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Final Stretch of Change Can’t Wait – Campaign Progress Update

A Message from Courtney L. Surls, Vice President of University Advancement
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Russell Williams II, SOC/BA ’74, and Barry Josephson, SPA/BA ’78, on stage with SOC Interim Dean Leena Jayaswal at the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures.

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Change Can’t Wait on the Road: Los Angeles Highlights

Amidst the buzz of the 2024 film and television awards season, AU hosted a starry evening of its own in LA with a conversation about the power of storytelling in entertainment featuring faculty and alumni experts.
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Alumni ·

SIS Alumnus Will Cooper, Jr., Believes in Giving Back

Will Cooper, Jr., SIS/BA, ’85, has created a scholarship to support the next generation of SIS students interested in making a difference in a global world.
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Luis Paredes BA '27

Education ·

Northrop Grumman Foundation Scholarship Recipient Announced

Luis Paredes Alvizurez received a full scholarship to become a math teacher.
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(From left to right) Kogod School of Business Dean Dave Marchick, Professor Sonya Grier, Acting Provost and Chief Academic Officer Vicky Wilkins

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AU Installs Arlene R. and Robert P. Kogod Eminent Scholar Chair in Marketing

Professor Sonya Grier drives change by examining racial dynamics in the marketplace.
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Aisley Wallace Harper, dressed in graduation regalia, sings the national anthem at the May 2023 College of Arts and Sciences graduation ceremony

Alumni ·

Embracing Passion(s)—Plural—at AU

Aisley Wallace Harper, CAS/BA ’23, SPA/BA ’23, MS ’24, isn’t interested in disciplinary silos. The recipient of the Eleanor Gomolinski Lally Endowed Fund feels as at home onstage as in a counter-terrorism roundtable.
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(left to right) AU Board of Trustees chair Gina Adams, Ambassador Stuart Bernstein, and AU President Sylvia M. Burwell stand together onstage at the 2023 President's Circle Celebration

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2023 President’s Circle Celebrates the AU Changemaking Spirit

Ambassador Stuart A. Bernstein, Kogod/BS '60, was awarded the Cyrus A. Ansary Medal in recognition of his decades of professional leadership and philanthropy at AU.
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Jill Black, SOC/BA '83, delivers a speech at a podium at a Change Can't Wait event.

Alumni ·

For Alumna Jill Black, Opportunity Is Everything

Change Can’t Wait Campaign Volunteer Jill Black, SOC/BA ’83, advocates for student entrepreneurship at AU.
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Kogod professor Sonya Grier and Chicago Tribune journalist Kim Quillen seated in conversation onstage at the University Club of Chicago.

Research ·

Change Can’t Wait on the Road: Chicago Highlights

A conversation between Kogod professor Sonya Grier and journalist Kim Quillen, SOC/MA ’93, discussed racial inequities in food marketing and Illinois’ newest food policy initiatives.
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Professor Abu-Nimer delivering his lecture in the SIS atrium.

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AU Installs Abdul Aziz Said Chair in International Peace and Conflict Resolution Honoring Peacebuilding Pioneer

Professor Mohammed Abu-Nimer carries on the legacy of his late colleague, friend, and peacebuilding pioneer.
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