The School of Public Affairs' Washington Institute for Public Affairs Research welcomed Sheldon Danziger, President of the Russell Sage Foundation, on March 29.

On March 28, the School of Public Affairs and the Center for Israel Studies welcomed Israeli academic and public intellectual Daniel Gordis to give the prestigious Amos Perlmutter Lecture.

A new study conducted by economists from SPA and Johns Hopkins University’s Department of Economics found sweeping bias in teachers’ expectations of black students.

Max Sieben Baucus, the United States Ambassador to China, recently addressed a packed crowd of students, faculty, and members of the community at American University for the inaugural Scher Sustainability Forum.

Anita Hill, who played a major role in the events depicted in the much-anticipated HBO film Confirmation, is coming to AU

On Thursday, March 31, SPA's Center for Environmental Policy will award first-year graduate students Maggie McCarey and Maria Athayde with the William K. Reilly Scholarship.