Ethan McBride, SPA/BS ’26, takes home the university’s highest undergraduate honor for his accessibility advocacy, while Taha Vahanvaty, SPA/BA ’26, is the inaugural recipient of the President’s Award for Civic Engagement.
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Jack Pavia, SPA/BA ’26, is trading the classroom for the campaign trail as the political science major joins a wave of Gen Z voices entering the political arena.
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SPA launches a new model for cultivating national security talent in a challenging era
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During the final 250+ at American Lunch and Learn of the spring semester on April 14, panelists discussed scholarship with real-world impact.
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Meet the current Mosaic Collective chairs and volunteer leaders.
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This is the seventh consecutive year that SPA ranked among the top 5 percent of public affairs schools in the country, and the sixth year in a row that the school has held the distinction of the highest rated school in Washington, D.C.
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Policy Brief: Lessons from the 2025 assault on the bureaucracy.
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SPA Professor Awarded for Work Evaluating Police Peer Support Programs
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Jackson Arnold (MA, ’26) Champions Public Trust as Sheriff's PIO
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Two AU alumnae turn job loss into civic purpose.
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