https://cms.american.edu/rss feedsMon, 19 Oct 2009 14:45:07 +0000CommonSpot Content ServerA mango, hamster, and a line from a Michael Chabon novel combine to make an award-winning film.https://new.american.edu/sis/news/20091016-Film-Contest.cfmhttps://new.american.edu/sis/news/20091016-Film-Contest.cfmFri, 16 Oct 2009 14:31:17 +0000Opera singer Jennifer Corey, CAS/BA '09, won the title of Miss D.C. in July and will represent the District in the Miss America pageant this January.https://new.american.edu/alumni/news/Jennifer-Corey.cfmhttps://new.american.edu/alumni/news/Jennifer-Corey.cfmWed, 14 Oct 2009 15:16:49 +0000Biology department chair Victoria Connaughton is investigating methylmercury, an environmental pollutant.https://new.american.edu/cas/news/biology-connaughton-nih-grant-091014.cfmhttps://new.american.edu/cas/news/biology-connaughton-nih-grant-091014.cfmWed, 14 Oct 2009 13:58:20 +0000On Oct. 20, a panel discussion will explore how health professionals are dealing with the H1N1 virus.https://new.american.edu/cas/news/premedical-health-h1n1-091014.cfmhttps://new.american.edu/cas/news/premedical-health-h1n1-091014.cfmWed, 14 Oct 2009 13:11:13 +0000The award-winning play shows at Greenberg Theatre Oct. 22-25.https://new.american.edu/cas/news/theatre-wild-party-091013.cfmhttps://new.american.edu/cas/news/theatre-wild-party-091013.cfmTue, 13 Oct 2009 19:48:23 +0000Ron Haynie and Paul Feinberg exhibits in the American University Museum close on October 25.https://new.american.edu/cas/news/museum-haynie-feinberg-091013.cfmhttps://new.american.edu/cas/news/museum-haynie-feinberg-091013.cfmTue, 13 Oct 2009 18:43:22 +0000Dalai Lama caps off D.C. visit with teaching on Buddhism and its relationship to the modern world.https://new.american.edu/americantoday/campus-news/101209-dalai-lama-bender.cfmhttps://new.american.edu/americantoday/campus-news/101209-dalai-lama-bender.cfmMon, 12 Oct 2009 17:05:53 +0000Alison Bechdel discusses her graphic memoir Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic on October 25.https://new.american.edu/cas/news/literature-alison-bechdel-091012.cfmhttps://new.american.edu/cas/news/literature-alison-bechdel-091012.cfmMon, 12 Oct 2009 16:00:37 +0000Author and activist Linda Tarr-Whelan discovered that when at least 30% of the top leaders of a company are female "the priorities change and resources are redirected."https://new.american.edu/soc/news/linda-tarr-whelan.cfmhttps://new.american.edu/soc/news/linda-tarr-whelan.cfmMon, 12 Oct 2009 13:59:06 +0000A diverse audience filled a Kogod classroom last week for former Assistant Treasury Secretary of Economic Policy Phillip Swagel’s discussion of the financial crisis and his examination of what could have been done differently.https://new.american.edu/kogod/news/20091012_ksb_swagel_inside_crisis_speech.cfmhttps://new.american.edu/kogod/news/20091012_ksb_swagel_inside_crisis_speech.cfmMon, 12 Oct 2009 13:16:28 +0000