring Valley</a> neighborhood of <a href="/wiki/Northwest_(Washington,_D.C.)" title="Northwest (Washington, D.C.)">Northwest D.C.</a> </p><p>American University was chartered by an <a href="/wiki/Act_of_Congress" title="Act of Congress">Act of Congress</a> in 1893 at the urging of <a href="/wiki/Methodism" title="Methodism">Methodist</a> bishop <a href="/wiki/John_Fletcher_Hurst" title="John Fletcher Hurst">John Fletcher Hurst</a>, who sought to create an institution that would promote <a href="/wiki/Public_service" title="Public service">public service</a>, <a href="/wiki/Internationalism_(politics)" title="Internationalism (politics)">internationalism</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Pragmatic_idealism" class="mw-redirect" title="Pragmatic idealism">pragmatic idealism</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-ActofIncorporation_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ActofIncorporation-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> AU broke ground in 1902, opened as a <a href="/wiki/Graduate_education" class="mw-redirect" title="Graduate education">graduate education</a> institution in 1914, and admitted its first undergraduates in 1925. Although affiliated with the <a href="/wiki/United_Methodist_Church" title="United Methodist Church">United Methodist Church</a>, religious affiliation is not a criterion for admission. </p><p>American University has eight schools and colleges: the <a href="/wiki/American_University_School_of_International_Service" title="American University School of International Service">School of International Service</a>, <a href="/wiki/American_University_College_of_Arts_and_Sciences" title="American University College of Arts and Sciences">College of Arts and Sciences</a>, Kogod School of Business, <a href="/wiki/American_University_School_of_Communication" title="American University School of Communication">School of Communication</a>, Professional Studies and Executive Education, <a href="/wiki/American_University_School_of_Public_Affairs" title="American University School of Public Affairs">School of Public Affairs</a>, <a href="/wiki/American_University_School_of_Education" title="American University School of Education">School of Education</a>, and the <a href="/wiki/Washington_College_of_Law" class="mw-redirect" title="Washington College of Law">Washington College of Law</a> (WCL). It has over 160 programs, including 71 bachelor's degrees, 87 master's degrees, and 10 doctoral degrees, as well as <a href="/wiki/Juris_Doctor_Degree" class="mw-redirect" title="Juris Doctor Degree">JD</a>, <a href="/wiki/Master_of_Law" class="mw-redirect" title="Master of Law">LLM</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Doctor_of_Juridical_Science" title="Doctor of Juridical Science">SJD</a> programs. AU's student body numbers over 13,000 and represents all 50 U.S. states and 141 countries; around a fifth of students are international. American University is among the top three feeder schools to the Department of State.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It is <a href="/wiki/Carnegie_Classification_of_Institutions_of_Higher_Education" title="Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education">classified</a> among "<a href="/wiki/List_of_research_universities_in_the_United_States#Universities_classified_as_"R2:_Doctoral_Universities_–_High_research_activity" title="List of research universities in the United States">R2: Doctoral Universities – High research activity</a>".<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The university owns <a href="/wiki/National_Public_Radio" class="mw-redirect" title="National Public Radio">National Public Radio</a>'s flagship capital affiliate, <a href="/wiki/WAMU" title="WAMU">WAMU</a>, which has been a source of nationally and internationally distributed programming such as <i><a href="/wiki/The_Diane_Rehm_Show" title="The Diane Rehm Show">The Diane Rehm Show</a></i> and <i><a href="/wiki/1A_(radio_program)" title="1A (radio program)">1A</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r886046785">.mw-parser-output .toclimit-2 .toclevel-1 ul,.mw-parser-output .toclimit-3 .toclevel-2 ul,.mw-parser-output .toclimit-4 .toclevel-3 ul,.mw-parser-output .toclimit-5 .toclevel-4 ul,.mw-parser-output .toclimit-6 .toclevel-5 ul,.mw-parser-output .toclimit-7 .toclevel-6 ul{display:none}</style><div class="toclimit-4"><meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=American_University&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Founding">Founding</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=American_University&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Founding"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:American_University_Glover_Gate.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f6/American_University_Glover_Gate.jpg/220px-American_University_Glover_Gate.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f6/American_University_Glover_Gate.jpg/330px-American_University_Glover_Gate.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f6/American_University_Glover_Gate.jpg/440px-American_University_Glover_Gate.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3264" data-file-height="2448" /></a><figcaption>The front gate at American University</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:American_University_in_1916.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b5/American_University_in_1916.jpg/220px-American_University_in_1916.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="186" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b5/American_University_in_1916.jpg/330px-American_University_in_1916.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b5/American_University_in_1916.jpg/440px-American_University_in_1916.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1024" data-file-height="868" /></a><figcaption>American University in 1916</figcaption></figure> <p>American University was established in the District of Columbia by an <a href="/wiki/Act_of_Congress" title="Act of Congress">Act of Congress</a> on December 5, 1892, primarily due to the efforts of Methodist bishop <a href="/wiki/John_Fletcher_Hurst" title="John Fletcher Hurst">John Fletcher Hurst</a>, who aimed to create an institution that could train future <a href="/wiki/Public_servants" class="mw-redirect" title="Public servants">public servants</a>. Hurst also chose the university's site, which was in the rural periphery of <a href="/wiki/Washington,_D.C." title="Washington, D.C.">Washington, D.C.</a> </p><p>After more than three decades devoted principally to securing financial support, the university was officially dedicated on May 15, 1914, with its first instructions beginning October of that year when 28 students were enrolled, 19 of whom were graduates and the remainder special students not candidates for a degree. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="20th_century">20th century</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=American_University&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: 20th century"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The first commencement was held on June 2, 1915, though no degrees were awarded. The second commencement was held the following year, in 1916, and saw the awarding of the first degrees: one master's degree and two doctor's degrees. AU admitted both women and African Americans, which was uncommon in higher education at the time. Among its first 28 students were five women, while an African American doctoral student was admitted in 1915. </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:AU_McKineyHall_ACC.jpeg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/18/AU_McKineyHall_ACC.jpeg/220px-AU_McKineyHall_ACC.jpeg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/18/AU_McKineyHall_ACC.jpeg/330px-AU_McKineyHall_ACC.jpeg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/18/AU_McKineyHall_ACC.jpeg/440px-AU_McKineyHall_ACC.jpeg 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="600" /></a><figcaption>Birthplace of Army Chemical Corps</figcaption></figure> <p>Shortly after these early commencement ceremonies, classes were interrupted by war. During <a href="/wiki/World_War_I" title="World War I">World War I</a>, the university allowed the U.S. military to use some of its grounds for testing. In 1917, the U.S. military divided American University into two segments, <a href="/wiki/Camp_American_University" class="mw-redirect" title="Camp American University">Camp American University</a> and <a href="/wiki/Camp_Leach" title="Camp Leach">Camp Leach</a>. Camp American University became the birthplace of the United States' chemical weapons program and the site of chemical weapons testing;<sup id="cite_ref-Gross_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Gross-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> this required a major cleanup effort in the 1990s. Camp Leach was home to advanced research, development, and testing of modern camouflage techniques. As of 2024<sup class="plainlinks noexcerpt noprint asof-tag update" style="display:none;"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=American_University&action=edit">[update]</a></sup>, the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Army_Corps_of_Engineers" title="United States Army Corps of Engineers">Army Corps of Engineers</a> was still removing munitions debris.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Instruction was first offered only at the graduate level, in accordance with the plan of the founders. This changed in 1925 with the establishment of the College of Liberal Arts (subsequently named the <a href="/wiki/American_University_College_of_Arts_and_Sciences" title="American University College of Arts and Sciences">College of Arts and Sciences</a>), which offered the first undergraduate degrees and programs. What is now the <a href="/wiki/American_University_School_of_Public_Affairs" title="American University School of Public Affairs">School of Public Affairs</a> was founded in 1934,<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> partly to educate future federal employees in new approaches to <a href="/wiki/Public_administration" title="Public administration">public administration</a> introduced by the <a href="/wiki/New_Deal" title="New Deal">New Deal</a>; during the event commemorating its launch, President <a href="/wiki/Franklin_D._Roosevelt" title="Franklin D. Roosevelt">Franklin D. Roosevelt</a> stressed cooperation between the school and his administration. </p><p>AU's relationship with the U.S. government continued during <a href="/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">World War II</a>, when the campus hosted the U.S. Navy Bomb Disposal School and a <a href="/wiki/United_States_Naval_Reserve_(Women%27s_Reserve)" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Naval Reserve (Women's Reserve)">WAVE</a> barracks. For AU's role in these wartime efforts, the <a href="/wiki/Victory_ship" title="Victory ship">Victory ship</a> <a href="/wiki/SS_American_Victory" title="SS American Victory">SS <i>American Victory</i></a> was named in its honor. </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:President_Kennedy_American_University_Commencement_Address_June_10,_1963.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/da/President_Kennedy_American_University_Commencement_Address_June_10%2C_1963.jpg/220px-President_Kennedy_American_University_Commencement_Address_June_10%2C_1963.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="214" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/da/President_Kennedy_American_University_Commencement_Address_June_10%2C_1963.jpg/330px-President_Kennedy_American_University_Commencement_Address_June_10%2C_1963.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/da/President_Kennedy_American_University_Commencement_Address_June_10%2C_1963.jpg/440px-President_Kennedy_American_University_Commencement_Address_June_10%2C_1963.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2632" data-file-height="2562" /></a><figcaption>President <a href="/wiki/John_F._Kennedy" title="John F. Kennedy">John F. Kennedy</a> delivers the <a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/A_Strategy_of_Peace" class="extiw" title="wikisource:A Strategy of Peace">commencement address at American University</a>, on June 10, 1963</figcaption></figure> <p>The post-World War II period saw considerable growth and restructuring of AU. In 1947, the Washington Semester Program was established, pioneering the concept of semester-long internships in the nation's capital. In 1949, the university merged with the <a href="/wiki/Washington_College_of_Law" class="mw-redirect" title="Washington College of Law">Washington College of Law</a>, which began in 1896 as the first law school founded by women and the first coeducational institution for the professional study of law in the District. Shortly after that, three departments were reorganized as schools: the School of Business Administration in 1955 (subsequently named the Robert P. and Arlene R. Kogod College of Business Administration and in 1999, renamed the Kogod School of Business); the School of Government and Public Administration in 1957; and the <a href="/wiki/School_of_International_Service" class="mw-redirect" title="School of International Service">School of International Service</a> in 1958. </p><p>In the early 1960s, the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Department_of_Defense" title="United States Department of Defense">Department of Defense</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Central_Intelligence_Agency" title="Central Intelligence Agency">Central Intelligence Agency</a> operated the <a href="/wiki/Federally_funded_research_and_development_centers" title="Federally funded research and development centers">FFRDC</a> <a href="/wiki/Project_Camelot" title="Project Camelot">Special Operations Research Office</a> as a think tank at American University. AU's political involvement was furthered by President <a href="/wiki/John_F._Kennedy" title="John F. Kennedy">John F. Kennedy</a>'s Spring 1963 <a href="/wiki/American_University_speech" title="American University speech">commencement address</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In the speech, Kennedy called on the Soviet Union to work with the United States to achieve a nuclear test ban treaty and to reduce the considerable international tensions and the specter of nuclear war during that juncture of the <a href="/wiki/Cold_War" title="Cold War">Cold War</a>. </p><p>From 1965 to 1977, the College of Continuing Education existed as a degree-granting college responsible for on- and off-campus adult education programs. The Lucy Webb Hayes School of Nursing provided an undergraduate study in Nursing from 1965 until 1988. In 1972, the School of Government and Public Administration, the School of International Service, the Center for Technology and Administration, and the Center for the Administration of Justice (subsequently named the School of Justice) were incorporated into the College of Public and International Affairs. </p><p>The university bought the Immaculata Campus in 1986 to alleviate space problems. This would later become Tenley Campus. </p><p>In 1986, construction on the Adnan Khashoggi Sports and Convocation Center began. Financed with $5 million from and named for Saudi Arabian Trustee <a href="/wiki/Adnan_Khashoggi" title="Adnan Khashoggi">Adnan Khashoggi</a>, the building was intended to update athletics facilities and provide a new arena, as well as a parking garage and office space for administrative services. Costing an estimated $19 million, the building represented the largest construction project to date but met protest by both faculty and students to the university's use of Khashoggi's name on the building due to his involvement in the international arms trade.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1988, the College of Public and International Affairs was reorganized to create two free-standing schools: the School of International Service and the School of Public Affairs, incorporating the School of Government and Public Administration and the School of Justice. That same year, construction of the Adnan Khashoggi Sports Center was completed while the <a href="/wiki/Iran%E2%80%93Contra_affair" title="Iran–Contra affair">Iran–Contra Affair</a> controversy was at its height, although his name remained on the building until after Khashoggi defaulted on his donation obligation in the mid-to-late 1990s. </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Tenleytown_aerial_2019.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/eb/Tenleytown_aerial_2019.jpg/220px-Tenleytown_aerial_2019.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/eb/Tenleytown_aerial_2019.jpg/330px-Tenleytown_aerial_2019.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/eb/Tenleytown_aerial_2019.jpg/440px-Tenleytown_aerial_2019.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4608" data-file-height="3456" /></a><figcaption>Aerial view of the American University campus, with <a href="/wiki/Tenleytown" title="Tenleytown">Tenleytown</a> in the background, in 2019</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:AmericanUniversity.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/17/AmericanUniversity.jpg/220px-AmericanUniversity.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="129" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/17/AmericanUniversity.jpg/330px-AmericanUniversity.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/17/AmericanUniversity.jpg/440px-AmericanUniversity.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2000" data-file-height="1172" /></a><figcaption>American University</figcaption></figure> <p>The <a href="/wiki/American_University_School_of_Communication" title="American University School of Communication">School of Communication</a> became independent from the <a href="/wiki/American_University_College_of_Arts_and_Sciences" title="American University College of Arts and Sciences">College of Arts and Sciences</a> in 1993. </p><p>In 1997, <a href="/wiki/American_University_of_Sharjah" title="American University of Sharjah">American University of Sharjah</a>, the only coeducational, liberal arts university in the <a href="/wiki/United_Arab_Emirates" title="United Arab Emirates">United Arab Emirates</a>, signed a two-year contract with AU to provide academic management. This contract has since been extended multiple times through August 2009. A team of senior AU administrators relocated to <a href="/wiki/Sharjah_(city)" class="mw-redirect" title="Sharjah (city)">Sharjah</a> to assist in the establishment of the university and guide it through the <a href="/wiki/Middle_States_Association_of_Colleges_and_Schools" title="Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools">Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools</a> accreditation process. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="21st_century">21st century</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=American_University&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: 21st century"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In fall 2005, the new <a href="/wiki/Katzen_Arts_Center" title="Katzen Arts Center">Katzen Arts Center</a> opened. </p><p><a href="/wiki/Benjamin_Ladner" title="Benjamin Ladner">Benjamin Ladner</a> was suspended from his position as president of the university on August 24, 2005, pending an investigation into possible misuse of university funds for his personal expenses. University faculty passed votes of no confidence in President Ladner the following month.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> One month after the faculty vote, the board of trustees decided that Ladner would not return to American University as its president.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Cornelius_M._Kerwin" title="Cornelius M. Kerwin">Cornelius M. Kerwin</a>, a long-time AU administrator, was appointed interim president. On September 1, 2007, Kerwin was appointed to the position permanently after two outsiders declined an offer from the board of trustees.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> According to <i><a href="/wiki/The_Chronicle_of_Higher_Education" title="The Chronicle of Higher Education">The Chronicle of Higher Education</a></i>,<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Ladner received total compensation of $4,270,665 in his final year of service, the second-highest of any university president in the nation. </p><p>Ground was broken for the new School of International Service building on November 14, 2007, and completed in 2010. A speech was given by Senator <a href="/wiki/Daniel_K._Inouye" class="mw-redirect" title="Daniel K. Inouye">Daniel K. Inouye</a> (D-HI). </p><p>In 2015, American University began offering an accredited, accelerated online <a href="/wiki/Masters_of_Business_Administration" class="mw-redirect" title="Masters of Business Administration">MBA</a> program.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In May 2017, Kerwin retired as AU's president.<sup id="cite_ref-reedretire_20-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-reedretire-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In early August 2023, <a href="/wiki/Sylvia_Mathews_Burwell" title="Sylvia Mathews Burwell">Sylvia Mathews Burwell</a> announced she would be stepping down as AU's 15th president<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and continue working for AU's Sine Institute for Policy and Politics.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On July 1, 2024, <a href="/wiki/Jonathan_Alger" class="mw-redirect" title="Jonathan Alger">Jonathan Alger</a> became AU's 16th president.<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2017, Taylor Dumpson became AU's first female black student body president. In her first full day in office, bananas were found at three places on campus, hanging from noose-like ropes, and marked with the initials "AKA", which are also the initials of the <a href="/wiki/Alpha_Kappa_Alpha" title="Alpha Kappa Alpha">Alpha Kappa Alpha</a> sorority. The university considered the incident to be racist, and then-president Neil Kerwin called it a "cowardly, despicable act." In May 2018, the school said it had exhausted "all credible leads" about who had perpetrated the incident.<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-larimer_25-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-larimer-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Also in May 2018, Dumpson filed a lawsuit against several people, including <a href="/wiki/Andrew_Anglin" title="Andrew Anglin">Andrew Anglin</a>, the founder of the <a href="/wiki/Neo-Nazi" class="mw-redirect" title="Neo-Nazi">neo-Nazi</a> website <i><a href="/wiki/The_Daily_Stormer" title="The Daily Stormer">The Daily Stormer</a></i>. She accused Anglin of organizing a racist and sexist trolling campaign against her.<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> She alleged that Anglin posted her name, her picture, links to her Facebook page, and the <a href="/wiki/Twitter" title="Twitter">Twitter</a> page of the university's student government, and urged his readers to "troll storm" her, which resulted in many hate-filled and racist online messages directed at her. A federal judge ordered the defendants to pay more than $101,000 in compensatory damages, $500,000 in punitive damages, and more than $124,000 in attorney's fees. Dumpson also entered a restraining order against him. Although Dumpson and Anglin have not settled, she settled in December 2018 with one of the people who harassed her, a man from Oregon who was required to apologize, to renounce <a href="/wiki/White_supremacy" title="White supremacy">white supremacy</a>, to stop trolling and <a href="/wiki/Doxing" title="Doxing">doxing</a> online, and to provide information to and cooperate with authorities in the prosecution of white supremacists.<sup id="cite_ref-larimer_25-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-larimer-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2019, the School of Education (SOE) split from the College of Arts and Sciences.<sup id="cite_ref-theeagleonline.com_27-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-theeagleonline.com-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> According to Cheryl Holcomb-McCoy (Dean of SOE) the move was made to "encourage more students to pursue careers in education".<sup id="cite_ref-theeagleonline.com_27-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-theeagleonline.com-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Areas of study that students can pursue within the school include: teacher education, special education, education policy, and leadership and international education. The school is home to the Institute for Innovation in Education and the newly created Center for Postsecondary Readiness and Success.<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-theeagleonline.com_27-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-theeagleonline.com-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On April 22, 2020, AU announced that it had <a href="/wiki/Fossil_fuel_divestment" title="Fossil fuel divestment">divested</a> its endowment of <a href="/wiki/Fossil_fuel" title="Fossil fuel">fossil fuels</a>, becoming one of the first universities in the United States to completely divest of both direct and indirect fossil fuel holdings.<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:1_30-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Following a student referendum in favor of divestment, the AU board of trustees voted against divesting the endowment in 2014.<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The decision to divest in 2020 came after extensive student campaigning from groups like Fossil Free AU and the undergraduate student government.<sup id="cite_ref-:2_32-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:2-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:1_30-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2020, Fossil Free AU pushed for a second student referendum on the subject, and the student government released a report on divestment, presented to the board of trustees by student comptroller Robert Zitzmann.<sup id="cite_ref-:1_30-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:2_32-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:2-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Campuses">Campuses</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=American_University&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Campuses"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Eric_Freidheim_Quadrangle.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f6/Eric_Freidheim_Quadrangle.jpg/220px-Eric_Freidheim_Quadrangle.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="124" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f6/Eric_Freidheim_Quadrangle.jpg/330px-Eric_Freidheim_Quadrangle.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f6/Eric_Freidheim_Quadrangle.jpg/440px-Eric_Freidheim_Quadrangle.jpg 2x" data-file-width="5312" data-file-height="2988" /></a><figcaption>Eric Friedheim Quadrangle</figcaption></figure> <p>American University has two contiguous campuses for academics and student housing: the main campus on <a href="/wiki/Massachusetts_Avenue_(Washington,_D.C.)" title="Massachusetts Avenue (Washington, D.C.)">Massachusetts Avenue</a> and the East Campus on Nebraska Avenue <a href="/wiki/Washington_College_of_Law" class="mw-redirect" title="Washington College of Law">Washington College of Law</a> has since been moved to the site of the <a href="/wiki/Tenley_Campus" title="Tenley Campus">Tenley Campus</a> located in <a href="/wiki/Tenleytown" title="Tenleytown">Tenleytown</a>. AU owns several other buildings in Tenleytown, <a href="/wiki/Spring_Valley,_Washington,_D.C." class="mw-redirect" title="Spring Valley, Washington, D.C.">Spring Valley</a>, East Campus in <a href="/wiki/Wesley_Heights" title="Wesley Heights">Wesley Heights</a>, and <a href="/wiki/American_University_Park" title="American University Park">American University Park</a> areas. </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><span><video id="mwe_player_0" poster="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8d/American_University.webm/220px--American_University.webm.jpg" controls="" preload="none" data-mw-tmh="" class="mw-file-element" width="220" height="124" data-durationhint="36" data-mwtitle="American_University.webm" data-mwprovider="wikimediacommons" resource="/wiki/File:American_University.webm"><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/8/8d/American_University.webm/American_University.webm.480p.vp9.webm" type="video/webm; codecs="vp9, opus"" data-transcodekey="480p.vp9.webm" data-width="854" data-height="480" /><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/8/8d/American_University.webm/American_University.webm.720p.vp9.webm" type="video/webm; codecs="vp9, opus"" data-transcodekey="720p.vp9.webm" data-width="1280" data-height="720" /><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/8/8d/American_University.webm/American_University.webm.1080p.vp9.webm" type="video/webm; codecs="vp9, opus"" data-transcodekey="1080p.vp9.webm" data-width="1920" data-height="1080" /><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/8d/American_University.webm" type="video/webm; codecs="vp8, vorbis"" data-width="1920" data-height="1080" /><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/8/8d/American_University.webm/American_University.webm.144p.mjpeg.mov" type="video/quicktime" data-transcodekey="144p.mjpeg.mov" data-width="256" data-height="144" /><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/8/8d/American_University.webm/American_University.webm.240p.vp9.webm" type="video/webm; codecs="vp9, opus"" data-transcodekey="240p.vp9.webm" data-width="426" data-height="240" /><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/8/8d/American_University.webm/American_University.webm.360p.webm" type="video/webm; codecs="vp8, vorbis"" data-transcodekey="360p.webm" data-width="640" data-height="360" /><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/8/8d/American_University.webm/American_University.webm.360p.vp9.webm" type="video/webm; codecs="vp9, opus"" data-transcodekey="360p.vp9.webm" data-width="640" data-height="360" /></video></span><figcaption>American University</figcaption></figure> <p>The first design for the campus was done by <a href="/wiki/Frederick_Law_Olmsted" title="Frederick Law Olmsted">Frederick Law Olmsted</a>. However, it was significantly modified over time due to financial constraints. The campus occupies 84 acres (340,000 m<sup>2</sup>) adjacent to <a href="/wiki/Ward_Circle" title="Ward Circle">Ward Circle</a>, the intersection of Nebraska and <a href="/wiki/Massachusetts_Avenue_(Washington,_D.C.)" title="Massachusetts Avenue (Washington, D.C.)">Massachusetts Avenues</a>. AU's campus is predominantly surrounded by the affluent residential neighborhoods characteristic of the <a href="/wiki/Northwest,_Washington,_D.C." class="mw-redirect" title="Northwest, Washington, D.C.">Northwest quadrant</a> of Washington, D.C. The campus includes a main quadrangle surrounded by academic buildings, nine residential halls, a 5,000-seat arena, and an outdoor <a href="/wiki/Amphitheatre" title="Amphitheatre">amphitheater</a>. The campus has been designated a public garden and <a href="/wiki/Arboretum" title="Arboretum">arboretum</a> by the <a href="/wiki/American_Public_Gardens_Association" title="American Public Gardens Association">American Public Gardens Association</a>, with many foreign and exotic plants and trees dotting the landscape.<sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Academic_and_recreational_buildings">Academic and recreational buildings</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=American_University&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Academic and recreational buildings"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Abbey Joel Butler Pavilion, home of the campus store, the Office of Campus Life, the Career Center, and meeting spaces.</li> <li>Battelle-Tompkins Building, the university library until 1977 and now home to parts of the <a href="/wiki/American_University_College_of_Arts_and_Sciences" title="American University College of Arts and Sciences">College of Arts and Sciences</a>.</li> <li>Don Myers Technology and Innovation Building, home to the <a href="/wiki/Physics" title="Physics">physics</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mathematics" title="Mathematics">mathematics</a> and <a href="/wiki/Statistics" title="Statistics">statistics</a>, <a href="/wiki/Computer_science" title="Computer science">computer science</a>, the AU Game Lab, the Kogod Center for Innovation, and the Design and Build Lab; completed in 2017 and <a href="/wiki/Leadership_in_Energy_and_Environmental_Design" class="mw-redirect" title="Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design">LEED</a> Gold certified.<sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Hall of Science, home to the <a href="/wiki/Biology" title="Biology">biology</a>, <a href="/wiki/Environmental_science" title="Environmental science">environmental science</a>, <a href="/wiki/Chemistry" title="Chemistry">chemistry</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Neuroscience" title="Neuroscience">neuroscience</a> departments; completed in 2020 and <a href="/wiki/LEED" title="LEED">LEED</a> Gold certified.<sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Hurst_Hall_.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f3/Hurst_Hall_.jpg/220px-Hurst_Hall_.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="124" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f3/Hurst_Hall_.jpg/330px-Hurst_Hall_.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f3/Hurst_Hall_.jpg/440px-Hurst_Hall_.jpg 2x" data-file-width="5312" data-file-height="2988" /></a><figcaption>Hurst Hall</figcaption></figure> <ul><li>Hurst Hall, first building of the university, ground was broken in 1896 for what was to be the College of History. The architects were <a href="/wiki/Henry_Van_Brunt" title="Henry Van Brunt">Van Brunt & Howe</a>. With the opening of the Hall of Science, the building now houses various departments and classrooms.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Katzen_Arts_Center" title="Katzen Arts Center">Katzen Arts Center</a>, provided for by a monetary gift from Cyrus and Myrtle Katzen, the building opened in 2005 and is now home to the Departments of Performing Arts, such as dance, Studio Arts, Graphic Design, and Art History, the American University Museum, and other Academic Departments.</li></ul> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Katzen_Arts_Center.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b5/Katzen_Arts_Center.jpg/220px-Katzen_Arts_Center.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="124" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b5/Katzen_Arts_Center.jpg/330px-Katzen_Arts_Center.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b5/Katzen_Arts_Center.jpg/440px-Katzen_Arts_Center.jpg 2x" data-file-width="5312" data-file-height="2988" /></a><figcaption>Katzen Arts Center</figcaption></figure> <ul><li>Kay Spiritual Life Center, built in 1963 as a multi-denominational place of worship. Nicknamed the "flaming cupcake" due to its round shape and 16-foot-tall impressionistic flame top, Kay is home to offices of the university chaplains and is used for speeches, performances, and community events.</li> <li>Kerwin Hall, the largest classroom building on campus, built in 1968 as a home for the School of Government and Public Administration (now the <a href="/wiki/American_University_School_of_Public_Affairs" title="American University School of Public Affairs">School of Public Affairs</a>).</li> <li>Kogod School of Business, formerly known as the Myers-Hutchins Building, and previous home to the <a href="/wiki/Washington_College_of_Law" class="mw-redirect" title="Washington College of Law">Washington College of Law</a>. Construction finished in January 2009 to annex it to the now empty Experimental Theater and Butler Instructional Center.</li> <li>Mary Graydon Center, commonly called MGC, it is the university's student union. Home to student organization offices, the main dining facilities, including the Terrace Dining Room (TDR) or "Tedes", The Bridge Coffee Shop,<sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and is interconnected to Butler Pavilion.</li></ul> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:McKinley_Building_today.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c8/McKinley_Building_today.jpg/220px-McKinley_Building_today.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="124" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c8/McKinley_Building_today.jpg/330px-McKinley_Building_today.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c8/McKinley_Building_today.jpg/440px-McKinley_Building_today.jpg 2x" data-file-width="5312" data-file-height="2988" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/McKinley_Building" title="McKinley Building">McKinley Building</a></figcaption></figure> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/McKinley_Building" title="McKinley Building">McKinley Building</a>, the cornerstone laid by President <a href="/wiki/Theodore_Roosevelt" title="Theodore Roosevelt">Theodore Roosevelt</a>. Was previously the home of the departments of Computer Science, Audio Technology, and Physics. After major renovations in 2014, it became the new home to the <a href="/wiki/American_University_School_of_Communication" title="American University School of Communication">School of Communication</a>; <a href="/wiki/Leadership_in_Energy_and_Environmental_Design" class="mw-redirect" title="Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design">LEED</a> Gold certified.</li></ul> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:School_of_International_Service_Building.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f7/School_of_International_Service_Building.jpg/220px-School_of_International_Service_Building.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="124" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f7/School_of_International_Service_Building.jpg/330px-School_of_International_Service_Building.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f7/School_of_International_Service_Building.jpg/440px-School_of_International_Service_Building.jpg 2x" data-file-width="5312" data-file-height="2988" /></a><figcaption>School of International Service</figcaption></figure> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/American_University_School_of_International_Service" title="American University School of International Service">School of International Service</a>, ground broken by President <a href="/wiki/Dwight_D._Eisenhower" title="Dwight D. Eisenhower">Dwight D. Eisenhower</a>. The new building opened for the 2010–2011 school year, with classes continuing to be also held in the original building, which has since been renamed the "East Quad Building", next door. The School of International Service has an enrollment of over 2,000 undergraduate students and an enrollment of over 900 graduate students.<sup id="cite_ref-39" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The new building is <a href="/wiki/Leadership_in_Energy_and_Environmental_Design" class="mw-redirect" title="Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design">LEED</a> Gold certified.</li> <li>Sports Center: <a href="/wiki/Bender_Arena" title="Bender Arena">Bender Arena</a>, Reeves Aquatic Center, Jacobs Fitness Center (see <a href="#Athletics">Athletics</a> below)</li> <li>American University (Bender) Library, which holds over a million books.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Residence_halls">Residence halls</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=American_University&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Residence halls"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:AUAmphitheatre.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/02/AUAmphitheatre.jpg/220px-AUAmphitheatre.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/02/AUAmphitheatre.jpg/330px-AUAmphitheatre.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/02/AUAmphitheatre.jpg/440px-AUAmphitheatre.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3072" data-file-height="2304" /></a><figcaption>The Woods-Brown Amphitheatre</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:East_Campus_Residence_Hall.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b6/East_Campus_Residence_Hall.jpg/220px-East_Campus_Residence_Hall.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="124" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b6/East_Campus_Residence_Hall.jpg/330px-East_Campus_Residence_Hall.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b6/East_Campus_Residence_Hall.jpg/440px-East_Campus_Residence_Hall.jpg 2x" data-file-width="5312" data-file-height="2988" /></a><figcaption>East Campus Residence Hall</figcaption></figure> <p>Housing is guaranteed for two years. Most freshman and sophomore students choose to live on campus. First-year students are not required to live on campus. </p><p>The university added 590 beds in 2017 with the opening of East Campus. Residence halls on the main campus are grouped into three "campuses". </p> <ul><li>North Campus, commonly referred to as "North Side": <ul><li>Hughes Hall</li> <li>Leonard Hall</li> <li>McDowell Hall, which was renovated for the Fall 2024 semester</li> <li>Nebraska Hall, located across Massachusetts Avenue from the main campus. It features apartment-style residences of 2 to 4 bedrooms in a suite.</li> <li>Cassell Hall, opened for the Fall 2013 semester.<sup id="cite_ref-40" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This residence hall is equipped with a 8,000 sq ft (740 m<sup>2</sup>) fitness facility and is <a href="/wiki/Leadership_in_Energy_and_Environmental_Design" class="mw-redirect" title="Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design">LEED</a> Silver certified.<sup id="cite_ref-41" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul></li> <li>East Campus, completed construction in 2017, includes these <a href="/wiki/Leadership_in_Energy_and_Environmental_Design" class="mw-redirect" title="Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design">LEED</a> Gold certified, suite-style residence halls: <ul><li>Duber Hall (formerly Congressional Hall)</li> <li>Constitution Hall</li> <li>Federal Hall</li></ul></li> <li>South Campus, commonly referred to as "South Side": <ul><li>Anderson Hall, the largest first-year residence hall on campus.</li> <li>Centennial Hall, featuring suite-style living originally intended as housing for upperclassmen.</li> <li>Letts Hall, named after John C. Letts, university trustee and president of the board of trustees from 1921 until 1931.</li> <li>Roper Hall, home to AU's Black Affinity Housing program.</li></ul></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Tenley_Campus">Tenley Campus</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=American_University&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Tenley Campus"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Tenley_Campus" title="Tenley Campus">Tenley Campus</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:CapitolHallTenley.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3b/CapitolHallTenley.jpg/220px-CapitolHallTenley.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3b/CapitolHallTenley.jpg/330px-CapitolHallTenley.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/3b/CapitolHallTenley.jpg 2x" data-file-width="400" data-file-height="268" /></a><figcaption>Capital Hall, Tenley Campus, American University</figcaption></figure> <p>Formerly the Immaculata School, <a href="/wiki/Tenley_Campus" title="Tenley Campus">Tenley Campus</a> is located half a mile east of the main campus and was purchased by American University in 1987 specifically for the Washington Semester program. Since 2016, Tenley Campus has been home to American University's law school, the <a href="/wiki/Washington_College_of_Law" class="mw-redirect" title="Washington College of Law">Washington College of Law</a>. Over several years, former dormitory halls and academic buildings were torn down and replaced with many newer, more contemporary academic buildings that now house the Washington College of Law. Graduates are reportedly saddled with enormous amounts of debt, and in 2022 only 69% of graduates held jobs that required they pass the Bar.<sup id="cite_ref-42" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-43" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Academics">Academics</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=American_University&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Academics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The university is composed of eight divisions, referred to as colleges or schools, which house its academic programs. Except for WCL, undergraduate and graduate courses are housed within the same division, although organized into different programs. These colleges and schools are: </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/American_University_College_of_Arts_and_Sciences" title="American University College of Arts and Sciences">College of Arts & Sciences</a> (CAS)</li> <li>Kogod School of Business (KSB)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/American_University_School_of_Communication" title="American University School of Communication">School of Communication</a> (SOC)</li> <li>School of Education (SOE)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/American_University_School_of_International_Service" title="American University School of International Service">School of International Service</a> (SIS)</li> <li>Professional Studies and Executive Education</li> <li><a href="/wiki/American_University_School_of_Public_Affairs" title="American University School of Public Affairs">School of Public Affairs</a> (SPA)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/American_University_Washington_College_of_Law" title="American University Washington College of Law">Washington College of Law</a> (WCL)</li></ul> <p>American University is also home to a unique program known as the Washington Semester Program. This program partners with institutions around the world to bring students to AU for a semester. The program operates as part of the <a href="/wiki/School_of_Professional_%26_Extended_Studies" class="mw-redirect" title="School of Professional & Extended Studies">School of Professional & Extended Studies</a>. The program combines two seminar courses three days a week with a two-day-per-week internship that gives students a unique look at Washington, D.C.<sup id="cite_ref-44" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Admissions_and_student_demographics">Admissions and student demographics</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=American_University&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Admissions and student demographics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table style="text-align:center; float:left; font-size:85%; margin-left:2em; margin:10px;" class="wikitable"> <caption>Demographics of the Student Body at American University (2019)<sup id="cite_ref-CDS2015_45-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CDS2015-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-46" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> vs. U.S. College Students<sup id="cite_ref-47" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th></th> <th>Undergraduate</th> <th>U.S. (2018) </th></tr> <tr> <th>White </th> <td>51.3%</td> <td>55.2% </td></tr> <tr> <th>Asian </th> <td>6.3%</td> <td>7.0% </td></tr> <tr> <th>Hispanic </th> <td>11.4%</td> <td>19.5% </td></tr> <tr> <th>Black </th> <td>6.5%</td> <td>13.4% </td></tr> <tr> <th>Two or More Races </th> <td>4.3% </td> <td>3.9% </td></tr> <tr> <th>American Indian </th> <td>0.1% </td> <td>0.7% </td></tr> <tr> <th>Pacific Islander </th> <td>0.1% </td> <td>0.3% </td></tr> <tr> <th>International </th> <td>15.8%</td> <td>N/A </td></tr> <tr> <th>Unknown </th> <td>4.2%</td> <td>N/A </td></tr> <tr> <th>Male </th> <td>38%</td> <td>43% </td></tr> <tr> <th>Female </th> <td>62%</td> <td>57% </td></tr></tbody></table> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"><table class="infobox" style="float:right; clear:right;"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above">Undergraduate admissions statistics</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-subheader"><div style="position:relative;">2019 entering<br />class<sup id="cite_ref-CDS_2019–2020_48-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CDS_2019–2020-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><span style="position:absolute; top:0; right:0; text-align:right;">Change vs.<br />2014<sup id="cite_ref-CDS_2012–2013_49-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CDS_2012–2013-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></span></div><hr /></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Admit rate</th><td class="infobox-data">32% <div style="float:right;"><small>(<span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Neutral decrease"><img alt="Neutral decrease" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/54/Decrease_Neutral.svg/11px-Decrease_Neutral.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/54/Decrease_Neutral.svg/17px-Decrease_Neutral.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/54/Decrease_Neutral.svg/22px-Decrease_Neutral.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="347" data-file-height="346" /></span></span> −8.2)</small></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Yield_(college_admissions)" title="Yield (college admissions)">Yield rate</a></th><td class="infobox-data">26.2% <div style="float:right;"><small>(<span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Increase"><img alt="Increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/11px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/17px-Increase2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/22px-Increase2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> +4)</small></div></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background:lavender;">Test scores <a href="/wiki/Interquartile_range" title="Interquartile range">middle 50%</a><sup id="cite_ref-50" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-50"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>i<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/SAT" title="SAT">SAT</a> <abbr title="Evidence-Based Reading and Writing">EBRW</abbr></th><td class="infobox-data">620–700</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/SAT" title="SAT">SAT</a> Math</th><td class="infobox-data">590–690</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/ACT_(test)" title="ACT (test)">ACT</a> Composite</th><td class="infobox-data">27–31</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist reflist-lower-roman"> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-50"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-50">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Among students who chose to submit</span> </li> </ol></div></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>Admission to American is considered to be "more selective" by the <i><a href="/wiki/U.S._News_%26_World_Report_Best_Colleges_Ranking" title="U.S. News & World Report Best Colleges Ranking">U.S. News & World Report</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-USNWR_51-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-USNWR-51"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>50<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> For the Class of 2023 (enrolling fall 2019), AU received 18,545 freshmen applications; 6,691 were admitted (36%) and 1,755 enrolled.<sup id="cite_ref-CDS2015_45-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CDS2015-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The middle 50% range of <a href="/wiki/SAT" title="SAT">SAT</a> scores were 590–690 for Evidence-Based Reading and Writing and 590–690 for Math.<sup id="cite_ref-CDS2015_45-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CDS2015-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The middle 50% range of the <a href="/wiki/ACT_(test)" title="ACT (test)">ACT</a> Composite score was 27–31.<sup id="cite_ref-CDS2015_45-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CDS2015-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Study_abroad">Study abroad</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=American_University&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Study abroad"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><i>The <a href="/wiki/U.S._News_%26_World_Report" title="U.S. News & World Report">U.S. News & World Report</a></i> has ranked American University 7th in Study Abroad programs.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_52-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-52"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> American University operates three premier programs in <a href="/wiki/Brussels" title="Brussels">Brussels</a>, Belgium; <a href="/wiki/Madrid" title="Madrid">Madrid</a>, Spain; and <a href="/wiki/Nairobi" title="Nairobi">Nairobi</a>, Kenya but, also partners with universities across the globe. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Rankings">Rankings</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=American_University&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Rankings"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"><table class="infobox"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above"><a href="/wiki/College_and_university_rankings_in_the_United_States" title="College and university rankings in the United States">Academic rankings</a></th></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: lavender;">National</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/America%27s_Top_Colleges" title="America's Top Colleges"><i>Forbes</i></a><sup id="cite_ref-Rankings_Forbes_NU_53-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Rankings_Forbes_NU-53"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>52<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></th><td class="infobox-data" style="text-align: right;">133</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/U.S._News_%26_World_Report_Best_Colleges_Ranking" title="U.S. News & World Report Best Colleges Ranking"><i>U.S. News & World Report</i></a><sup id="cite_ref-Rankings_USNWR_NU_54-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Rankings_USNWR_NU-54"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>53<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></th><td class="infobox-data" style="text-align: right;">91</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Washington_Monthly_college_rankings" class="mw-redirect" title="Washington Monthly college rankings"><i>Washington Monthly</i></a><sup id="cite_ref-Rankings_Wamo_NU_55-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Rankings_Wamo_NU-55"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>54<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></th><td class="infobox-data" style="text-align: right;">103</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/The_Wall_Street_Journal" title="The Wall Street Journal"><i>WSJ</i></a>/College Pulse<sup id="cite_ref-Rankings_WSJ_NU_56-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Rankings_WSJ_NU-56"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>55<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></th><td class="infobox-data" style="text-align: right;">132</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: lavender;">Global</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/QS_World_University_Rankings" title="QS World University Rankings"><i>QS</i></a><sup id="cite_ref-Rankings_QS_W_57-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Rankings_QS_W-57"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>56<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></th><td class="infobox-data" style="text-align: right;">791–800</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Times_Higher_Education_World_University_Rankings" title="Times Higher Education World University Rankings"><i>THE</i></a><sup id="cite_ref-Rankings_THES_W_58-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Rankings_THES_W-58"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>57<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></th><td class="infobox-data" style="text-align: right;">601–800</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/U.S._News_%26_World_Report_Best_Global_Universities_Ranking" title="U.S. News & World Report Best Global Universities Ranking"><i>U.S. News & World Report</i></a><sup id="cite_ref-Rankings_USNWR_W_59-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Rankings_USNWR_W-59"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>58<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></th><td class="infobox-data" style="text-align: right;">590</td></tr></tbody></table> <p>American University's undergraduate program was tied for 105th overall among "national universities" in <i><a href="/wiki/U.S._News_%26_World_Report" title="U.S. News & World Report">U.S. News & World Report</a></i><span class="nowrap" style="padding-left:0.1em;">'s</span> 2024 rankings, tied for 31st in "Best Undergraduate Teaching", tied for 46th in "Most Innovative Schools", and 120th in "Best Value Schools".<sup id="cite_ref-:0_52-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-52"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2008, 2010, 2012, and 2018, American University was named the most politically active school in the nation by <i>The Princeton Review'</i>s annual survey of college students.<sup id="cite_ref-princetonreview.com_60-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-princetonreview.com-60"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>59<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-61" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-61"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>60<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2006, the <i>Fiske Guide to Colleges</i> ranked AU as a "Best Buy" college for the quality of academic offerings in relation to the cost of attendance. However, in 2013, the Daily Beast listed the school in their list of "20 Least Affordable Colleges".<sup id="cite_ref-62" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-62"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>61<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> For two years in a row, American University has had more students chosen to receive <a href="/wiki/Presidential_Management_Fellows_Program" title="Presidential Management Fellows Program">Presidential Management Fellowships</a> than any other college or university in the country. In spring 2006, 34 graduate and law students were chosen for the honor.<sup id="cite_ref-Pres_63-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Pres-63"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>62<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> American University routinely ranks among the top mid-sized universities for producing <a href="/wiki/Peace_Corps" title="Peace Corps">Peace Corps</a> volunteers.<sup id="cite_ref-64" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-64"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>63<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Among <a href="/wiki/The_Association_of_Professional_Schools_of_International_Affairs" class="mw-redirect" title="The Association of Professional Schools of International Affairs">The Association of Professional Schools of International Affairs</a> (APSIA) schools, AU School of International Service has the largest number of minority students and female students. It is ranked 6th among APSIA schools in numbers of international students.<sup id="cite_ref-Pres_63-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Pres-63"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>62<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A review in <i>Foreign Policy Magazine</i> ranked the school 8th in the country for preparing future foreign policy professionals and 25th for academic careers. SIS's undergraduate programs earned a spot at number 11, and its graduate programs were ranked number 8.<sup id="cite_ref-65" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-65"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>64<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Because the field of international relations is not evaluated by <i>U.S. News & World Report</i>, the <a href="/wiki/College_of_William_and_Mary" class="mw-redirect" title="College of William and Mary">College of William and Mary</a> published the results of their survey, which ranked the AU international relations master's degree in the top 10 in the United States and the doctoral degree in the top 25.<sup id="cite_ref-Pres_63-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Pres-63"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>62<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/American_University_School_of_Communication" title="American University School of Communication">School of Communication</a> is among the top 25 in the nation, and it graduates the third-largest number of communication professionals among U.S. colleges and universities.<sup id="cite_ref-Pres_63-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Pres-63"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>62<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/American_University_School_of_Public_Affairs" title="American University School of Public Affairs">School of Public Affairs</a> is ranked 10th in the U.S. by <i>U.S. News & World Report</i> for 2023.<sup id="cite_ref-66" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-66"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>65<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Folio_literary_magazine"><i>Folio</i> literary magazine</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=American_University&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Folio literary magazine"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><span class="anchor" id="Folio_magazine"></span> </p> <div class="infobox-journal-search" style="display:none;"></div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"><table class="infobox hproduct"><caption class="infobox-title" style="font-size:125%;"><i><span class="fn">Folio</span></i><span class="Z3988" title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.jtitle=Folio&rft.stitle=Folio&rft.issn=1547-4151&rft_id=info:oclcnum/20236678&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.american.edu%2Fcas%2Fliterature%2Ffolio%2F"></span></caption><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Outline_of_academic_disciplines" title="Outline of academic disciplines">Discipline</a></th><td class="infobox-data category" style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Literary_journal" class="mw-redirect" title="Literary journal">Literary journal</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Language</th><td class="infobox-data" style="text-align:left;">English</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Editor-in-chief" title="Editor-in-chief">Edited</a> by</th><td class="infobox-data" style="text-align:left;">Jenny Dunnington</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background:#dfc;">Publication details</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">History</th><td class="infobox-data" style="text-align:left;">1984-present</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Academic_publishing" title="Academic publishing">Publisher</a></th><td class="infobox-data" style="text-align:left;"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">American University (United States)</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Periodical_literature#Frequency" title="Periodical literature">Frequency</a></th><td class="infobox-data" 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style="text-align:left;"><span class="value"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.worldcat.org/search?fq=x0:jrnl&q=n2:1547-4151">1547-4151</a></span><br /></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span class="type"><a href="/wiki/OCLC_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="OCLC (identifier)">OCLC</a> no.</span></th><td class="infobox-data" style="text-align:left;"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/20236678">20236678</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background:#dfc;">Links</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="text-align:left;"> <ul><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.american.edu/cas/literature/folio/">Journal homepage</a></li></ul> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p><i>Folio</i> is a <a href="/wiki/Literary_magazine" title="Literary magazine">literary magazine</a> founded in 1984 and based at American University.<sup id="cite_ref-67" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-67"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>66<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="noprint Inline-Template noprint noexcerpt Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:NOTRS" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:NOTRS"><span title="The current source is incomplete (WP:NOTRS). (November 2023)">better source needed</span></a></i>]</sup> It publishes fiction, <a href="/wiki/Poetry" title="Poetry">poetry</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Creative_nonfiction" title="Creative nonfiction">creative nonfiction</a> twice each year. <i>Folio</i> has printed interviews with prominent writers, most recently <a href="/wiki/Ann_Beattie" title="Ann Beattie">Ann Beattie</a>, <a href="/wiki/Alice_Fulton" title="Alice Fulton">Alice Fulton</a>, <a href="/wiki/Leslie_Pietrzyk" title="Leslie Pietrzyk">Leslie Pietrzyk</a>, <a href="/wiki/Gregory_Orr_(poet)" title="Gregory Orr (poet)">Gregory Orr</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Adam_Haslett" title="Adam Haslett">Adam Haslett</a>. Work that has appeared in <i>Folio</i> was short-listed for the <a href="/wiki/Pushcart_Prize" title="Pushcart Prize">Pushcart Prize</a> multiple time in the 1980s. Among the notable stories that first appeared in <i>Folio</i> are <a href="/wiki/Jacob_M._Appel" title="Jacob M. Appel">Jacob M. Appel</a>'s "Fata Morgana" and "Becoming Coretta Davis" by I. Bennett Capers. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Sine_Institute">Sine Institute</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=American_University&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Sine Institute"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>On September 24, 2018, AU President <a href="/wiki/Sylvia_M._Burwell" class="mw-redirect" title="Sylvia M. Burwell">Sylvia M. Burwell</a> announced the <b>Sine Institute of Policy and Politics</b>.<sup id="cite_ref-68" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-68"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>67<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Taking advantage of AU's location in the nation's capital, the institute will bring together scholars, journalists, and experts from the public, private, and nonprofit sectors to find common ground and bipartisan policy solutions to the nation's problems.<sup id="cite_ref-69" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-69"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>68<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Sine Institute launched with a conversation between Burwell and Republican Senator <a href="/wiki/Bob_Corker" title="Bob Corker">Bob Corker</a> of Tennessee.<sup id="cite_ref-70" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-70"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>69<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Amy K. Dacey is the first and current executive director of the Sine Institute.<sup id="cite_ref-71" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-71"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>70<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Library_system">Library system</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=American_University&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Library system"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"><table class="infobox vcard"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above" style="text-align:center;background-color:#ededed;">American University Library</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><a class="mw-kartographer-map notheme mw-kartographer-container center" style="width: 250px; height: 200px;" data-mw-kartographer="mapframe" data-style="osm-intl" data-width="250" data-height="200" data-zoom="14" data-overlays="["_b15c2edb75ba00c144e593a314ad7a4e1eacb812"]"><img src="https://maps.wikimedia.org/img/osm-intl,14,a,a,250x200.png?lang=en&domain=en.wikipedia.org&title=American_University&revid=1255697312&groups=_b15c2edb75ba00c144e593a314ad7a4e1eacb812" width="250" height="200" decoding="async" srcset="https://maps.wikimedia.org/img/osm-intl,14,a,a,250x200@2x.png?lang=en&domain=en.wikipedia.org&title=American_University&revid=1255697312&groups=_b15c2edb75ba00c144e593a314ad7a4e1eacb812 2x" alt="Map" /></a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Location</th><td class="infobox-data">Washington, D. C.</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Established</th><td class="infobox-data">1926 as Battelle Library</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="text-align:center;background: #ededed;">Collection</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Size</th><td class="infobox-data">over 1 million volumes</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="text-align:center;background: #ededed;">Access and use</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Population served</th><td class="infobox-data">10,000 students & 1,000 faculty</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="text-align:center;background: #ededed;">Other information</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Director</th><td class="infobox-data">Jeehyun Davis</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Employees</th><td class="infobox-data">72 (full-time)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.american.edu/library">www<wbr />.american<wbr />.edu<wbr />/library</a></span></td></tr></tbody></table> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:LibraryRevamp.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f1/LibraryRevamp.jpg/220px-LibraryRevamp.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f1/LibraryRevamp.jpg/330px-LibraryRevamp.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f1/LibraryRevamp.jpg/440px-LibraryRevamp.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2592" data-file-height="1944" /></a><figcaption>The Jack I. and Dorothy G. Bender Library and Learning Resources Center, which sits at the top of the Eric Friedheim Quadrangle</figcaption></figure> <p>The Jack I. and Dorothy G. Bender Library and Learning Resources Center is the main library facility for the campus. The University Library is part of the Washington Research Library Consortium (WRLC), which includes seven other libraries. The WRLC operates a consortium loan service between member institutions and has a shared collections site in Upper Marlboro, Maryland. </p><p>The Library's Archives and Special Collections houses unique and rare materials and information on the institution's history. The University Archives is the repository for papers and other documents, including sound recordings and photographs, spanning more than a century of the university's history. Special Collections houses rare materials.<sup id="cite_ref-72" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-72"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>71<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Campus_life">Campus life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=American_University&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Campus life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>AU has over 150 recognized organizations on campus, ranging from political to social. </p><p>There is an internationally top-ranked Model United Nations team (ranking 1st in North America following the 2021–2022 academic year).<sup id="cite_ref-73" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-73"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>72<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The team competes actively at intercollegiate tournaments, and also hosts "AmeriMUNC" (American Model United Nations Conference) a yearly High School Model UN competition on campus.<sup id="cite_ref-74" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-74"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>73<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-75" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-75"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>74<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>American University Student Government (AUSG) is the governing body of the student population and has been ranked as the most active student government in the United States.<sup id="cite_ref-76" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-76"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>75<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It comprises the Undergraduate Senate and the Executive Branch. AUSG promotes advocacy and launches initiatives on campus supported by the student body.<sup id="cite_ref-77" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-77"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>76<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-78" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-78"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>77<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>AU has eight student-run university-recognized media organizations, including <i>The Eagle</i> newspaper, radio station <a href="/wiki/WAMU#WVAU" title="WAMU">WVAU</a>, the Second District Records record label, the American Literary Magazine (AmLit), and several magazines. These media organizations are governed by a Student Media Board and are funded through the university's undergraduate student activity fee:<sup id="cite_ref-79" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-79"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>78<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Religious_life">Religious life</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=American_University&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: Religious life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>While AU is affiliated with the <a href="/wiki/United_Methodist_Church" title="United Methodist Church">United Methodist Church</a> and hosts the AU United Methodist Community,<sup id="cite_ref-80" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-80"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>79<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> AU has a variety of other religious life groups, including Catholic,<sup id="cite_ref-81" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-81"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>80<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Chabad Lubavitch of the AU Community,<sup id="cite_ref-82" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-82"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>81<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> American University Hillel,<sup id="cite_ref-83" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-83"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>82<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and the Jewish Student Association.<sup id="cite_ref-84" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-84"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>83<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Greek_life">Greek life</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=American_University&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: Greek life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>American University has a Panhellenic Association (PHA), Interfraternity Council (IFC), <a href="/wiki/National_Pan-Hellenic_Council" title="National Pan-Hellenic Council">National Pan-Hellenic Council</a> (NPHC), and Multicultural Greek Council (MGC).<sup id="cite_ref-85" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-85"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>84<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-86" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-86"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>85<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> There are also several independent organizations. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Sustainability">Sustainability</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=American_University&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section: Sustainability"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 2008, American University joined more than 500 other US universities in signing the American College and University Presidents Climate Commitment, demonstrating the university's commitment to environmental responsibility. Within a year, American University's Office of Sustainability was established. </p><p>An environmental science class at American conducted a study from February to April 2009 to measure the amount of <a href="/wiki/Food_waste" class="mw-redirect" title="Food waste">food waste</a> avoided by eliminating trays from one of the college's dining halls. The class found that trayless dinners resulted in 47.1% less solid waste than dinners during which trays were used, spurring a student-driven campaign to go trayless across campus.<sup id="cite_ref-News_Release_87-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-News_Release-87"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>86<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2011, the <a href="/wiki/Association_for_the_Advancement_of_Sustainability_in_Higher_Education" title="Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education">Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education</a> (AASHE) awarded American University a gold rating, the highest possible, on their STARS scale for sustainability. Since then, American University has earned five consecutive gold ratings, the most recent in 2020.<sup id="cite_ref-88" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-88"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>87<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Also in 2011, American University's School of International Service building earned Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Gold certification for its 70,000 square foot building renowned for sustainable design and "cradle-to-cradle" philosophy.<sup id="cite_ref-89" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-89"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>88<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2014, American University ranked #2 in the <a href="/wiki/Sierra_Club" title="Sierra Club">Sierra Club</a>'s list of the 'Top 10 Greenest Colleges'.<sup id="cite_ref-90" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-90"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>89<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2014, the university announced an ambitious project to build a solar farm in partnership with George Washington University.<sup id="cite_ref-91" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-91"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>90<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> As of January 2016<sup class="plainlinks noexcerpt noprint asof-tag update" style="display:none;"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=American_University&action=edit">[update]</a></sup>, the completed solar farm provides an equivalent of 50% of the university's electricity.<sup id="cite_ref-92" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-92"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>91<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2018, American University became the first university in the United States to achieve carbon-neutral status.<sup id="cite_ref-93" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-93"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>92<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2020, AU announced that it had eliminated all public fossil fuel investments from its endowment.<sup id="cite_ref-94" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-94"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>93<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Athletics">Athletics</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=American_University&action=edit&section=20" title="Edit section: Athletics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/American_Eagles" title="American Eagles">American Eagles</a></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Further information: <a href="/wiki/American_Eagles_men%27s_basketball" title="American Eagles men's basketball">American Eagles men's basketball</a>, <a href="/wiki/American_Eagles_men%27s_soccer" title="American Eagles men's soccer">American Eagles men's soccer</a>, and <a href="/wiki/American_Eagles_wrestling" title="American Eagles wrestling">American Eagles wrestling</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:AUField.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/AUField.JPG/220px-AUField.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/AUField.JPG/330px-AUField.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/AUField.JPG/440px-AUField.JPG 2x" data-file-width="3072" data-file-height="2304" /></a><figcaption>Reeves Field</figcaption></figure> <p>A member of the <a href="/wiki/Patriot_League" title="Patriot League">Patriot League</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-95" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-95"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>94<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> AU has several sports teams including men's and women's <a href="/wiki/Basketball" title="Basketball">basketball</a>, <a href="/wiki/Soccer" class="mw-redirect" title="Soccer">soccer</a>, <a href="/wiki/Cross_country_running" title="Cross country running">cross-country</a>, <a href="/wiki/Swimming_(sport)" title="Swimming (sport)">swimming</a> and <a href="/wiki/Diving_(sport)" title="Diving (sport)">diving</a>, <a href="/wiki/Track_and_field" title="Track and field">track</a>, women's <a href="/wiki/Volleyball" title="Volleyball">volleyball</a>, <a href="/wiki/Field_hockey" title="Field hockey">field hockey</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Lacrosse" title="Lacrosse">lacrosse</a>, and men's <a href="/wiki/Collegiate_wrestling" title="Collegiate wrestling">wrestling</a>. Club sports, such as tennis, rugby, rowing, ice hockey, field hockey, equestrian and <a href="/wiki/Ultimate_frisbee" title="Ultimate frisbee">ultimate frisbee</a> also have teams. </p><p><a href="/wiki/Bender_Arena" title="Bender Arena">Bender Arena</a>, a multi-purpose facility, hosts many of American's athletic competitions. Bender Arena opened on January 23, 1988, when AU's women's basketball team hosted <a href="/wiki/James_Madison_University" title="James Madison University">James Madison University</a>.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (December 2018)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Reeves_Field" title="Reeves Field">Reeves Field</a>, home to AU's soccer team, earned the 2002 College Soccer Field of the Year by the Sports Turf Managers Association, hosted its fifth <a href="/wiki/National_Collegiate_Athletic_Association" title="National Collegiate Athletic Association">NCAA</a> Tournament game, and served as the training site for the <a href="/wiki/Uruguay_national_football_team" title="Uruguay national football team">Uruguay national football team</a>.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (July 2020)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> Reeves Field features a six-lane track to accommodate the track and field programs at AU and functions as a multi-purpose event site. </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Olympic_size_swimming_pool_located_in_Bender.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5b/Olympic_size_swimming_pool_located_in_Bender.jpg/220px-Olympic_size_swimming_pool_located_in_Bender.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="124" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5b/Olympic_size_swimming_pool_located_in_Bender.jpg/330px-Olympic_size_swimming_pool_located_in_Bender.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5b/Olympic_size_swimming_pool_located_in_Bender.jpg/440px-Olympic_size_swimming_pool_located_in_Bender.jpg 2x" data-file-width="5312" data-file-height="2988" /></a><figcaption>The swimming pool located in the Reeves Aquatic Center</figcaption></figure> <p>American University has seven tennis courts and two basketball courts in the outdoor recreational facility located next to Reeves Field and behind Bender Arena. AU has hosted Patriot League tennis team championships three times since joining the league.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (December 2018)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> Both the men's and women's tennis teams have been cut from the athletics program.<sup id="cite_ref-96" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-96"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>95<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On March 14, 2008, AU earned its first NCAA tournament berth in men's basketball by defeating <a href="/wiki/Colgate_University" title="Colgate University">Colgate University</a> in the Patriot League Championship Game. However, AU lost its first-round NCAA tournament game against the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Tennessee" title="University of Tennessee">University of Tennessee</a>. On March 13, 2009, AU's men's basketball team repeated as Patriot League Champion by defeating Holy Cross 73–57, earning an automatic bid to the <a href="/wiki/NCAA_Men%27s_Division_I_Basketball_Championship" class="mw-redirect" title="NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship">NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship</a>. They ultimately lost to <a href="/wiki/Villanova_University" title="Villanova University">Villanova University</a> in the first round on March 19, 2009, with a final score of 80–67. </p><p>William I Jacobs Recreational Complex is also located on campus, containing an AstroTurf surface, a softball diamond, and two sand volleyball courts.<sup id="cite_ref-american.edu_97-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-american.edu-97"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>96<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Off-campus facilities include the Massachusetts Ave. Field, which hosts intramural and varsity athletic practices for both the Men's and Women's soccer teams.<sup id="cite_ref-american.edu_97-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-american.edu-97"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>96<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The Marilyn Meltzer Wrestling Room is located within Jacobs Fitness Center, and hosts practices for the Men's Varsity Wrestling Team at American University.<sup id="cite_ref-98" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-98"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>97<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notable_people">Notable people</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=American_University&action=edit&section=21" title="Edit section: Notable people"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">For a more comprehensive list, see <a href="/wiki/List_of_American_University_people" title="List of American University people">List of American University people</a>.</div> <ul class="gallery mw-gallery-nolines center"> <li class="gallerycaption">Notable American University alumni include:</li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 125px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 120px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Muriel_Bowser_official_photo.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Mayor of the District of Columbia, Muriel Bowser; MPP '00"><img alt="Mayor of the District of Columbia, Muriel Bowser; MPP '00" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ce/Muriel_Bowser_official_photo.jpg/98px-Muriel_Bowser_official_photo.jpg" decoding="async" width="98" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ce/Muriel_Bowser_official_photo.jpg/147px-Muriel_Bowser_official_photo.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ce/Muriel_Bowser_official_photo.jpg/196px-Muriel_Bowser_official_photo.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1190" data-file-height="1460" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><a href="/wiki/Mayor_of_the_District_of_Columbia" title="Mayor of the District of Columbia">Mayor of the District of Columbia</a>, <a href="/wiki/Muriel_Bowser" title="Muriel Bowser">Muriel Bowser</a>; MPP '00</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 125px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 120px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Robert_Byrd_official_portrait.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Senator, Robert Byrd; JD '63"><img alt="Senator, Robert Byrd; JD '63" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8e/Robert_Byrd_official_portrait.jpg/96px-Robert_Byrd_official_portrait.jpg" decoding="async" width="96" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8e/Robert_Byrd_official_portrait.jpg/144px-Robert_Byrd_official_portrait.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8e/Robert_Byrd_official_portrait.jpg/192px-Robert_Byrd_official_portrait.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1448" data-file-height="1812" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate" title="United States Senate">Senator</a>, <a href="/wiki/Robert_Byrd" title="Robert Byrd">Robert Byrd</a>; JD '63</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 125px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 120px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Julius_Maada_Bio_-_2023_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="President of Sierra Leone, Julius Maada Bio; MA'98"><img alt="President of Sierra Leone, Julius Maada Bio; MA'98" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Julius_Maada_Bio_-_2023_%28cropped%29.jpg/80px-Julius_Maada_Bio_-_2023_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="80" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Julius_Maada_Bio_-_2023_%28cropped%29.jpg/120px-Julius_Maada_Bio_-_2023_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Julius_Maada_Bio_-_2023_%28cropped%29.jpg/160px-Julius_Maada_Bio_-_2023_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="583" data-file-height="875" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><a href="/wiki/President_of_Sierra_Leone" title="President of Sierra Leone">President of Sierra Leone</a>, <a href="/wiki/Julius_Maada_Bio" title="Julius Maada Bio">Julius Maada Bio</a>; MA'98</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 125px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 120px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Allan_Domb,_Philadelphia_City_Council_Stated_Meeting,_2016_(cropped)_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Real estate developer, Allan Domb; BA '77"><img alt="Real estate developer, Allan Domb; BA '77" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4e/Allan_Domb%2C_Philadelphia_City_Council_Stated_Meeting%2C_2016_%28cropped%29_%28cropped%29.jpg/89px-Allan_Domb%2C_Philadelphia_City_Council_Stated_Meeting%2C_2016_%28cropped%29_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="89" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4e/Allan_Domb%2C_Philadelphia_City_Council_Stated_Meeting%2C_2016_%28cropped%29_%28cropped%29.jpg/134px-Allan_Domb%2C_Philadelphia_City_Council_Stated_Meeting%2C_2016_%28cropped%29_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4e/Allan_Domb%2C_Philadelphia_City_Council_Stated_Meeting%2C_2016_%28cropped%29_%28cropped%29.jpg/179px-Allan_Domb%2C_Philadelphia_City_Council_Stated_Meeting%2C_2016_%28cropped%29_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1683" data-file-height="2254" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Real estate developer, <a href="/wiki/Allan_Domb" title="Allan Domb">Allan Domb</a>; BA '77</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 125px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 120px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Neil_Cavuto_(1815495689).jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Journalist, Neil Cavuto; MA '82"><img alt="Journalist, Neil Cavuto; MA '82" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/01/Neil_Cavuto_%281815495689%29.jpg/120px-Neil_Cavuto_%281815495689%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="116" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/01/Neil_Cavuto_%281815495689%29.jpg/180px-Neil_Cavuto_%281815495689%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/01/Neil_Cavuto_%281815495689%29.jpg/240px-Neil_Cavuto_%281815495689%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="967" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Journalist, <a href="/wiki/Neil_Cavuto" title="Neil Cavuto">Neil Cavuto</a>; <br /> MA '82</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 125px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 120px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:MichaelChasen.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Co-founder of Blackboard Inc. and former CEO of PrecisionHawk, Michael Chasen; BA '93"><img alt="Co-founder of Blackboard Inc. and former CEO of PrecisionHawk, Michael Chasen; BA '93" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fd/MichaelChasen.jpg/79px-MichaelChasen.jpg" decoding="async" width="79" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fd/MichaelChasen.jpg/119px-MichaelChasen.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fd/MichaelChasen.jpg/159px-MichaelChasen.jpg 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="1205" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Co-founder of <a href="/wiki/Blackboard_Inc." class="mw-redirect" title="Blackboard Inc.">Blackboard Inc.</a> and former CEO of <a href="/wiki/PrecisionHawk" title="PrecisionHawk">PrecisionHawk</a>, <a href="/wiki/Michael_Chasen" title="Michael Chasen">Michael Chasen</a>; BA '93</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 125px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 120px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Haley_Stevens,_official_portrait,_116th_Congress.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="U.S. Representative, Haley Stevens; BA '05"><img alt="U.S. Representative, Haley Stevens; BA '05" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5d/Haley_Stevens%2C_official_portrait%2C_116th_Congress.jpg/80px-Haley_Stevens%2C_official_portrait%2C_116th_Congress.jpg" decoding="async" width="80" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5d/Haley_Stevens%2C_official_portrait%2C_116th_Congress.jpg/120px-Haley_Stevens%2C_official_portrait%2C_116th_Congress.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5d/Haley_Stevens%2C_official_portrait%2C_116th_Congress.jpg/160px-Haley_Stevens%2C_official_portrait%2C_116th_Congress.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1365" data-file-height="2048" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><a href="/wiki/U.S._Representative" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. Representative">U.S. Representative</a>, <a href="/wiki/Haley_Stevens" title="Haley Stevens">Haley Stevens</a>; BA '05</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 125px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 120px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Gary_Cohn_at_Regional_Media_Day_(cropped).png" class="mw-file-description" title="Former President of Goldman Sachs, Gary Cohn; BS '82"><img alt="Former President of Goldman Sachs, Gary Cohn; BS '82" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/95/Gary_Cohn_at_Regional_Media_Day_%28cropped%29.png/97px-Gary_Cohn_at_Regional_Media_Day_%28cropped%29.png" decoding="async" width="97" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/95/Gary_Cohn_at_Regional_Media_Day_%28cropped%29.png/145px-Gary_Cohn_at_Regional_Media_Day_%28cropped%29.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/95/Gary_Cohn_at_Regional_Media_Day_%28cropped%29.png/194px-Gary_Cohn_at_Regional_Media_Day_%28cropped%29.png 2x" data-file-width="985" data-file-height="1220" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Former President of <a href="/wiki/Goldman_Sachs" title="Goldman Sachs">Goldman Sachs</a>, <a href="/wiki/Gary_Cohn_(investment_banker)" class="mw-redirect" title="Gary Cohn (investment banker)">Gary Cohn</a>; BS '82</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 125px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 120px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:David_Gregory_new.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="David Gregory, CNN political analyst, former Meet the Press moderator; BA '92"><img alt="David Gregory, CNN political analyst, former Meet the Press moderator; BA '92" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a4/David_Gregory_new.jpg/88px-David_Gregory_new.jpg" decoding="async" width="88" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a4/David_Gregory_new.jpg/133px-David_Gregory_new.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a4/David_Gregory_new.jpg/177px-David_Gregory_new.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1144" data-file-height="1551" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><a href="/wiki/David_Gregory_(journalist)" title="David Gregory (journalist)">David Gregory</a>, CNN political analyst, former <a href="/wiki/Meet_the_Press" title="Meet the Press">Meet the Press</a> moderator; BA '92</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 125px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 120px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Alice_Paul_(1915)_by_Harris_%26_Ewing.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Suffragist leader, Alice Paul; PhD '28"><img alt="Suffragist leader, Alice Paul; PhD '28" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5e/Alice_Paul_%281915%29_by_Harris_%26_Ewing.jpg/89px-Alice_Paul_%281915%29_by_Harris_%26_Ewing.jpg" decoding="async" width="89" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5e/Alice_Paul_%281915%29_by_Harris_%26_Ewing.jpg/133px-Alice_Paul_%281915%29_by_Harris_%26_Ewing.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5e/Alice_Paul_%281915%29_by_Harris_%26_Ewing.jpg/177px-Alice_Paul_%281915%29_by_Harris_%26_Ewing.jpg 2x" data-file-width="6780" data-file-height="9175" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Suffragist leader, <a href="/wiki/Alice_Paul" title="Alice Paul">Alice Paul</a>; PhD '28</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 125px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 120px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:JordanBelfort2017.png" class="mw-file-description" title="former Stockbroker, Jordan Belfort; BSc '85"><img alt="former Stockbroker, Jordan Belfort; BSc '85" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3c/JordanBelfort2017.png/114px-JordanBelfort2017.png" decoding="async" width="114" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3c/JordanBelfort2017.png/171px-JordanBelfort2017.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3c/JordanBelfort2017.png/228px-JordanBelfort2017.png 2x" data-file-width="814" data-file-height="856" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">former Stockbroker, <a href="/wiki/Jordan_Belfort" title="Jordan Belfort">Jordan Belfort</a>; BSc '85</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 125px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 120px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Alysin_Camerota_at_2016_Democratic_National_Convention.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Journalist, Alisyn Camerota; BA '88"><img alt="Journalist, Alisyn Camerota; BA '88" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/86/Alysin_Camerota_at_2016_Democratic_National_Convention.jpg/87px-Alysin_Camerota_at_2016_Democratic_National_Convention.jpg" decoding="async" width="87" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/86/Alysin_Camerota_at_2016_Democratic_National_Convention.jpg/130px-Alysin_Camerota_at_2016_Democratic_National_Convention.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/86/Alysin_Camerota_at_2016_Democratic_National_Convention.jpg/174px-Alysin_Camerota_at_2016_Democratic_National_Convention.jpg 2x" data-file-width="784" data-file-height="1081" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Journalist, <a href="/wiki/Alisyn_Camerota" title="Alisyn Camerota">Alisyn Camerota</a>; BA '88</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 125px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 120px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Michael_Cohen_in_2019.png" class="mw-file-description" title="former attorney for Donald Trump, Michael Cohen; BA '88"><img alt="former attorney for Donald Trump, Michael Cohen; BA '88" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/ba/Michael_Cohen_in_2019.png/94px-Michael_Cohen_in_2019.png" decoding="async" width="94" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/ba/Michael_Cohen_in_2019.png/140px-Michael_Cohen_in_2019.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/ba/Michael_Cohen_in_2019.png/187px-Michael_Cohen_in_2019.png 2x" data-file-width="466" data-file-height="597" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">former attorney for <a href="/wiki/Donald_Trump" title="Donald Trump">Donald Trump</a>, <a href="/wiki/Michael_Cohen_(lawyer)" title="Michael Cohen (lawyer)">Michael Cohen</a>; BA '88</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 125px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 120px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Jim_McGovern,_official_portrait,_116th_Congress.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="U.S. Representative, Jim McGovern; BA '81"><img alt="U.S. Representative, Jim McGovern; BA '81" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d8/Jim_McGovern%2C_official_portrait%2C_116th_Congress.jpg/96px-Jim_McGovern%2C_official_portrait%2C_116th_Congress.jpg" decoding="async" width="96" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d8/Jim_McGovern%2C_official_portrait%2C_116th_Congress.jpg/144px-Jim_McGovern%2C_official_portrait%2C_116th_Congress.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d8/Jim_McGovern%2C_official_portrait%2C_116th_Congress.jpg/192px-Jim_McGovern%2C_official_portrait%2C_116th_Congress.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3360" data-file-height="4200" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><a href="/wiki/U.S._Representative" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. Representative">U.S. Representative</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jim_McGovern_(American_politician)" title="Jim McGovern (American politician)">Jim McGovern</a>; BA '81</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 125px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 120px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Clark25012007.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="former CEO of Merck & Co., Richard Clark; MBA '70"><img alt="former CEO of Merck & Co., Richard Clark; MBA '70" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/89/Clark25012007.jpg/91px-Clark25012007.jpg" decoding="async" width="91" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/89/Clark25012007.jpg/137px-Clark25012007.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/89/Clark25012007.jpg/182px-Clark25012007.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1029" data-file-height="1355" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">former CEO of <a href="/wiki/Merck_%26_Co." title="Merck & Co.">Merck & Co.</a>, <a href="/wiki/Richard_Clark_(business_executive)" title="Richard Clark (business executive)">Richard Clark</a>; MBA '70</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 125px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 120px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Susan_Zirinsky_(2003).jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="former President of CBS News, Susan Zirinsky; BA '74"><img alt="former President of CBS News, Susan Zirinsky; BA '74" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/56/Susan_Zirinsky_%282003%29.jpg/90px-Susan_Zirinsky_%282003%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="90" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/56/Susan_Zirinsky_%282003%29.jpg/135px-Susan_Zirinsky_%282003%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/56/Susan_Zirinsky_%282003%29.jpg/180px-Susan_Zirinsky_%282003%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="598" data-file-height="798" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">former President of <a href="/wiki/CBS_News" title="CBS News">CBS News</a>, <a href="/wiki/Susan_Zirinsky" title="Susan Zirinsky">Susan Zirinsky</a>; BA '74</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 125px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 120px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Ed_O%27Keefe_2019.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Journalist, Ed O'Keefe; BA '05"><img alt="Journalist, Ed O'Keefe; BA '05" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/61/Ed_O%27Keefe_2019.jpg/120px-Ed_O%27Keefe_2019.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="115" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/61/Ed_O%27Keefe_2019.jpg/180px-Ed_O%27Keefe_2019.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/61/Ed_O%27Keefe_2019.jpg/240px-Ed_O%27Keefe_2019.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3802" data-file-height="3648" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Journalist, <a href="/wiki/Ed_O%27Keefe" title="Ed O'Keefe">Ed O'Keefe</a>; BA '05</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 125px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 120px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Dave_Brat_official_congressional_photo.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="U.S. Representative, Dave Brat; PhD '95"><img alt="U.S. Representative, Dave Brat; PhD '95" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fd/Dave_Brat_official_congressional_photo.jpg/96px-Dave_Brat_official_congressional_photo.jpg" decoding="async" width="96" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fd/Dave_Brat_official_congressional_photo.jpg/144px-Dave_Brat_official_congressional_photo.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fd/Dave_Brat_official_congressional_photo.jpg/192px-Dave_Brat_official_congressional_photo.jpg 2x" data-file-width="506" data-file-height="633" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><a href="/wiki/U.S._Representative" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. Representative">U.S. Representative</a>, <a href="/wiki/Dave_Brat" title="Dave Brat">Dave Brat</a>; PhD '95</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 125px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 120px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Judge_Judy_Sheindlin_VF_2012_Shankbone.JPG" class="mw-file-description" title="Television personality Judy Sheindlin; BA '62"><img alt="Television personality Judy Sheindlin; BA '62" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e5/Judge_Judy_Sheindlin_VF_2012_Shankbone.JPG/96px-Judge_Judy_Sheindlin_VF_2012_Shankbone.JPG" decoding="async" width="96" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e5/Judge_Judy_Sheindlin_VF_2012_Shankbone.JPG/144px-Judge_Judy_Sheindlin_VF_2012_Shankbone.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e5/Judge_Judy_Sheindlin_VF_2012_Shankbone.JPG/192px-Judge_Judy_Sheindlin_VF_2012_Shankbone.JPG 2x" data-file-width="2063" data-file-height="2579" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Television personality <a href="/wiki/Judy_Sheindlin" title="Judy Sheindlin">Judy Sheindlin</a>; BA '62</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 125px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 120px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Nancy_Meyers_(2013).JPG" class="mw-file-description" title="Filmmaker Nancy Meyers; BA '70"><img alt="Filmmaker Nancy Meyers; BA '70" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2f/Nancy_Meyers_%282013%29.JPG/90px-Nancy_Meyers_%282013%29.JPG" decoding="async" width="90" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2f/Nancy_Meyers_%282013%29.JPG/135px-Nancy_Meyers_%282013%29.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2f/Nancy_Meyers_%282013%29.JPG/180px-Nancy_Meyers_%282013%29.JPG 2x" data-file-width="255" data-file-height="339" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Filmmaker <a href="/wiki/Nancy_Meyers" title="Nancy Meyers">Nancy Meyers</a>; BA '70</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 125px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 120px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Barry_Levinson_Shankbone_2009_Tribeca.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Filmmaker Barry Levinson; BA '67"><img alt="Filmmaker Barry Levinson; BA '67" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Barry_Levinson_Shankbone_2009_Tribeca.jpg/90px-Barry_Levinson_Shankbone_2009_Tribeca.jpg" decoding="async" width="90" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Barry_Levinson_Shankbone_2009_Tribeca.jpg/135px-Barry_Levinson_Shankbone_2009_Tribeca.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Barry_Levinson_Shankbone_2009_Tribeca.jpg/180px-Barry_Levinson_Shankbone_2009_Tribeca.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1745" data-file-height="2324" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Filmmaker <a href="/wiki/Barry_Levinson" title="Barry Levinson">Barry Levinson</a>; BA '67</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 125px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 120px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Goldie_Hawn_2011.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Academy Award-winning actress Goldie Hawn; (attended)"><img alt="Academy Award-winning actress Goldie Hawn; (attended)" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2d/Goldie_Hawn_2011.jpg/79px-Goldie_Hawn_2011.jpg" decoding="async" width="79" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2d/Goldie_Hawn_2011.jpg/119px-Goldie_Hawn_2011.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2d/Goldie_Hawn_2011.jpg/158px-Goldie_Hawn_2011.jpg 2x" data-file-width="609" data-file-height="922" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><a href="/wiki/Academy_Awards" title="Academy Awards">Academy Award</a>-winning actress <a href="/wiki/Goldie_Hawn" title="Goldie Hawn">Goldie Hawn</a>; (attended)</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 125px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 120px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:%D0%9C%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B8%D1%8F_%D0%91%D1%83%D1%82%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%B0_%D0%BF%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%B7%D0%B5%D0%BD%D1%82%D1%83%D0%B5%D1%82_%D0%BA%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%B3%D1%83_%D0%A2%D1%8E%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%BC%D0%BD%D1%8B%D0%B9_%D0%B4%D0%BD%D0%B5%D0%B2%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%BA_%D0%B2_%D0%95%D0%BB%D1%8C%D1%86%D0%B8%D0%BD-%D1%86%D0%B5%D0%BD%D1%82%D1%80%D0%B5_18_%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BA%D0%B0%D0%B1%D1%80%D1%8F_2020_%D0%B3%D0%BE%D0%B4%D0%B0_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Convicted spy, Member of the State Duma, Maria Butina; 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