You are here: American University News Topics Achievements and Accolades

Megan Nguyen Rummler

Alumni ·

Amplifying API Voices Through Digital Storytelling

From strategic communications to launching her own podcast, American University Alumni Board Member Megan Nguyen Rummler, SOC/MA ‘19, uses storytelling to center advocacy and identity.
Full Story

Students and donors smiling together at a table.

Achievements ·

Donor-Funded Scholarships Fuel Big Dreams at AU

The annual Celebration of Scholarships brought together AU donors and students in shared community.
Full Story

Katharine Grace McCartha presents her winning poster, Buried Histories: Examining Anti-Blackness in the Afterlives of Q Street

Achievements ·

Winners Announced for Record-Breaking Mathias Conference

American University’s 35th Annual Robyn Rafferty Mathias Student Research Conference was largest-to-date and presented new AI research awards
Full Story

Bill Braniff

Achievements ·

PERIL Welcomes New Executive Director Bill Braniff

William (Bill) Braniff will join the Polarization and Extremism Research and Innovation Lab (PERIL) in the School of Public Affairs at American University as the center’s new executive director.
Full Story

Goldman and Hollis

Achievements ·

SPA’s Center for Environmental Policy Announces 2025 William K. Reilly Leadership Award Winners

Announcing the 2025 William K. Reilly Leadership Award winners
Full Story

AU men's basketball alumni at the Patriot League Championship. Photo courtesy of David Bierwirth.

Alumni ·

Ball in the Family

American University men’s basketball alumni shared reflections and excitement about this year’s season.
Full Story

The American University Alumni Awards are the highest honors presented by the AU Alumni Association.

Alumni ·

Announcing AU’s 2025 Alumni Award Winners 

The Alumni Association will honor the five recipients of the 2025 Alumni Awards on Thursday, May 15. 
Full Story

AU's mace is one of many symbols that will ground AU President Jon Alger's inauguration. Photo by Jeff Watts.

Achievements ·

Inauguration Traditions Are More Than Symbolic

From the mace to the regalia, decipher the meaning and history behind President Jon Alger’s forthcoming inauguration.
Full Story

Fulbright Badge.

Achievements ·

AU Honored as a Top Fulbright Producing Institution in 2024–25

The university is one of just 19 institutions—and only 13 doctoral universities—named a top producer of both Fulbright US students and Fulbright US scholars for 2024–25.
Full Story

“You are trained to think, analyze and act. Expand your vision and start something new to keep you going and then pivot again and again until you are on a comfortable path.”

Alumni ·

Letter from Alumna to Students at a Time of Change

In response to a call to action by Dean Shannon Hader, Jo Lamas, SIS/BA ’67, wrote a letter of hope to SIS students facing uncertainty right now.
Full Story