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The final Visiting Writers Series event of the semester is here! 📚✨
📅 Dec 5, 6:30 p.m.
📍 SIS Founders Room
🎟️ Free + open to the public
Means—Guggenheim Fellow and O. Henry Prize winner—has written Assorted Fire Events, The Spot, Two Nurses, Smoking, and more. www.american.edu/cas/literatu...
📅 Dec 5, 6:30 p.m.
📍 SIS Founders Room
🎟️ Free + open to the public
Means—Guggenheim Fellow and O. Henry Prize winner—has written Assorted Fire Events, The Spot, Two Nurses, Smoking, and more. www.american.edu/cas/literatu...
December 4, 2025 at 10:00 PM
The final Visiting Writers Series event of the semester is here! 📚✨
📅 Dec 5, 6:30 p.m.
📍 SIS Founders Room
🎟️ Free + open to the public
Means—Guggenheim Fellow and O. Henry Prize winner—has written Assorted Fire Events, The Spot, Two Nurses, Smoking, and more. www.american.edu/cas/literatu...
📅 Dec 5, 6:30 p.m.
📍 SIS Founders Room
🎟️ Free + open to the public
Means—Guggenheim Fellow and O. Henry Prize winner—has written Assorted Fire Events, The Spot, Two Nurses, Smoking, and more. www.american.edu/cas/literatu...
Find out what AU Music Program faculty are listening to this holiday season! ❄️ 🎶 It’s a mixed holiday medley: choral traditions, jazz favorites, nostalgic film tunes, and lesser-known gems from around the world. See their picks: www.american.edu/cas/news/au-...
📷: Noah Puzzo
📷: Noah Puzzo
December 4, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Find out what AU Music Program faculty are listening to this holiday season! ❄️ 🎶 It’s a mixed holiday medley: choral traditions, jazz favorites, nostalgic film tunes, and lesser-known gems from around the world. See their picks: www.american.edu/cas/news/au-...
📷: Noah Puzzo
📷: Noah Puzzo
From AU Literature classes to award-winning novelist ✨ Sarai Johnson’s "Grown Women" is drawing national praise from the LA Times, Publishers Weekly, Elle, the NAACP, and more. Read how her novel began at AU: www.american.edu/cas/news/sar...
December 2, 2025 at 9:30 PM
From AU Literature classes to award-winning novelist ✨ Sarai Johnson’s "Grown Women" is drawing national praise from the LA Times, Publishers Weekly, Elle, the NAACP, and more. Read how her novel began at AU: www.american.edu/cas/news/sar...
From all of us at CAS, we wish you a restful holiday break and a wonderful Thanksgiving. 🦃 💛
November 26, 2025 at 6:30 PM
From all of us at CAS, we wish you a restful holiday break and a wonderful Thanksgiving. 🦃 💛
ICYMI: Happy Thanksgiving, American University! Headed home for break? Our professors share fun, low-stress tips for enjoying the holiday—waste less, save money, eat what you love, and find a little gratitude. Check out the story and travel safe! 🦃✨ www.american.edu/cas/news/cut...
November 26, 2025 at 3:00 PM
ICYMI: Happy Thanksgiving, American University! Headed home for break? Our professors share fun, low-stress tips for enjoying the holiday—waste less, save money, eat what you love, and find a little gratitude. Check out the story and travel safe! 🦃✨ www.american.edu/cas/news/cut...
As we head into the holidays, AU Psychology Prof. Anthony Ahrens shares insights on how gratitude shapes our health, relationships, and well-being—and why it matters even more this time of year. Read his reflections: www.american.edu/cas/news/ton...
November 25, 2025 at 7:45 PM
As we head into the holidays, AU Psychology Prof. Anthony Ahrens shares insights on how gratitude shapes our health, relationships, and well-being—and why it matters even more this time of year. Read his reflections: www.american.edu/cas/news/ton...
ICYMI: Introducing the 2024–25 @aucollege.bsky.social Peer Advisors: Ellie, Frank, Adela & Michelle. They offer students guidance on majors, registration, and navigating AU. A fantastic resource for our community. Learn more: www.american.edu/cas/news/pee...
November 25, 2025 at 3:00 PM
ICYMI: Introducing the 2024–25 @aucollege.bsky.social Peer Advisors: Ellie, Frank, Adela & Michelle. They offer students guidance on majors, registration, and navigating AU. A fantastic resource for our community. Learn more: www.american.edu/cas/news/pee...
Happy Thanksgiving, American University! Headed home for break? Our professors share fun, low-stress tips for enjoying the holiday—waste less, save money, eat what you love, and find a little gratitude. Check out the story and travel safe! 🦃✨ www.american.edu/cas/news/cut...
November 20, 2025 at 8:15 PM
Happy Thanksgiving, American University! Headed home for break? Our professors share fun, low-stress tips for enjoying the holiday—waste less, save money, eat what you love, and find a little gratitude. Check out the story and travel safe! 🦃✨ www.american.edu/cas/news/cut...
📣 CAS Students—submissions are now open for the 36th Robyn Rafferty Mathias Student Research Conference! Showcase your research, scholarship, or creative work.
More info + abstract submission info: www.american.edu/cas/src/
More info + abstract submission info: www.american.edu/cas/src/
November 20, 2025 at 3:00 PM
📣 CAS Students—submissions are now open for the 36th Robyn Rafferty Mathias Student Research Conference! Showcase your research, scholarship, or creative work.
More info + abstract submission info: www.american.edu/cas/src/
More info + abstract submission info: www.american.edu/cas/src/
Introducing the 2024–25 @AUCollege Peer Advisors: Ellie, Frank, Adela & Michelle. They offer students guidance on majors, registration, and navigating AU. A fantastic resource for our community. Learn more: www.american.edu/cas/news/pee...
November 18, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Introducing the 2024–25 @AUCollege Peer Advisors: Ellie, Frank, Adela & Michelle. They offer students guidance on majors, registration, and navigating AU. A fantastic resource for our community. Learn more: www.american.edu/cas/news/pee...
ICYMI: Patrick MacMahon (SPA ’12), a TESOL master’s student at AU and a Navy veteran who served for six years, including four in Japan. He’s now preparing to return to Japan to teach English. Read his story: www.american.edu/cas/news/alu...
November 18, 2025 at 3:00 PM
ICYMI: Patrick MacMahon (SPA ’12), a TESOL master’s student at AU and a Navy veteran who served for six years, including four in Japan. He’s now preparing to return to Japan to teach English. Read his story: www.american.edu/cas/news/alu...
ICYMI: AU alum Nicholas Boggs (MFA ’09) has published Baldwin: A Love Story—a @nytimes.com bestseller hailed as “a stunning achievement.” ✨ The first major Baldwin biography in 30 years, it traces how love shaped his art, politics, and legacy. 💙
🔗 www.american.edu/cas/news/nic...
🔗 www.american.edu/cas/news/nic...
November 17, 2025 at 4:00 PM
ICYMI: AU alum Nicholas Boggs (MFA ’09) has published Baldwin: A Love Story—a @nytimes.com bestseller hailed as “a stunning achievement.” ✨ The first major Baldwin biography in 30 years, it traces how love shaped his art, politics, and legacy. 💙
🔗 www.american.edu/cas/news/nic...
🔗 www.american.edu/cas/news/nic...
Welcome fresh choreographic voices and new student performers to the Greenberg Theatre stage at Fall Dance Concert 2025!
11/14 at 7:30PM & 11/15 at 2PM at Greenberg Theatre. 🎟️ $10-$15, free for AU students: auartstix.universitytickets.com/
📷: Jeff Watts; Artwork: "Sudama" by Elyn Zimmerman
11/14 at 7:30PM & 11/15 at 2PM at Greenberg Theatre. 🎟️ $10-$15, free for AU students: auartstix.universitytickets.com/
📷: Jeff Watts; Artwork: "Sudama" by Elyn Zimmerman
November 14, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Welcome fresh choreographic voices and new student performers to the Greenberg Theatre stage at Fall Dance Concert 2025!
11/14 at 7:30PM & 11/15 at 2PM at Greenberg Theatre. 🎟️ $10-$15, free for AU students: auartstix.universitytickets.com/
📷: Jeff Watts; Artwork: "Sudama" by Elyn Zimmerman
11/14 at 7:30PM & 11/15 at 2PM at Greenberg Theatre. 🎟️ $10-$15, free for AU students: auartstix.universitytickets.com/
📷: Jeff Watts; Artwork: "Sudama" by Elyn Zimmerman
ICYMI: How does a storm turn into a record-breaking hurricane in a day? 🌪️ In our latest CAS Conversation, Prof. Stephen MacAvoy explains how a warming ocean may be fueling rapid, record-breaking storms that are becoming the new normal. 🔗 www.american.edu/cas/news/mon...
November 14, 2025 at 3:00 PM
ICYMI: How does a storm turn into a record-breaking hurricane in a day? 🌪️ In our latest CAS Conversation, Prof. Stephen MacAvoy explains how a warming ocean may be fueling rapid, record-breaking storms that are becoming the new normal. 🔗 www.american.edu/cas/news/mon...
ICYMI: 📘 Congrats to Prof. Pamela Nadell — her book Antisemitism in the American Tradition just made the WSJ’s “10 Books to Read” list for October!
As History Prof. and AU’s Jewish Studies Program Director, she brings rich insight into American Jewish and women’s history: on.wsj.com/3LniwCW
As History Prof. and AU’s Jewish Studies Program Director, she brings rich insight into American Jewish and women’s history: on.wsj.com/3LniwCW
November 14, 2025 at 3:00 PM
ICYMI: 📘 Congrats to Prof. Pamela Nadell — her book Antisemitism in the American Tradition just made the WSJ’s “10 Books to Read” list for October!
As History Prof. and AU’s Jewish Studies Program Director, she brings rich insight into American Jewish and women’s history: on.wsj.com/3LniwCW
As History Prof. and AU’s Jewish Studies Program Director, she brings rich insight into American Jewish and women’s history: on.wsj.com/3LniwCW
AU alum Nicholas Boggs (MFA ’09) has published Baldwin: A Love Story—a @nytimes.com bestseller hailed as “a stunning achievement.” ✨ The first major Baldwin biography in 30 years, it traces how love shaped his art, politics, and legacy. 💙
🔗 www.american.edu/cas/news/nic...
🔗 www.american.edu/cas/news/nic...
November 13, 2025 at 7:00 PM
AU alum Nicholas Boggs (MFA ’09) has published Baldwin: A Love Story—a @nytimes.com bestseller hailed as “a stunning achievement.” ✨ The first major Baldwin biography in 30 years, it traces how love shaped his art, politics, and legacy. 💙
🔗 www.american.edu/cas/news/nic...
🔗 www.american.edu/cas/news/nic...
📣 CAS Students—submissions are now open for the 36th Robyn Rafferty Mathias Student Research Conference! Showcase your research, scholarship, or creative work.
More info + abstract submission info: www.american.edu/cas/src/
More info + abstract submission info: www.american.edu/cas/src/
November 12, 2025 at 9:15 PM
📣 CAS Students—submissions are now open for the 36th Robyn Rafferty Mathias Student Research Conference! Showcase your research, scholarship, or creative work.
More info + abstract submission info: www.american.edu/cas/src/
More info + abstract submission info: www.american.edu/cas/src/
ICYMI: “6–7”? “Hella”? “MIA”? Slang moves fast—and we asked linguist Amelia Tseng to decode it. Dive into how slang connects us (and what it says about who we are) in our latest CAS Conversation 👉 www.american.edu/cas/news/6-7...
November 12, 2025 at 4:00 PM
ICYMI: “6–7”? “Hella”? “MIA”? Slang moves fast—and we asked linguist Amelia Tseng to decode it. Dive into how slang connects us (and what it says about who we are) in our latest CAS Conversation 👉 www.american.edu/cas/news/6-7...
ICYMI: How does a storm turn into a record-breaking hurricane in a day? 🌪️ In our latest CAS Conversation, Prof. Stephen MacAvoy explains how a warming ocean may be fueling rapid, record-breaking storms that are becoming the new normal. 🔗 www.american.edu/cas/news/mon...
November 12, 2025 at 3:00 PM
ICYMI: How does a storm turn into a record-breaking hurricane in a day? 🌪️ In our latest CAS Conversation, Prof. Stephen MacAvoy explains how a warming ocean may be fueling rapid, record-breaking storms that are becoming the new normal. 🔗 www.american.edu/cas/news/mon...
Happy Veterans Day! Patrick MacMahon (SPA ’12), a TESOL master’s student at AU and a Navy veteran who served for six years, including four in Japan. He’s now preparing to return to Japan to teach English. Read his story: www.american.edu/cas/news/alu...
November 11, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Happy Veterans Day! Patrick MacMahon (SPA ’12), a TESOL master’s student at AU and a Navy veteran who served for six years, including four in Japan. He’s now preparing to return to Japan to teach English. Read his story: www.american.edu/cas/news/alu...
ICYMI: This November, the Katzen Arts Center comes alive with music! 🎶 Experience AU’s ensembles—from sweeping symphonies and nostalgic band favorites to soulful jazz and a cappella harmonies and more: See our lineup & get your tickets: www.american.edu/cas/news/nov...
November 11, 2025 at 4:20 PM
ICYMI: This November, the Katzen Arts Center comes alive with music! 🎶 Experience AU’s ensembles—from sweeping symphonies and nostalgic band favorites to soulful jazz and a cappella harmonies and more: See our lineup & get your tickets: www.american.edu/cas/news/nov...
“6–7”? “Hella”? “MIA”? Slang moves fast—and we asked linguist Amelia Tseng to decode it. Dive into how slang connects us (and what it says about who we are) in our latest CAS Conversation 👉 www.american.edu/cas/news/6-7...
November 6, 2025 at 9:15 PM
“6–7”? “Hella”? “MIA”? Slang moves fast—and we asked linguist Amelia Tseng to decode it. Dive into how slang connects us (and what it says about who we are) in our latest CAS Conversation 👉 www.american.edu/cas/news/6-7...
📘 Congrats to Prof. Pamela Nadell — her book Antisemitism in the American Tradition just made the WSJ’s “10 Books to Read” list for October!
As History Prof. and AU’s Jewish Studies Program Director, she brings rich insight into American Jewish and women’s history: on.wsj.com/3LniwCW
As History Prof. and AU’s Jewish Studies Program Director, she brings rich insight into American Jewish and women’s history: on.wsj.com/3LniwCW
November 5, 2025 at 10:00 PM
📘 Congrats to Prof. Pamela Nadell — her book Antisemitism in the American Tradition just made the WSJ’s “10 Books to Read” list for October!
As History Prof. and AU’s Jewish Studies Program Director, she brings rich insight into American Jewish and women’s history: on.wsj.com/3LniwCW
As History Prof. and AU’s Jewish Studies Program Director, she brings rich insight into American Jewish and women’s history: on.wsj.com/3LniwCW
Happening tomorrow:
🎓 Thinking about grad school? Join us for a Graduate Admissions Happy Hour this Thursday, 6–7:30 p.m. at Pizza Paradiso (M St, Georgetown). Meet the team, ask questions, and plan your next step—over pizza & conversation.
Register: bit.ly/4hFJthl
🎓 Thinking about grad school? Join us for a Graduate Admissions Happy Hour this Thursday, 6–7:30 p.m. at Pizza Paradiso (M St, Georgetown). Meet the team, ask questions, and plan your next step—over pizza & conversation.
Register: bit.ly/4hFJthl
November 5, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Happening tomorrow:
🎓 Thinking about grad school? Join us for a Graduate Admissions Happy Hour this Thursday, 6–7:30 p.m. at Pizza Paradiso (M St, Georgetown). Meet the team, ask questions, and plan your next step—over pizza & conversation.
Register: bit.ly/4hFJthl
🎓 Thinking about grad school? Join us for a Graduate Admissions Happy Hour this Thursday, 6–7:30 p.m. at Pizza Paradiso (M St, Georgetown). Meet the team, ask questions, and plan your next step—over pizza & conversation.
Register: bit.ly/4hFJthl
ICYMI: Computer Science AU student Joseph DeNavas turned the world’s largest LEGO cathedral—minivan-sized—into a video game! Washington National Cathedral visitors can explore, collect bricks, and learn about architecture in a fun, interactive digital adventure. www.american.edu/cas/news/vid...
November 5, 2025 at 3:00 PM
ICYMI: Computer Science AU student Joseph DeNavas turned the world’s largest LEGO cathedral—minivan-sized—into a video game! Washington National Cathedral visitors can explore, collect bricks, and learn about architecture in a fun, interactive digital adventure. www.american.edu/cas/news/vid...